Greenwood Mobile Home Park license delayed
By Randy Pierce • July 1 marks the date for the renewal of licenses for several mobile home parks in Madison County with all of the eight so designated which are coming due then except one, Greenwood Inc. in Collinsville, having been approved.
Referencing the site located at 1332 Leland Street, east of Illinois Route 159 and north of Lebanon Road near California Avenue in Collinsville Township, the authorization for the license renewal of the Greenwood mobile home residential area, based on a recommendation from staff, did not occur along with the other seven at a meeting of the county board public safety committee held earlier this month.
The county employs an inspector to assure compliance with its 19-page mobile home code which mandates that such residential developments obtain a renewable license annually and adhere to local regulations and those set down by the Illinois Department of Public Health for such operations.
The mobile home parks and all facilities, structures, utilities and components are expected to be in good repair and in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition. The license issued by the county clerk is to be conspicuously posted in the office of the mobile home park at all times.
The provisions of the county’s mobile home park code additionally address sewage, garbage and waste disposal, fire protection, stormwater drainage and adequate water supply. There are also specifications regarding roadways, walkways, driveways, parking pads and patio pads which are applicable to mobile home parks. Any alterations or additions are subject to review and approval by the county zoning department.
The county inspects, at least twice a year, each mobile home park licensed under this code to determine compliance and may revoke licenses where violations exist, subject to a hearing process.
With 12 lots comprising the Greenwood park, it was reported to the public safety committee that numerous violations existing on the site factored into the recommendation to delay issues of its license.
Those violations include the accumulation of trash and debris, a strong odor of sewage and the burning of mattresses on the property, documented as applicable with photos maintained by the county.
It was additionally reported to the committee that this mobile home park’s owner, who resides away from Collinsville and is rarely at this location, will not be able to implement any new occupancy or locate any structures on the site until the violations are addressed. According to the county’s parcel map, the property owner is Paul Boles of Pulaski, Tennessee.
When the public safety committee got to the point of needing to take action on this matter, it was determined that a motion to approve the license renewals for the other seven developments was necessary with Greenwood being removed from those with that action being forwarded to the full county board at its regular monthly meeting scheduled for Wednesday of this week.
Then, to maintain the properly orchestrated procedure, a separate motion to approve Greenwood had to be made and it was defeated unanimously by the seven committee members present, Ron Simpson of Troy among them.
Any person who is refused a license, or whose license is suspended or revoked, shall have the right to a hearing before the committee. A written notice of a request for such a hearing shall be served upon the committee within 10 days of such refusal of a permit to construct or alter, or refusal of a license or suspension or revocation thereof.
Among the other mobile home parks approved for license renewal was Wheel Ranch, a 34-unit development located at the intersection of Illinois Routes 157 and 162 in Collinsville.
