(A) The purpose of this district is to regulate the location of and to encourage, stabilize, and protect the development of well-planned mobile home parks.
(B) For the purpose of this section, MOBILE HOME shall mean either a mobile living unit designed to be mounted upon and conveyed by another vehicle, or a dwelling unit, factory-built and factory-assembled, designed for conveyance after fabrication, on streets and highways on its own wheels or on a flatbed or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling unit complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations such as locating on jacks or other foundation, or connection to utilities. A pre-fabricated home or structure shall not be included in this definition. However, a unit shall not cease to be defined as a MOBILE HOME merely because it is a double-wide which must be joined or because the wheel structures have been removed.
(C) Mobile homes, as defined above and by state statute, and metal trailers shall not be located other than for purposes of sale of same at retail or wholesale at other than an approved and state licensed mobile home park within the city limits as provided for in this section.
(D) No building permit shall be issued for the location, relocation, or other placement of such mobile homes or trailers, and any such location without a building permit shall be a violation of this section.
(E) Nonconforming mobile homes. All mobile homes not in conforming mobile home parks but existing in the city before the passage of this chapter shall continue as nonconforming uses. They shall not be expanded, modified, or replaced. Nonconforming mobile homes shall be properly maintained including proper underpinning or skirting, no broken windows, must be structurally sound, properly painted and free of rust. Failure to do so will be treated as an environmental nuisance and subject to being ordered to be removed.
(F) Mobile home park requirements. Mobile home parks shall meet all requirements of state law, including KRS 219.310 through 219.410, and any regulations adopted thereunder.
(G) Application to construct, alter, or zone. Application to construct or alter any existing mobile home park shall be made in writing to the appropriate state agency or agencies and to the Planning Commission, and shall contain the following:
(1) Name and address of applicant.
(2) Name and location of mobile home park.
(3) Number and size of all mobile home lots.
(4) Number and size of lights.
(5) Source of water supply.
(6) Type of sewage and solid waste disposal.
(7) Source of electric service.
(8) Appropriate fees.
(9) Construction plan.
(H) Construction plan. Each application for a permit to construct or alter a mobile home park in existing Mobile Home Park Districts, or each application for a change of zoning to Mobile Home Park District shall be accompanied by a complete construction plan, drawn to scale, submitted in triplicate, of the proposed construction or alteration, showing the following:
(1) A vicinity map showing the location of the park.
(2) A site plan showing all the existing facilities and proposed facilities as follows:
(a) Area and dimension of the tract to be developed.
(b) Number, location and size of all mobile home lots.
(c) Area within lots planned for location of mobile homes including setback distances.
(d) Location and width of roadways, driveways, parking areas and walkways.
(e) Location of all utilities: public and private water, sewage, drainage, and electrical facilities and easements.
(f) Numbers of each lot.
(g) Location of planned landscaping and protective screening as required.
(h) Protective screening as required by the Planning Commission.
(i) Location and dimension of open spaces intended for recreational purposes of residents.
(I) Standards. All mobile home parks shall conform to the following standards for development:
(1) All mobile home parks shall include lots for at least ten (10) mobile homes.
(2) Each mobile home lot shall have four thousand (4,000) square feet with public sewer, or one (1) acre if not connected to a public sewer.
(3) All mobile home parks shall front on an arterial or collector street for at least one hundred (100) feet.
(4) No mobile home shall be located closer than twenty (20) feet from another mobile home.
(5) Front yard setback shall be at least twenty five (25) feet if fronting on a public right-of-way. Rear yard setback shall be at least fifteen (15) feet unless adjacent to any R zone in which case rear yard setback shall conform to nearest R District requirements. Minimum side yard requirements shall be ten (10) feet unless adjacent to any R zone in which case side yard requirements shall conform to nearest R District requirements.
(6) An accessory structure which has a floor area exceeding twenty-five (25) feet, with an opaque top or roof that is higher than the nearest window, shall if attached to the mobile home or located within ten (10) feet of its window, be considered a part of the mobile home.
(7) All mobile home parks shall be located in well-drained areas, not subject to recurring flooding. Lots shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm water.
(8) Two (2) paved automobile parking spaces shall be provided on every mobile home lot.
(9) Streets shall be twenty-seven (27) feet in width and shall be paved according to city specifications, excluding curbs and gutters. Streets shall be maintained in good condition.
(10) Adequate lighting shall be provided at park entrances, intersections, and at two hundred (200) foot intervals within the park.
(11) All construction plans shall be reviewed by the City Engineer who will report to the Planning Commission if plans are received no less than ten (10) days before public hearing on the matter.
(12) The Planning Commission may attach reasonable special conditions to its approval of a mobile home park.
(J) Procedure.
(1) Upon receipt of an application to construct or alter sections of existing mobile home park districts, the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing, advertised according to KRS Chapter 424, with notification of adjacent property owners by certified mail no less than five (5) days before the hearing.
(K) Issuance of mobile home park permit. The Administrative Official shall not issue a permit until all conditions in the construction plan have been met and the Planning Commission has approved the plan. The applicant shall not start construction until he has received this permit and valid construction permit from the appropriate state agency.
(L) Certificate of occupancy. The Administrative Official shall issue a certificate of occupancy only after he has determined that the mobile home park has been prepared according to all applicable regulations. The applicant must also obtain a valid permit to operate from the appropriate state agency. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued on each individual mobile home.
(M) Access limitations. No vehicular entrance to or exit from any tourist court, trailer park, recreational vehicle park, or mobile home park shall be within two hundred (200) feet along street frontage from any school, public playground, church, hospital, library, or institution for dependents or for children, except where such building or property is in another block, or fronts on a street on which facility has no entrance or exit.
(Ord. passed 1-27-87; Am. Ord. 0-90-033, passed 10-22-90; Am. Ord. O-2019-23, passed 8-12-19) Penalty, see § 156.999