(a) Model homes shall require a zoning permit for the residential dwelling requirements in the district in which the model is located.
(b) A dwelling furnished or unfurnished, erected in a newly platted subdivision or allotment of no less than five (5) acres, may be used for display purposes but shall not be used for human habitation while used as a model home.
(1) No more than six (6) such homes shall be displayed as model homes in any one development at one time.
(2) Only one (1) such model home shall be permitted to be an "office" for the transaction of business relating to sales of homes and land exclusively in the subdivision or allotment in which it is located.
(3) Such model homes shall conform to all residential dwelling requirements for the district in which they are located.
(c) A single-family dwelling, furnished or unfurnished, used exclusively for display purposes to denote the type of dwelling that can be constructed in a residential district, may be permitted in a commercial or mixed-use district as an accessory use to a permitted nonresidential use devoted to the construction and/or sale of dwellings.
(1) The applicant shall demonstrate that the single-family dwelling can be easily transported off the site.
(2) At no time shall the model home be used for habitation, nor shall there be any utility hookups except for electricity.
(3) If sold or rented for human habitation, such structure shall be removed from the site and relocated to a location where occupancy of the single-family home is permitted, and that home shall no longer be used for a model home as herein defined.
(4) Such model home shall be classified as a commercial structure until such time it is transported and permanently situated on a lot in a residential district. (Ord. 19-10. Passed 11-7-19.)