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Home My WebLink AboutORD 09.13.1965 - Mobile Home & Trailer Parks34 AN O' FINANCE REGULATING MOBILE _H014E AND TRAVEL TRAILER F.AICKS: CONTAINIGN CERTAIN DEFINITIONS: REQUIRING A LICENSE AND ESTABLISHING CERTAIN LECENSE FEES: ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PHYSICAL REQUIRF�i NITS FOR SAID FARE S s REGULATING THE LOCATION OF SAID FRRKSt'ESTABLISHING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAID PARKS: ESTABLISHING CERTAIN REQUIREI4ENtT'S FOR 1'IATER, SEWER, AND ELECTRICAL FACILITIES, CONTAINING A PENALTY, CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY `T'T3E CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS,* ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1.01 Natural or AxtifIcial Barrier. Natural or artificial barrier means any river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment, fence or hedge. Section 1.02 Park 'ark mean, m6b.11 home grid/or travel trailer parr. Section 1oO3 Person. Person mesas Wr natural indivridual firm, trust, partnership, association or corporation. Section 1.4 Mobil Home or Travel Trailer, ato ll Home or Travel 'Trailer means any vehicle or similar portable struvture having no foundation other than wheels, jacks, blocks or skirtings, and so designed or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes. Provided, however, that for purposes of determinging the distances hereinafter specified in Section 3*01, subsection B of this chapter, the term Mobil. Home and Travel. Trailer, shall include any portable, prefacricated, temporary room, commonly called cabana, that is attached to such Mobil Home. Section 1.05 Independent Vlobil Home or Travel Trailer. Independeent Mobil Home or Travel Trailer meana a mobil which has a flush toilet and a bath or shower. SEction 1.06 Dependent Motile Nome or Travel Trailer. Dependent Mobile Home or Travel Trailer mean a mobile which does P Mve a flush y AF ilet and M bath and # Sectionwero 1.07 Mobile Home and/or Travel Mobile home and/or traviel trailer paxk means anh plot one or more mobile homes or travel trailers, occupied for purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not a charge accommodations. Section 1.08. Mobile Horne and/or 'Travel Trailer Lot. Mobile Home anal/or Travel Trailer Lot means a plot of g home and/or travel tzailer park designed for the accommodati or travel trailer. SEction 2.01 License Required. IT shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or of the City of Georgetown., any mobile home and/or travel person shall first obtain a license therefor. Section 2.02. License Fees. The annual license fee for # • # be 25.00 per year or fraction thereof, The fee for the as provided in this ordinance shall be $5.00. Section 2.03 application for License. Applications for a. mobile home and/or travel trai er p filed with the City Council, and tpon approval by the City Secretary shall issue the license. Applications shall be in the applicant, and shall contain the following: a. The name and address of the applicant. b. The location and legal description of the mobile h park. c. A complete plan of the park showing compliance jai Ordinance. d. Plans and specifications of all buildings and oth, or to be constructed with the mobile home 0and/or e. Such further information as may be requested by t< it to d6termine if the mobile hone and/car trailer The1iPplication and all accompanyingplans and in triplicate. The City Manager, City Health Officer and C Commission shall investigate the application, and inspect t: specifications. Each of them shall then make a report to th ing such applicant and include ltherein their recommendatio: issuance of a license. If the mobile hoem anal/or travel tra compliance with all provisions of this ordinance and all ot. or statutes, the City Council may approve the application, parks, make such approval contingent upon the completion of plans and specifications submitted with the application. Th direction of the City Council., shall issue the license. e or travel trailer or travel trailw within a mobile te, within the limits ler park unless such 1 trailer park shall of such license cil, the City Ling, signed by ection 3.01 of this constructed,improvements park*vel trailer CouncilCity # enable will comply with I" .4 M • # . proposed plans and City Council concern- elatingto the park will be an r applicable ordinances .d, in the case of proposed he Park according to the City Secretary at the Section 2.04- Mobile Rome anti/or Trailer Outside Licensed Parks. It shall be unlawful for anh person to locate or maintain any such mobile home or travel trailer in any place in the City of Georgetown other than a duly licensed and lawful mobile home and/or travel trailer park# Section. 