(A) General. Mobile home parks located in RA Residential-Agricultural zones are required to meet certain development standards to ensure compatibility with surrounding land uses, provide for attractive, well planned projects and to promote the public health, safety and welfare of the town. The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall review development plans for mobile home parks prior to the start of construction. The Planning Board shall have the opportunity to review the plans and make recommendations regarding the proposed park.
(B) Site plan requirements. Plans are required before any consideration is granted by the Zoning Enforcement Officer. At least five copies of all required plans, drawings and specifications shall furnish the following information:
(1) General information. Including topographical features, streams, vegetation, soil types, flood prone areas, historic sites and other features;
(2) Timing of development. The proposed schedule of development including phases or stages likely to be followed;
(3) Public water and sewer system. Location of public waters and sewer lines presently in existence, connections to these lines, manholes, pumping stations, fire hydrants and other necessary features. All mobile home parks must have public water and sewer service or approved treatment facilities as required by the appropriate state or district authorities;
(4) Storm water drainage system. Proposed storm water drainage system;
(5) Streets, curbs and gutters, electrical systems and street lights. Proposed location and design of streets, curbs and gutters, electrical systems and street lights;
(6) Grading plan and sedimentation control measures. Proposed grading plan and sedimentation control measures;
(7) Street access, easements, monuments and property lines. Proposed street access, easements, monuments and property lines;
(8) Sidewalks. Proposed location and design of sidewalks;
(9) Parking, loading, circulation. The proposed location and extent of parking and loading areas, including parking spaces and circulation routes, shall be shown as required in § 156.055;
(10) Floor plans and building layouts. Proposed location and floor plans of all proposed structures, including numbers and dimensions of all mobile home spaces;
(11) Landscaping, screening and fencing. Proposed landscaping, screening and fencing as required by § 156.056;
(12) Existing vegetation. The developer should make every reasonable effort to preserve existing vegetation. By preserving existing vegetation, potential erosion and sedimentation are minimized and vegetated buffer zones for the use of the residents are provided. The Planning Board may allow appropriate existing vegetation to substitute for buffer strip and landscape screen requirements if the intent of this chapter as expressed in § 156.056 is upheld;
(13) Refuse collection. Proposed method of collection and location of receptacles. All refuse containers shall be located on a concrete, asphalt or similar base abutting a driveway, and shall be enclosed with the exception of the driveway side, by a wood or masonry fence or wall at least six feet in height. One refuse container having at least an eight cubic yard capacity shall be required for every ten mobile home spaces. Two individual containers per space may be used as an alternative to this standard;
(14) Names and the like. Name of park, names and addresses of the owner(s), designer or surveyor;
(15) Date and the like. Date, scale and north arrow;
(16) Boundaries. Boundaries of the tract with bearings, distances and metes and bounds; and
(17) Vicinity map. Vicinity map showing the location of the park, surrounding land uses and names and addresses of all adjoining property owners.
(C) Development standards.
(1) Minimum area. Each mobile home park shall be developed on a tract not less than two acres in size and shall contain at least five mobile home spaces available at first occupancy.
(2) Lot requirements. Each mobile home lot or space shall consist of a minimum of 6,000 square feet and shall have a minimum width of 50 feet at the street line. Each mobile home space shall be designated by permanent markers located on the ground and may be occupied by only one mobile home at any time. All mobile home spaces or a density no greater than five mobile homes per gross acre is permitted.
(3) Setbacks.
(a) No mobile home shall be located closer than:
1. Forty feet from a state highway or city street right-of-way;
2. Thirty feet from the exterior boundary of the park;
3. Twenty feet from another mobile home; and
4. Twenty feet from an internal street in the park.
(b) Distances shall be measured from the outermost part of the unit, including tongue.
(4) Streets and driveways. All streets within the mobile home park shall be paved. The access streets must be connected with a state or city street or highway. All internal streets must have a paved width no less than 18 feet with an eight-foot shoulder on at least one side of the street. Each mobile home space must be served by a driveway (surfaced as per division (C)(5) below) connecting to an internal street. No space shall have direct access to a town street or state highway. All streets shall meet town standards and must be approved by the Public Works Superintendent.
(5) Off-street parking. Each mobile home space shall have two off-street parking spaces surfaced with pavement or a minimum of four inches of crushed stone or gravel, extending to the internal street serving the space.
(6) Cul-de-sacs. Dead-end streets exceeding 300 feet shall be provided with a cul-de-sac paved to a minimum of 45 feet in diameter.
(7) Signs. Permanent signs for identification of mobile home parks shall be no more than 50 square feet in size and no closer than 20 feet to any property line. One sign per park is permitted. Illumination of the signs must be indirect, nonflashing and the source must not be visible from adjoining property or public streets or roads.
(8) Buffer strips. Buffer strips as required by § 156.056 shall be provided by the developer on park boundaries. All vegetation must be maintained in a healthy condition by the owner or developer. Dead or damaged plants shall be replaced promptly.
(9) Water and sewerage service.
