(A) Manufactured Home Subdivision Residential District. This district is intended to promote and preserve single-family mobile home subdivisions and manufactured home park development which is compatible with conventional single-family residential development. The manufactured home subdivision and manufactured home park classification shall consist of three subdistricts including:
(1) R1-5.0 (MH) - 5,000 square feet minimum lot size with 45 feet minimum width;
(2) R1-5.5 (MH) - 5,500 square feet minimum lot size with 50 feet minimum width; and
(3) R1-6.5 (MH) - 6,500 square feet minimum lot size with 60 feet minimum width.
(B) Height and area regulations. In the MH Mobile Home District the maximum height of buildings, the minimum required setbacks, and the maximum allowable density shall be as follows:
(1) Height. In the MH Mobile Home District, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed one story or 15 feet.
(2) The minimum width at front building line of a manufactured home park/tract shall be 45 feet.
(3) The minimum setback from any perimeter property line shall be 25 feet.
(4) The minimum setback from any interior street shall be 20 feet.
(5) The minimum separation between manufactured homes shall be 20 feet.
(6) The minimum side and back yard setback shall be ten feet.
(7) The maximum allowable density in any manufactured home park/subdivision shall be eight manufactured homes per acre.
(C) Special requirements.
(1) A map or plat of the manufactured home parks/subdivision shall be prepared in accordance with the subdivision and zoning ordinance of the city; and, all manufactured homes will be clearly identified with an alphabetic or numeric identifier which is legible to city and emergency personnel. In addition, the mobile home park will provide an updated list of occupancy to the Police Department.
(2) The minimum size of manufactured home park/subdivision shall be ten acres.
(3) No more than one manufactured home shall be placed on each lot/tract.
(4) No mobile home shall be permitted in a manufactured home park unless it contains
at least 784 square feet of living space; and was not manufactured more than 15 years before the date to be installed on the property; provided however, that upon application, a manufactured home park owner may request ten spaces for temporary use by campers, and an additional five spaces for overflow. These spaces shall be clearly designated by the manufactured home park owner, upon the plat or map submitted to the city.
(5) The manufactured home shall be mounted and anchored in accordance with current state laws, regulations and guidelines.
(6) Manufactured homes shall be skirted to the perimeter of the manufactured home with concrete or masonry materials, wood materials or the same materials used as siding for the manufactured home, provided however, that campers or motor homes located on temporary use lots are exempt.
(7) Prior to submission of a map or plat as stated in division (1) above, any person or entity wishing to establish a manufactured home park/subdivision shall make petition pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and amendments thereto at general or specific election and property petition and have placed on the ballot at said general or special election the proposed manufactured home park/subdivision, the approval for which shall be made by popular vote of the registered voters residing within the city.
(8) No manufactured home park/subdivision may be established within one half mile of the outer boundaries of the grounds of any school in the White Hall School District and located within the city.
(D) Use regulations. Premises located within this district shall be used exclusively for a manufactured home park/subdivision subject to the provisions of this chapter. In the MH Manufactured Home District no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, converted, or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for one of the following uses:
(1) Manufactured home residential.
(2) Accessory buildings (shall be located back of the required set
back line from any interior drive, or any exterior drive from which access is taken).
(3) Accessory recreational uses such as tennis courts, swimming pools, playgrounds, putting greens, etc., and other uses such as washaterias customarily incidental to the above use, when located on the same lot and back of the required setback lines.
(4) Nameplate not exceeding one square foot in area. (One per manufactured home). Signs not exceeding 32 square feet in area appertaining to the lease or hire of a building or premises, which shall not rotate or flash. (One per manufactured home park).
(5) Awnings and carports may occupy only 50% of the required minimum spacing between manufactured homes; must be open from the ground to the roof structure; and must be constructed of non-combustible materials.
(6) Double frontage spaces. A manufactured home space having double frontage shall take access from only one dedicated public street.
(E) Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided at each manufactured home space at the rate of two spaces per manufactured home. All parking spaces shall be paved in accordance with the zoning ordinance.
(F) Screening. Where a manufactured home park/subdivision adjoins a lot in a residential zone, or is across the street from a residential zone, a permanent type opaque fence of wood or masonry construction having a height of not less than six feet shall be erected and maintained between such area and the property in a residential zone.
(G) Recreation space. Common recreation shall be provided at the rate of 300 square feet per manufactured home lot/tract. Minimum size of any recreation space shall be 5,000 square feet. All required recreation areas shall be located back of the required setback lines. All required recreation areas shall be used solely for recreational purposes.
(H) Storage facilities. In addition to required lot area, a common storage facility shall be provided at a central location, at the rate of 100 square feet for each manufactured home lot/tract for the storage of boats and recreational vehicles, etc.
(I) Utility installations. All utility installations shall meet the requirements established by the appropriate codes, and shall be maintained hereafter by the developer in accordance with the appropriate code of the city.
(J) Conformance with ordinance. All work on or at any manufactured home park/subdivision shall be in accordance with the subdivision ordinances and all other ordinances of the city regulating such work.
(K) Nonconforming use. Commencing on the date of the adoption of this ordinance to amend the zoning and subdivision regulations, manufactured home/parks/subdivisions in all other existing zoning districts and do not meet these requirements within the city will be classified as nonconforming use.
(L) Conditional uses upon satisfaction of the provisions of § 154.047 of this chapter.
(1) Telecommunication towers.
(Ord. 26, passed 10-24-67; Am. Ord. 166, passed 11-10-86; Am. Ord. 167, passed 11-10-86; Am. Ord. 234, passed 8-14-95; Am. Ord. 243, passed 10-21-96; Am. Ord. 273, passed 5-17-99)