(A) Area. Every lot upon which a structure is hereafter erected shall front onto a dedicated street or public right-of-way and shall conform to the following minimum lot area and width requirements.
(1) Residential use.
(a) The tract area planned for a mobile home park shall be a minimum of five gross acres with a minimum tract width of 100 feet, and shall be served by sanitary sewers. Additionally, a subdivision plat incorporating these requirements and any additional requirements which result from the subdivision process, must be submitted to and approved by the Plan Commission and filed of record in the Office of the Posey County Recorder.
(b) The lot area for a mobile home shall be a minimum of 6,440 square feet with a minimum with a minimum lot width of 56 feet.
(c) No mobile home site shall be leased in any mobile home park for less than 30 days.
(2) Non-residential use.
(a) The lot area shall be at least 10,000 square feet with a minimum width of 100 feet (where sanitary sewers are available).
(B) Yards.
(1) Front yard and street side yard.
(a) Every tract of the mobile home park or manufactured/modular subdivision shall have a front yard (or street side yard) of 25 feet.
(b) Every lot for single-family detached dwellings shall have a front yard not less than 20 feet in depth and street side yard not less than ten feet.
(c) Every lot used for a non-residential use shall have a front yard (or street side yard) not less than 25 feet in depth.
(d) If there is no dedicated roadway right-of-way, the front yard (or corner lot side yard) setback of the tract from the center of the roadway is 25 feet plus one-half the right-of-way width of the applicable roadway functional class as if the roadway had been dedicated (adding 25 feet for a “local street”, 40 feet for a “collector” or “secondary arterial”, 60 feet for a “primary arterial”, and 75 feet for a “divided primary arterial”).
(2) Side yard.
(a) Every tract of the mobile home park or manufactured/modular subdivision shall have a side yard not less than 25 feet.
(b) Every lot used for a single-family detached dwelling shall have a side yard not less than five feet in depth.
(c) Every lot used for non-residential use shall have a side yard of not less than 25 feet.
(3) Rear yard.
(a) Every tract of the mobile home park or manufactured/modular subdivision shall have a rear yard of 25 feet.
(b) Every lot for single-family detached dwelling shall have a rear yard not less than ten feet in depth.
(c) Unattached buildings of accessory uses may be located in the rear yard but shall be setback at least five feet from the rear property line or outside any utility easement, whichever is greater.
(d) Every lot used for a non-residential use shall have a rear yard not less than 25 feet in depth.
(C) Height. No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding one story, not to exceed 35 feet.
(D) Lot coverage. The combined area occupied by all principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed 30% of the area of the lot.
(E) Minimum floor area. Minimum livable floor area for a single-family detached dwelling unit shall be 650 square feet.
(F) Minimum livability area per dwelling. The minimum livability area for recreation areas shall be 300 square feet per dwelling unit. This shall be provided in common areas of not less than 7,500 square feet, located so as to be conveniently accessible to the mobile, manufactured or modular homes served. The area shall be of appropriate shape and terrain for active recreational uses, but shall not include any portion of an individual mobile, manufactured or modular home site or lot.
(Ord. 12-16, passed 8-8-12)