Mobile home parks, where permitted, shall be in accordance with the Mobile Home Park Act of l955, as amended; the Indiana State Board
of Health Regulations, as amended; and the requirements of this section.
(A) The minimum area of a mobile home park shall be five acres.
(B) Each mobile home site within the mobile home park shall have a minimum lot area of 3,600 square feet.
(C) Each mobile home site shall have a minimum lot width of 40 feet.
(D) All structures within the mobile home park will adhere to the following setback requirements when abutting properties not associated/part of the mobile home park:
(1) Twenty-five feet from the right-of-way of all roads;
(2) Twenty feet from all side yard property lines;
(3) Twenty feet from all rear property lines.
(E) All structures within the mobile home park will adhere to the following setback requirements for properties contained within or associated with the mobile home park:
(1) Fifteen feet from right-of-way, or 40 feet from the centerline of roadways associated with the mobile home park;
(2) Six feet from all side property lines internal to the mobile home park;
(3) Ten feet from all rear property lines internal to the mobile home park.
(F) Not less than 10% of the gross area of the mobile home park shall be improved for recreational activities for the residents of the park.
(G) The mobile home park shall be appropriately landscaped and screened from adjacent properties.
(H) The mobile home park shall meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 156.
(I) Coin-operated laundries, laundry and dry-cleaning pick-up stations, and other commercial convenience establishments may be permitted in mobile home parks provided:
(1) They are subordinate to the residential character of the park;
(2) They are located, designed, and intended to serve only the needs of persons living in the park;
(3) The establishments and the parking areas related to their use shall not occupy more than 10% of the total area of the park; and
(4) The establishment shall present no visible evidence of their commercial nature to areas outside the park.
(J) Each mobile home site shall be provided with a stand consisting of either a solid concrete slab or two concrete ribbons of a thickness and size adequate to support the maximum anticipated loads during all seasons. When concrete ribbons are used, the area between the ribbons shall be filled with a layer of crushed rock.
(K) All mobile homes shall be placed in conformance with the Indiana Residential Code.
(Ord. 10-C-86, passed 5-13-86; Am. Ord. 14-C-05, passed 6-2-05; Am. Ord. 18-C-14, passed 7-29-14) Penalty, see § 158.999