66.058(1)(i)
(i) "Space" means a plot of ground within a mobile home park, designed for the accommodation of one mobile home unit.
66.058(2)
(2) License and revocation or suspension thereof. 66.058(2)(a)(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate within the limits of any city, town or village, any mobile home park unless such person shall first obtain from the city, town or village a license therefor. All such parks in existence on August 9, 1953 shall within 90 days thereafter, obtain such license, and in all other respects comply fully with the requirements of this section except that the licensing authority shall upon application of a park operator, waive such requirements that require prohibitive reconstruction costs if such waiver does not affect sanitation requirements of the city, town or village or create or permit to continue any hazard to the welfare and health of the community and the occupants of the park.
66.058(2)(b)
(b) In order to protect and promote the public health, morals and welfare and to equitably defray the cost of municipal and educational services required by persons and families using or occupying trailers, mobile homes, trailer camps or mobile home parks for living, dwelling or sleeping purposes, each city council, village board and town board may establish and enforce by ordinance reasonable standards and regulations for every trailer and trailer camp and every mobile home and mobile home park; require an annual license fee to operate the same and levy and collect special assessments to defray the cost of municipal and educational services furnished to such trailer and trailer camp, or mobile home and mobile home park. They may limit the number of units, trailers or mobile homes that may be parked or kept in any one camp or park, and limit the number of licenses for trailer camps or parks in any common school district, if the mobile housing development would cause the school costs to increase above the state average or if an exceedingly difficult or impossible situation exists with regard to providing adequate and proper sewage disposal in the particular area. The power conferred on cities, villages and towns by this section is in addition to all other grants and shall be deemed limited only by the express language of this section.
66.058(2)(c)
(c) In any town in which the town board enacts an ordinance regulating trailers under the provisions of this section and has also enacted and approved a county zoning ordinance under the provisions of
s. 59.69, the provisions of the ordinance which is most restrictive shall apply with respect to the establishment and operation of any trailer camp in said town.
66.058(2)(d)
(d) Any license granted under the provisions of this section shall be subject to revocation or suspension for cause by the common council, village board or town board that issued the license upon complaint filed with the clerk of the city, village or town signed by any law enforcement officer, local health officer, as defined in
s. 250.01 (5), or building inspector after a public hearing upon the complaint, provided that the holder of the license shall be given 10 days' notice in writing of the hearing, and the holder of the license shall be entitled to appear and be heard as to why the license shall not be revoked. Any holder of a license that is revoked or suspended by the governing body of any city, village or town may within 20 days of the date of the revocation or suspension appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county in which the trailer camp or mobile home park is located by filing a written notice of appeal with the city, village or town clerk, together with a bond executed to the city, village or town, in the sum of $500 with 2 sureties or a bonding company approved by the said clerk, conditioned for the faithful prosecution of the appeal and the payment of costs adjudged against the license holder.
66.058(3)
(3) License and monthly mobile home fee; review. 66.058(3)(a)(a) The licensing authority shall exact from the licensee an annual license fee of not less than $25 and not more than $100 for each 50 spaces or fraction thereof within each mobile home park within its limits, except that where the park lies in more than one municipality the amount of the license fee shall be such fraction thereof as the number of spaces in the park in the municipality bears to the entire number of spaces in the park.
66.058(3)(b)
(b) The licensing authority may collect a fee of $10 for each transfer of a license.
66.058(3)(c)1.1. In addition to the license fee provided in
pars. (a) and
(b), each local taxing authority shall collect from each mobile home occupying space or lots in a park in the city, town or village, except from mobile homes that constitute improvements to real property under
s. 70.043 (1) and from recreational mobile homes and camping trailers as defined in
s. 70.111 (19), a monthly parking permit fee computed as follows:
66.058(3)(c)1.a.
a. On January 1, the assessor shall determine the total fair market value of each mobile home in the taxation district subject to the monthly parking permit fee.
66.058(3)(c)1.b.
b. The fair market value, determined under
subd. 1. a., minus the tax-exempt household furnishings thus established, shall be equated to the general level of assessment for the prior year on other real and personal property in the district.
66.058(3)(c)1.c.
c. The value of each mobile home, determined under
subd. 1. b., shall be multiplied by the general property gross tax rate, less any credit rate for the property tax relief credit, established on the preceding year's assessment of general property.
66.058(3)(c)1.d.
d. The total annual parking permit fee, computed under
subd. 1. c., shall be divided by 12 and shall represent the monthly mobile home parking permit fee.
