(A) Petitioner to conform. In designing a manufactured home park, the petitioner shall conform to:
(1) All applicable ordinances of Lake County, Indiana;
(2) Applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the state and duly constituted agencies thereof; and
(3) All requirements contained within this chapter.
(B) Location and size. Any parcel of land proposed for use as a manufactured home park shall meet the following minimum location factors.
(1) Vehicular access.
(a) All manufactured home parks shall be provided with at least two points of direct vehicular access to a county road classified as a secondary or primary road as defined in the Lake County, Indiana Preliminary Thoroughfare Plan, as amended, or as a state highway.
1. No entrance or exit for a manufactured home park shall open upon a residential subdivision street or any county road classified less than a secondary road.
2. No entrance or exit for a manufactured home park shall be located closer than 125 feet from the intersection of the proposed rights-of-way lines of any two streets.
3. The minimum distance between the centerline of any two manufactured home park entrances or exits shall be 330 feet.
(b) No manufactured home shall have vehicular access to any public street or drive. All access shall be from an improved street or drive within the manufactured home park.
(2) Screening and buffer strips.
(a) In order to minimize the potential impact of manufactured home development on adjacent undeveloped or residential property, the developer of the manufactured home park shall provide a buffer strip in accordance with the following schedule.
1. All manufactured home park boundaries not contiguous to a public right-of-way shall provide a buffer strip not less than 20 feet in width.
2. All manufactured home park boundaries contiguous to adjoining property fronting on the same public right-of-way shall provide a buffer strip not less than 20 feet in width plus an open space equal in width and depth to the minimum lot design requirements of the zoning district of the adjoining parcel at the time of application. With the exception of the required 20-foot buffer, the additional open space required may be developed, deeded off, or transferred for development in accordance with the regulations of the zoning district in which it lies, but not for manufactured homes.
(b) The buffer strip shall include a chain link, split rail, wood, or other decorative fence approved by the Plan Commission. The fence shall not be less than four feet in height or greater than six feet in height, and shall be effectively landscaped.
(c) When all or part of the proposed manufactured home park is adjacent to land zoned for business or industry, and/or when the manufactured home park is adjacent to a primary or state highway as shown on the preliminary thoroughfare plan, or a railroad, or a natural condition which creates a physical barrier, the Plan Commission may waive the requirements for fencing that portion of the property abutting the physical barrier and require a dense screen planting of shrubs and trees which will provide an effective visual barrier when viewed at right angles. The barrier shall achieve, at maturity, a height of not less than six feet.
(d) The Plan Commission may require that plans for proposed buffer strips be submitted to the Lake County Cooperative Extension Service for review and recommendation to the Plan Commission.
(3) Minimum size of manufactured home park. The minimum area of any manufactured home park shall be 15 acres, with the first phase of development being not less than five acres in size.
(C) Open space and recreational space.
(1) All open and recreational space standards shall apply to any new manufactured home park, or in the case of an existing manufactured home park being enlarged or improved, to the area being enlarged, extended, or improved.
(2) Every manufactured home park shall provide a recreational area or areas equal in size to at least one acre for every 40 manufactured homes or fraction thereof.
(a) Streets, drives, parking areas, service facility areas, and open space on individual manufactured home sites shall not be included as part of the required recreational areas.
(b) Common open space for the use of all tenants in cluster design parks may be counted.
(D) Utilities and facilities.
(1) Water supply. All manufactured home parks shall be served by a common water supply system. For purposes of this chapter, individual water wells are not acceptable. Water supply systems shall be submitted to, and approved by the Indiana State Board of Health.
(2) Sanitary sewers. All manufactured home parks shall be served by central or public sewerage systems connected to a sewage treatment plant approved by the state. For purposes of this chapter, individual septic tanks shall not be accepted.
(3) Electrical system. Each manufactured home park shall contain an underground electrical system which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable codes and regulations governing the system. The electrical distribution system shall be installed underground in a manner approved by the utility company.
(4) T.V. antennas. Individual television antennas on manufactured homes shall be prohibited. If required, each manufactured home park shall contain a central television antenna with underground service to each manufactured home stand.
(5) Fuel. Each manufactured home park shall be served by an approved central fuel system. Individual fuel storage tanks shall not be permitted.
(6) Stormwater drainage. All manufactured home parks shall be provided with stormwater sewers or a surface drainage system in accordance with the requirements of the County Superintendent of Highways and the County Surveyor.
(7) Garbage and refuse.
(a) Garbage and rubbish shall be disposed of in a manner approved by the County Health Officer and in a manner designed not to create a nuisance or a menace to health.
(b) All refuse and garbage shall be collected at least twice weekly. Where suitable collection service is not available from municipal or private agencies, the manufactured home park operator shall provide this service.
(c) Manufactured home parks shall be maintained free of accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitos, and other pests.
(Prior Code, § 152.030) (Ord. 1626, passed 6-13-1995) Penalty, see § 152.999