(A) Maximum density. The manufactured housing development shall be developed with sites averaging 5,500 square feet per manufactured home unit. These 5,500-square foot sites may be reduced by 20%; provided that the individual site shall be equal to at least 4,400 square feet. For each square foot of land gained through the reduction of a site below 5,500 square feet, at least an equal amount of land shall be dedicated as open space. This open space shall be in addition to that otherwise required. The overall density of a manufactured housing community shall not exceed six units per gross acre.
(B) Layout. The layout of a manufactured housing community, including other facilities intended for resident use, shall be in accordance with acceptable planning and engineering practices and shall provide for the convenience, health, safety, and welfare of the residents.
(C) Signs. There shall be a maximum of one sign that will bear only the name of the establishment; have a maximum area of 32 square feet; may be lighted (provided the source of light is not visible and not the flashing or intermittent type); and be located from the street a distance equal to the required setback. As an alternative, there may be two signs, each of which is a maximum of 16 square feet.
(D) Commercial uses within the community. The resident, owner, or a licensed dealer or broker may sell new or pre-owned manufactured homes, which are to remain on-site in a manufactured housing community; provided that the manufactured housing development manager permits the sale. All other commercial uses of any kind are prohibited within the manufactured housing community.
(E) Utilities. All public and private utilities shall be located underground. Hookup to public sanitary sewer systems is required in manufactured housing communities if available within 200 feet at the time of preliminary plan approval. If a public system is unavailable, the manufactured housing community shall connect to a state-approved sewage system.
(F) Vehicular and sidewalk illumination. All vehicular and sidewalk systems within a manufactured housing community shall be illuminated as follows.
(1) Access points shall be lighted. If the public thoroughfare is lighted, then the illuminated level shall not be more than the average illumination level of an adjacent illuminated thoroughfare.
(2) At all internal road intersections and designated pedestrian crosswalks, the minimum illumination shall be not less than 0.15 foot candles.
(3) Internal roads, parking bays, and sidewalks shall be illuminated at not less than 0.05 foot candles.
(4) If a manufactured housing community directory is provided, then it shall be illuminated at not less than 3.15 horizontal foot candles on any entry on the directory.
(G) Required distances between homes and other structures. A home shall be in compliance with all of the following minimum distances as measured from the wall/support line or foundation line, whichever provides the greater distance:
(1) Twenty feet from any part of an attached structure of an adjacent home that is used for living purposes;
(2) Ten feet from either of the following:
(a) A parking space on an adjacent home site; or
(b) An attached or detached structure, or accessory of an adjacent home, that is not used for living purposes.
(3) Fifty feet from permanent manufactured housing community-owned structures, such as either of the following:
(a) Clubhouses; and
(b) Maintenance and storage facilities.
(4) One hundred feet from a baseball or softball field;
(5) Twenty-five feet from the fence of a swimming pool;
(6) Attached or detached structures or accessories that are not used for living space shall be a minimum distance of ten feet from an adjacent home or structure;
(7) Any part of an accessory, such as steps, porches, supported or unsupported awnings, decks, carports or garages, or similar structures, shall be set back the following minimum distances:
(a) Ten feet from the edge of an internal road;
(b) Seven feet from a parking bay off a home site;
(c) Seven feet from a common sidewalk; and
(d) Twenty-five feet from a natural or human-made lake or waterway.
(8) A carport shall be in compliance with both of the following setbacks if it is completely open, at a minimum, on the two long sides and the entrance side:
(a) Support pillars that are installed adjacent to the edge of an internal road shall be set back four feet or more from the edge of the internal road, or two feet or more from the edge of a sidewalk; and
(b) The roof overhang shall be set back two feet or more from the edge of the internal road.
(9) Steps and their attachments shall not encroach into parking areas more than three and one-half feet;
(10) The length of a home site may vary; however, the minimum standards pertaining to the distance between homes shall be complied with; and
(11) The dividing line between an existing manufactured housing community and an expansion of the manufactured housing community shall be treated as a property line for the purpose of siting homes adjacent to the dividing line.
(H) Skirting. All homes must be anchored in accordance with the most current HUD setup and installation standards. Home skirting shall be vented in accordance with the manufacturer’s installation instructions. In the absence of instructions, louvered, or similar, vents shall have a minimum of 600 square inches of open space per 1,000 square feet of living space. A minimum of one vent shall be placed at the front and rear of the home and two at each exposed side. Access panels of sufficient size to allow full access to utility hookups located beneath the home shall be installed. Skirting, if any, shall be an exterior building material. Skirting shall be installed in a manner so as to resist damage under normal weather conditions, including damage caused by freezing and frost, wind, snow, and rain. A certificate of occupancy will not be issued until the mobile home is skirted, as required by Manufactured Housing Commission Rule 604, being Mich. Admin. Code R. 125.1604, as amended.
(I) Setbacks from property boundary lines. Homes, permanent buildings, facilities, and other structures abutting a public right-of-way shall not be located closer than 50 feet from the boundary line. If the boundary line runs through the center of the public road, then the 50 feet shall be measured from the road right-of-way line.
(J) Interior landscaping. All unpaved ground surfaces shall be covered with grass, trees, shrubs, flowerbeds, wood chips, stones, or other suitable ground cover capable of preventing soil erosion.
(K) Screening, buffering, and fencing. The landscaping shall consist of evergreen trees or shrubs at least three feet in height, spaced so as to provide a continuous screen at maturity. Alterative screening devices may be utilized if they conceal the manufactured housing development as effectively as the required landscaping described above.
(L) Speed limits and traffic signs.
(1) Speed limits on manufactured housing community internal roads shall not exceed 15 mph, shall be posted, and shall be enforced.
(2) All internal roads shall be clearly marked with appropriate traffic signs. Manufactured housing community egress roads shall be clearly marked with a regulation stop sign at the point of intersection with a public road.
(3) Internal roads shall be named and identified by signs located at all internal road intersections.
(4) Signs bearing the words “children playing” shall be appropriately located on all internal roads adjacent to recreational and playground areas.
(M) Designated open space requirements. A manufactured housing community that contains 50 or more home sites which are constructed according to a “permit to construct” issued under the Act shall have not less than 2% of the manufactured housing community’s gross acreage dedicated to designated open space, and not less than 25,000 square feet.
(Prior Code, § 154.167) (Ord. 48, passed 6-21-2005)