§ D. Application for License.
Application. Four copies of the Mobile Home Park application, Form CP-SR-1, shall be submitted with the proposed Mobile Home Park plat to the City Clerk. Application forms can be secured from the City Clerk.
Plat Approval. A plat of all Mobile Home Parks within the force and effect of these regulations shall be drawn and submitted to the Planning Commission and Board of Aldermen for their approval or disapproval as provided herein.
Official Recording. No plot or description of land subdividing shall be filed in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Jackson County, Mississippi, until same shall have final approval by the Planning Commission and approval by the Board of Aldermen as required by law.
Agenda. Each plat submitted for preliminary or final approval shall be placed on the agenda of the Planning Commission, through the secretary of same, after fulfilling the requirements of these regulations. The approval of the preliminary plat shall not be deemed final acceptance of, but rather an expression of approval of the layout as submitted on the preliminary plat, such approval shall not be noted on the preliminary plat. One copy of the preliminary plat shall be retained by the Planning Commission, one copy by the City Engineer, one copy by the Sewer and Water Board and one copy transmitted to the Planning Consultant.
Filing Fee. In order to defray the cost of notification, field and special studies and recording on the city's base map, there shall be paid to the City Clerk at the time of submission of the preliminary plat (not refundable) a fee of five dollars ($5.00) per lot for the first ten (10) lots and two dollars ($2.00) per lot for the next ten (10) lots and one dollar ($1.00) per lot for each additional lot. Where only a portion of an approved preliminary plat is submitted for final approval, a final plat of the remaining area may be submitted at any time within two (2) years of the preliminary plat without payment of any additional filing fee by the subdivider providing the final plat for the additional area conforms substantially with the approved preliminary plat.
Preliminary Plat Approval. Four copies of the preliminary plat shall be submitted to the City Clerk at least fifteen (15) days prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Planning Commission. The proposed plat shall be at a scale of not less than one hundred (100) feet to one inch or on sheets not more than thirty (30) by forty (40) inches in size. The proposed plat shall give the following information:
(a)
The name of the Mobile Home Park, the name and address of the owner and the name of the professionally qualified engineer, land surveyor, architect, landscape architect, or city planner registered to practice in the State of Mississippi.
(b)
The names and addresses of the surrounding property owners as they appear on the current tax records.
(c)
The scale, north point and date.
(d)
Street names, location, right-of-way widths, pavement widths, approximate grades and vertical curves of proposed streets, alleys, easements, parkways, and other open spaces, reservations, lot lines and dimensions, set back lines, lot numbers and block numbers.
(e)
The location of platted property lines and existing property lines, date of survey, natural water courses, railroads, sewers, bridges, culverts (indicate size) drain pipes, streets, alleys or other easements on the proposed plat and on adjoining land.
(f)
Sites (if any) to be reserved or dedicated for public or private parks, playgrounds or other open spaces and the purpose, condition and/or limitations of such dedications.
(g)
Proposed sites (if any) for shopping centers, churches, industry, group housing units or other nonpublic use exclusive of single family, duplex or fourplex dwellings.
(h)
Contours at vertical intervals of one foot on plats containing four (4) or more lots. Elevation to be based on Ocean Springs datum or United States Geographical Survey datum whichever is required by the City Engineer or his designated authority.
(i)
Streets adjacent to the proposed plat, right-of-way width and location.
(j)
A vicinity map showing the relationship of the Mobile Home Park site to the surrounding area including schools, shopping centers, recreational facilities, etc., at a scale of 1" = 800' to 1" = 1600'.
(k)
The location of the proposed utility lines (sewer, gas, water and electric) as approved by the City Utility Engineer or designated authority indicating the size of pipes, location of man holes, valves, hydrants and possible connections to the existing utility system.
(l)
The exact location of any part of the proposed Mobile Home Park which is subject to inundation by storm drains, ponding or local surface water, clearly indicated. Areas subject to ponding or inundation must be indicated on the proposed plat; some provisions must be made to eliminate the ponding before the Planning Commission will approve the plat.
(m)
Profiles of all proposed streets showing the natural and finished grades drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals one hundred (100) feet horizontal and one inch equals twenty (20) feet vertical.
(n)
Approval of the Mississippi State Board of Health.
(o)
Zoning ordinance lines and zones indicated.
Note: The proposed name of the Mobile Home Park and the names of the streets therein shall not duplicate or closely resemble phonetically or any other way the name of any other subdivision or street in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Restrictions.
