(a) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish an overlay district zoning designation for mobile home parks in the City so as to establish specific areas within the City where mobile home parks shall be permitted by right as a supplement to the use permitted by one of the other zoning districts established by this Zoning Code and indicated on the zoning map, which shall be referred to as the “underlying district.”
(b) Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) “Mobile home” means a structure transportable in one or more sections which is built on a chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained in such structure.
(2) “Mobile Home Commission” means that body created pursuant to the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended, being MCL 125.2301 et seq., with the authority to promulgate rules and standards for mobile home parks.
(3) “Mobile home park” means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person, upon which parcel or tract three or more mobile homes are located on a continual, nonrecreational basis, and which is offered to the public for that purpose, regardless of whether a charge is made therefor, together with any building, structure, enclosure, street, equipment or facility used or intended for use incident to the occupancy of a mobile home. The term “mobile home park” does not include “seasonal mobile home park,” as defined by the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended, being MCL 125.2301 et seq.
(c) Permitted Uses. In addition to the uses permitted in the underlying district, this chapter also permits, by right, the use of the premises as a mobile home park.
(d) Compliance with Rules of the Mobile Home Commission; Height, Yard, Lot Area, Lot Width, Building Coverage, Sign, Parking and Density Requirements.
(1) The use permitted by this chapter shall comply with all rules and standards for mobile homes and mobile home parks promulgated by the Mobile Home Commission, which rules and standards are adopted herein by reference.
(2) The height, yard, lot area, lot width, building coverage, sign and parking requirements of the underlying district shall be applicable to mobile home parks to the degree that such are not in conflict with the rules and standards promulgated by the Mobile Home Commission.
(3) Mobile home parks shall not have a density per acre of more than five mobile homes or in excess of the density factor for the underlying district, whichever is greater.
(e) Boundaries of Overlay Districts; Application for Designation.
(1) The boundaries of MHP-OD Mobile Home Park Overlay Districts shall be delineated on the official zoning map of the City and titled “MHP-OD.”
(2) The MHP-OD Mobile Home Park Overlay District zoning designation shall be applied for in the same manner provided for amendments to the Zoning Code for all or part of an underlying district.
(f) Administrative Remedies for Violations. In addition to the general penalty provided for violations of this Zoning Code, the City reserves all administrative remedies it may have before the Mobile Home Commission for a violation of this chapter or the rules and standards of the Mobile Home Commission.
(Ord. 10-2020. Passed 11-24-20; Ord. 12-2023. Passed 10-17-23.)