(A) Purpose and findings.
(1) Manufactured homes provide a viable and affordable housing option for a segment of the city’s population. This housing option is provided in areas predominately of agricultural and forest use with minimal requirements consistent with the state code. This option is also provided under certain design criteria in more residentially developed areas where they will not conflict with developments planned for site-built dwellings.
(2) The purpose of this section is to:
(a) Achieve orderly development of manufactured home and recreational vehicle parks;
(b) Promote and develop the use of land to assure the best possible community environment in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the city; and
(c) Protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare. The specific purposes of these restrictions are to:
1. Accommodate an important source of affordable housing for the community;
2. Protect neighborhood character;
3. Obtain sufficient distances between the manufactured home stand on its lot and obstructions on adjoining land to assure privacy, adequate natural light and air and convenient access to the unit; and
4. Provide for circulation around the unit for such uses of the yard spaces as are considered essential to the manufactured home.
(B) Applicability. This section applies to manufactured home land-lease communities, as defined in § 153.0008 of this chapter.
(C) Density. A manufactured home land-lease community shall not exceed a density of seven units per gross acre. This restriction supersedes the density restrictions of the underlying zoning district.
(D) Standards.
(1) Buffer. A minimum Type A buffer shall be installed along the boundary of the development site and any abutting lot or parcel zoned “RE” (Residential Estate), “RP” (Resource Protection), “NS” (Neighborhood Suburban), “NU” (Neighborhood Urban), “PD” (Planned Development) or “MX” (Mixed Use) District.
(3) Yards and building separation.
(a) Determination of yards. Yard width shall be measured from the required manufactured home stand to the individual manufactured home lot line. At every point, it shall be at least equal to the required minimum. Patios, carports and individual storage lockers shall be disregarded in determining yard widths.
(b) Yard requirements. Manufactured home stands shall be separated from each manufactured home site line a distance of at least ten feet on the entry side and five feet on all other sides. Detached accessory structures shall be located no nearer than three feet from any required site line. In no case shall the accessory structure occupy more than 30% of the required yard area of the entry side. Accessory structures attached to a manufactured home shall be construed to be a part of that structure and shall adhere to the yard requirements of same.
(c) Yards abutting common areas. The distance from any manufactured home stand to a street right-of-way shall be eight feet minimum.
(E) Streets.
(1) Generally. Streets shall be provided within manufactured home land-lease communities to provide convenient circulation by means of local streets and properly located collector streets. Streets within a manufactured home land-lease community shall be private streets and shall be maintained by the manufactured home land-lease community owner or licensee.
(3) Driveways. The minimum width of driveways to manufactured home stands and other facilities shall be 12 feet, plus any extra width necessary for maneuvering a manufactured home on a curve.
(F) Infrastructure and utilities.
(1) Storm water management. Provision for the collection and disposal of surface and subsurface water to protect buildings and manufactured home stands, and to provide safe and convenient use of streets, lot areas and other improvements, shall be required in all manufactured home land-lease communities in accordance with the storm water management standards of §§ 153.1035 through 153.1053 of this chapter.
(2) Water supply. Every manufactured home land-lease community shall be provided by the park licensee with an ample supply of water under pressure and approved by the County Health Department. Individual water lines from service outlets to manufactured homes shall comply with the utilities standards (§ 153.1377 of this chapter).
(3) Sewage disposal. All the sewer lines shall be connected to the public sewage system or a private sewage disposal system approved by the County Health Department. Individual sewage drains from manufactured homes to the park service connections shall comply with the utilities standards (§ 153.1377 of this chapter).
(4) Electrical power lines. Electrical facilities shall comply with the rules and regulations regarding placement, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical facilities as included in, but not limited to, the NEC and the National Electrical Safety Code.
(5) Fire hydrants. Standard fire hydrants, in workable condition, shall be located within 500 feet of each manufactured home. All such fire hydrants shall be connected to at least a six-inch diameter water line.
(Ord. 3020, passed 9-10-2013, § 7.50)