(a)
A draft of the deed restrictions or protective covenants, whereby the subdivider intends to regulate the land use other than through the zoning ordinance in the subdivision or otherwise protect the proposed development, shall be attached to the preliminary plat.
(b)
If the proposed land to be subdivided does not lie within the force and effect of the existing zoning ordinance of the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, the Planning Commission shall transmit the plat to the City Utility Engineer, Water Board, Sanitary Department or any other interested City or County Department for review and recommendation in relation to specific services.
(c)
Approval of the preliminary plat by the Planning Commission shall not be deemed final approval of the overall plan. This preliminary approval shall be noted on the preliminary plat. One copy of this preliminary plat shall be retained in the files of the Planning Commission.
(d)
No "mobile home" as defined above in Section A2 shall be considered to be a "permanent structure", (whether or not said mobile home is altered, modified or made a part of other permanent construction).
Editor's note— Subsection (d) was added by the ordinance of February 14, 1967, Section 1.
Final Plat Approval.
(a)
The original and four (4) copies of the final plat shall be submitted to the City Clerk at least fifteen (15) days prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Planning Commission. The final plat shall be submitted within two (2) years after approval of the preliminary plat or such preliminary approval will lapse. The final plat shall be at a scale of one hundred (100) feet to one inch (1" = 100'). Where only a portion of an approved preliminary plat is submitted for final approval, a final plat of the remaining area may be submitted at any time within two (2) years of the preliminary plat without payment of any additional filing fee by the subdivider providing the final plat for the additional areas conform substantially with the approved preliminary plat.
(b)
The subdivider must have a certificate from the City Engineer or approved testing laboratory that all streets shown on the plat have been improved with a hard surface material (asphalt or concrete) of the width proposed on the preliminary plat in Section F, "4", with adequate shoulders to maintain this surface; that the sewage, water and drainage have been properly installed in sufficient size acceptable to the City Department and that street markers of approved size and shape have been installed.
(c)
If all lots in the proposed Mobile Home Park contain a minimum of 3,500 square feet and if, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, the connection to the city water and sewage utilities would be unreasonable, the Board of Aldermen may approve the final plat if the individual water and sewage systems are approved by the Mississippi State Board of Health.
(d)
The final plat shall show or include the following:
(1)
Sufficient data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground the location, bearing and length of every street line, lot line, boundary line and building setback line whether curved or straight.
(2)
The names and lines of all streets, alley lines, lot lines and building setback lines, lots numbered in numerical order, reservations, easements, and areas to be dedicated to public use with notes stating their purpose and any limitations.
(3)
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, easements and other rights-of-way and property lines of residential lots and other sites.
(4)
All dimensions shall be accurate to the nearest one-tenth ( 1/10 ) of a foot and all angles accurate to the nearest minute.
(5)
Trailer spaces or sites numbered in numerical order and blocks lettered alphabetically.
(6)
Location, dimensions and purpose of any easements from any areas to be dedicated to public use or sites for other than residential use with notes stating their purpose and limitations.
(7)
Accurate location, material and description of monuments and markers.
(8)
The following certificates or dedications:
(i)
Certificate showing that applicant is the land owner and dedicates streets, rights-of-way and any sites for public use to the governmental agency having jurisdiction.
(ii)
A certificate of accuracy by an engineer or land surveyor registered to practice in the State of Mississippi.
(iii)
A certificate of approval by the Planning Commission and the Board of Aldermen.
(iv)
A certificate of recording by the Chancery Clerk of Jackson County.
(e)
Upon final approval of the plat the original drawings shall be returned to the subdivider; four copies shall show written approval of the Planning Commission and the Board of Aldermen; one copy filed with the City Utility Engineer or designated authority; one copy filed with the Planning Consultant; one copy retained by the Planning Commission and one copy filed with the Sewer and Water Board.
(f)
Failure of the Planning Commission to approve or disapprove the final plat within sixty (60) days after submission shall be deemed approval of the plat. If the plat is disapproved, the grounds for disapproval shall be stated in the minutes of the Planning Commission and a letter transmitted to the subdivider stating the reason(s) for such disapproval.
(g)
Upon approval of the final plat by the Planning Commission the plat shall be submitted for recording within sixty (60) days, otherwise final approval will be null and void.
2.
Application for Renewal License. Upon application in writing by a licensee for renewal of a license and upon payment of the annual license fee, the City of Ocean Springs shall issue a certificate to renew such license for another year.
3.
The license herein provided for and granted is a personal privilege, peculiar to the grantee and is not transferable, and no business may be conducted thereunder by any person other than the grantee. In case of transfer, the transferee is to make application in writing to the City Clerk.