(A) The R-M Residential-Manufactured Home District is established primarily for manufactured home parks; however, other forms of single-family housing are permitted, including manufactured homes on individual lots. Although this section specifies minimal lot sizes for manufactured home parks and individual housing units, the County Health Department shall have the final authority to determine lot sizes when a septic system is involved, or the State Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Environmental Management, when a package treatment is involved. All manufactured homes brought into the county shall meet the definitions of a manufactured home Class A, Class B, or Class C. Class D manufactured homes shall not be permitted.
(B) Review process. Any developer proposing to develop a new manufactured home park or expand an existing one that increases the number of spaces shall have a development plan reviewed by the County Planning Board and acted upon by the County Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment shall have the authority to impose reasonable conditions and safeguards on the proposed development as it deems necessary for the protection of adjoining properties and the public interest.
(C) Development plan. Four copies of the development plan shall be submitted to the Zoning Enforcement Officer. The development plan shall address the following points:
(1) The name of the park, the names and addresses of the owner or owners, and the designer or surveyor;
(2) Date, scale, and approximate north arrow;
(3) Boundaries of the tract shown with bearings and distances;
(4) Site plans showing streets, driveways, recreation areas, parking spaces, service buildings, water courses, easements, manufactured home spaces, and all structures to be located on the park site;
(5) Vicinity map showing the location of the park and the surrounding land usage; and
(6) Names of adjoining property owners.
(D) Design standards.
(1) Manufactured homes shall meet the definition of a manufactured home Class A, Class B, or Class C.
(2) The lot area for a manufactured home park shall be at least five acres. All areas to be included in the park shall be clearly shown on the plans required by division (C) above.
(3) Each manufactured home in a manufactured home park shall occupy a designated space having at least 10,000 square feet and a width of at least 40 feet, exclusive of common driveways.
(4) Each manufactured home space shall abut a driveway within the park. The driveways shall be graded and surfaced with a tar and gravel composite paving, asphalt pavement, or concrete pavement on a well-compacted subbase to a continuous width of 20 feet exclusive of required parking space.
(5) Two off-driveway parking spaces (minimum dimensions for a parking space are ten by 20 feet) with not less than four inches of crushed stone or other suitable material on a well-compacted subbase shall be provided for each manufactured home space. Required parking spaces may be included within the 6,000 square feet required for each manufactured home space.
(6) At least 500 square feet of recreation space for each manufactured home space shall be reserved within each manufactured home park as common recreation space for the residents of the park. Such areas shall, along with driveways and walkways, be adequately lighted for safety. The required recreational space shall not be counted as a part of the minimum lot size. The majority of all recreational space shall be in one contiguous area.
(7) No manufactured homes or other structures within a manufactured home park shall be closer to each other than 20 feet, except that storage or other auxiliary structures for the exclusive use of the manufactured home may be closer to that manufactured home than 20 feet.
(8) No manufactured home shall be located closer than 50 feet to the exterior boundary of the park or a bounding street right-of-way. Buildings used for laundry or recreation purposes shall be located no closer than 50 feet to the exterior boundary of the park or the right of a bounding street.
(9) Proposed water supply and waste disposal facilities for the manufactured home park shall be approved in writing by the State or County Health Officer or his or her representative.
(9) A buffer strip shall be provided by the developer between a manufactured home park and any property developed for residential, commercial, or industrial uses. The buffer strip is excluded in calculating lot sizes and setback lines. All measurements are made from the interior boundary of the buffer strip.
(10) Each manufactured home unit within a manufactured home park shall be secured by adequate tiedowns and anchors so as to conform to the state regulations for mobile homes. Modifications to the above are permitted upon approval by the Building Inspector.
(11) All streets in the manufactured home park shall be adequately illuminated from sunset to sunrise.
(12) All units shall be completely skirted by a solid, nonflammable material.
(13) All units shall have permanent, safe steps that are uniform in size.
(E) Dimensional requirements, single-family. Although the primary use of this district will be for manufactured home parks, single-family units will be permitted if they comply with the dimensional requirements specified for R-12 Residential District. Class A and Class B manufactured homes are permitted as single-family units.
(1) Lot size. Twelve thousand square feet shall be the minimum lot area per dwelling unit. Any part of the property in the road right-of-way shall not be included in this minimum lot area. Any residential use, however, shall have a minimum lot area of not less than 20,000 square feet when served by a private septic tank system.
(2) Lot width. Eighty feet shall be the minimum width of each lot. The measurement shall be made from one side property line to the other at the building setback line.
(3) Front yard setback. Thirty-five feet shall be the minimum setback of the principal structure, measured from the nearest point of the building to the right-of-way line or front property line, whichever comes first.
(4) Side yard setback. Ten feet shall be the minimum side yard for each principal building, measured from the nearest point of the building to the side lot line.
(5) Rear yard setback. Twenty feet shall be the minimum rear yard requirement for the principal building, measured from the nearest point of the structure to the rear lot line.
(6) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings shall be limited to the rear yard of a lot containing a principal building (excluded from the front and side yards). These buildings shall not be located within ten feet of any street right-of-way or within five feet of any lot line not a street right-of-way.
(1996 Code, § 155.144) (Ord. passed 5-21-1984; Ord. passed 7-1-1996; Ord. passed 11-16-1998)