8.57.1 Areas in which manufactured housing is permitted.
A. Manufactured homes are permitted only in those areas that are approved as manufactured home parks.
B. Manufactured home parks are allowed in R20, R15, R10, and MR Districts by special use permit, requiring concept plan and site plan approvals.
C. Ten acres is the minimum and 15 acres is the maximum in which a manufactured home park is permitted.
D. Mobile home parks shall be constructed as subdivisions with manufactured homes on individual lots for sale.
E. Only Class A manufactured homes (dwellings) that meet or exceed the requirements set forth in this Article and Appendix I of this ordinance for Class A manufactured homes are permitted within the R-20 District.
8.57.2 Prescribed conditions for manufactured homes.
A. The dwelling shall be set up in accordance with the standards set by the state’s Department of Insurance.
B. There shall be a paved parking area adjacent to the dwelling.
C. The dwelling shall have a permanent masonry foundation, not to include unfinished concrete block. The foundation wall shall be continuous and un-pierced except for required ventilation and access as required by the State of North Carolina regulations for manufactured/mobile homes.
D. The dwelling shall have all wheels, axles, transporting lights, and towing apparatus removed.
E. The exterior siding shall consist predominantly of vinyl or aluminum horizontal lap siding whose reflectivity does not exceed that of gloss white paint, wood, or hardboard comparable in composition, appearance, and durability to the exterior siding commonly used in standard residential construction.
F. All entrances to the dwelling shall be provided with permanent steps, porch, or similar suitable entry.
G. Each manufactured dwelling shall also meet the following requirements, the intent of which is to ensure that a Class A manufactured dwelling, when installed, shall have substantially the appearance of an on-site, conventionally built single-family dwelling.
1. The manufactured dwelling has a length not to exceed four times the width, with the length measured along the longest axis and the width measured at the narrowest part of the other axis.
2. The manufactured dwelling shall have a minimum of 1,000 square feet of enclosed heated living area.
3. The pitch of the roof of the manufactured dwelling shall have a minimum vertical rise of two and two-tenths feet for each 12 feet of horizontal run and the roof shall be finished with a type of shingle that is commonly used in standard residential construction.
4. All roof structures shall provide an eave projection of no less than six inches that may include a gutter.
8.57.3 General requirements.
A. All subdivision standards shall be met.
B. Existing manufactured home parks that are not subdivided into individual deeded lots may continue operation, but may not be expanded or moved except in conformity with this ordinance.
C. For proposed neighborhoods, an application to classify property as a manufactured home park shall require a site plan that shows the location and hierarchy of streets and public spaces, the location of residential and nonresidential street sections and/or plans, phasing, and any other information which may be required to evaluate the subdivision’s adherence to the standards of this ordinance.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2021)