2*05. Revocation. of License. The City Council may revoke any license issued under this ordinance if any of the provisions hereof are violated. However, before said license may be revoked. the City Council mus t give ten. (10) days notice to the holder of said license and hold a hearing thereon. After said license has been revoked, the license may be reissued if the reasons for said revocation have been duly corrected. Section 2.06. Transfer and Duration. Upon application for a transfer of the license, the City Council may issue a transfer upon payment of transfer fee* Such original license and transfer thereof may be granted at any time during the year and shall expire at lthe end of the fiscal year of the City of Georgetown, unless previously revoked or terminated. Section 2*070 Posting of license. The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted in the office of or on the Premises of the mobile home and/or travel trailer part at all times. ARTICLE 5. PHYSICIAL REQUIREMENTS OR MOVILE RCMS AITD/OR TRAVEL TRIALER PARKS Section 5.01. Mobile and/or Travel Park Plan. The mobile home and/or travel trailer paxk shall conform to the following requirement-soo a. The park shall be located on a well drained.. site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water. b. Mobile home ::arid/or .travel trailer lots shall be provided, consi Ling of a minimum of -tow thousand five hundred (29500) square feet for each lot, which shall be at least thirty five (551 feet wide and clearly defined. h1lobile homes or travel trailers, shall be so harboured on each lot that there shall be at least a twenty five (25) foot clearance between Mobile homes or travel trall.eri pravided,however, that with respect to taobile have or travel trailers parked end to end, the end to end clearance between mobile homes or gravel trailers mV be less thatn twnety five (25) feet, but not less than ten (10). No mobile home or travel trailer shall be located closer than ten (10) feet from any building within the park or from any property line bounding the park. c. All mobile hoarse and/car travel trailer lots shall abut upon a driveway of not less than twenty five (25) feet in width which shall have unobstructed access to a public street, alley or highway. All driveways shall be hard surfaced, well marked in the daytime, and lighted at night. Teh minimum quality of such driveway surfacing shallbe a two course hot trap surface. d. Walkways not less than two (2) feet wide shall be provided from the mobile home and/or travel trailer lots to the service building. The walkway shall not be hard surfaced, at that term is defined in the preceding paragraph, well marked in the daytime and lighted at night. Section 3.02. Location. Mobile home and/or travel trailer parks mWf be located only in conformity with the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the City, and in addition to the requirements con- tained therein, each boundary of the park must be at Least two hundred (200) feet from any permanent residential building located outside the park, unless separated therefrom by a natural or'artificial barrier, or unless a majority of the property owners according to area within said two hundred feet, consent :fin writing to the 4 establishment of the park, provided, however, that the pro section shall not apply to mobile home and/or travel trail in existence and operation at the time of the passage of t existing operating parks shall be treated as a non -conform the requirements of this section are concerned, Section 3.03. Maintenanoe. Every person ownin9°or operating a mobile home land/or shall maintain such park, and any facilities, fixtures, and I n connection therewith, in a clean and sanitary condition said equipment in a state of good repair. Section 3.04. Additional Construction. It shall be unlawful for anh person operating a mobile trailer park or occupying a mobile home or travel trailer t be constructed in such park, or in connection with such mob trailer any additional structure, building, or shelter in c attached to a mobile home and/or travel trailer,except, �jo or metal, suitably constructed, may be attached to said mob trailers, as well as protable prefabricated, temporary rooms purptose of increasing mobile home or travel trailer living s cabana, which meet the following requirements: a. Of metal only, fare resistive, double wa:l, mechanic (no gelded joints between panels permitted), b. Strength of materials and structure to meet minimum City Building Code. c. Capable of being dismantled when moved. d. Such rooms shall be complete dismanteled and removed ions of this parks already ordinance, and such use insofar as manent ,. shall maintain and;or travel tx onstruct or 'permit to home or travel Lion with or r, awnings, or canvas homes or travel expressfor the commonlycet joint panels, the site at the time the mobile home or travel. trailer to which i is accessory is moved. e. Finish and appearance to be as near the same as possible to the mobile home or travel trailer to which it is accessory; f. The lenght must nottof s a to which it is accessory;'and g« Only one such room per mobile home or travel trailer Section 3.05, Office Building. Eah mobile home and/or travel trailer park shall be prt to be Down as the office in which shall be kept copies of a: managementto the supervisionof of the park, and such records, rules and regulations to be a by law enforcement officers, public health officials, and of necessitate acquisition of the information contained therein or travel trailer with a building recwrds pertaining rules and ilable for• a r officials whose ARTICLE 4. OPERATING OF MOBILE HOTS AVD/OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS, Section 4a01. Rules and Regulations for Park. It shall be the duty of the owner, his agent, represent 'ive, or manager to prescribe rules and regulations for the management of the ark, to make ade� quate provisions for the en orcemen.t of such :rul s; and to subscribe to any and all subsequent rules and regulations which may be adopted for 