(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definition shall apply: “Mobile home park” shall mean any area or tract of land where one or more mobile home sites are rented or held out for rent. “Mobile home park” shall include the terms “mobile home court”, “trailer court”, and “trailer park”.
(b) Mobile home parks are permitted through the issuance of a Major Use Permit in the residential (R-L, R-M, and R-H) zones where they are allowed, although new parks are encouraged to apply for a Planned Development rezoning. New mobile parks may be allowed in other urban, non-agricultural zones through a Planned Development rezoning, provided the park is proposed on lands with access to public services (water, sewer) within an established community. Mobile home parks shall meet the development standards outlined in this section, unless modified through a Planned Development zone, in addition to any conditions which may be imposed by a Use Permit.
(c) The minimum mobile home park area shall be five (5) acres and the minimum number of sites shall be fifty (50). The Planning Commission may modify the provisions of this requirement to develop mobile home parks with a minimum park area of one and one-half (1½) acres provided all the other standards set forth in this section are complied with.
(d) No more than one (1) single-family mobile home may be placed on a mobile home space. No occupied travel trailer, camper, or recreational vehicle shall be allowed on any approved mobile home space except as provided for in Subsection (s)(3), below.
(e) The minimum space area, and minimum space width, for each mobile home shall be:
(1) Two thousand four hundred (2,400) square feet, and forty (40) feet wide, for single wide mobile homes.
(2) Three thousand four hundred (3,400) square feet, and fifty (50) feet wide, for double wide mobile homes.
(3) Four thousand four hundred (4,400) square feet, and sixty (60) feet wide, for triple wide mobile homes.
(f) The mobile home and accessory structures shall not cover more than sixty-five (65) percent of the space area.
(g) The minimum yard setbacks for individual spaces shall be five (5) feet on all sides, except for any side or rear yard abutting the project property line, in which case the minimum yard setback shall be ten (10) feet.
(h) Spaces beneath mobile homes shall be enclosed with architecturally harmonizing skirts or by a combination of skirts, decks and grading with ventilation and access in accordance with State law.
(i) The maximum height of the mobile homes shall be twenty (20) feet, and the maximum height of any accessory use structures shall be two (2) stories or thirty (30) feet maximum, whichever is less.
(j) Each mobile home shall be provided with one (1) or more occupant parking space(s) which may be tandem spaces. For every five (5) spaces within the park, one (1) visitor parking space shall be provided by the park owner/operator.
(k) Separate recreational vehicle parking spaces shall be provided. RV parking spaces shall be centralized in lots and fenced for security and each space shall be a minimum of ten (10) by twenty (20) feet.
(l) The park shall include a twenty (20) foot buffer strip along all streets or roadways adjoining the park, which shall be landscaped and into which no mobile homes or parking spaces shall be placed. The buffer strip shall be street side of any perimeter park fencing required.
(m) At least fifteen (15) percent of the total park area or seven hundred (700) square feet per space, whichever is less, shall be devoted to recreational areas and facilities, excluding any buffer strip. Use of such facilities shall be limited to park residents. All recreational areas and facilities shall be completed prior to park occupancy, except as approved by the Planning Commission in a phasing program. No recreation area shall be less than three thousand (3,000) square feet in area and total recreation area for any park shall not be less than six thousand (6,000) square feet in area. For parks with children, a tot lot of a minimum twelve hundred (1,200) square feet in area equipped with play apparatus shall be provided for each twenty-five (25) spaces.
(n) All streets shall be designed by a registered civil engineer and paved with asphaltic concrete to not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width if no car parking is permitted; and to not less than thirty-two (32) feet in width if car parking is permitted on one side and forty (40) feet in width if car parking is permitted on both sides. Roads may be divided into separate adjacent one-way traffic lanes by a curbed divider if each lane is not less than fifteen (15) feet in clear width; if car parking is proposed, each lane shall be increased in width by seven (7) feet.
(o) All utility distribution facilities serving individual mobile home spaces shall be placed underground. The park owner is responsible for complying with the requirements of this subsection and shall make the necessary arrangements with each of the serving utilities for the installation of such facilities. Transformers, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, concealed ducts, and other necessary appurtenant structures may be placed above ground. Water and sewer distribution facilities shall be installed in conformance with applicable utility specifications. All mobile home spaces must be served with water, electricity, telephone and cable lines.
(p) All mobile home park applications shall include a landscaping plan for open space and recreational areas.
(q) A mobile home park shall be allowed up to fifty (50) square feet of sign area visible from external roadways and adjoining property. Signs shall be limited to:
(1) One (1) freestanding sign and one (1) wall sign.
(2) No single sign shall exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in area.
(3) The maximum height of a freestanding sign shall be six (6) feet.
(4) A freestanding sign located in the mobile home park buffer strip.
(r) The following accessory uses are permitted in a mobile home park:
(1) Accessory uses permitted by right through issuance of a building permit include uses that serve park residents and are not available for use by the general public, such as coin operated machines for laundry, soft drinks, and similar uses.
(2) Accessory uses permitted subject to first obtaining a Site Plan Review include a management facility or office; recreational facilities or clubhouses; a common car wash; storage facilities; a single family residence for the manager which may also be used in part as an office; and the operation of a business or occupation for the purpose of mobile home sales.
(3) Accessory uses permitted subject to first obtaining a Minor Use Permit include permanent or transient recreational vehicle spaces, and associated uses.
(s) The owner or operator of the mobile home park shall be responsible for maintaining compliance with all sections of County, State, and other pertinent laws and regulations pertaining to the use, operation, and maintenance of such mobile home park. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to abrogate, void or minimize such other pertinent regulations.
(t) The owner or operator shall have a resident manager on duty at all times who shall be responsible for such compliance in the absence of the owner or operator.
(u) It shall be the responsibility of the park owner to see that the common landscaped areas are well-kept and maintained.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014)