(A) Where (if at all) manufactured homes are allowed on individual lots, the applicable regulations of the district in which they are located shall be met, along with all requirements below that relate to individual units within a manufactured home park.
(B) The following rules apply to manufactured home subdivisions as well as rental parks.
(1) Manufactured home parks are only permitted as a special or conditional use (up to 13 units shall require a special use permit, and over 13 units shall require a conditional use permit). The location shall be suitable for residential use, and shall not be subject to hazards such as insect or rodent infestation, objectionable smoke, noxious odors, unusual noise, subsidence, or the probability of flooding or erosion. No part of any park shall be used for nonresidential purposes except such uses that are required for the maintenance and management of the park (such as laundry facilities and storage buildings).
(2) The soil, groundwater level, drainage, rock formations, and topography shall not create hazards to the property, or to the health and safety of occupants.
(3) The minimum area for any mobile home park shall be two acres, and the park shall have a minimum of five spaces available at first occupancy.
(4) The minimum lot size for individual mobile home sites shall be 8,500 square feet with a width of at least 50 feet, and a depth of at least 100 feet.
(5) Roadways within the park must meet or exceed the street requirements of this chapter.
(6) Each mobile home space shall abut a driveway within the park. Said driveway shall be graded and surfaced with not less than four inches of crushed stone or other suitable material on a well-compacted sub-base to a continuous width of 25 feet, exclusive of required parking space.
(7) Two off-driveway parking spaces with not less than four inches of crushed stone or other suitable material on a well-compacted sub-base shall be provided for each mobile home space. Required parking spaces may be included within the square footage requirements for lots.
(8) Mobile homes or other structures within a mobile home park shall not be closer to each other than 20 feet, except that storage or other auxiliary structures for the exclusive use of the mobile home may be closer to that mobile home than 20 feet.
(9) Mobile homes shall not be located closer than 20 feet to the exterior boundary of the park or a bounding street or highway right-of-way. Buildings used for laundry or recreation purposes shall be located no closer than 40 feet to the exterior boundary of the park or the right-of-way of a bounding street or highway.
(10) The open space and recreational requirements of this chapter shall apply to manufactured home parks.
(11) (a) The manufactured home park shall have a screening buffer of plant material a minimum of five feet wide adjacent to and within the park boundary extending along the entire perimeter of the park.
(b) This requirement may be waived by the permit-issuing authority (Land Use Administrator, Board of Adjustment, or Board of Commissioners) if the boundary is naturally screened by evergreen plant materials, or by natural topographical features.
(c) The screening buffers shall not be a portion of any home space, street, or private drive. Evergreen shrubs shall be four feet or more in height at the time of planting.
(d) The park shall be completely screened at a height of four to six feet from the view of adjacent properties.
(e) Landscaping shall be provided throughout the park with ample trees and shrubs to provide shade, and to break up open areas.
(f) All bare areas shall be sowed in grass.
(12) Each space shall have access to an interior roadway with a paved width of at least 18 feet. No space shall have direct access to a public street.
(13) Each space shall have hookup facilities for water, sewer, electricity, and telephone services. All occupied manufactured home units shall have and use approved sanitary facilities within the manufactured home unit.
(14) Each manufactured home space shall be graded, and the graded areas shall be grassed to prevent erosion and to provide adequate storm drainage away from the manufactured home.
(15) (a) Manufactured home park operators shall be required to maintain the park in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) The manufactured home park operators shall keep all park-owned facilities, improvements, equipment, and all common areas in good repair and maintained in such a manner as to prevent the accumulation or storage of materials which would constitute a fire hazard or would cause insect or rodent breeding and harborage.
(16) Manufactured home park operators shall be required to supervise the placement of all manufactured homes to guarantee said homes are properly anchored and attached to utilities.
(17) Manufactured home park operators shall be required to comply with G.S. § 105-316(a)(1). This requires operators of parks renting lots for three or more manufactured homes to provide the county’s Tax Supervisor by January 1 of each year with the manufactured homeowners’ names, and with a description of all of the manufactured homes located in the park.
(18) Manufactured home park operators shall operate or provide for the operation of a solid waste disposal system, including providing park tenants with appropriate containers. The storage, collection and disposal of solid waste in the mobile home park shall be conducted so as not to create health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident hazards, fire hazards, and pollution.
(19) Each manufactured home lot may be equipped with a storage building not to exceed ten feet by ten feet provided that all such buildings are located adjacent to the rear lot line.
(20) Storage of possessions and equipment in the area beneath a manufactured home shall be prohibited.
(21) In order to ensure public safety and welfare, every manufactured home located in the town or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, shall be underpinned with materials approved by and in a manner approved by the Land Use Administrator.
(22) Any expansion of mobile home parks in existence as of the effective date of this chapter shall comply with the provisions regarding mobile home parks in this chapter.
(23) (a) The county’s Health Department and the town’s Land Use Administrator may conduct as many inspections of manufactured home parks as deemed necessary to insure the maintenance of applicable standards.
(b) The operators of manufactured home parks in the town and its extraterritorial jurisdiction area shall once a year pay an annual inspection fee.
(c) The operator’s business license or conditional business license may be revoked if the fee is not paid.
(24) The Board of Commissioners shall establish the amount of the annual inspection fee. This fee shall be payable to the town, and the purpose of the fee shall be to cover the necessary administrative costs. The amount of the fee shall be posted in the Town Clerk’s office.
(25) All mobile homes shall be set with masonry underpinning.
(Ord. passed 12-20-2001) Penalty, see § 152.999