SECTION 10.9 RMHP RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARK ZONE.

   A.   Uses permitted:

      1.   Mobile homes.

      2.   All uses permitted under and as controlled by § 10.12 R-4 (Residential Four) Zone.

   B.   Accessory uses:

      1.   Customary accessory buildings and uses.

      2.   Structures and uses related to and for the exclusive use of residents of the mobile home park, as follows, but excluding any commercial operations:

         a.   Recreational facilities and areas.

         b.   Rental or sales offices for lots in the mobile home park.

         c.   Community center.

         d.   Washing facilities.

      3.   Fences and walls, as regulated by §§ 13.0 through 13.10.

      4.   Signs as regulated by §§ 14.0 through 14.7.

   C.   Area and height regulations for permitted uses: no building shall be erected or structurally altered hereafter except in accordance with the following regulations:

      1.   Minimum site for a mobile home park: ten acres and the width of the park shall have a minimum distance of 500 feet, as measured along a deeded right-of-way.

      2.   Minimum lot area: 6,500 square feet.

      3.   Minimum lot width at minimum building setback line: 60 feet, and shall abut a deeded right-of-way.

      4.   Minimum front yard depth: 20 feet.

      5.   Minimum side yard width: 15 feet on the non-entrance side of the mobile home and 20 feet on the entrance side of the mobile home. In the event that the mobile home may have an entrance on both sides there shall be required a side yard on each side of 20 feet.

      6.   Minimum rear yard depth: 20 feet.

      7.   Maximum building height: 25 feet.

   D.   Other development controls:

      1.   Minimum setback of all buildings and structures within mobile home parks at all park boundary lines: 50 feet.

      2.   Patio. A patio slap of at least 180 square feet shall be provided on each mobile home lot and conveniently located at the entrance of each mobile home. The patio may extend five feet into the side yard.

      3.   Streets.

         a.   All streets within the mobile home park shall be within deeded and accepted public rights-of-way and constructed to required city specifications for subdivisions.

         b.   Streets shall be provided and placed on the site where necessary to furnish principal traffic ways for convenient access to each mobile home and other important facilities in the area.

      4.   Recreation area. There shall be required that not less than 10% of the gross area of the mobile home park be set aside, designed, constructed, and equipped as a recreational area. A minimum of one acre per recreation site shall be provided.

      5.   Off-street parking and loading or unloading shall be provided in accordance with §§ 11.0 through 12.2.

      6.   No outdoor storage of any material (usable or waste) shall be permitted in this zone, except within enclosed metal containers.

      7.   No lighting shall be permitted which would glare from this zone onto any street, road, highway, deeded right-of-way, or into any residential zone.

      8.   Where any yard of any use permitted in this zone abuts any other residential zone, a ten-foot wide screening area, as regulated by § 9.17, shall be required.

      9.   Mobile home parks shall be permitted in that area which is above the elevation of 493.3 feet (mean sea level), but below the elevation of 497 feet (MSL), without required flood proofing or filling, as long as the mobile homes are not permanently anchored except that they shall be required to conform to all other provisions of § 9.21.

      10.   A site plan, as regulate by § 9.19 shall be required for any use in this zone.

      11.   Comply with general mobile home regulations as set forth in KRS 219.310 through 219.410.

      12.   Special infill development standards apply in built-up areas to help ensure that new development is compatible with the surrounding context.

(Ord. 2017-6, passed 4-4-17; Am. Ord. 2022-3, passed 3-15-22)