(a) Mobile home parks shall install public water and sewerage systems as per town sizes, standards and specifications. After construction, the systems shall be dedicated to the town for operation and maintenance. If town water and sewerage services or the proposed park is outside the town boundary, the developer shall construct approved systems which must be approved by the appropriate state agency prior to the approval of park development plans by the Planning Board. If a public water supply system is to be used and ten or more mobile homes are to be served, certification of approval of water supply system plans by the Sanitary Engineering Division of the State Board of Health is required. If four or more, but less than ten mobile homes are served, certification of the approval of the water supply system plans by the Appalachian District Health Department is required.
(b) If a public sewage collection system is to be used, certification of approval of the sewage collection system and a treatment facilities plan by the Division of Environmental Management is required. If individual septic tanks are used or are to be used, certification of the acceptability of the site for use of septic tank systems by the Appalachian District Health Department is required.
(10) Fire protection. Fire hydrants shall be installed to provide unobstructed access within 500 feet from any mobile home space.
(11) Drainage. Each mobile home space shall be graded so as to provide proper drainage. No mobile home space shall be located in an area subject to flooding or seasonal high water table. (See town flood maps or county soil survey.)
(12) Street lighting. All streets in the mobile home park shall be adequately illuminated from sunset to sunrise. The minimum street light size shall be 175-watt mercury vapor fixtures at not less than 250-foot intervals. Underground electrical services are required within the park.
(13) Selling by individual. Mobile homes shall not be sold within a mobile home park, except that an individual mobile home owner shall be allowed to sell the mobile home in which he or she resides and except as set out in division (C)(15) below.
(14) Administrative office. Within a mobile home park, one mobile home may be used for an administrative office.
(15) Selling by operator. The owner or operator of a mobile home park shall not sell mobile homes on or within a mobile home park unless the mobile home unit for sale shall be placed individually and separately upon an existing mobile home space where all design standards and utilities have been completed as specified by this chapter and unless the mobile home is being occupied as a residence.
(16) Garbage and refuse. All garbage and refuse in every mobile home park shall be stored in suitable water-tight and fly-tight receptacles. The method of garbage and refuse disposal shall be approved by the Appalachian District Health Department if not served by municipal garbage collection. If dumpster-type containers are to be used, all units shall be located on a concrete, asphalt or similar base abutting a driveway and shall be enclosed, with the exception of the driveway side, with a wood or masonry fence at least six feet in height. One refuse container with at least an eight cubic yard capacity shall be required for every ten mobile home spaces.
(17) Foundations and the like. Each mobile home unit within a mobile home park shall be secured by adequate foundations, tie-downs and anchors so as to conform to the state regulations for mobile homes. All mobile homes shall be skirted with approved materials if not placed on a permanent foundation.
(18) Registration of occupants. Every mobile home park owner or operator shall maintain an accurate register containing a record of all occupants and owners of mobile homes in the park. The register shall contain the following information:
(a) Name of owner or occupant;
(b) Mobile home space number;
(c) Make, model and registration number of mobile home; and
(d) Date when occupancy within the mobile home park begins and date when occupancy within the mobile home park ceases
(D) Local review.
(1) The Planning Board shall review the preliminary development plan to determine if the standards in § 156.057(B)(2) and (C) have been met. The Planning Board shall have 30 days to approve or disapprove the plans and make its recommendation to the Zoning Enforcement Officer for approval or disapproval.
(2) The Zoning Enforcement Officer, based on his or her findings and the recommendations of the Planning Board, shall approve or disapprove the mobile home park plan. If approved, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue the owner or developer a construction permit, retain one copy of the plan for himself or herself, and forward one copy of the plan to the developer. If disapproved, the reasons for the action and the recommended changes shall be given to the park developer or his or her agent.
(E) Issuance of permits.
(1) After approval of the mobile home park plan, the Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue a construction permit. The intent of this permit is to enable the construction of the park according to the approved plans and shall not be construed to entitle the recipient to offer spaces for rent or lease, or to operate a mobile home park as defined in this chapter.
(2) When the construction of the mobile home park is completed, the developer shall apply to the Zoning Enforcement Officer for an operating permit. The Zoning Enforcement Officer, the electrical inspector and a representative of the Appalachian District Health Department (if applicable) shall make an on-site inspection of the park.
(a) If the park meets the development standards, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue the developer an operating permit.
(b) If the park does not meet the development standards, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall delay issuance of the operating permit until it meets the development standards.
(c) When a mobile home park is to be developed in stages, the proposed park plan shall be submitted for the entire development and application for an operating license may be made for each stage developed.
(F) Nonconforming mobile home parks.
(1) Nonconforming mobile home parks shall refer to any mobile home park within the Residential-Agricultural District which does not conform to all of the provisions of this section, with the exception of division (C)(1) above.
(2) Beginning with the passage of this chapter, a nonconforming mobile home park shall not be enlarged or altered so as to create additional spaces until the park has been made to conform to the provisions of this chapter with the exception of this section.
(3) Other regulations regarding nonconforming mobile home parks as § 156.093.
(G) Nonconforming uses. Nonconforming uses shall refer to a mobile home park located in any other zone than the RA Residential-Agricultural zone, regardless of park layout, design or density. Nonconforming uses shall not be expanded, nor additional mobile home spaces be added to the park.
(Ord. passed 9-10-1984)