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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 334
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 334 on page 1, by
3 replacing line 1 with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning mobile homes."; and
5 on page 2, after line 9, by inserting the following:
6 "Section 90. The Mobile Home Park Act is amended by
7 changing Sections 9.3 and 26 as follows:
8 (210 ILCS 115/9.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719.3)
9 Sec. 9.3. Minimum sites; access.
10 (a) Each site on which a mobile home is accommodated
11 shall have a minimum area of 2,500 square feet, provided that
12 sites existing in parks or approved by the Department for
13 construction prior to August 21, 1967, shall contain an area
14 of not less than 1,000 square feet, and sites constructed
15 between August 21, 1967 and September 18, 1987 the effective
16 date of this amendatory Act of 1987 shall contain an area of
17 not less than 2,100 feet.
18 (b) No mobile home shall be parked closer than 5 feet to
19 the side lot lines of a park, or closer than 10 feet to a
20 public street, alley, or building. Each individual site shall
21 abut or face on a private or public street. All streets
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1 shall have unobstructed access to a public street. There
2 shall be an open space of at least 10 feet adjacent to the
3 sides of every mobile home and at least 5 feet adjacent to
4 the ends of every mobile home.
5 (c) Mobile homes located on sites constructed on or
6 before July 1, 1998 shall have a minimum separation of 10
7 feet from the side of a mobile home to another mobile home
8 and a minimum separation of 5 feet from the end of a mobile
9 home to another mobile home. The dimensions of other
10 structures on the site such as a shed, stair, deck, carport,
11 or awning shall not be counted in calculating the minimum
12 separation between mobile homes. There shall be no minimum
13 setback requirements from a private street with respect to
14 mobile homes located on sites constructed on or before July
15 1, 1998.
16 (d) With respect to mobile homes located on sites
17 constructed after July 1, 1998, there shall be a minimum
18 separation of at least 10 feet adjacent to the sides of every
19 mobile home and at least 5 feet adjacent to the ends of every
20 mobile home.
21 (e) When a mobile home is removed from a site for
22 repairs and then replaced on the site or when a mobile home
23 on a site is replaced by another mobile home on the site, the
24 site shall not be deemed to be a newly constructed site and
25 shall be governed by the standards in effect at the time the
26 site was originally constructed.
27 (f) A home rule unit may not regulate mobile home sites
28 with respect to setback and separation requirements in a
29 manner that conflicts with this Section. This subsection is
30 a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII
31 of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by
32 home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the
33 State.
34 (Source: P.A. 85-565.)
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1 (210 ILCS 115/26) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 736)
2 Sec. 26. This Act does not apply within the corporate
3 limits of any home rule unit, except as otherwise provided in
4 this Act.
5 (Source: P.A. 85-565.)".