(A) Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to regulate and guide the establishment of manufactured home parks in order to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the town. This subchapter is designed to accomplish the following specific objectives:
(1) To further the orderly layout of manufactured home parks;
(2) To secure safety from fire, panic, and other danger;
(3) To provide adequate light and air; and
(4) To ensure that facilities for transportation, parking, water, sewage, and recreation are provided for manufactured home park residents and visitors.
(B) Jurisdiction. These regulations shall govern the establishment of every new manufactured home park and the continuance, alteration, and expansion of existing manufactured home parks lying within the jurisdiction of the town and its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(C) Authority. The Town of Fairmont hereby exercises its authority to adopt and enforce a manufactured home park ordinance pursuant to the authority granted to the town by GS § 160D-801 and any other relevant part of that statute. This subchapter shall be known and cited as the Manufactured Home Parks Ordinance of the Town of Fairmont, North Carolina.
(E) General. Manufactured home parks are a special use in the R-A District and a permitted use by right in the R-MH District of the Town of Fairmont. Existing mobile home parks will be allowed to continue operation only by complying with the standards outlined in § 154.301.
(Ord. 23-241, passed 7-18-2023)