66.058(3)(c)2.
2. The monthly parking permit fee shall be applicable to mobile homes moving into the tax district any time during the year. The park operator shall furnish information to the tax district clerk and the assessor on mobile homes added to the park within 5 days after their arrival, on forms prescribed by the department of revenue. As soon as the assessor receives the notice of an addition of a mobile home to a park, the assessor shall determine its fair market value and notify the clerk of that determination. The clerk shall equate the fair market value established by the assessor and shall apply the appropriate tax rate, divide the annual parking permit fee thus determined by 12 and notify the mobile home owner of the monthly fee to be collected from the mobile home owner. Liability for payment of the fee shall begin on the first day of the next succeeding month and shall remain on the mobile home only for such months as the mobile home remains in the tax district.
66.058(3)(c)3.
3. A new monthly parking permit fee and a new valuation shall be established each January and shall continue for that calendar year.
66.058(3)(c)4.
4. The valuation established shall be subject to review as are other values established under
ch. 70. If the board of review reduces a valuation on which previous monthly payments have been made the tax district shall refund past excess fee payments.
66.058(3)(c)5.
5. The monthly parking permit fee shall be paid by the mobile home owner to the local taxing authority on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which such parking permit fee is due.
66.058(3)(c)6.
6. The licensee of a park shall be liable for the monthly parking permit fee for any mobile home occupying space therein as well as the owner and occupant thereof. A municipality, by ordinance, may require the mobile home park operator to collect the monthly parking permit fee from the mobile home owner.
66.058(3)(c)7.
7. No monthly parking permit fee shall be imposed for any space occupied by a mobile home accompanied by an automobile for an accumulating period not to exceed 60 days in any 12 months if the occupants of the mobile home are tourists or vacationists. Exemption certificates in duplicate shall be accepted by the treasurer of the licensing authority from qualified tourists or vacationists in lieu of monthly mobile home parking permit fees.
66.058(3)(c)8.
8. The credit under
s. 79.10 (9) (bm), as it applies to a parcel of taxable property shall apply to the estimated fair market value of a mobile home. The treasurer shall reduce the owner's parking permit fee by the amount of any allowable credit. The treasurer shall furnish notice of all amounts for credits under this subdivision to the department of revenue as provided under
s. 79.10 (1m).
66.058(3)(d)
(d) This section shall not apply where a mobile home park is owned and operated by any county under the provisions of
s. 59.52 (16) (b).
66.058(3)(e)
(e) If a mobile home is permitted by local ordinance to be located outside of a licensed park, the monthly parking permit fee shall be paid by the owner of the land on which it stands, and the owner of such land shall be required to comply with the reporting requirements of
par. (c). The owner of the land may collect the fee from the owner of the mobile home and, on or before January 10 and on or before July 10, shall transmit to the taxation district all fees owed for the 6 months ending on the last day of the month preceding the month when the transmission is required. Nothing contained in this subsection shall prohibit the regulation thereof by local ordinance.
66.058(3)(g)
(g) Failure to timely pay the tax hereunder shall be treated in all respects like a default in payment of personal property tax and shall be subject to all procedures and penalties applicable thereto under
chs. 70 and
74.
66.058(3)(h)
(h) Each local governing body is empowered to enact an ordinance providing a forfeiture of up to $25 for the failure to comply with the reporting requirements of
par. (c) or
(e). Each failure to report shall be regarded as a separate offense.
66.058(3m)
(3m) Park operator reimbursement. A park operator who is required by municipal ordinance to collect the monthly parking permit fee from the mobile home owner may deduct, for administrative expenses, 2% of the monthly fees collected.
66.058(4)
(4) Application for license. Original application for mobile home park license shall be filed with the clerk of the licensing authority. Applications shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and shall contain the following:
66.058(4)(b)
(b) The location and legal description of the mobile home park.
66.058(5)
(5) Plans and specifications to be filed. Accompanying, and to be filed with an original application for a mobile home park, shall be plans and specifications which shall be in compliance with all applicable city, town or village ordinances and provisions of the department of health and family services. The clerk after approval of the application by the governing body and upon completion of the work according to the plans shall issue the license. A mobile housing development harboring only nondependent mobile homes as defined in
sub. (1) (f) shall not be required to provide a service building.
66.058(6)
(6) Renewal of license. Upon application by any licensee and after approval by the governing body of the city, town or village and upon payment of the annual license fee, the clerk of the city, town or village shall issue a certificate renewing the license for another year, unless sooner revoked. The application for renewal shall be in writing, signed by the applicant on forms furnished by the city, town or village.
