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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0320
Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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210 ILCS 115/9.3 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719.3 |
210 ILCS 115/9.9 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719.9 |
210 ILCS 115/9.10 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719.10 |
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Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Provides that there must be an open space of 3 meters (10 feet) side-to-side, 2.4 meters (8 feet) end-to-side, or 1.8 meters (6 feet) end-to-end horizontally between mobile homes or community buildings, unless the exposed composite walls and roof of either structure are without openings and constructed of materials that will provide a one-hour fire resistance rating or the structures are separated by a one-hour fire-rated barrier. Provides that whenever an owner of a mobile home or a manager, agent, or representative from a mobile home community enlarges or expands a concrete pad used to support a mobile home, installs a new mobile home, or replaces an existing mobile home on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, that change shall be deemed to be a new site and is subject to the setback requirements imposed by this amendatory Act. Provides that the space under a manufactured home may not be used for the storage of combustible materials or for the storage or placement of flammable liquids, gases, or liquid-fuel-powered or gas-fuel-powered equipment. Provides that porches and other specified structures must be constructed of materials that do not support combustion (instead of materials specified by regulations). Provides that accessory buildings or sheds that are constructed of materials that do not support combustion shall be not less than 0.9 meters (3 feet) from a mobile home. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0320 |
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LRB094 10108 DRJ 40369 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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, 9.9, and 9.10 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. Each site on which a mobile home is accommodated |
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| shall have a
minimum area of 2,500 square feet, provided that |
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| sites 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 the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of
1987 shall contain an area of not less than 2,100 feet.
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| No mobile home shall be parked closer than 5 feet to the |
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| side lot lines
of a park, or closer than 10 feet to a public or |
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| private street, alley or building.
Each individual site shall |
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| abut or face on a private or public street. All
streets shall |
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| have unobstructed access to a public street of not less than 24 |
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| feet in width. There shall be an
open space of 3 meters (10 |
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| feet) side-to-side, 2.4 meters (8 feet) end-to-side, or 1.8 |
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| meters (6 feet) end-to-end horizontally between mobile homes or |
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| community buildings, unless the exposed composite walls and |
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| roof of either structure are without openings and constructed |
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| of materials that will provide a one-hour fire resistance |
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| rating or the structures are separated by a one-hour fire-rated |
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| barrier. Whenever an owner of a mobile home or a manager, |
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| agent, or representative from a mobile home community enlarges |
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| or expands a concrete pad used to support a mobile home, |
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| installs a new mobile home, or replaces an existing mobile home |
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| on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 94th General Assembly, that change shall be deemed a new site |
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| and subject to the setback requirements of this Section
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