Mobile Home Park - Relacing Mobile Home Obstacles

[Curtis Mericle]

Hello everyone, My real estate partner and I are looking to purchase our first mobile home park. We were told by the city zoning ordinances once a mobile home is removed from the pad, whether the tenant moves and takes the home with them, or it's destroyed by a natural disaster, we cannot replace the pad with another mobile home. I have asked the city multiple times for the zoning documents and I have not received the information yet. I've read a lot of material from the state of Illinois on how a park could be grandfathered in, but have not found out anything conclusive in my area. Our next move is to talk with our lawyer and see if there is any way around this. Has anyone encountered this similar scenario? Thank you in advance. Curtis Mericle