(a) The MHP, Manufactured Housing Park District is intended to provide for the location and regulation of manufactured housing parks as an affordable housing alternative where appropriate and consistent with the general character of the Village . It is intended that manufactured housing parks be provided with necessary community services in a setting that provides a high quality of life for residents. These districts should be located in areas where they will be compatible with adjacent land uses. Accordingly, manufactured housing parks shall be located in conformance with the following criteria:
(1) In areas that are designated for manufactured housing parks as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan.
(2) On sites adjacent to existing manufactured housing parks.
(3) On sites with vehicular direct access to a paved surfaced public thoroughfare or collector road.
(4) In areas where sanitary sewer and potable water supply (either public or private systems) is available with sufficient capacity to serve the residents and to provide fire protection. Furthermore, the location of a manufactured housing park shall not have an adverse impact on the proper functioning of community facilities and utility systems, including but not limited to the following: roads, sanitary sewers, water, storm drainage, police and fire protection, and the educational system.
(5) On sites outside of a designated flood plain.
(b) The regulations and rules in the Revised Code and the Administrative Code, respectively, including but not limited to Chapter 3701-27-01 to 3701-27-30, inclusive, of the Administrative Code, and Sections 3733.01 to 3733.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all as now existing or hereafter amended, shall govern all manufactured housing parks. When regulations in this Section exceed applicable State regulations or rules, they are intended to insure that manufactured housing parks meet the development and site plan standards established by this Section for other comparable residential development, and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the Village ’s residents.
(c) These specific standards reflect the nature of the Village , in contrast with some other areas of the State where the universal regulations and rules of the State may be appropriate. These standards encourage development which complements and protects the investment on adjacent properties and promotes preservation of important natural features.
(d) Since the characteristics and impacts of a manufactured housing park typically simulate those of multiple family residential developments, and because they typically are served by private streets and utility systems which interrupts and intercepts the continuity of the local street and utility systems, manufactured housing parks are not considered compatible with other types of single family residential neighborhoods. Therefore, manufactured housing parks are intended to serve as a transitional use between residential and nonresidential districts, similar to multiple family residential districts.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)