§ 4-1. Use of mobile homes for business purposes in commercial districts.

(a)

Definitions. For the purpose of this section certain words are hereby defined. Words used in the present tense shall include the future tense; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural number shall include the singular; the word "prohibited" or "prohibit" shall mean "forbidden by law"; the words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended," "designed."

(1)

Mobile home means a movable or portable dwelling over ten (10) feet in length and over six (6) feet wide constructed to be towed on its chassis, connected to utilities and designed without a permanent foundation for year-round occupancy, which may or may not be capable of expansion by the joining of two (2) or more separate units.

(2)

Permanent means for a period to exceed twelve (12) calendar months.

(b)

Businesses permanent in nature prohibited. It shall be unlawful and prohibited for any person, corporation, partnership or firm to place or have placed within the corporate boundaries of the city a mobile home within a commercial zone for business purposes and/or a business of a permanent nature. Expressly excluded from this subsection are businesses which were in effect and operating and located in a mobile home as of November 4, 1980.

(c)

Temporary use; letter of intent. Any person, corporation, partnership or firm, prior to conducting business or intending to conduct business from a mobile home, shall give a letter of intent to the director of planning commission dated and verified, in writing, that the mobile home is temporary in nature and shall be removed at the end of three hundred sixty-five (365) days.

(d)

Use beyond time limit; penalty. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation which conducts business in, from or within a mobile home after the expiration of three hundred sixty-five (365) days from the date of the issuance of the permit shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each twenty-four-hour period shall constitute a separate offense.

(e)

Effect on other ordinance provisions. Nothing within this section shall restrict the use of a mobile home in a manner set forth in any prior municipal ordinance now in effect in the city concerning mobile dwellings.

(f)

Compliance with zoning laws, permit requirements. Any person, corporation, partnership or firm desiring to use for business purposes the mobile home in a commercial zone shall comply with all other zoning regulations now in effect in Southaven, Mississippi, and shall be required to obtain all permits duly required under the law now in effect.

(Ord. No. 9, arts. I—V, VII, 11-4-80)