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    AN ACT concerning mobile homes.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5.  The Mobile Home Park Act is amended by changing 
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Sections 9.3
and 26 as follows:


 



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    (210 ILCS 115/9.3)
  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719.3)



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    Sec. 9.3. Minimum sites; access.

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    (a) Each site on which a mobile home is accommodated shall 
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have a
minimum area of 2,500 square feet, provided that sites 
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existing in parks or
approved by the Department for 
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construction prior to August 21, 1967, shall
contain an area of 
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not less than 1,000 square feet, and sites constructed
between 
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August 21, 1967 and September 18, 1987
the effective date of 
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this
amendatory Act of 1987 shall contain an area of not less 
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than 2,100 feet.

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    (b) No mobile home shall be parked closer than 5 feet to 
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the side lot
lines of a park, or closer than 10 feet to a public 
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street, alley, or
building. Each individual site shall abut or 
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face on a private or public
street.  All streets shall have 
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unobstructed access to a public street. There
shall be an open 
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space of at least 10 feet adjacent to the sides of every
mobile 
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home and at least 5 feet adjacent to the ends of every mobile 
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home.

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    (c) Mobile homes located on sites constructed on or before 
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July 1, 1998
shall have a minimum separation of 10 feet from 
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the side of a mobile home to
another mobile home and a minimum 
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separation of 5 feet from the end of a mobile
home to another 
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mobile home.  The dimensions of other structures on the site

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such as a
shed, stair, deck, carport, or awning shall not be 
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counted in calculating the
minimum separation between mobile 
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homes.  There shall be no minimum setback
requirements
from a 
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private street with respect to mobile homes located on sites 
 


 






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constructed
on or before July 1, 1998.

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    (d) With respect to mobile homes located on sites 
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constructed after July
1, 1998, there shall be a minimum 
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separation of at least 10 feet adjacent to
the sides
of every 
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mobile home and at least 5 feet adjacent to the ends of every 
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mobile
home.

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    (e) When a mobile home is removed from a site for repairs 
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and then
replaced on
the site or when a mobile home on a site is 
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replaced by another mobile home on
the site, the site shall not 
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be deemed to be a newly constructed site and shall
be governed

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by the standards in effect at the time the site was originally 
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constructed.

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    (f) A home rule unit may not regulate mobile home sites 
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with respect to
setback and
separation requirements in a manner 
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that conflicts with this
Section.  This subsection is a 
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limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
Article VII of 
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the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home

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rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

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(Source: P.A. 85-565.)


 



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    (210 ILCS 115/26)
  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 736)



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    Sec. 26. This Act does not apply within the corporate 
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limits of
any home rule unit, except as otherwise provided in 
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this Act.

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(Source: P.A. 85-565.)