(a) General Requirements. Conditions of soil, ground water level, drainage and topography shall not create hazards to the property or the health or safety of the occupants. The site shall not be exposed to objectionable smoke, noise, odors or other adverse influences, and no portion subject to unpredictable and/or sudden flooding, subsidence or erosion shall be used for any purpose which would expose persons or property to hazards.
(b) Soil and Ground Cover Requirements. Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every manufactured home park shall be paved, or covered with stone screenings, or other solid material, or protected with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing soil erosion and of eliminating objectionable dust.
(c) Site Drainage Requirements. The ground surface in all parts of every manufactured home district shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, efficient manner.
(d) Park Areas for Nonresident Uses.
(1) No part of any park shall be used for nonresidential purposes except such uses that are required for the direct servicing and well being of park residents and for the management and maintenance of the park.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the sale of a manufactured home located on a manufactured home stand and connected to the pertinent utilities.
(3) Required setbacks, buffer strips and screening for manufactured homes: Manufactured homes shall not be permitted to occupy single or full multiple sites if the manufactured homes are either longer or wider than would permit compliance with the following requirements:
A. The boundaries of the site shall be clearly and permanently designated according to the dimensions and locations shown on the approved plot plan.
B. The space between manufactured homes may be used for parking of motor vehicles if the space is clearly designated and the vehicle is parked at least ten feet from the nearest adjacent site boundary.
C. There shall be unobstructed open spaces of at least twenty feet between the sides of other buildings and structures and/or sides of adjacent manufactured homes for the full length of the home.
D. Every manufactured home site shall have a front yard of forty feet measured from the nearest point of the manufactured home to the curb line. Also a rear yard ten feet in depth shall be provided.
E. Manufactured homes shall not be closer than twenty-two and one- half feet from any building or other home within the park or fifty feet from any property line bounding the park.
F. Each boundary of the manufactured home park must be at least 100 feet from any permanent residential building or any permanently established business or industry located outside the park unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial barrier satisfactory to the Zoning Board. No manufactured home park shall be located closer to any right-of-way line than 100 feet measured from the street or highway right-of-way line.
G. The outer boundaries of a manufactured home park shall contain a buffer zone.
H. This buffer zone shall consist of a greenbelt strip, not less than twenty feet in width, located along all park boundaries not bordering a street. Such greenbelt shall be composed of one row of deciduous and/or evergreen trees, of ultimate height of fifteen feet, spaced not more than forty feet apart and not less than three rows of shrubs, spaced not more than eight feet apart and which have grown to a height of three feet or more after one full growing season and which shrubs will eventually grow to a height of not less than eight feet.
I. An accessory structure which has a horizontal area exceeding twenty-five square feet, for the purposes of all separation requirements, shall be considered part of the manufactured home.
J. Minimum lot size for each site shall be forty-five feet wide and 125 feet deep.
(e) Manufactured Home Park Stands and Alighting Areas.
(1) All manufactured home sites shall be provided with a stable base upon which to place the manufactured home. Such base shall consist of at least two reinforced concrete runways six inches in depth by two feet by sixty feet together with a paved alighting area of not less than eight feet by thirty feet.
(2) The manufactured home stand shall not heave, shift or settle unevenly under the weight of the manufactured home due to frost action, inadequate drainage, vibration or other forces acting on the super-structure.
(3) The manufactured home stand shall be provided with anchors and tie-downs such as cast-in-place concrete "dead men" eyelets imbedded in concrete runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices securing the stability of the manufactured home.
(Ord. 11-07. Passed 7-18-07.)