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[Ord. No. 419 §1, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §1, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
No person shall place, cause to be placed, or permit to be placed upon any public or private property in the City of Liberal, Missouri, any mobile home, except as authorized by this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 419 §2, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §2, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
No person shall connect any mobile home, located or placed in violation of this Chapter, to City-owned water lines or sewer lines or other City utilities or services of any kind or character.
[Ord. No. 419 §3, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §3, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
The Board of Aldermen may, upon application by the proposed owner or operator, authorize and license mobile home parks with the City. Any such application shall contain such information as the Board of Aldermen may require. If the Board of Aldermen shall find that the proposed mobile home park is suitable for the purpose, provides adequate facilities, utilities and service, so that the same may be operated in such a way as not to be or become a nuisance, and if the Board of Aldermen is further satisfied with the good character of the applicant, and the applicant demonstrates the financial ability to install proposed infrastructures to service the proposed number of units in the mobile home park, then the Board of Aldermen may issue its license for the operation of such mobile home park, upon the payment of an annual license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). For the purposes of this Chapter a "mobile home park" is defined as two (2) or more mobile homes on the same lot, held for rental by the owner.
[Ord. No. 419 §4, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §4, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
A. 
No person or persons shall cause, or allow, any mobile home to be located within the City of Liberal, Missouri, until an inspection fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) is first paid and a permit to locate is first obtained from the City, and such mobile home shall comply with the following requirements:
1. 
Minimum size of fourteen (14) feet in width by sixty (60) feet in length.
2. 
Mobile home cannot be more than ten (10) years old without Board approval.
3. 
The wheels shall be removed upon final setting of the unit.
4. 
The mobile home shall be placed on a full foundation of sufficient size and having sufficient footings to prevent listing or sinking of the mobile home; and shall consist of either mortared concrete blocks with footings, or a poured concrete foundation with footings, or a cement slab; however, in lieu of a foundation, the mobile home may be located upon poured concrete, or mortared concrete block, piers of sufficient size and number that the mobile home is stable and does not list or sink or otherwise become unleveled; further, the piers shall each be placed upon a concrete footing of sufficient size or thickness to prevent the pier from sinking beneath the weight of the mobile home, but which at a minimum shall be eighteen (18) inches in depth and exceed the dimensions of the pier a minimum of four (4) inches in both length and width.
5. 
If the mobile home is located on piers as described in (A)(3) above, or is located on a cement slab without foundations, the mobile home shall have a full and permanent skirting extending from the lower edge of the mobile home to the ground. The skirting shall be made of metal, fiberglass or other weather- and moisture-resistant material.
6. 
The mobile home shall be tied down and securely anchored according to the manufacturer's specifications. In case of dispute of the specifications proposed by the owner, it shall be the owner's responsibility to furnish the City with the manufacturer's specifications.
7. 
The mobile home shall be connected to all such utilities as shall be normally required for proper human habitation.
8. 
Effective June 14, 2001, mobile homes and mobile home parks must have a minimum lot size seventy-five (75) feet by one hundred (100) feet. Mobile homes may not be situated within twelve (12) feet of any boundary of said lot. Mobile homes must be at least twenty-four (24) feet from any other unit or dwelling. A mobile home may not be adjoined to an existing dwelling, whether the dwelling is inhabited or not. Two (2) or more mobile homes may not be adjoined unless constructed to be so joined by the manufacturer.
Units currently located in Liberal on lots not in compliance with the dimensions of Subsection (A)(1) shall be allowed to remain as situated, and replaced units may be allowed, and sale of the unit(s) is allowed. However, should any lot currently containing a unit otherwise in compliance with this Chapter be removed for any reason whatsoever, and the lot or land remain vacated of a mobile home unit for more than sixty (60) days and no permit for locating a unit has been obtained, and if a permit is obtained but a unit is not placed within an additional sixty (60) days, then any lot or mobile home park not in compliance with lot size as given in Subsection (A)(1) will no longer be allowed to receive a mobile home.
9. 
Upon payment of the inspection fee, the City Superintendent shall inspect the mobile home prior to issuing a permit to locate. The inspection will examine the following:
a. 
Structural integrity of the whole unit.
b. 
Serviceable roof with no signs of leakage.
c. 
Floors and walls are solid with no signs of deterioration due to leakage or other elements weakening these structures.
d. 
Operating windows devoid of leakage evidence.
e. 
Plumbing and all associated fixtures in place for normal living conditions.
f. 
Wiring intact and safe.
g. 