'the management of' such park» Copies of all such :rules and regualti.ons shall be ' urnished to the City Council. In addition thereto, it shall be the duty of th owner, his agent, representative or manager to comply strictly with the followi gs a. Provide for regular inspection of the water and saitaity convenience. b. Provide for the collection and removal of garbage and gather waster material. c. Provide the placing or stargge of unsightly material ovehicles of any kind. 441 ARTICLE 5. FACILITIES AND SERVICES Section 5,01, Vilater Supply and Sanitary Sewer. All],mobile home to be properly connected to an approved water, sever, and electri.cial system. Section 5.02. Fuel Bottled gas for cooking purposes shall not be used at individual mobile home or travel trailer lots unless the ontain&rs�7are properly connected by copper or other suitable tubing. Bottled gas cylinders shall be securely fastened in place. No cylinder containing bottled gas shall be located in a mobile hone or travel trailer or within five feet of a dour thereof. State and local regulations applicable to the handling of bottled gas and fuel oil must be followed. ARTICLE 6. PENALTY PROVISIONS Section 6.01. Penalty Any person, firm, or coprporation violating this ordinance or any portion therof shall upon convietion by g .ilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $200.00 and each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense andpunishable accordingly. ARTICLE 7 , Section. 7.01. Severability. If any section or part of any section or paragraph of this ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section or sections or part of a section or paragraph of this Ordinance, ARTICLE S. REPEALING CLAUSE Section 8.01. Repealing Clause, All ord.i.nances , or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby „expressly repealed and the ordiance dated October 129 1954, passed by the City Council and all amendmen.tsthereto, is hereby expressly repealed in its entirety. ARTICLE 9 ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DAIS. Section 9.01. Effective Tate. The enactment of this Ordinance being necessary to the immediate preservation of public business and to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipal department, it is declared to be an emergency measure, which shall have and take effect following its present reading and adoption. PASSER AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Georgetown., at which a quorum was present, on this the third and final reading the 1 th day of Se tember 1965. R. S . ELLIOTT, MAYOR ATTEST* CITY" SECRETARY p,v � PETITION FOR AI , ATION AND FOR EXTENSION OF CITY LIMT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS: The undersigned owners of the hereinafter described tra which less than three (3) qualified voters reside, hereby p Honorabel Body to extend the present City Limits so as to i of the City of Georgetown, Texas, the following described t BEING 8.72 acres of the A. Flores Survey, Abst. #235 in Texas, part of a tract described in a deed to Carl Lies 214, Page 266, Deed Redords of Williamson County, Texas FIRST TRACT: BEING 8.06acres and being all of the Liese land lying Weir Road and t1m new Weir Road, Farm to Market Road #21 cemetary; BEGINNING at an iron pin it the lower Southeast corner c at a bend in the Old Weir Road; THENCE North 85 deg. 34 min. West with the North line c 1207.5 feet to a concrete ROW marker in the South ROW li Market Road ; 2606. THENCE withsaid ROW line North 70 deg. 33 min., East 13 cedar fence corner post at the North corner of the ceme THENCE South 32 deg. 49 min. West with a woven wire fen ." iron od found at the West corner of the cemetary; THENCE South 56 deg. 57 min. East at 208.5 feet past a corner post, in all 209 feet to an iron, pin atthe South cemetary; THENCE South 32 deg. 19 min. West 316.5 fd`et for the We Weir Road, to the FONT OF BEGINNING. SECOND TRACT: :BEING 0.66 acres and being all of the Liese land lying Weir Road and the New Weir Road, Farm to Market Road 26 cemetary. BEGINNING at a cedar fence corner post at the North cor and the upper Northeast corner of the First Tract; THENCE North 70 deg. 33 min East with the South ROW lin Road 2606, 136.9 feet to a concrete R01F marker at the b curve to the left, whose central angle is 17 deg. 20 ml THENCE around a cruved ROW line about 213 feet, to a po 67 deg. 25 min East 212.7 feet from the ROW marker went East corner of this tract; THENCE So th 32 deg. 19 min. West with the Vest line of 284 feet to a pipe fence corner post of a woven wire fe of the cemetary, 11 THENCE North 56 deg. 57 min. West 207.2 feet to a POINT being that same real estate conveyed by Carl Liese and to to Philip A, Menella and wife, Opal A. Mennella by Deed and duly recorded in Vol. 475, Page 476, Deed REcords o. Texas. We the undersigned do hereby certify that the above"des( is contiguous and adjacent to the City of Georgetown, Texas, miles in width and that this petition is signed and duly and every person or corporation having an interest in said of land on ition your Jude as a part ritory, to -wits illiamson County, of record in Vol. tween the Old 69 West of the the old roaof Farm .1 feet to a 9 208.3 feet to an iron wire fence r of the line of the Old tween the Old , East of the of Farm to ilarket inning of a 3 deg. which stands North ,d above, for the he old Wier Road, e at the East Corner )F BEGINNING, and .fe, Olga