66.058(7)
(7) Transfer of license; fee. Upon application for a transfer of license the clerk of the city, town or village after approval of the application by the governing body shall issue a transfer upon payment of the required $10 fee.
66.058(8)
(8) Distribution of fees. The municipality may retain 10% of the monthly parking permit fees collected in each month, without reduction for any amounts deducted under
sub. (3m), to cover the cost of administration. The municipality shall pay to the school district in which the park is located, within 20 days after the end of each month, such proportion of the remainder of the fees collected in the preceding month as the ratio of the most recent property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total tax levy for all purposes in the municipality. If the park is located in more than one school district, each district shall receive a share in the proportion that its property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total school tax levy.
66.058 Annotation
A license issued without prior approval of park plans is void and the owner cannot complain if it is revoked. A mobile home park zoning ordinance adopted without compliance with the notice of hearing requirements of s. 60.74 (2), 1981 stats. [now 60.61 (4)] is void. Edelbeck v. Town of Theresa, 57 W (2d) 172, 203 NW (2d) 694.
66.058 Annotation
The time for appeal under sub. (2) (d) begins on the date of the action revoking the license, not on the effective date of the revocation. Reusch v. City of Baraboo, 85 W (2d) 294, 270 NW (2d) 229 (1978).
66.058 Annotation
A state university is not subject to local licensing in the operation of a university mobile home park. 60 Atty. Gen. 7.
66.058 Annotation
A town cannot have a more restrictive ordinance regulating use and location of mobile homes outside mobile home parks than the county. 60 Atty. Gen. 131.
66.058 Annotation
A town board which has given conditional approval to plans for a mobile home park has power to alter conditions as long as it acts reasonably. Molgaard v. Town of Caledonia, 527 F Supp. 1073 (1981).
66.0585
66.0585
Municipalities; parking fees on mobile homes. Any municipality may assess parking fees at the rates under
s. 66.058 on mobile homes, as defined in
s. 70.111 (19) except mobile homes which are located in campgrounds licensed under
s. 254.47 and mobile homes which are located on land where the principal residence of the owner of the mobile home is located, regardless of whether or not the mobile home is occupied during all or part of any calendar year.
66.059
66.059
Public improvement bonds: issuance. 66.059(1)
(1) Any county, town, sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, city or village, in addition to any other authority to borrow money and issue its municipal obligations, may also borrow money and issue its public improvement bonds to finance the cost of construction or acquisition, including site acquisition, of any revenue-producing public improvement of such municipality. In this section, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
66.059(1)(a)
(a) "Debt service" means the amount of principal, interest and premium due and payable with respect to public improvement bonds.
66.059(1)(b)
(b) "Deficiency" means the amount by which debt service required to be paid in any calendar year exceeds the amount of revenues estimated to be derived from the ownership and operation of the public improvement for such calendar year, after first subtracting from the estimated revenues the estimated cost of paying the expenses of operating and maintaining the public improvement for such calendar year.
66.059(1)(c)
(c) "Municipality" means county, sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, town, city or village.
66.059(1)(d)
(d) "Public improvement" means any public improvement which a municipality may lawfully own and operate from which the municipality expects to derive revenues.
66.059(2)
(2) The governing body of the municipality proposing to issue public improvement bonds shall adopt a resolution authorizing their issuance. The resolution shall set forth the amount of bonds authorized, or a sum not to exceed a stated amount, and the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued. The resolution shall prescribe the terms, form and contents of the bonds and such other matters as the governing body deems necessary or advisable. The bonds may be in any denomination of not less than $1,000, shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, shall be payable not later than 20 years from the date of the bonds, at such times and places as the governing body determines, and may be subject to redemption prior to maturity on such terms and conditions as the governing body determines. The bonds may be issued either payable to bearer with interest coupons attached thereto or may be registered under
s. 67.09. The bonds may be sold at public competitive sale or by private negotiation at the discretion of the governing body.
Sections 67.08 and
67.10 apply to public improvement bonds, except insofar as they are in conflict herewith, in which case this section controls.
66.059(2m)(a)(a) A resolution, adopted under
sub. (2) by the governing body of a municipality, need not be submitted to the electors of the municipality for approval, unless within 30 days after the resolution is adopted there is filed with the clerk of the municipality a petition conforming to the requirements of
s. 8.40 requesting a referendum thereon, signed by electors numbering at least 10% of the votes cast in the municipality for governor at the last general election. Any resolution, adopted under
sub. (2) at the discretion of the municipal governing body, may be submitted to the electors without waiting for the filing of a petition.
