(A) Description of district. This district is established in order to identify and stabilize those limited areas within the city that are appropriate for a mobile home subdivision for single-family occupancy. Mobile home sites may be offered for sale, lease, or both, for residential purposes only. Areas of the city for which this zoning category is appropriate are designated on the comprehensive plan as medium-density.
(B) Permitted and conditional uses. Unless otherwise permitted by this chapter, no building or land in the RM District shall be used, and no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, except for the permitted and conditional uses listed below. The uses listed as conditional are permitted only after approval in accordance with §§ 154.70 through 154.73.
(1) Permitted uses:
(a) Only one single-family mobile home shall be allowed to be placed on each designated parcel or lot.
(b) Screened porches or cabanas are allowed but must be attached to the mobile home.
(c) Attached carports with utility or storage areas.
(2) Conditional uses:
(a) Office for on-site sales and rentals.
(b) Community services and facilities.
(C) Site development standards. The following minimum standards are hereby established to maintain the purpose of the district, to promote the safe and efficient circulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and to otherwise protect the public health, safety, and general welfare.
(1) Each mobile home subdivision shall have a minimum of 10% of its total area (defined as the perimeters of real property included within the plotted subdivision) set aside for recreation purposes. That area may have a swimming pool, recreational building, and recreational structures thereon.
(2) Maximum building height, 35 feet.
(3) Mobile residence space: Each mobile home parcel or space sold or leased shall not be less than 5,000 square feet, with an average front of 50 feet.
(4) Minimum setbacks.
(a) Front yard, 20 feet.
(b) Side yard, a combined setback of 20 feet with a minimum dimension in each yard of eight feet.
(c) Rear yard, 15 feet.
(D) Additional requirements.
(1) All uses must conform to Appendix B of Chapter 155 for off-street parking.
(2) All RM developments shall be subject to site plan or subdivision approval in accordance with Chapter 156.
(3) Each RM Mobile Home Park shall be not less than 20 acres nor more than 100 acres in size.
(4) All mobile homes shall have permanent skirting around the bottom in a manner as to prevent the accumulation of debris from collecting under the mobile home, for the prevention of fire and the protection of health and welfare.
(5) Lakefront regulations and requirements are included in § 154.12.
(6) School location, regulations and requirements are included in § 154.68.
(Ord. 241, passed 11-27-85; Am. Ord. 1219, passed 11-2-06; Am. Ord. 1647, passed 10-7-21) Penalty, see § 154.999