19.12.030 Permits – Application – Processing.
A. Application for a permit shall be made annually in writing, on forms provided, to the Borough Planning Department. The department may require a fee to cover the cost of processing the application.
B. The Planning Department shall immediately refer the application and its supporting drawings to the State Health Department and the public utilities which will service the proposed mobile home park. All renewals shall be approved by the Planning Department. New parks shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for approval and shall comply with the provisions of the zoning ordinance as regards location.
C. If a zoning conditional use permit for a mobile home park is required and has been granted, as provided in the zoning ordinance, and an application for a permit has been made under the terms of this chapter, the Planning Department or commission shall act on the application for the permit within 45 days after the conditional use permit has been granted or the permit application has been received, whichever is later. In the event of failure to act within the specified time, approval is implied and a permit shall be issued.
D. In its consideration of an application, the Planning Department or Planning Commission shall require compliance with this chapter and shall not approve a permit if a written objection based on ordinances, regulations or state statutes is filed by the State Health Department. The application shall also comply with the zoning ordinances of the Borough.
E. An application for an original permit for a new mobile home park or for the expansion or reconstruction of a mobile home park existing on August 28, 1969, as required by FNSBC 19.12.020, shall be signed by the applicant and a registered surveyor, or if the applicant is installing their own water and sewer, by a registered professional engineer, and shall be accompanied by a statement giving the following information:
1. The name and address of the applicant;
2. The interest of the applicant in and the location and legal description of the proposed mobile home park;
3. A statement of provisions to be made for water supply and sewage and garbage disposal.
F. An original application for an original permit for a new mobile home park or for an expansion or reconstruction of an existing mobile home park shall also be accompanied by 10 prints drawn at a horizontal scale of one inch equals 40 feet, to the inch, and prepared by a professional engineer or surveyor registered by the state of Alaska showing the following:
1. The name of the proposed mobile home park;
2. The date and north arrow; revisions shall show the revision date;
3. Total proposed mobile home park area in acres, including fractional parts thereof;
4. The locations, width and names of existing or platted streets or other public ways within or adjacent to the tract, and roads within 100 feet of the tract, existing permanent buildings, railroad rights-of-way and other important features such as section lines and political boundaries;
5. The layout, numbers and approximate dimensions of proposed spaces;
6. The layout, names, width and length of proposed streets and alleys and existing and proposed easements within the proposed mobile home park;
7. Space for approval by the Planning Department with additional space for date and seal;
8. Existing and proposed sewers, gas and water mains, culverts, manholes or other underground systems within the tract, with pipe sizes, grades, if available, and locations, as well as aerial and underground electrical and telephone systems;
9. The names of adjacent subdivisions, adjacent platted lots and streets and, if appropriate, an indication that the adjacent land is not subdivided;
10. Final grading, drainage, planting screen or space buffer plans and specifications, if required by the Planning Department;
11. A vicinity sketch or key map at not less than one inch to the mile showing the relative location of the proposed mobile home park, the principal road systems, and section lines.
G. The Planning Department shall, after review and approval, issue an authorization to proceed with construction to the applicant. An authorization to proceed with construction shall be a letter to the applicant advising them that they may proceed and stating the conditions under which such authorization is given.
H. When construction is completed according to the terms of approval, the Planning Department inspector shall certify completion and a permit shall be issued. No mobile homes shall occupy the mobile home park until the permit has been issued. In large mobile home parks, a series of temporary permits may be issued as sections of the park are completed, provided the Planning Commission gives advance approval.
I. The design and construction of water and sewage facilities shall be regulated by the codes and regulations of Fairbanks North Star Borough and/or the State Health Department and the approval of these systems shall be secured before a permit is issued.
J. Appeal from decision of the Planning Department may be taken to the commission and appeals from decisions of the commission may be taken to the Borough Assembly, provided a notice of appeal is filed within seven days of the department’s or the commission’s action.
K. As a transitional measure, permits required and issued by Fairbanks North Star Borough and/or the State Health Department for mobile home parks which by their terms have not expired upon August 28, 1969, shall satisfy the permit requirements of this chapter until the expiration date of such outstanding permits or June 30, 1970, whichever is the earlier date.
L. It is unlawful for any mobile home park to be operated except in strict compliance with plans and provisions for layout and operation of the mobile home parks contained in or accompanying the application for a new mobile home park or the modification or reconstruction of an existing mobile home park. (Ord. 2019-09 § 2, 2019; Ord. 2016-40 § 94, 2016; Ord. 2005-22 § 2, 2005. 2004 Code § 19.10.030.)