Interior and exterior is clean and in good repair.
Should the permittee desire inspection prior to moving the mobile home to the City, the Superintendent may travel to the existing location, no more than forty-five (45) miles one (1) way from Liberal, and the permittee will pay in advance an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
The permittee may bring the mobile home to Liberal for inspection and eventual placement at an agreed time with the Superintendent and the inspection will be performed on the mobile home before the unit is allowed onto the designated lot. Should the mobile home fail inspection, the permittee must remove the mobile home from the City forthwith.
The Superintendent may waive minor deficiencies and allow the unit to be placed onto the designated lot and set and anchored as provided elsewhere in this Chapter, and remediation of the deficiencies must be completed and the unit reinspected before the unit may be occupied and before utilities may be connected, all occurring within thirty (30) days. Should the permittee fail to remediate deficiencies to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, the permittee will be in immediate violation of this Chapter and subject to penalties as specified in Section 400.080, and the mobile home must be removed from the City within thirty (30) days after the time permitted for remediation.
[Ord. No. 419 §5, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §5, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
This Chapter shall apply to all mobile homes, which shall be placed or located within the City by any person or persons following the original date of passage of this Chapter. The intent of this Chapter is to apply to all existing, as well as future, mobile home placements within the City except Section 400.040(A)(7) concerning lot size; however, in the event this Chapter shall, for any reason, be found to not be applicable to an existing mobile home placement, it shall become applicable to such mobile home in the event said mobile home shall be disconnected from utilities for a period of thirty (30) days, or shall be moved from its current location.
[Ord. No. 419 §6, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §6, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023; Ord. No. 534, 3-18-2025]
A. 
The terms of this Chapter shall not be construed as placing restriction upon the parking or storing of recreational vehicles or recreational trailers upon private property within the City so long as such recreational vehicles or trailers are used for recreational purposes and are not used as a dwelling place, place of business or otherwise lived in or used for human habitation or for a business, subject to Subsection (B) of this Section. Nor shall this Chapter restrict mobile homes which shall be located within the City for a temporary period of time not exceeding thirty (30) days; however, any such mobile home located within the City for such temporary period of time shall be parked in only mobile home parks designated as such by the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
An individual or family shall be allowed to dwell in a recreational vehicle or trailer for a period of up to ten (10) days within the City limits. After expiration of any such ten (10) day period, the same individual or family shall not be allowed to dwell in an recreational vehicle or trailer within the City limits for a period of six (6) months. No individual shall dwell in a recreational vehicle or trailer within the City limits for more than twenty (20) days in any twelve (12) month period.
C. 
Temporary use of house and travel trailers and mobile homes as living quarters for those persons temporarily deprived of their permanent living quarters by fire, flood, tornado, windstorm or other catastrophe may be permitted subject to the following terms, conditions and limitations:
1. 
Any person desiring such temporary use of house and travel trailers or mobile homes as living quarters shall submit an Application for Temporary Residence, adopted and approved by the Board of Aldermen, to the City Clerk. The person making the application shall set forth the circumstances necessitating such temporary use.
2. 
Upon submission of an Application for Temporary Residence and approval of same by the Board of Aldermen, the applicant shall be allowed to use a house or travel trailer or mobile home as a temporary residence for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
3. 
If at the expiration of one (1) year the applicant's permanent residence has not been repaired to a livable condition, the resident shall submit a new Application for Temporary Residence to the City Clerk. The Board of Aldermen may grant a one (1) year extension of the period of temporary residence, subject to inspection of the property. Only one (1) such extension period may be granted.
4. 
Such trailer or mobile home shall be located during the period of such temporary use on the same lot as the damaged living quarters.
[Ord. No. 419 §7, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §7, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
The term "mobile home," as defined for purposes of this Chapter, shall include not only those structures commercially manufactured and sold as mobile homes, whether or not currently used for human habitation, but also shall include any trailers or other type structures, howsoever constructed, which are used for purposes of business or human habitation, and which are not attached by sill and plate to a conventional foundation or slab.
[Ord. No. 419 §§8 — 9, 6-14-2001; Ord. No. 468 §§8 — 9, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 468A, 9-12-2023]
A. 
Any person or persons who fail to fully comply with this Chapter, and fail or refuse to come into compliance within thirty (30) days of being notified in writing of violation of this Chapter, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Subsection (B) of this Section.
B. 
Any person or persons violation any of the provision of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or shall be imprisoned in the County Jail for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, or be both fined and imprisoned. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue, after such person is notified in writing by the City, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.