G. Liese .ated Feb. 15, 1965, Williamson County, 0 s Phillip A. Mennella PHILIP A« TdANNELLA M THEi STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day persnnally appeared Philip A« Mennella, known to me to be then person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument? and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for f the purposes and consideration therein expressed* GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAT, OF OFFICE this the 7th day of September, 1965« s Charlotte Reed NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON BEFORE ME, the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County and State« on this day personally appeared Opal A. Mennella, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and having been examined by me privily and apart from her hsuband, and having the same fully explained to her, she, the said Opal A. Mennella, acknowledged such instrument to -be her act and deed., and she declared that she had. willingly signed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and that she did not wish to retract it. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF O I ICE, this the 7th day of Sept. 1965 « LsJ Charlotte Reed NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS AN ORDINANCE AIRMING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, WILL AMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITY SO AS TO INCLUDE SAID HEREINAFTER. DESCRIBED PRO PERTY WIMI N THE CITY LIMITS, AND GRANTING TO SAID TERRITORY AND TO _ ALL INHABITANTS, PRESENT AND FUTURE, OF SAID PROPERTY ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND BINDING SAID I14H BITANTS BY ALL THE ACTS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY AND COlaAINING ETIIRGENCY CLAUSE* WHEREAS, a petition for annexation has been duly signed and acknowledged by each and every person having an interest in the hereinafter described prop- erty and territory; and, WHEREAS, said tract of land is contiguous and adjacent to the City of Georgetown, Teas, and is not more than one-half mile in width; and, WHEREAS, said petition was presented to the City Council on the 15th day of September, 1965, such date being not less than five nor more than 50 days from the elate hereof; and, WHEREAS, after hearing such petition and arguments for and against sate the City Council has voted to grant such petition and to annex said territory to the City of Georgetown., Texas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas: That the following property hereinafter described, to»wit: BEING 8.72 acres of the A. Flores Survey, Abst. #235 in; Wi Texas, part of a tract described in a deed to Carl Liese o 214, Page 266, Teed Records of Williamson County, Texas. FIRST TRACT: hp BEING 8.06 acres and being all of the Liese land lying bet Road and the new Weir Road, Farm -to Market Road 2606, Wes BEGINNING at an iron pin at the lower Southeast corner of a bend in the old Weir Road; THENCE North 85 deg. 34 min.. West with the North line of feet to a concrete ROW marker in the South ROW line of Fa: lanison record in Vol, the old Weir Liese tract at old road, 1207.5 to -Market Road 2606, THENCE with said ROW lime North 70 deg. 33 min. East 1390.1 feet to a cedar fence corner post at the North corner of ;the cemetary, THENCE South 32 deg. 49 min. West with a woven wire fence, 08.3 feet to an iron rod found at the West corner of the cemetary, THENCE South 56 deg. 57 min. East at 208.5 feet past a wov,ihn wire fence corner post, in all 209 feet to an iron pin at the South corner of the cemetary, THENCE South 32 deg. 19 min. West 316.5 feet for the West line of the old Weir Road, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. SECOND 1RA .k a Being 0.66 acres and being all of the Liese land lying bet en the old Weir Road and the new Weir Road., Farm -to -Market #26o6, East,,of the cemetary. BEGINNING at a cedar fence corner post at the North corner �f the cemetary and the upper Northeast corner of the FIRST TRACT. THENCE North 70 deg. 33 min. East with the South RCW line of Farm -to -Market Road #2606, 136.9 feet to a concrete ROW marker at the b{agi ing of a 3 deg. curve to the left, whose central angle is 17 deg., 20 min., THENCE around a curved ROW line about 213 feet, to a point iihich stands North 67 deg. 25 min. East 212.7 feet from the ROW marker mention d above, for the East corner of this tract, THENCE South 32 deg. 19 min. West with th4 West lane oft ; old Weir Road, 284 feet to a pipe fence corner post of a woven wire fence It the East corner of the cemetary, THENCE North 56 deg. 57 min. West 207.2 feet to the POINT C IP BEGINNING, And being that same real estate conveyed by Carl Liese and I Wife, Olga G. Liese to Phillip A. nblla ,and ifq, ""Opal A.;;T anella by ed dated Feb. 15: 1965 and duly recorded in Vol. 475, Page 476, Deed REcords f Williamson County, Texas. be and the same is hereby annexted to the City of Georgeto I, Williamson County, Texas, and that the boundary limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas be and the same are hereby extended to include the ab,ove described territory within the City Limits of the City of Georgetown,'Texas, and the same shall hereafter be included within the territorial limits of said city, and said land, and the present and future inhabitants there of, shall hereafter be entitled to all the rights and privileges of other citizens of the City of