(A) Each manufactured home shall be located on an approved manufactured home site, and all manufactured home sites shall be designed to accommodate independent manufactured homes. No manufactured home site shall be used as the location for more than one manufactured home.
(B) Each manufactured home lot shall be provided with a well-drained stand with a firm base, approved by the City Building Inspector for the placement of a manufactured home. Each stand must be at least 12 by 50 feet for single-wide units and 24 by 50 feet for double-wide units.
(C) Safe, convenient, all-season walks, with a minimum width of five feet shall be provided in locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated.
(D) (1) Landscaping may be required to provide a buffer between manufactured home parks and adjacent properties in other zoning districts.
(2) Examples of what may be required are:
(a) A greenbelt planting strip of not less than 20 feet in width along the perimeter of the manufactured home park where it abuts public right-of-way or a different zoning district. The greenbelt shall be developed with a mixture of hardy deciduous and coniferous plant material, grass or ground cover, and maintained thereafter in a neat and orderly manner; or
(b) A continual ornamental wall six feet in height above grade, erected one foot off property line abutting property of another zoning district and six feet from public right-of-way. Such wall shall be landscaped with suitable plant materials along both sides of the wall.
(E) Utilities shall be provided in the following manner or by an alternative manner approved by the City Council.
(1) All sanitary sewage utilities and water facilities, including connections provided to individual lots, shall meet the requirements of the city.
(2) The plumbing connections to each manufactured home lot shall be constructed so that all lines are protected from freezing, from accidental bumping or from creating any type of nuisance or health hazard.
(3) An adequate amount of running water shall be piped into each manufactured home.
(4) Storm drainage facilities, where necessary, shall be so constructed as to protect those that will reside in the manufactured home park, as well as the property owners adjacent to the park. Such park facilities shall be of such capacity to ensure rapid drainage and prevent the accumulation of water in or adjacent to the park.
(5) All electric, telephone and other lines from supply poles to each manufactured home lot shall be underground. When meters are installed, they shall be uniformly located.
(6) All city services leading to manufactured home lots shall be underground. Where separate meters are installed, each shall be located in a uniform manner.
(7) Facilities for the storage and disposal of trash and garbage in a sanitary and lawful manner shall be provided in each manufactured home park.
(8) Street and yard lights, attached to standards approved by the city, shall be provided in a sufficient number and intensity to permit the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night.
(9) The erection, reconstruction, repair, relocation and/or alteration of all permanent buildings and structures located within a manufactured home park shall conform to the requirements of the International Building Code adopted by the city and any regulations within ARM Chapter 24.301, and require the issuance of a city building permit.
(10) Facilities for the dispersal and distribution of U.S. mail in a secure lawful manner shall be provided in each manufactured home park.
(F) The water supply system serving the manufactured home park shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the local fire prevention rules and regulations of the local fire prevention authority or the system shall meet the standards for adequate fire protection established by the National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA No. 501a, whichever is more stringent. Nonetheless, fire protection systems must be approved by the City Fire Chief.
(Prior Code, § 11.01.180.100) (Ord. 169, passed 7-2-2018; Ord. 2021-15, passed 12-20-2021)