(A) (1) No mobile home park shall be permitted except in areas designated as a special zoning district mobile home unit development (MHUD), as designated by the Plan Commission. Any existing areas where there are five or more mobile homes currently being accommodated shall be hereafter designated as MHUDs and shall be subject to this chapter, as interpreted by the Plan Commission. Any future mobile home parks, MHUDs or single mobile homes shall not be sited nor placed within the confines of the town's corporate limits without express permission of the Plan Commission which shall issue a permit for the MHUD.
(2) Any future sited mobile home must be sited within an approved mobile home park. There shall be no charge for this permit but after application is made to the Plan Commission, there shall be a review period equal to the period until the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Town Council.
(B) (1) Mobile homes shall be no less than 50 feet apart and shall be provided with permanent public sewers for wastewater disposal.
(2) Public water sources shall be used for the potable water supply.
(C) The ordinance permitting mobile homes in the specially-designated area shall not be subject to any variance by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(D) Mobile homes shall be elevated no more than four feet above a permanent concrete pad, stands of compacted fill or pilings supported in stable soil no more than ten feet apart.
(E) Substantial steps shall be provided to the doors (entrance and exit) of the mobile home.
(F) Over-the-top tie-downs shall be provided on each mobile home, located at each of the four corners of the mobile home with two additional tie-downs per side at intermediate locations for mobile homes of 50 feet in length and with one additional tie-down per side located mid-way for mobile homes of less than 50 feet in length.
(G) Frame tie-downs shall be provided for each corner of mobile homes with five additional tie-downs per side spaced evenly for mobile homes of 50 feet or more in length and with four additional tie-downs at intermediate locations for mobile homes of less than 50 feet in length. All components of the above specified anchoring system shall be capable of withstanding an applied force of 4,800 pounds per square inch (psi) and any additions shall be anchored with components equal to above.
(H) Adequate surface drainage shall be provided.
(I) Access and egress for a mobile home hauler shall be provided and shall comply with specifications and guidelines set forth by the Mobile Home Association of Indiana.
(J) No mobile home may be placed over or within three feet of any water utility meter and may not be placed in a position as to block or limit free and easy access to any other utility meter.
(`93 Code, § 7-47) (Ord. 474A, passed 3-27-89)