66.059(2m)(b)
(b) If a referendum is to be held on a resolution, the municipal governing body shall direct the municipal clerk to call a special election for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors for a referendum on approval or rejection. In lieu of a special election, the municipal governing body may specify that the election be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or general election.
66.059(2m)(c)
(c) The municipal clerk shall publish a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985, containing a statement of the purpose of the referendum, giving the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued and the purpose for which they will be issued, and stating the time and places of holding the election and the hours during which the polls will be open.
66.059(2m)(d)
(d) The election shall be held and conducted and the votes cast thereat canvassed as at regular municipal elections and the results certified to the municipal clerk. A majority of all votes cast in the municipality shall decide the question.
66.059(3)
(3) The reasonable cost and value of any services rendered by the public improvement to the municipality shall be charged against the municipality and shall be paid by it in monthly instalments.
66.059(4)(a)(a) Gross revenues derived from the ownership and operation of the public improvement shall be first pledged to debt service on issued public improvement bonds. When in excess of such obligation, the revenues shall be subject to requirements set by resolution or ordinance of the governing body fixing:
66.059(4)(a)1.
1. The proportion of revenues of the public improvement necessary for the reasonable and proper operation and maintenance thereof; and
66.059(4)(a)2.
2. The proportion of revenues necessary for the payment of debt service on the public improvement bonds. Such revenues shall be paid into a special fund in the treasury of the municipality known as the "Public Improvement Bond Account".
66.059(4)(b)
(b) At any time after one year's operation, the governing body may recompute the proportion of revenues assignable under
par. (a) based upon experience of operation.
66.059(4)(c)
(c) All funds on deposit in a public improvement bond account, which are not immediately required for the purposes specified in this section, shall be invested in accordance with
s. 66.04.
66.059(5)
(5) Annually, on or before August 1 the officer or department of the municipality responsible for the operation of the public improvement shall file with the governing body, or its designated representative, a detailed statement setting forth the amount of the debt service on the public improvement bonds issued for the public improvement for the succeeding calendar year and an estimate for such year of the total revenues to be derived from the ownership and operation of the public improvement and the total cost of operating and maintaining the public improvement.
66.059(6)(a)(a) If it is determined that there will be a deficiency for the ensuing calendar year, the municipality shall make up the deficiency, but the obligation to do so shall be limited to a sum which shall not cause the municipality to exceed its municipal debt limits. The deficiency may be made up by the municipality from any revenues available therefor, including a tax levy. The amount contributed by the municipality shall be deposited in the public improvement bond account and applied to the payment of debt service. Taxes levied under this paragraph shall not be subject to statutory limitations of rate or amount.
66.059(6)(b)
(b) The amount of any deficiency determined under
par. (a) for the ensuing calendar year shall be related to the total debt service for such year. Such ratio shall determine the outstanding indebtedness of the issue to be reflected as part of the municipality's indebtedness for the year.
66.059(7)
(7) Whenever revenue bonds have been issued by a municipality pursuant to law and an ordinance authorizing their issuance without limitation as to amount has been enacted by the governing body of the municipality, public improvement bonds may be issued under the ordinance with the same effect as though they were revenue bonds. Such bonds shall be public improvement bonds and this section shall apply thereto, except that nothing contained in this subsection shall in any way impair the contract between the municipality and the holders of any outstanding revenue bonds. Whatever liens have been created in favor of any outstanding revenue bonds issued under the ordinance shall apply to public improvement bonds so issued. The public improvement bonds shall be payable on a parity with the revenue bonds issued under the ordinance if the public improvement bonds are issued in compliance with the requirements of the ordinance for the issuance of parity bonds under the ordinance.
66.06
66.06
Public utilities. 66.06(1)(1)
Definitions. The definition of "public utility" in
s. 196.01 is applicable to
ss. 66.06 to
66.078. Whenever the phrase "resolution or ordinance" is used in
ss. 66.06 to
66.065 and
66.068 to
66.078, it means, as to towns, villages and cities, ordinance only.
66.06(2)
(2) Limitation. Nothing in
ss. 66.06 to
66.078 shall be construed as depriving the office of the commissioner of railroads, department of transportation or public service commission of any power conferred by
ss. 195.05 and
197.01 to
197.10 and
ch. 196.
66.061
66.061
Franchises; service contracts. 66.061(1)(a)(a) Any city, village or town may grant to any person or corporation the right to construct and operate therein a water system or to furnish light, heat or power subject to reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by ordinance.
