A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the community. Mobile homes, because of the manner of their construction and assembly (including heating, plumbing, and electrical systems), like other finished products having concealed vital parts, may present hazards to the health, life and safety of persons and to the safety of property unless properly manufactured. Inspection of the construction of mobile homes frequently cannot satisfactorily be performed after the unit has been manufactured. Further, mobile home subdivisions may present hazards to the health and safety of persons and to the safety of property unless they are properly planned, constructed, and maintained. It is the policy of the town to:
1. Provide protection to the public against possible hazards arising from mobile home construction;
2. Provide protection to the public against unsafe and unhealthful conditions in mobile home subdivisions, and to assure to those who live in such developments a reasonably safe, sanitary, and decent environment;
3. Protect and conserve the value of land and buildings nearby;
4. Provide for adequate water, sewage, recreation and other requirements, facilities and open space needs; and
5. Establish reasonable standards of design for mobile home developments in order to further the orderly layout and use of land within the town.
B. Compliance With Zoning: Mobile home subdivisions shall be established only in accordance with all of the provisions of this title and title 11 of this code.
C. Enlarging, Altering Or Expanding Preexisting Mobile Home Parks Or Subdivisions: Developers of new mobile subdivisions or owners of mobile home parks or subdivisions in existence prior to the effective date hereof who wish to enlarge, alter or expand shall conform to the following standards in providing improvements:
1. Mobile home subdivisions may only be served by dedicated streets. Dedicated streets shall be constructed to the standards required by this title for public streets.
2. Each mobile home lot shall have direct access to a public street system which serves the mobile home subdivision.
3. Adequate, all weather walkways shall be provided to serve each mobile home lot in the mobile home subdivision.
4. Mobile home subdivisions shall be graded and well drained and with adequate ground cover in open areas to prevent wind and water erosion of soil.
5. Provision shall be made for adequate night lighting for the entire mobile home subdivision. (Ord. 93-9, 6-14-1993)
6. Mobile home subdivisions shall provide on site fire hydrants. Where fire hydrants are installed, water mains shall be a minimum of six inches (6") in diameter. Hydrants shall be located along streets readily accessible for fire department use, and located within five hundred feet (500') of all mobile home lots. Hydrant hose coupling threads shall be national standard threads. Designated fire lanes and access to fire hydrants shall be open at all times. (Ord. 2008-08, 4-27-2009)
7. Utilities: Utility hookups shall be provided for each mobile home unit in the mobile home subdivision. These utilities shall include water, sewer, gas, electricity and telephone. (Ord. 2002-2, 4-8-2002)
8. Water distribution system including laterals to each mobile home lot with an individually metered water service connection.
9. Sewage disposal system including laterals and connecting facilities to each mobile home lot.
10. Drainage structures, storm sewers and other drainage facilities.
11. Fencing where required by the planning and zoning commission.
12. General storage areas, in addition to auto parking requirements, for accessory vehicles such as campers and boats. The minimum area required for general storage shall be three hundred (300) square feet for each mobile home lot. No accessory vehicles shall be parked or allowed on individual mobile home lots. The storage areas required by this subsection, shall be in addition to those required for off street parking.
13. Refuse storage area either on each individual mobile home lot or in common refuse storage areas each serving no more than fifteen (15) mobile home lots, and so located so that no mobile home lot is more than one hundred feet (100') from a common storage area. A common refuse storage area base shall be a four inch (4") concrete slab and shall be enclosed by walls or screens and have a means or method of raising any individual refuse containers off the ground at least eight inches (8").
D. Standards For Individual Lots In New Mobile Home Subdivision: Individual lots in new mobile home subdivisions shall be developed to the following standards:
1. The lot arrangement shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties in positioning the mobile homes on the lots and providing driveway access to the off street parking from the roadway.
2. Each lot shall be supplied with a minimum ten foot (10') wide paved driveway and two (2) paved automobile parking spaces. Parking spaces shall measure not less than eight feet six inches by eighteen feet (8'6" x 18').
3. Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a minimum ten foot by fifteen foot (10' x 15') patio pad composed of concrete, brick, concrete block or other hard surface material and a hard surface walkway, not less than two feet (2') wide, from the patio to the roadway. (Ord. 93-9, 6-14-1993)
4. All mobile home subdivisions shall provide for the skirting of all mobile homes within their development. The skirting shall be done so that it is compatible with the mobile home unit materials and it shall be of a finished nature. Unmortared concrete blocks or hay or straw bales shall not be allowed. Composition building board and raw wood shall not be used as skirting unless finished with a weatherproof material. (Ord. 2002-2, 4-8-2002)
5. Each mobile home shall be provided with a separate platted lot, which meets the following minimum standards: (Ord. 93-9, 6-14-1993)
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION
Minimum area | 6,300 | square feet |
Minimum width | 60 | feet |
Minimum depth | 105 | feet |
Minimum side setback | 10 | feet |
Minimum front setback | 15 | feet |
Minimum rear setback | 10 | feet |
6. All mobile homes shall be supplied with a method or means of tying down the individual unit to provide stability against high winds and adverse weather conditions. If the manufacturer does not supply the unit with proper tie downs or a proper tie down plan, prepared by the manufacturer's engineer, the following shall be used:
Diagonal tie down strap spacing for single section and multisection homes from the department of economic development, housing and urban development (HUD) standards for wind zone one:
CLASSIFIED SOIL
Width Of Unit | Pier Minimum Height | Strap Maximum Spacing |
12 feet | 12 inches | 10 feet |
14 feet | 12 inches | 12 feet |
16 feet | 12 inches | 12 feet |
The maximum distance to the first tie down strap at each end of the home shall be two feet (2').
Maximum strap angle from horizontal must not exceed forty degrees (40°).
Anchors shall be installed just inside the skirting line.
Anchors shall be of a type capable of resisting a minimum allowable working load of three thousand one hundred fifty (3,150) pounds in the direction of the tie, plus a fifty percent (50%) overload (4,725 pounds) without failure.
If maximum strap angle from horizontal exceeds forty degrees (40°) but not more than fifty degrees (50°), the building official will determine the number of straps using the HUD standards.
If soil is unclassified, the anchors shall be spaced at an interval of no more than four feet (4') apart, and be a minimum thirty inch (30") double four inch (4") helix anchor with a twelve inch (12") stabilizing plate with the same working load as above. (Ord. 2008-08, 4-27-2009)
7. All yard areas and other open spaces not otherwise paved or occupied by structures shall be sodded and/or landscaped and shall be so maintained.
E. Platted Under Same Requirements And Process As Other Subdivisions: All mobile home subdivisions shall be platted under the same requirements and process required as any other subdivision covered by this title, and shall comply in the same manner with all regulations herein. (Ord. 93-9, 6-14-1993)