(A) General provisions.
(1) No park shall be located in an area where the conditions of soil, groundwater level, drainage, or topography may cause a hazard to the property, health, or safety of the occupants.
(2) No park shall be located so that it is exposed to objectionable smoke, dust, noise, odors, vibrations, or other adverse influence.
(3) Ingress and egress to a park shall be provided in such a manner to facilitate access by emergency vehicles, and should be designed to provide efficient and safe traffic circulation in the vicinity. All parks shall have at least 200 feet frontage on a public road.
(4) No part of any park shall be used for non-residential purposes, except accessory uses that are required to directly serve the park residents and for management and maintenance of the park. Sales of MMHs are prohibited, except by private individuals that rent or lease a site in the park or the owner of the park may sell a MMH that has been obtained from a tenant in the park.
(5) Home occupations shall be permitted in accordance with § 157.051. No park shall be located within one-half mile of a livestock feeding operation.
(B) Size and density of a manufactured/mobile home park. No park shall contain an area of less than ten acres nor less than 20 MMH sites; provided, however, that state licensed parks in existence on the effective date of this chapter having a total area or number of MMH sites less than herein prescribed may continue to operate. Existing parks may be altered to bring such parks into conformity with this chapter. However, no additions or alterations shall be made to any existing park unless such additions or alterations are in conformity with these regulations and unless the total area of the park, with such additions or alterations, consists of at least five acres or 20 MMH sites, and provided further, that such additions or alterations to any park shall contain not more than eight MMH sites for each gross acre of land.
(C) Required setbacks and screening for a parks exterior boundary.
(1) All MMHP stands, accessory buildings, plus park accessory buildings shall maintain the following setbacks from park boundaries:
(a) All public roads: 50 feet from right-of-way; and
(b) Side and rear yard: 30 feet.
(2) All parks shall be provided with visual screening such as fences or screen planting along all boundary lines, except abutting road. Such fences or screen planting shall be a minimum of six feet in height at time of planting and of a density to filter from view the manufactured/mobile homes, accessory structure, and other uses in the park.
(D) Required recreation space.
(1) No less than 5% of the gross site area of the park shall be devoted to recreational facilities. Such facilities shall be centrally located on the site and readily accessible to all occupants.
(2) Recreation areas may include park space, play lots, swimming pools, and community buildings (exclusive of laundry and administrative offices). Recreation areas may be decentralized, provided that each single parcel of outdoor space contains more than 5,000 square feet or has a minimum average width of more than 80 feet.
(E) MMH site requirements.
(1) The limits of each MMH site shall be designated in accordance with the approved plan required by this section.
(2) All MMH shall maintain the following minimum setbacks from the boundaries of its MMH site:
(a) The minimum distance between the MMH and site boundary adjacent to private streets or roads shall be 15 feet;
(b) The minimum distance between the entrance door of the MMH and the MMH site boundary shall be 20 feet; and
(c) All other setbacks shall be a minimum of ten feet.
(3) In no case, however, shall a MMH site consist of an area of less than 5,000 square feet and it shall be a minimum of 40 feet wide.
(4) A MMH stand or pad shall be provided on each MMH site of sufficient size to accommodate the MMH to be located thereon. MMH stands shall be reinforced concrete, slabs, or runways, constructed so as not to shift or settle unevenly under the weight of a MMH or other forces due to frost, vibration, wind, or water. All MMHs that are mobile must meet the state’s Mobile Home Tie-Down Act, being 210 ILCS 120/1 et seq. #81-587. All MMHs placed in a park must have the BOCA or HUD seal of approval.
(5) Each MMH site shall be provided with an outdoor living space to supplement the interior living space of the MMH. This outdoor living space must be paved monolithically or constructed of masonry or concrete moveable units placed sufficiently close together to create a single usable surface. The area of outdoor living space shall be a minimum of 5% of the MMH site, with a minimum dimension of six feet.
(6) Storage buildings on individual sites may be entirely enclosed if utilized for storage only. Such a structure shall not exceed 144 square feet and be over 15 feet high from the highest point to ground level. Storage buildings must be located in back of the main entrance of the MMH and five feet from site boundaries.
(7) Cabanas, decks, or porches (screened or open) are permitted, providing they project no further than the end of the manufactured/mobile home and be ten feet from other site boundaries. Year- round porches or sun rooms are prohibited.
(8) Garages up to 600 square feet and not over 15 feet high may be placed on park sites containing over 6,000 square feet and 50 feet wide. The garage must be placed in back of the closest point of the MMH to a street and five feet from other site boundaries.
(9) The space between the MMH stand and the floor of the MMH shall be enclosed with non- combustible skirting and all wheels removed.
(10) A minimum of two paved with concrete or asphalt off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each site. One of these parking spaces may be provided off the site, provided such parking space is not located more than 200 feet from the MMH site served. Each space shall be a minimum of 180 square feet and not less than ten feet wide.
(F) Street requirements.
(1) All parks shall be provided with adequate safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets.
(2) Public street dedications within or abutting parks shall be made in accordance with the subdivision regulations. No MMH site shall have direct access onto a dedicated public street.
(3) Entrance drive into parks shall have direct access to a public street and shall be designed to have free traffic flow onto such public streets. No parking or MMH lot access driveway or accessory building shall be permitted off an entrance drive for a distance of 50 feet from a public right-of-way.
(4) The internal private street system serving MMH sites shall provide convenient circulation by means of minor private streets and properly located collector private streets. Cul-de-sac private streets shall be limited to a length of 500 feet.
(5) Minimum pavement widths for private streets shall be as follows:
(a) Collector streets: 30 feet;
(b) Minor streets: 24 feet;
(c) Cul-de-sac streets: 24 feet;
(d) Cul-de-sac turnarounds: 150 feet; and
(e) All dimensions are exclusive of parking areas.
(6) With respect to paving materials, curbs and gutters, grading, intersections, off sets, and radii of curvature, the provisions of the subdivision ordinance shall apply to private streets.
(7) Parking spaces perpendicular to private streets shall not be located within the required pavement width.
(G) Street lighting.
(1) Street lights shall be designated to produce a minimum of 0.1 footcandle power throughout the street system. Potentially hazardous locations such as intersections, major pedestrian crossings, and portions of streets abutting service buildings and recreation areas shall be illuminated with a minimum of 0.3 footcandle power.
(2) All gas or electric service to the street lighting system shall be located underground.
(H) Pedestrian walkways.
(1) Individual walks to each MMH stand from paved streets or parking areas are required and shall be a minimum of two feet in width.
(2) Common walks are required at locations where heavy pedestrian traffic is likely to occur such as at entrances, service facilities, and recreation areas. Common walks should be located through interior areas removed from streets wherever possible.
(3) Individual and common walks shall be paved monolithically or constructed of masonry or concrete moveable units placed sufficiently close together to create a uniform surface. Individual walks shall not be less than two feet in width. Common walks shall not be less than three and one-half feet in width.
(4) No walk shall be used as a drainage way. Sudden changes in alignment and gradient shall be avoided.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-22(c))