(a) Special Exception. A mobile home park may be permitted as a special exception in the R3 Residential District with the minimum requirements as hereinafter set forth. No mobile home park shall be located or constructed in a manner or at a location inconsistent with the Municipal Flood Plain Ordinance or the flood plain provisions of this chapter.
(b) Setbacks. All mobile homes shall be located at least 50 feet from any mobile home park boundary line abutting upon a public street or highway and at least 25 feet from other park property boundary lines. There shall be a minimum distance of 20 feet between the mobile home foundation and the abutting street.
(c) Lot Area. The minimum area for every mobile home park hereafter developed shall be five acres.
(d) Plot Plan. Each application shall be accompanied by three copies of a plot plan drawn at a scale of one inch equals 20 feet, prepared by a Pennsylvania licensed surveyor, engineer, architect, or landscape architect showing limits and square footage of the proposed mobile home park and location and size of driveways, parking areas, playgrounds, service buildings, other buildings, mobile home lots, together with required setbacks from right-of-ways and property lines. All mobile home lots shall be numbered in sequence on the plot plan.
(e) Density. Density in any mobile home park shall not exceed seven units per gross acre.
(f) Minimum Width of Mobile Home Lots. The minimum width of each mobile home lot shall be 35 feet.
(g) Minimum Distance Between Mobile Homes. No mobile home shall be placed within 20 feet of another; provided that with respect to mobile homes parked end-to-end, the distance between mobile homes so parked shall not be less than 15 feet.
(h) Mobile Home Stands. The area of mobile home stand shall be improved to provide adequate support for the placement and tie-down of the mobile home, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, sliding, rotation, and overturning.
(i) Markers. Every mobile home lot shall be clearly defined on the ground by permanent markers. There shall be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place on each lot a number corresponding to the number of each lot as shown on the plot plan.
(j) Streets and Driveway. The street or driveway on which an individual mobile home lot fronts shall be not less than 28 feet in width. In cases where driveways dead-end, there shall be constructed at each dead-end a cul-de-sac with a minimum turning radius of 40 feet. All streets and driveways shall be paved in accordance with standards and specifications required for local streets in the city subdivision regulations (Part Twelve, Title Four) or other City requirements. All construction material for such roads shall meet established City requirements. Where any mobile home park has an entrance from a State highway, approval of said entrance from the State Department of Transportation must be secured before said development is approved.
(k) Water and Sewer Facilities. An adequate supply of water approved by the PA Department of Environmental Protection shall be furnished from a public water supply system or from a private water system conforming to all applicable laws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances, with supply faucets located on each mobile home lot. In each mobile home park, all waste water from a faucet, toilet, tub, shower, sink, drain, washing machine, garbage disposal unit, or laundry shall empty into an approved sewer system installed in accordance with State and City regulations.
(l) Service Buildings.
(1) All service buildings shall be adequately lighted at all times of day and night, shall be well ventilated, shall be constructed of such moisture-proof material, including painted woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing and shall be maintained at a temperature of not less than 68 degrees Fahrenheit during the period from October 1 to May 1.
(2) All service buildings and grounds of the park shall be maintained in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of any condition that will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance or fire hazard.
(m) Storage Tanks. Gasoline, liquefied petroleum, gas, or oil storage tanks shall be so installed as to comply with all County, State, and National Fire Prevention Code Regulations.
(n) Recreation Area. Mobile home developments that accommodate 25 or more mobile homes should be provided with at least one accessible recreation area not less than 5% of the site’s useable area.
(o) Additions to Mobile Homes. No permanent or semi-permanent structures shall be attached to any mobile home as an addition to such mobile home. No accessory structure shall be permitted on any mobile home lot or in any mobile home park. The prohibition herein against any addition or accessory to a mobile home shall not apply to a canopy or awning designed for use with a mobile home. The mobile home or lot coverage of a mobile home shall not exceed 40% of the total mobile home lot area.
(p) Landscaping. The developer of a mobile home park area shall provide a minimum of two deciduous trees per mobile home. Tree caliber shall not be less than two and one-half to three inches.
(Ord. 5139. Passed 11-27-13.)