1167.11 MH MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose. The MH Mobile Home Park District is established in order to provide alternative low cost housing to City residents and in recognition that mobile homes are of such a nature as to warrant individual consideration and regulations due to the unique demands they place upon the public health and welfare, and the requirements of location and development that generally are peculiar to these uses. It is the intent of this section to allow mobile homes to be suitably located and developed in unified areas having all necessary services and facilities comprehensively provided in accordance with a predetermined site plan. To this end, the site development and landscape design principles of this district, together with the provision of associated park and recreational facilities shall be an important consideration in achieving an attractive residential environment of sustained desirability that will promote stability, order and efficiency of the residential area.
(b) Permitted Uses.
(1) Mobile home park developments developed in accordance with the following regulations and subject further to the review and approval of a site plan by the Planning Commission.
A. The mobile home park shall provide a twelve foot wide open space together with a six foot high greenbelt on those side or rear yards of the mobile home park which abut onto an R-1, R-2, MF, OS, B- 1 or B-2 District. The greenbelt shall be a continuous, year around obscuring screen.
B. Access from mobile home parks to the nearest public thoroughfare shall be by means of a public right of way of not less than sixty feet in width. No access shall be permitted through an R-Residential District or MF Multi-Family District.
C. An adequate road and walkway system shall be provided through the park to serve each mobile home stand. Four-foot wide sidewalks shall be provided on each side of a road unless an internal sidewalk or walkway system is provided. The road and walkway systems shall be constructed in accordance with the improvement specifications of the Subdivision Regulations.
D. Each mobile home stand shall be served by a centralized sewer and water facility of the type approved by the State Department of Health.
E. Each mobile home stand shall be furnished with electrical power.
F. Each mobile home stand shall be equipped with individual trash receptacles adequately protected from spillage. The owner of the mobile home park shall be responsible for furnishing each lot with trash receptacles.
G. The mobile home park shall further comply with any other County and State Health Department regulations and any other ordinances of the City.
H. Sufficient space shall be provided on the mobile home park site for the storage of mobile homes vacated for more than a thirty-day period, except due to temporary leave of absence. The storage area shall be provided with an obscuring screen. The area used for the storage of mobile homes shall be exclusive of any parks, public spaces or rights of way on interior roads and such space shall not be used for the sale or service of mobile homes.
I. A centralized radio or television tower, cable and/or satellite receiver shall be provided to service all of the mobile home units in the mobile home park development. Such tower or receiver shall be located at one corner of the parcel and shall be located at least twenty-five feet away from any lot line.
J. The occupant of each mobile home unit shall provide a continuous opaque skirting consisting of nonflammable material around the entire base of the mobile home. The skirting shall extend from the base of the mobile home unit to the finished grade of the mobile home stand.
K. Whenever possible, storage buildings shall be located away from the patio side of an adjoining mobile home unit.
L. Mobile home parks consisting of twenty acres or more shall provide minimum open space for recreational purposes equivalent to three percent (3%) of the net site area.
(2) An office for the purpose of serving mobile home park tenants and selling/leasing mobile homes.
(3) Accessory uses as regulated by Chapter 1175.
(4) Automobile parking spaces as regulated by Chapter 1179.
(c) Conditionally Permitted Uses.
(2) Convenience grocery stores and laundries intended to serve only residents of the mobile home park, subject to site plan approval by the Planning Commission.
(d) Area, Height and Bulk Regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area: 6,000 square feet.
(2) Minimum lot width: 60 feet.
(3) Minimum yard requirements per lot:
A. Front yard: 20 feet
B. Rear yard: 20 feet
C. Each side yard: 15 feet
(4) Maximum building height: 25 feet and 2 stories
(5) Net density: 7.0 dwelling units per acre
(6) Minimum floor area: 600 square feet
(Ord. 86-260. Passed 12-16-86.)