(A) Intent. The purpose of the mobile home residential zoning district shall be to locate and establish areas within the city which are deemed to be uniquely suited for the development and maintenance of mobile home park/subdivision residential areas of an urban character, which are properly served by adequate community facilities; to designate those uses and services deemed appropriate and proper for location and development within the zoning district and to establish such development standards and provisions as are appropriate to ensure proper development in a mobile home park/subdivision residential environment.
(B) Principal uses and structures:
(1) Mobile home parks.
(2) Mobile home subdivisions.
(3) Public parks and recreation facilities.
(C) Accessory uses and structures:
(1) Private recreation facilities.
(2) Laundry rooms.
(3) Park management offices.
(4) Customary accessory uses of a residential nature clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal use, including garages, carports, storage sheds and the like, in keeping with the residential character of the district.
(5) Travel trailers, campers, and boats placed off-site in common storage areas.
(6) Public utility equipment and facilities, except communication towers.
(D) Conditional uses:
(1) Churches.
(E) Site and building regulations:
(1) Minimum project size — The minimum size of the site to be developed for a mobile home park or subdivision shall be ten (10) acres.
(2) Required recreation area — A minimum of ten percent (10%) of gross land area, exclusive of required setback and street right-of-way shall be set aside and developed for recreational purposes for residents of the mobile home park or subdivision.
(3) Minimum size of individual mobile home space/lot — four thousand (4,000) square feet.
(4) Minimum lot width — fifty (50) feet.
(5) Minimum lot depth — eighty (80) feet.
(6) Maximum building coverage — thirty-five percent (35%).
(7) Minimum living area — six hundred (600) square feet.
(8) Maximum height — twenty-five (25) feet.
(9) Minimum yard requirements of individual mobile home space:
(a) Front — ten (10) feet.
(b) Side — six (6) feet.
(c) Side corner — ten (10) feet.
(d) Rear — ten (10) feet.
(10) Site perimeter yard requirements:
(a) A twenty-five (25) foot minimum yard setback shall be provided from all exterior mobile home park/subdivision property lines.
(b) A mobile home park/subdivision shall be entirely enclosed, exclusive of driveways, at its external boundaries by a solid wall, wood or PVC fence or evergreen hedge not less than six (6) feet in height.
(11) Off-street parking. There shall be at least two (2) paved, off-street parking spaces for each mobile home space, which shall be on the same site as the mobile home served.
(F) Development plan review.
(1) As part of the supplementary data required to complete an application for a public hearing for a mobile home park/subdivision development, a scaled and dimensioned plot or site plan of the development shall be submitted as part of such application (if the site plan is larger than eleven (11) inches by seventeen (17) inches, two (2) copies are needed, as well as a digital copy); and if the application is approved, the mobile home park/subdivision shall be built substantially in accordance with such a plan. If the Growth Management Director deems that there is a substantial change from that which is shown on the original application, the developer shall be required to return to the Planning and Zoning Board and the City Council in order to receive approval for such changes as an amendment to the original site plan. The plot or site plan shall include, but not be limited to, location of all lots, service areas, public streets, street signs, walkways, and utilities showing the same underground where such is required. If a public utility equipment and facility is to be located on a site, its dimensions, location, access and other pertinent information should be indicated on the site plan. Adequate access for fire fighting and emergency purposes and access to service areas shall be provided. Information concerning abutting land areas, such as land use, zoning, existing structures, and existing streets shall also be included. Site plan approval is limited to one (1) year, but may be extended for an additional year by the City Council, for demonstrated progress.
(2) A completion bond may be required by the City Council. If the construction is not substantially underway within one (1) year after the approval of the site plan, the site plan may be voided by the City Council.
(3) If the property is to be subdivided, the parcel shall be platted in accordance with the subdivision plat regulations, and all street paving, drainage, water and sewerage facilities shall comply with the subdivision specifications and requirements of the city (see Chapter 184).
('74 Code, § 25-130) (Ord. 89-08, passed 4-27-89; Am. Ord. 94-27, passed 6-16-94; Am. Ord. 95-44, passed 11-2-95; Am. Ord. 98-20, passed 7-16-98; Am. Ord. 2005-24, passed 6-20-05; Am. Ord. 2016-17, passed 4-21-16)