(A) Lot size.
(1) The mobile home park shall be developed with sites averaging 5,000 square feet per mobile home unit.
(2) The 5,000 square feet for any 1 site may be reduced by 20%, provided that the individual site shall be equal to at least 4,400 square feet.
(3) For each square foot of land gained through the reduction of a site below 5,000 square feet, at least an equal amount of land shall be dedicated as open space, but in no case shall the open and distance requirements be less than that required under R 125.1946, and R 125.1941 and R 125.1944, Rules R 125.1941 and R 125.944, of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(B) Maximum heights. The maximum height of service buildings and permitted office structures shall be 2 stories or 25 feet.
(C) Access to public road. A mobile home park shall have direct access to a major public road by access roads, which shall be hard-surfaced.
(D) Paving. All internal roads and parking facilities shall be in compliance with AASHTO specifications referenced in Rule 922 of the Mobile Home Commission rules.
(E) Sidewalks. Concrete walks, not less than 3 feet wide and 4 inches thick, shall be installed in the mobile home park from the public entrance to all mobile home lots and to all required service facilities such as, but not limited to, central laundry, central parking and central recreation and park areas.
(F) Plumbing, electrical, and television.
(1) All electrical and telephone wiring shall be underground.
(2) The installation of all plumbing and electrical services to mobile home sites shall be in compliance with all applicable standards of the Mobile Home Commission.
(G) Floor space.
(1) There shall be not less than 720 square feet of floor space within each mobile home.
(2) The floor area of any porch, sun deck or other structure above the roof or outside the floor or walls of the mobile home shall not be counted as part of the 720-square foot minimum.
(H) Screening and greenbelt. When the mobile home park adjoins a site zoned or a site improved and used for single-family residential use, there shall be installed on the park site along the boundary line of the residential site screening or a greenbelt as required in §§ 153.315 through 153.322 below.
(I) Storage and skirting.
(1) There shall be no storage of any kind under a mobile home.
(2) Each like home shall be skirted within 90 days after being placed on the lot.
(J) Fences.
(1) All fences (other than the perimeter screening requirements) shall be uniform in height and shall be constructed and installed in a manner so as not to interfere with free access by firefighters to all sides of a mobile home, and shall not exceed 36 inches in height.
(2) Barbed wire shall not be used in any like fence.
(3) Two access gates shall be provided to all fenced areas pursuant to the requirements of the Mobile Home Commission.
(K) Storage.
(1) No personal property shall be stored outside or under any mobile home.
(2) Storage sheds may be used to store property, but need not be supplied by the owner of the mobile home development.
(3) Any storage sheds placed on individual mobile home sites shall be maintained in good condition and kept painted.
(4) Storage sheds shall be placed in side or rear yard areas.
(L) Site plan.
(1) In accordance with the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987 §§ 11, 12, and 13, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.2301 through 125.2350, as amended, a person desiring to develop a mobile home park shall submit a preliminary plan to the Township Planning Commission for review and approval.
(2) The preliminary plan shall include the location, general design and a general description of the project.
(3) The preliminary plan does not need to include detailed construction plans.
(M) Parking.
(1) A minimum of 2 parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home site.
(2) A minimum of 1 parking space for every 3 mobile home sites shall be provided for visitor parking.
(3) Parking shall be located convenient to the area served.
(4) If boats, boat trailers and utility trailers are permitted to be parked in the mobile home park, adequate parking spaces shall be provided in a central or collective parking area.
(N) Smoke alarms. Smoke alarms and fire extinguishers shall be installed in each mobile home unit pursuant to the requirements of Rule 702(a) of the Mobile Home Commission.
(O) Water supply and sanitary system. Each mobile home occupied as a dwelling unit on a lot shall be connected with a water supply and sewage disposal system approved by the Michigan Department of Health.
(P) Fuel tanks. Individual fuel oil, liquid petroleum and other fuel tanks shall not be permitted. This does not preclude the use of central fuel systems.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 8.04)