The following development standards shall apply for all manufactured home parks, which shall be approved as a development permitted on review.
(A) Minimum area. No park shall be allowed to open on less than ten acres.
(B) Manufactured homes only. Only manufactured homes shall be permitted, except for additions and accessory structures which may be constructed on site.
(C) Minimum lot size. This minimum lot size is 5,000 square feet, exclusive of public street rights-of-way and private street easements.
(D) Street standards.
(1) Public streets shall meet minimum standards of Chapter 151 or, in the case of private streets, standards established by the Board of Commissioners in the approval process.
(2) Cul-de-sac roads shall have a maximum length of 500 feet and a minimum turnaround of 40-foot radius.
(3) They must be accessible at all times to Fire Department, ambulance, police, sanitation, and utility vehicles.
(E) Street lighting. The developer shall furnish and install street lights in accordance with city standards. On private streets, lights shall be operated and maintained by the developer.
(F) Fencing and screening. The developer shall install screening, opaque fencing, or plantings on the front, side, and rear perimeters of the manufactured home park, according to site plans approved by the Planning and Zoning Board.
(G) Shade trees. The developer shall plant shade trees on the property. One tree with a minimum trunk diameter of not less than one inch shall be planted on each manufactured home lot. Trees shall be of varieties recommended by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.
(H) Drainage and storm sewers. Drainage and storm sewers are as regulated by this chapter.
(I) Water/sewer facilities. Water/sewer facilities are as regulated by this chapter.
(J) Utilities. Utilities are as regulated by this chapter.
(K) Recreation areas. A park and recreation area shall be provided having a minimum of 150 square feet for each manufactured home site, consolidated into usable space. This requirement may be waived by the Planning and Zoning Board if the manufactured home park has minimum lot sizes of 6,000 square feet.
(M) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings shall meet minimum setbacks in accordance with division (P)(4) below.
(N) Lot width. The lot width shall be a minimum 60 feet.
(O) Perimeter setbacks. Perimeter setbacks are as follows:
(1) Twenty five-foot perimeter setback from all public rights-of-way;
(2) Any perimeter yard abutting a residential district shall maintain a 15-foot setback; and
(3) All perimeter setbacks shall be maintained and landscape.
(P) Lot setbacks. Lot setbacks are as follows:
(1) Front yard. Front yard requirements shall be 15 feet from all road rights-of-way within the manufactured home park.
(2) Rear yard. Rear yard requirements are ten feet.
(3) Side yard. Side yard requirements are eight feet.
(4) Accessory structures. Accessory structure requirements are five feet, side and rear.
(Q) Off-street parking. There shall be a minimum of two paved, off-street parking spaces on each manufactured home lot, which shall be located in the side yard.
(R) Storage space. The manufactured home park shall provide a paved storage area for boats, campers, RVs, and the like, for use only by tenants. The number of spaces within this area shall be equal to one space for every five manufactured homes sites. Each space shall be ten feet by 20 feet.
(S) Securing and skirting. All manufactured homes and accessory structures shall be securely anchored to the ground, at intervals approved by the Building Official. Manufactured homes, once in their permanent location upon the lot, shall be fully skirted prior to occupancy.
(T) Additions to manufactured homes.
(1) Building permits shall be required for all additions, which shall meet all setback requirements.
(2) No additions or structures erected shall have a height greater than the height of the manufactured home to which it is attached; and shall be supported by a foundation approved by the Building Official.
(U) Signs.
(1) The developer shall install, in accordance with standards of the city, all road and street name signs.
(2) Each manufactured home park shall be permitted to display, on each frontage, one identifying sign of maximum size of 25 square feet.
(V) Guarantees to include improvements. Guarantees may be required, in an amount determined by the Planning and Zoning Board and approved by the Board of Commissioners, to assure completion of all requirements within this section.
(W) General provisions.
(1) Sidewalks from the paved driveway to the main entry of the manufactured home shall be a minimum of 48 inches in width.
(2) Each manufactured home shall have an address of three-inch high letters mounted on the side fronting the street.
(3) Each manufactured home space shall be clearly defined by permanent markers.
(4) Each manufactured home space shall be serviced by the public water and sewer system. Manufactured homes that cannot be connected to the public water and sewer system shall not be permitted.
(5) Manufactured homes shall not be used for commercial, industrial, or other non-residential uses.
(X) Application requirements. The application shall be accompanied by three copies of the plot plan drawn to scale and prepared by a licensed engineer or architect. The following information shall be shown:
(1) The location and legal description of the proposed manufactured home park;
(2) Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements, and facilities constructed or to be constructed within the manufactured home park;
(3) The proposed use of buildings shown on the site;
(4) The location and size of all manufactured home spaces;
(5) The location of all points of ingress and egress and internal traffic circulation pattern;
(6) A landscaping plan;
(7) The location of all lighting standards to be provided;
(8) The location of all walls and fences, the indication of their height, and the materials of their construction;
(9) The name and address of the applicant;
(10) Such other architectural and engineering data as may be required to permit the Zoning Administrator and Board of Commissioners to determine if the provisions of this chapter are being complied with; and
(11) An estimated time table for project development.
(Y) Mobile homes and manufactured homes. Mobile homes and manufactured homes older than ten years from date of manufacture are not allowed to be placed in any mobile home park or manufactured home park that is subject to this chapter.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.26.120; Ord. passed 4-19-2018)