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Ror 4 ORDINANCE # GPCI- S;AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE PLACEMENT OF MOBILE ;HOMES IN THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS; AMENDING THE BATESVILLE1 ZONING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE PLACEMENT OF MOBILE HOMES; REPEALING ORDINANCES 708 AND 720 AS THEY PERTAIN TO MOBILE. HOME `PLACEMENT AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING! PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES : .. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE., ARKANSAS: i' ii I�SECTION 1: That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or other entity to park a mobile home within the ;,City of Batesville, Arkansas for residential purposes except as hereinafter provided in this Ordinance. SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS - In the the definitions contained in this s!applied, except when the context construction of this Ordinance, section shall be observed and clearly indicates otherwise. A. MOBILE HOME - means a single-family living unit designed for transportation after fabrication on streets and highways on its own wheels, or on flatbeds or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a living unit complete and ready for occupancy, except for main and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, located on jacks or permanent foundation,', connected to utilities and erected in accordance with prevailing city laws. B. MOBILE HOME PARK - means a parcel of land upon which two (2) or more mobile homes are harbored either free of charge or for revenue and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the site. SECTION 3: Mobile homes for residential purposes may be parked only in Mobile home parks. A mobile home park may be located only in R-2 and R-3 zones. The minimum area for a mobile home park shall be five (5) acres. A mobile home park shall have a minimum of five (5) mobile home spaces. The park shall be located on a well -drained site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnate pools of water. Each mobile home space shall have a minimum of thirty-six hundred (3,600) square feet. A mobile home space shall be at least forty (40) feet in width. A mobile home space shall have yard setbacks of no less than seven and one-half (72) feet on all sides. A mobile home space shall have two (2) off-street parking spaces, each nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet. All mobile home spaces shall abut a hard -surfaced driveway of not less than twenty (20) feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a public street. Each mobile home space shall be provided with sanitary sewer and water service in a manner which meets the city sewer and water codes. All mobile home parks shall be screened around the perimeter by a six (6) foot, side -obscuring screen of permanent, year-round fencing and landscaping. SECTION 4: A camping or recreational trailer or mobile home not exceeding twenty-one (21) feet in length may be stored in the 'j rear yard on any lot, provided that no living quarters shall be hmaintained or business conducted in connection therewith while €i such trailer or mobile home is so parked or stored. ii SECTION 5: Any person, firm, corporation or other entity who I shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon k conviction therefore, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall E be fined in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), k with each and every day that such violation continues to exist 3i constituting a separate offense. However, said criminal penalties E shall not be the exclusive remedy available to the city to compel ;i compliance with this Ordinance, the city retaining all other ii methods of enforcement available to it including any type of injunctive relief or other civil remedies lawfully available to it.