(A)
(1) Any person desiring to own or operate a manufactured home park shall submit a comprehensive plan at the time of application for a permit. Upon final approval, a plat of the external boundaries of the manufactured home park shall be recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds. Such plat must meet requirements of G.S. § 47-30.
(2) The comprehensive plan shall be drawn to scale of not less than 100 feet to the inch and shall show the following:
(a) The name of the manufactured home park, the names and addresses of the owner(s) and the designer of the park; date, north arrow, and the boundary lines of the tract with accurate linear and angular dimensions drawn to the described scale.
(b) The locations of existing and platted property lines, streets, buildings, water courses, railroad rights-of-way, bridges, water mains, sewers, culverts, drainpipes and any utility easements on the land to be developed as a manufactured home park. The names of adjoining subdivisions or the names of owners of adjoining parcels.
(c) Locations and dimensions of proposed streets, alleys, driveways, entrances, exits, walkways, easements, recreation areas, and other spaces, reservations, trailer spaces and building lines within the manufactured home park.
(d) Proposed utility layouts (sewer line, water lines, storm drainage, etc.) showing feasible connections to existing and proposed utility systems; plans for electric lighting; and the location and number of garbage receptacles. Water and sewer systems shall meet the requirements of the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, or its successor organization. All wired connections from meter to manufactured home must comply with the national electrical codes.
(B) Dimensional site requirements for all manufactured home parks shall be as follows:
(1) The minimum size lot, tract or parcel of land to be used for a manufactured home park shall not be less than one acre in size and shall contain sites for at least three manufactured homes. If an approved community sanitary system is provided, there shall be no more than six manufactured homes per acre.
(2) No manufactured home shall be located closer than 20 feet to any other manufactured home or residential structure, except that storage or other auxiliary structures adjacent to and for the exclusive use of any one manufactured home is exempt from this requirement.
(3) No manufactured home shall be located closer than 30 feet to any public right-of- way or space used for laundry, recreation, or other similar community purposes, and shall be located no closer than 25 feet to the exterior boundary of the manufactured home park or the right-of-way of a bordering public road or street, or no closer than 20 feet to the roads inside the manufactured home park.
(4) Each manufactured home space shall abut a driveway within the park area. The driveways shall be graded and surfaced with not less than four inches of crushed stone or other suitable paving material on a well compacted sub-base to a continuous width of 25 feet, exclusive of required parking space.
(5) Two off-driveway parking spaces with not less than four inches of crushed stone or other suitable paving material on a well compacted sub-base shall be provided for each manufactured home space. Required parking may be included within the minimum required lot area for each manufactured home space. Additional parking spaces for other vehicles may be provided.
(6) At least 200 square feet of recreation space for each manufactured home as common recreation space for residents of the manufactured home park. Such areas shall, along with driveways and walkways, be adequately lighted for safety.
(7) Cul-de-sacs, when required, shall be provided with turn-around having a 40-foot radius. All interior streets shall be retained as private streets on the manufactured home park property.
(8) A 20-foot wide buffer shall be provided around the perimeter of the manufactured home park. The purpose of the buffer is to create the impression of spatial separation between parks and adjacent land uses without eliminating visual contact. Buffers shall consist of plantings of evergreen trees spaced no less than 30 feet apart. Such trees shall be at least four feet high at the time of planting and shall reach a height of no less than 20 feet at maturity. In addition, plantings of low growing shrubs, bushes, or trees shall be placed at ten-foot intervals. Plantings within buffer areas shall be staggered unless topography is prohibitive. No plantings shall be placed in a public road right-of-way. A list of permissible trees may be obtained from the County Extension Service.
(C) Each manufactured home park shall provide minimum facilities for manufactured home occupants as follows:
(1) All plumbing installations shall conform to the county building codes. Each manufactured home shall be required to make a separate connection with sanitary sewer facilities immediately upon occupying a manufactured home site. A minimum of a four-inch connection shall be required and shall have approved fittings to insure a water-tight connection and means for capping or closing such connection when it is not in use.
(2) Two garbage containers, with a total of 20-gallon minimum capacity shall be provided for each manufactured home, and containers shall be placed on racks located within the manufactured park at a point which is readily accessible for collection. In lieu of requiring individual garbage and trash containers for each manufactured home, other approved garbage and trash disposal facilities may be provided with the approval of the County Planning Board.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the owner and operator to keep the manufactured home park in a reasonably clean and sanitary condition at all times, and to maintain and keep in good repair all required manufactured home park facilities. All waste water from washing machines and other similar sources shall be discharged into the manufactured home park's sanitary sewer system and under no circumstances shall such wastes be discharged on the ground or in a stream.
(Ord. passed 10-19-09; Am. Ord. passed 5-15-23)