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(A) All mobile homes, occupied or vacant, shall be set back at least 50 feet from any pubic right-of-way, or the distance required by the setback requirements of the zoning ordinance for the type of street on which it fronts or sides, whichever is the greater distance.
(B) No mobile home shall be located closer than 15 feet to any park vehicular drive or street, as measured to the nearest part of the mobile home or its hitch, unless otherwise specified in § 152.29.
('82 Code, § 19-451) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) In order to provide maximum flexibility in the planning and design of mobile home parks, performance standards rather than rigid lot specifications shall provide the basic framework of this section.
(B) Any mobile home park designed with performance standards must have the approval of the executive secretary of the Plan Commission prior to submission for final approval, provided however that in no case shall any mobile home park exceed a density of 7.5 units gross acre.
(C) In designing a mobile home park, the following minimum performance standards shall apply: Each mobile home site shall be provided with a clear, unobstructed access to drive, street, or other easement to permit the placement of a home on the site. The access shall be provided from within the park and shall not be from any exterior street or alleyway.
(D) Mobile home stands:
(1) All mobile home stands shall be constructed as a grade- beam floating slab as shown in Figure l, on file with the Building Department; as a series of double-row concrete piers as shown in Figure 2, on file with the Building Department; or as a solid concrete slab as shown in Figure 3, on file with the Building Department. Type of construction to be approved by the Building Department.
(2) The area of the mobile home stand shall be improved in accordance with the building code to provide adequate support for the placement and tie-down of the mobile home, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, sliding, rotation, and overturning.
('82 Code, § 19-452) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) Paved off-street parking shall be provided in all mobile home parks for the use of occupants and guests. Parking spaces shall be at the ratio of at least two car spaces, not less than ten feet by 20 feet in size, for each mobile home site.
(B) No parking space, garage, or carport, shall be located closer than 25 feet to the front of any mobile home, unless otherwise approved by the Plan Commission.
(C) No motor vehicle shall be permitted to be parked or stored within any required open space between mobile homes, except when an approved parking area is provided between two mobile homes oriented back to back with each other.
(D) Overnight parking on any drive or street within the park shall be prohibited.
(E) The park operator shall provide a separate area either fenced, screened, or otherwise enclosed, for the storage of tenant camping trailers, boats, snowmobiles, and other similar recreational equipment. Such items shall not be stored in other areas of the park.
('82 Code, § 19-453) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) Any projection from a mobile home shall not extend more than eight feet into any required yard or open space. No covered or enclosed structure shall exceed one-third the length of the mobile home.
(B) No building or mobile home in the mobile home park shall exceed one story in height unless otherwise approved by the Plan Commission.
('82 Code, § 19-454) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) All parks shall be provided with safe, convenient all-season pedestrian access of adequate width for intended use. The access shall be durable and convenient to maintain.
(B) A common concrete or paved walk system shall be provided and maintained between locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated.
Such common walks shall have a minimum width of four feet. If constructed in conjunction with a curb, the common walk will be six feet.
(C) All mobile homes shall be connected by concrete or paved individual walks, not less than two feet in width, to common walks and parking areas.
('82 Code, § 19-455) Penalty, see § 152.99
All parks shall be furnished with lighting units so spaced and equipped with luminaries placed at such mounting heights as will provide the following average maintained levels of illumination for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night:
(A) All parts of the park street systems: Maximum 0.6 footcandle, with a minimum of 0.l footcandle.
(B) Potentially hazardous locations, such as major street intersections and steps or stepped ramps: Individually illuminated, with a minimum of 0.3 footcandle.
(C) All park lights shall be so located and shielded as to prevent direct illumination of any property outside of the park.
('82 Code, § 19-456) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) No mobile home shall be permitted to occupy any mobile home stand if the home is either longer or wider than would permit compliance with the regulations of this chapter.
(B) The boundaries of every mobile home site shall be clearly and permanently designated according to the dimensions and locations shown on the approved plot plan.
(C) No trailers, recreational vehicles, or boats shall be parked or stored within the open space required between mobile homes.
(D) Use of park areas for nonresidential purposes:
(1) No part of any mobile home park shall be used for nonresidential purposes, except such areas that are required for the direct servicing and well-being of the park residents and for the management and maintenance of the park; provided however, that retail sales of new or used mobile homes may be made from the park by the owners of the park, or the sole licensee or agent of the owners, but all the mobile homes held for sale shall be displayed on regular mobile home stands of the park and the mobile homes on display shall be limited to 15% of the total stands in the park.
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed as prohibiting the sale of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand by the individual owner or his agent.
(E) Construction material storage areas for the park shall be so maintained as to prevent rodent harborage. Lumber, pipe, and other building material shall be stored within a structure or fenced-in storage area.
(F) The growth of brush, weeds, and grass shall be controlled by the owner or operator of the park.
(G) All mobile homes shall have removable skirting around the entire perimeter of the home.
(1) Skirting shall be a durable material such as decorative block, concrete block, fiberglass, metal, or other material approved by the Plan Commission staff. Junk doors, or other scrap material, shall be prohibited.
(2) Skirting shall be maintained at all times by the tenant.
(H) Storage facilities.
(1) Individual or group fireproof storage structures may be provided for the use of mobile home inhabitants, if approved by the Plan Commission or its designated agent, and located on a concrete slab or suitable permanent foundation. Type of structure to be approved by the Building Inspector.
(2) Storage shall not be permitted unless within a completely enclosed structure approved by the mobile home park manager and the Plan Commission or its designated agent.
(I) Additions or alterations. No mobile home may be extended, enlarged, or otherwise added to unless approval in writing from the park owner or its designated agent is presented to the Plan Commission and a permit has been issued by the Plan Commission or its designated agent. A concrete pad or foundation shall be placed under any structure or addition thereto within the mobile home park.
('82 Code, § 19-460; Am. Ord. 354, passed 12-29-82) Penalty, see § 152.99
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