Manufactured home parks shall meet the following minimum standards.
(A) Streets. Each manufactured home shall abut or face a public or private roadway or street, such roadway or street having an all-weather surface of at least 30 feet in width where parking is permitted on both sides and 26 feet in width where parking is restricted to one side only. Where private streets are proposed, there shall be a minimum right-of-way of 40 feet.
(B) Open space or buffer zone. A landscape buffer area of ten feet in width shall be provided and maintained around the perimeter of the park except where walks and drives penetrate the buffer.
(C) Lot area. Each lot provided for the occupancy of a single manufactured home unit shall not be less than 50 feet in width and have an area of not less than 5,500 square feet, and the same shall be defined by markers at each corner.
(D) Density. No park shall be permitted an average net density of manufactured home lots of more than seven units per acre, and each park shall provide an area of not less than two acres.
(E) Spacing and yard requirements. All manufactured housing units will be positioned on the manufactured home space in compliance and accordance with the zoning requirements at the time of establishment of the manufactured home park. Manufactured home parks established after the effective date of this subchapter will comply with the following.
(1) Front yard. All manufactured homes shall be located at least 20 feet from any road or street. The distance will be measured from the wall of the structure to the street or roadway at the closest point. (See § 155.234.)
(2) Side and rear yards. All manufactured homes shall have minimum side yards of seven feet and a minimum rear yard of ten feet. (See § 155.234.)
(a) A garage, canopy, or carport may project into a required side or rear yard provided it is located no closer than ten feet to another manufactured home garage, canopy, carport, or addition thereto and provided further that the maximum depth be 24 feet.
(b) A deck may project into a required side or rear yard provided it is located no closer than four feet to any other structure.
(c) An enclosed vestibule containing not more than 40 square feet in area may project into a required yard for a distance not to exceed four feet but, in no event, closer than ten feet to another manufactured home, garage, canopy, carport, or addition thereto.
(d) Detached accessory buildings with a projected room area of not more than 120 square feet may project into a required side or rear yard provided it is located no closer than four feet to another structure or right-of-way.
(4) Maximum lot coverage. No manufactured home shall occupy more than 25% of the area of the lot on which it is situated.
(F) Parking. Two off-street automobile parking spaces shall be provided for each manufactured home.
(1) Such off-street parking spaces shall be set aside in a location convenient to the occupants of the trailer or camping units and shall have ingress and egress by means of a public way.
(2) Where parking areas are provided adjacent to a public street, ingress and egress thereto shall be made accessible only through driveways or openings not exceeding 25 feet in width in the curb line of said street.
(G) Refuse collection.
(1) One refuse collection station shall be provided with a minimum of one two-yard dumpster situated on concrete and screened on four sides for each 12 families or fractions thereof.
(2) It shall be conveniently located to serve tenants not more than 150 feet from any trailer unit served and be conveniently located for collection.
(H) Recreation area. The developer of the manufactured home park shall dedicate no less than 8% of the gross site area to recreational facilities appropriate to the needs of the occupants. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall approve the designated recreation area.
(I) On-site management.
(1) Each manufactured home park shall provide on-site management by the owner or his or her representative.
(2) This requirement may be waived if a point of contact is established to ensure that the management, repairs, maintenance, and janitorial work connected with the manufactured home park and all provisions of this subchapter are complied with.
(J) Water supply and distribution system and sewage disposal. Each manufactured home shall be connected to the city sanitary sewer and water system.
(K) Tie down requirements. All manufactured homes regardless of location, unless such manufactured homes are securely anchored to a permanent foundation approved by the Administrative Official, shall be anchored to the ground in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications or as prescribed by the TR-75, issued June 1972 by the U.S. Department of Defense.
(L) Maximum age limitation. No manufactured home placed within a manufactured home park within the city limits may exceed ten years from the date of manufacture.
(M) Expansion. Existing manufactured home parks may be extended to a total area of no less than two acres provided the area of expansion complies with all other regulations herein set forth.
(N) Building/moved-in building permit required. Whenever a manufactured home is moved into a manufactured home park, a permit from the Administrative Official shall be required.
(O) Skirting. All manufactured homes regardless of location, unless such manufactured homes are securely anchored to a permanent foundation approved by the Administrative Official shall be skirted within 30 days of placement.
(Ord. passed - - 2006)