(a) Policies Underlying Use of Zone. This district is intended to permit the development of Mobile Home Parks in association with other residential development types while maintaining a reasonable population density and by providing for the unique requirements for this type of development. The provisions of this district are established to assure that the site design and arrangement in relation to other areas together with the provision of associated facilities result in an attractive, orderly and efficient residential environment of sustained desirability in harmony with adjacent areas.
(b) Permitted Uses. Mobile Home Parks.
(1) Mobile homes (not self-propelled vehicles).
(2) Modular or sectional homes.
(c) Accessory Uses.
(1) Coin-operated laundry, laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations for use of tenants only. No external sign of any nature whatsoever shall be permitted.
(2) Other accessory uses, buildings or structures customarily incidental to the aforesaid use.
(3) On-site mobile home sales: The sale of mobile homes within a mobile home park or subdivision shall be a special use having one year duration. Said use shall be reviewed at the end of the first year for possible extension for an additional year, in total representing a maximum two (2) year duration. Such sales areas shall be well screened from the residential section of the park or subdivision and shall be located at the periphery of the site. All signs used for advertising shall be unobtrusive to the surrounding property.
(4) Neighborhood commercial facilities; In mobile home parks fifty (50) acres or more, neighborhood commercial facilities such as markets, barbers, beauty shops, doctor's office, etc. may be planned in conjunction with a mobile home park but may not be physically occupied until the park is seventy-five percent (75%) occupied by residents.
(d) Minimum Floor Area. Individual mobile homes located within the PMH District shall have a minimum floor area of six hundred (600) square feet.
(e) Area Requirements. Each mobile home park shall have a minimum gross site area of 10 acres.
(f) Density Requirements. Gross density for a mobile home park shall not exceed seven (7) dwelling units per acre.
(g) Utilities.
(1) Public utilities: Each mobile home park shall be served by public water and sewer systems.
(2) Underground utilities: In each mobile home park, all wires, cables, and lines providing telecommunication, including cable television, and electric utility services and connections of such utility systems to buildings and light poles in such parks, shall be located underground.
(3) Mobile home parks shall meet the requirements of the Ohio Sanitary Code adopted by the Public Health Council under the authority of Ohio Revised Code.
(h) Streets and Pedestrian Ways.
(1) Access: Each mobile home park shall have direct access to a principal County, Township, Municipality, or State highway or arterial street or road.
(2) Streets:
A. Streets should be adapted to the topography and should have suitable alignment and gradient for traffic safety, satisfactory surface and groundwater drainage, and proper functioning of sanitary and storm sewer systems.
B. Flexible pavement: The required base should be a minimum of eight (8) inches thick and composed of crushed stone, gravel, or other appropriate durable material compacted to the practical maximum density. The wearing surface should be bituminous concrete a minimum of one and one-half (1½) inches thick compacted to the maximum practical density.
C. Rigid pavement: Where Portland cement concrete is used, it should not be less than five (5) inches thick on a prepared sub-grade constructed in accordance with accepted practices, with expansion joints where driveways and walks abut each other or the curb.
D. The minimum pavement width of interior one-way streets with parking permitted on one side shall be twenty (20) feet.
The minimum width of two-way streets with parking permitted on one side shall be thirty (30) feet. The minimum width of two-way streets without parking permitted shall be twenty (20) feet.
(i) Landscaping. In all mobile home parks, the following landscape provisions shall apply:
(1) Along each property line, and within the fifty (50) foot setback area, there shall be provided screen fencing, landscape planting or a landscaped berm or a combination thereof which shall be so designed or planted as to be twenty-five percent (25%) or more opaque when viewed horizontally between two (2) feet and (8) feet above average ground level.
(2) Trees of at least one (1) inch caliber shall be installed on both sides of all streets within the mobile home park at a spacing of fifty (50) feet between trees.
(j) Setback Requirements. The following setback requirements for all mobile homes located in a mobile home park shall apply:
(1) From all perimeter lot lines - 50 feet.
(2) From any mobile home located in the mobile home park - 15 feet.
(3) From any community building - 50 feet.
(4) From any public or private street located within the park - 15 feet.
(k) Required Open Space. A minimum of ten (10) percent of the gross site area shall be set aside and reserved for usable open space. Said open space shall be in one or more parcels, not less than one (1) acre each. The minimum dimension of said open space shall be two hundred (200) feet in any direction. For the purposes of this section, "usable open space" shall be construed to mean parks, common open areas, and areas containing a combination of community service buildings (clubhouses, swimming pools, etc.) and outdoor recreation areas.
(l) Parking Requirements. Two paved, off-street parking spaces having a minimum area of 200 square feet shall be provided for each mobile home site. Said parking space shall be located either on the mobile home site, behind the front setback area, or in a common parking area within the mobile home park.
(m) Signs. Signs within the mobile home development shall be limited to a name plate attached to each mobile home, which is no larger than one (1) square foot, directional signs indicating the location of utility buildings, including management office, parking areas and common recreation areas, and traffic control signs.
(n) Miscellaneous Requirements.
(1) Lighting: Appropriate lighting shall be provided along all interior roadways, and walkways. All lights shall be so positioned and shaded to avoid a glare on adjoining properties.
(2) Drainage: Each mobile home space shall be so constructed to provide adequate storm water drainage from ramps, patios, and all walls and foundations of the mobile home to the roadway.
(3) Fuel supply: Where fuel is stored in outdoor storage tanks, they shall be supported by a concrete base and screened from view of surrounding mobile home spaces and the street.
(4) Enclosed undercarriage: All mobile homes located in mobile home parks shall be enclosed from the bottom of the structure to the ground.
(5) Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of surrounding mobile homes spaces and the street.