(A) Planned Manufactured Home Developments are permitted as a matter of right in districts zoned as Planned Manufactured Home Districts (R-MH). However, to implement the Statement of Intent for this district in the Schedule of District Regulations the following standards shall be met by any applicant for rezoning.
(1) The proposed development shall be located so that it shall not be necessary for excessive traffic movement from the development to pass through an existing single family residential area or an area designated in the Comprehensive Plan solely for single family residential development. The proposed development shall have direct access onto a public road that will accommodate the projected traffic arising from the development.
(2) The property shall be convenient to schools, developments, and shopping facilities.
(3) The property is not within an area used nor planned for industrial development, nor will the occupants of the proposed development be in any way adversely affected by nearby existing or planned industrial uses.
(B) Site Requirements:
(1) Recreation or open sites shall be provided for each manufactured home development. Open site may be provided in more than one location, but no location shall contain less than two thousand (2,000) square feet. Each recreational site shall be accessible to all of the manufactured home sites in the development, and shall not be used for any other purpose. Each development should provide a minimum of 8 percent of the gross acreage for such open site for recreational purposes.
(2) Each site for manufactured homes shall have a minimum of 5,000 square feet, except as provided with § 157.09.
(3) The minimum distance required for the separation of a manufactured home from any other manufactured home shall be 15 feet. Front set back requirement within a manufactured home development shall be a minimum of 10 feet from private road. For entire manufactured home development, set back requirements shall be a minimum of 15 feet from a public street, or within 5 feet of any side or rear yard line of the manufactured home development. No accessory building shall be placed within the setback areas described above. The setback requirement required herein shall not be subject to variance.
(C) Access and Street Requirements:
(1) All manufactured home sites must be served from internal private streets within the manufactured home development and there shall be no direct access from a manufactured home site to a public street or alley.
(2) A minimum of two (2) off-street parking sites shall be provided for each manufactured home site. Guest parking in the ratio of one parking space per five (5) manufactured home sites shall be interspersed throughout the manufactured home development; guest off-street parking requirements may be met by off-street parking sites within the driveway of an individual manufactured home site (after minimum off-street parking for that site has been met). Each parking space shall comply with the requirements of § 161.210, Definition of “Parking Space, Off-Street”.
(3) All internal private streets shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width, exclusive of the required parking areas, and shall contain concrete curbs and gutters or acceptable gutters on both sides of the street. All areas used by automobiles shall be paved and meet the requirements of the City of Mt. Vernon.
(4) No internal private street access to public streets shall be located closer than 100 feet to any public street intersection.
(5) All interior cul de sac streets shall have a minimum outside turning radius of 38 feet.
(6) All corners shall have a minimum 15 feet radii.
(7) All streets shall be lighted in accordance to the standards of the City of Mt. Vernon and the State of Illinois Department of Public Health Rules and Regulations for mobile home parks.
(8) Stop signs shall be placed at all public street intersections. Yield signs placed appropriately on internal private streets.
(9) Dedication of all necessary rights-of-way to conform to the requirements of the Thoroughfare Plan shall be offered free of charge to the proper jurisdiction.
(D) Landscaping Required: A landscaping plan of the proposed development including at least one tree per manufactured home site of at least 1-1/2” caliper measured 3’ above the ground, shall be submitted for approval by the Plan Commission. All open sites shall be landscaped and include a permanent means of maintenance. No more than 30 percent of the landscaped area may be maintained in ornamental rock or gravel.
(E) Sign Requirements. Signs proposed for any manufactured home development shall be subject to architectural review of the Plan Commission, and may be indirectly or internally lighted, but shall not be flashing, moving, or have the illusion of flashing or moving. Incidental signs shall not exceed 1 square foot in area per sign, with a height limit of 4 feet; and one (1) 16 square foot development directory for each manufactured home development.
(F) Other Requirements:
(1) Applicant shall comply with applicable requirements of the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Mt. Vernon (Chapter 159 of the Revised Code of Ordinances).
(2) All utilities (including without limitation sewer, water, gas, oil, telephone, T.V. and internet service lines) within the manufactured home development shall be placed underground and shall comply with all applicable laws, codes, and regulations.
(3) All manufactured home developments shall comply with Chapter 157 of the Revised Code of Ordinances.
(4) Additional development requirements may be prescribed as conditions when such requirements are determined by the Planning Department to be necessary to ensure the protection of the character of the neighboring properties, the compatibility of land uses, and the health and safety of manufactured home development occupants.
(Prior Code, Art. 21, § 21-203)