66.061(1)(b)
(b) The board or council may submit the ordinance when passed and published to a referendum.
66.061(1)(c)
(c) No such ordinance shall be operative until 60 days after passage and publication unless sooner approved by a referendum. Within that time electors equal in number to 20 per cent of those voting at the last regular municipal election, may demand a referendum. The demand shall be in writing and filed with the clerk. Each signer shall state his or her occupation and residence and signatures shall be verified by the affidavit of an elector. The referendum shall be held at the next regular municipal election, or at a special election within 90 days of the filing of the demand, and the ordinance shall not be effective unless approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. This paragraph shall not apply to extensions by a utility previously franchised by the village or city.
66.061(1)(d)
(d) Whenever any city or village at the time of its incorporation included within its corporate limits territory in which a public utility, prior to such incorporation, had been lawfully engaged in rendering public utility service, such public utility shall be deemed to possess a franchise to operate in such city or village to the same extent as though such franchise had been formally granted by ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of such city or village. This paragraph shall not apply to any public utility organized under this chapter.
66.061(2)(a)(a) Cities, villages and towns may contract for furnishing light, heat, water, motor bus or other systems of public transportation to the municipality or to the inhabitants thereof for a period of not more than 30 years or for an indeterminate period if the prices are subject to adjustment at intervals of not greater than 5 years. The public service commission shall have jurisdiction relative to the rates and service to any city, village or town where light, heat or water is furnished to such city, village or town under any contract or arrangement, to the same extent that the public service commission has jurisdiction where that service is furnished directly to the public.
66.061(2)(b)
(b) When a city, village or town has contracted for water, lighting service, motor bus or other systems of public transportation to the municipality the cost may be raised by tax levy. In making payment to the owner of the utility a sum equal to the amount due the city, village or town from such owner for taxes or special assessments may be deducted.
66.061(2)(c)
(c) This subsection shall apply to every city, village and town regardless of any charter limitations on the tax levy for water or light.
66.061(2)(d)
(d) When any privately owned motor bus or public transportation system in a city, village or town fails to provide service for a period in excess of 30 days, and the owner or stockholders of the privately owned motor bus or public transportation system have announced an intention to abandon service, the governing body of the affected municipality may without referendum furnish or contract for the furnishing of other motor bus or public transportation service to the municipality and its inhabitants and to the users of the defaulting prior service for a period of not more than one year. This section shall not authorize a municipality to hire, directly or indirectly, any strikebreaker or other person for the purpose of replacing employes of said motor bus or public transportation system engaged in a strike.
66.064
66.064
Joint operation. Any city, village or town served by any privately owned public utility, motor bus or other systems of public transportation rendering local service may contract with the owner thereof for the leasing, public operation, joint operation, extension and improvement by the municipality or with funds loaned by the municipality, for the stabilization by municipal guaranty of the return upon or for the purchase by instalments out of earnings or otherwise of that portion of said public utility which is operated within such municipality and any territory immediately adjacent and tributary thereto; or for the accomplishment of any object agreed upon between the parties relating to the use, operation, management, value, earnings, purchase, extension, improvement, sale, lease or control of such property. The provisions of
s. 66.07 relating to preliminary agreement, approval by the department of transportation or public service commission, and ratification by the electors, shall be applicable to the contracts authorized by this section. The department of transportation or public service commission shall, when any such contract is approved by it and consummated, cooperate with the parties in respect to making valuations, appraisals, estimates and other determinations specified in such contract to be made by it.
66.065(1)(1) Any town, village or city may construct, acquire or lease any plant and equipment located within or without the municipality, and including interest in or lease of land, for furnishing water, light, heat, or power, to the municipality, or to its inhabitants; may acquire a controlling portion of the stock of any corporation owning private waterworks or lighting plant and equipment; and may purchase the equity of redemption in a mortgaged or bonded waterworks or lighting system, including the cases where the municipality shall in the franchise have reserved right to purchase. The character or duration of the franchise, permit or grant under which any public utility is operated, shall not affect the power to acquire the same hereunder. Two or more public utilities owned by the same person or corporation, or 2 or more public utilities subject to the same lien or charge, may be acquired as a single enterprise under any proceeding heretofore begun or hereafter commenced, and the board or council may at any time agree with the owner or owners of any public utility or utilities as to the agreed value thereof, and to contract to purchase or acquire the same hereunder at such value, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon between said board or council and said owner or owners.
