Mobile home parks include the development of mobile home parks planned as a unit which are located on tracts of land at least five acres in size and the individual mobile homes located in such parks. Such mobile home parks and individual mobile homes shall comply with all of the regulations of the State of West Virginia Board of Health, Chapter I, Article 7b. - Mobile Home Park Regulations and Department of Health Design Information and Procedural Manual for Mobile Home Parks (December, 1971).
(a) Individual mobile home lots located in a mobile home park shall contain at least 4,000 square feet of lot area. The clustering of mobile home units in order to produce a liveable environment may be permitted provided that the objectives of this section are complied with, and provided further that the overall average lot area per unit of the park shall not be less than 4,000 square feet. In all other cases, the minimum width of a mobile home lot shall be forty feet and the minimum depth 100 feet, except on corner lots which shall have minimum width of fifty feet.
(b) No mobile home shall be located closer than fifty feet to any property line defining the external boundary of the park.
(c) No structure located on any lot in any mobile home park shall be closer to any front line than twenty-five feet; to any side lot line than ten feet; nor to any rear lot line than twenty feet.
(d) The minimum side clearance between any two adjacent mobile homes shall be thirty feet.
(e) Roadway or area lighting shall be reflected away from adjoining properties.
(f) The commercial sale of mobile homes from a mobile home park by a mobile home dealer shall be prohibited.
(g) Individual tenants at the mobile home park may construct attached enclosures to individual mobile homes, provided that such enclosures do not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the floor area of the mobile home. Individual building and zoning permits shall be required for such enclosures in each case.
(h) The layout and construction of new streets within the mobile home park shall conform with the requirements of the Subdivision Regulations of the City.
(i) All mobile home parks shall provide to each lot line both a continuing supply of safe and potable water, as approved by the West Virginia Department of Health; and a connection to public sanitary sewage disposal facilities of the City or to facilities provided by the developer, which shall be in accordance with, and approved by, the West Virginia Department of Health.
(j) All area devoted to utility purposes, such as garbage storage area, common washing or drying facilities and other such area, shall be adequately screened.
(k) The maximum density of a mobile home park shall not exceed eight mobile homes per gross acre.
(l) The minimum width of a mobile home park shall not be less than 250 feet, and ratio of depth to width shall not exceed one to five.
(m) At least ten percent (10%) of the gross land area of a mobile home park, in addition to other open area required under yard and setback regulations of this section, shall be reserved for recreational and open space uses.
(n) The boundaries of a mobile home park shall be planted in a buffer screen at least ten feet wide, consisting of trees, shrubs, evergreens or hedges. Not more than five feet of this buffer screen may be planted in grass. All planting must be approved by the Building Official.
(o) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a driveway of not less than 400 square feet, to accommodate off-street parking for two vehicles.
(p) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a stable base upon which to place the mobile home, in accordance with the requirements of the City Building Code.
(q) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with anchors, tie-downs, or other devices approved by the Building Official for securing the stability of the mobile home.
(r) The four corners of the mobile home lot shall be marked in a manner approved by the Building Official.
(s) Each mobile home shall be skirted in a manner entirely enclosing and concealing the undercarriage, within ninety days after its placement on the mobile home lot.
(t) The maximum height of mobile homes and accessory buildings shall not exceed sixteen feet
(u) All areas of a mobile home park shall be graded in such a manner that there will be no poorly drained areas. Grading shall not obstruct the natural drainage of surrounding properties, nor shall open ditches be permitted.
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