(A) Generally.
(1) A manufactured home park may be permitted as a special exception in the R3 - Residential District with the minimum requirements as hereinafter set forth in division (A)(2).
(2) No manufactured home park shall be located or constructed in a designated floodplain area of the township.
(B) Lot area. The minimum area for every manufactured home park hereafter developed shall be ten acres.
(C) Plot plan. Each application shall be accompanied by three copies of a plot plan drawn at a scale of one inch equals 20 feet prepared by a licensed surveyor or engineer, showing limits and square footage of the proposed manufactured home park and location and size of driveways, parking areas, drying areas, playgrounds, service buildings, other buildings and manufactured home lots, together with required setbacks from rights-of-way and property lines. All manufactured home lots shall be numbered in sequence on the plot plan.
(D) Minimum lot area for each manufactured home. The minimum unit area for each lot used or occupied by and under each manufactured home shall be as follows.
(1) Seventy-five percent of the lots in one manufactured home park shall be not less than 2,600 square feet in area.
(2) Twenty-five percent of the lots in any one manufactured home park shall be not less than 2,100 square feet in area.
(3) Density in any manufactured home park shall not exceed ten units per gross acre.
(E) Minimum width of manufactured home lots. The minimum width of each manufactured home lot shall be 35 feet.
(F) Minimum distance between manufactured homes. No manufactured home shall be placed within 20 feet of one another, provided that, with respect to manufactured homes parked end-to-end, the distance between manufactured homes so parked shall be not less than 25 feet.
(G) Setbacks. The distance between manufactured homes and the manufactured home park boundary shall be not less than the yard setback required in the zoning district which abuts each boundary line. In no case shall a manufactured home be parked less than 25 feet from the manufactured home park boundary.
(H) Manufactured home stands. The area of the manufactured home stand shall be improved to provide adequate support for the placement and tie-down of the mobile home, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, rotation and overturning. All requirements of the State Uniform Construction Code shall be met.
(I) Permanent markers. Every manufactured home lot shall be clearly defined on the ground by permanent markers. There shall be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place on each lot a number corresponding to the number of each lot as shown on the plot plan.
(J) Streets and driveways. The lane or driveway on which an individual manufactured home lot fronts shall be not less than 24 feet in width. In cases where driveways dead-end, there shall be constructed at each dead-end a cul-de-sac with a minimum turning radius of 60 feet. All streets and driveways shall be paved in accordance with standards and specifications required for local streets contained in the township subdivision and land development regulations. All construction material for such roads shall meet established township requirements. Where any manufactured home park has an entrance from a state highway, approval of said entrance from the State Department of Transportation must be secured before said development is approved.
(K) Water and sewer facilities. An adequate supply of water approved by the Department of Environmental Protection shall be furnished from a public water supply system or from a private water system conforming to all applicable laws, regulations, resolutions and ordinances, with supply faucets located on each manufactured home lot. In each manufactured home park, all wastewater from a faucet, toilet, tub, shower, sink, drain, washing machine, garbage disposal unit or laundry shall empty into an approved sewer system installed in accordance with state and township regulations.
(L) Service buildings. Each manufactured home park shall provide service buildings to house the following facilities.
(1) All service buildings shall be permanent structures complying with ordinances regulating the construction of buildings.
(2) All service buildings shall be adequately lighted at all times of the day and night, shall be well ventilated, shall be constructed of such moisture proof material, including painted woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing and shall be maintained at a temperature of not less than 68°F during the period from October 1 to May 1.
(3) All service buildings and the grounds of the park shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition and kept free of any condition that will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance or fire hazard.
(M) Storage tanks. Gasoline, liquefied petroleum, gas or oil storage tanks shall be so installed as to comply with all township, county, state and national fire prevention code regulations.
(N) Playgrounds. The purpose of this section is to provide for area facilities for recreational purposes appropriate to the needs of the occupants. At least 250 square feet of playground space shall be developed and maintained for each manufactured home lot. Each manufactured home park must provide not less than one playground, and no playground shall be less than 2,500 square feet in area. Such areas shall be used exclusively for playground purposes.
(O) Additions to manufactured homes. No permanent or semi-permanent structures shall be affixed to any mobile home as an addition to such manufactured home, nor shall any accessory structure be permitted on any manufactured home lot, except one accessory building per manufactured home not to exceed 120 square feet in area, and further excepting those accessory structures required by these regulations and an office structure. The prohibition herein against any addition or accessory building to a manufactured home or manufactured home lot shall not apply to a canopy or awning designed for use with a manufactured home. The manufactured home and any accessory building shall not exceed 40% of the total manufactured home lot.
(P) Parking. Parking shall be provided as follows.
(1) Off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of two spaces for each manufactured home lot.
(2) All parking areas shall be paved in accordance with paving standards established by the township.
(Q) Procedures for development. All procedures for development of a manufactured home park shall be the same as required for a special use exception as specified within this chapter and as per the State Municipalities Code.
(R) Compliance with other regulations. Plans and supporting information shall be required to show compliance with the stormwater management ordinances or regulations, as hereafter enacted or amended.
(Ord. 678, passed 10-20-2010)