(A) Intent. This district is intended to provide residential use for mobile homes and mobile home parks.
(B) Permitted principal uses and structures. All residential property, with the exception of mobile homes, located within the R-4 Residential District, shall meet design standards in § 152.063. The following shall be permitted as uses by right:
(1) Single-family dwellings;
(2) Two-family duplex dwellings;
(3) Multi-family dwellings and/or townhouses;
(4) Mobile homes, which comply with the provisions of division (G) below;
(5) Mobile home parks, which comply with the provisions of division (F) below;
(6) Manufactured homes which comply with the provision of § 152.058; and
(7) Group homes.
(C) Permitted accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted: accessory uses and structures normally appurtenant to the permitted principal uses and structures and to permitted special uses and structures permitted as exceptions, when in accordance with the provisions of § 152.041;
(1) Public and quasi-public uses of an educational, recreational or religious type, including public and parochial elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges; nursery schools, private nonprofit schools, churches, parsonages, and other religious institutions;
(2) Public and private charitable institutions;
(3) Public uses of an administrative, public service, or cultural type, including city, county, state or federal administrative centers and courts, libraries, police and fire stations, and other public buildings, structures, and facilities;
(4) Electrical distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations, and/or elevated pressure tanks;
(5) Home occupation, which comply with the provisions of § 152.076(E);
(6) Child care center;
(7) Private garage or nonresidential building and other local commercial establishments providing services and supplies to the community and local trade area; and/or
(8) Alternative energy systems not exceeding 25KW which utilizes biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and/or wind sources in conformance with "Net Metering" as defined in Neb. RS 70-2001 to 70-2005.
(E) Prohibited uses and structures. All other uses and structures which are not specifically permitted or not permissible as special uses shall be prohibited from the R-4 Residential District.
(F) Mobile home parks. A mobile home park may be established in this district, provided that the proposed mobile home park meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Certification of compliance with all chapters and regulations regarding mobile home park licensing, zoning, health, plumbing, electrical, building, fire prevention, and all other applicable chapters and regulations;
(2) Individual mobile home lots shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet for single-wide mobile homes, and 6,000 square feet for double-wide mobile homes. Each mobile home lot shall have a minimum width of 40 feet;
(3) Planting of trees and shrubs is required to the extent needed to provide for:
(a) Screening;
(b) Adequate shade; and
(c) A suitable setting for the mobile homes in the park as well as neighboring uses.
(4) A minimum of 25 feet measured from any entrance, lean-to, or other extension from the mobile home shall be maintained between mobile homes;
(5) A mobile home park shall have an area of not less than one acre, nor more than five acres, and no mobile home parking or office or service building shall be closer to a street right-of-way or other property line than 25 feet;
(6) A request for an exception shall set forth the location and legal description of the proposed mobile home park property, and a sketch of the proposed mobile home park, showing dimensions, driveways, proposed locations of mobile homes, the location of sanitary conveniences and other buildings and improvements;
(7) All mobile homes shall meet the standards specified in division (G) below, except for division (G)(1);
(8) Blocks for mobile homes in mobile home parks must be located along the full length of the frame, spaced no more than ten feet apart, and not more than five feet from the ends of the home. Blocks shall consist of a heavy concrete footer block (16 inches by 16 inches by four inches minimum), at least two standard concrete blocks, with cells aligned vertically and a concrete cap;
(9) Individually owned lots on which mobile homes are placed may be purchased within an approved mobile home park if the owner wishes to sell; and
(10) Recreational vehicles, campers, travel trailers may be located on a temporary basis not to exceed one year. The vehicles shall be exempt from skirting and tie down requirements.
(G) Mobile homes.
(1) All mobile homes located on individually owned private lots in R-3 or R-4 shall be replaced on a permanent foundation of concrete block or poured reinforced concrete or other comparable foundation. The height of the mobile home floor shall be no more than three feet above grade level. The tongue of the mobile home shall be removed. The area of the mobile home shall be improved to provide an adequate and approved foundation for the placement and tie-down of the mobile home, thereby securing the superstructure and the foundation against uplift, frost upheaval, sliding, rotation, or overturning. All of the above requirements must be met or in place before occupancy.
(2) Skirting of all mobile homes located within a mobile home park is required. The skirting shall not attach a mobile home permanently to the ground, but shall be sufficient to withstand wind load requirements and shall not provide a harborage for debris or rodents, nor create a fire hazard. The skirting shall be provided with removable access panels sufficient to provide easy access to all utility connection points of the mobile home and its subsequent connection to the utility risers if they are located within the skirted area.
(3) For either a permanent foundation or skirting, the mobile home shall be provided with anchors and tie-downs, such as cast-in-place concrete "dead men," eyelets imbedded in concrete foundations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices securing the stability of the mobile home. The tie-downs devices shall be compatible with the foundation system provided for the mobile home such that the tie-down are designed to resist the action of frost in the same manner as the foundation system.
(4) A minimum of four anchors and tie-downs shall be placed on each full length of the frame or comply with manufacturer's recommendation, and shall be able to resist and design wind pressures. Wheels shall not be for bearing pressures.
(H) Height and area regulations. The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the R-4 Residential District for single-family dwellings, two-family duplex dwellings, multi-family dwellings and/or townhouses, manufactured homes, and mobile homes located outside mobile home parks shall conform to the provisions of § 152.022(F).
(I) Design standards. All residential property, with the exception of mobile homes, located within the R-4 Residential District, shall meet design standards in § 152.063.
(Ord. 905, passed 1-20-2015; Ord. 941, passed 6-6-2017)