§ 158.220. Mobile Home Parks; Special Requirements.

(A)

Application Requirements. Any person or organization proposing the development and operation of a mobile home park shall be required to submit a site plan of the proposed development for review and consideration in accordance with the provisions of sections 158.235 through 158.245. The site plan shall be submitted in such number of copies as may be required and shall contain the following information:

(1)

The legal description and boundary data of the entire area for which approval is sought;

(2)

A scaled designed drawing of the entire park as proposed, showing the location, size, and configuration of all proposed mobile home sites, including the size and configuration of all concrete slabs, vehicular parking spaces, utility connection, and other improvements as may be proposed for individual sites; the driveway or road system showing access to all mobile home site and activity areas within the proposed park; the type and location of all proposed community facilities or services proposed; the location and proposed development of all recreation and open space areas proposed; the location, type and extent of all proposed buffering and landscaping; the location and type of all other buildings, or structures proposed, such as owner's residence, office, and storage buildings; the location and nature of facilities for the collection and removal of garbage and trash from the park; and the location and nature of any special facilities or improvements which may be required, such as drainage retention areas, water treatment and distribution facilities, and sewage disposal facilities;

(3)

The name, address, and telephone number of the owner or his agent, who may be contacted concerning information relative to the proposed application and operation of the mobile home park.

(B)

Minimum Site Requirements.

(1)

Each mobile home park shall be located upon a lot having an area of not less than ten (10) acres and a minimum frontage of one hundred seventy-five (175) feet upon a public street or highway.

(2)

Each mobile home site shall have a minimum area of five thousand (5,000) square feet and a minimum width of fifty (50) feet.

(3)

There shall be two (2) parking spaces per mobile home unit.

(4)

Each mobile home site shall have proper connection for water, sewerage, and electrical service.

(5)

A minimum of ten (10%) percent of the gross land area of the park shall be developed for recreation purposes. No mobile home site, required buffer strip, or utility easement shall be counted as recreation area in meeting this requirement. Recreation areas and facilities shall be properly maintained and operated by the park management.

(6)

Where appropriate, a utility easement shall be provided along the rear of each mobile home site. The easement shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width. No permanent structures other than pedestrian ways, benches, recreation facilities, picnic areas, and lighting systems shall be located in that utility easement, and permitted structures shall be located so as not to impede maintenance of underground utility facilities. All utilities shall be located within these easements, if provided, or in easements adjacent to roadway pavements or in buffer areas.

(7)

Each mobile home park shall be provided with central facilities for washing and drying of clothes, unless otherwise provided.

(8)

A central storage area shall be provided for the storage of major recreation equipment, such as travel trailers, camping equipment, and the like. Any equipment shall be permitted only in that designated area of the mobile home park. No piece of major recreation equipment parked in the storage area shall be used for human habitation. The storage area shall be adequately buffered with a six-foot high opaque fence and/or plant material so as to screen its view from all adjacent streets and from the mobile home sites within the park.

(9)

A landscape buffer not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth shall be provided along public streets or highways and along all boundaries of a mobile home park. The landscape buffer shall meet all applicable provisions of Chapter 154.

(C)

Sanitation Requirements. Each mobile home site shall be provided with at least one (1) garbage container of not less than 20-gallon capacity, so located as to be obstructed from view from the roadways within and without the park.

(D)

Park Design. Designers of mobile home parks shall utilize contemporary design practices and shall avoid monotonous and obsolete rectilinear or herringbone design for layout of mobile home sites.

(E)

Procedure for Development and Operation. Upon receiving approval of the site plan, the applicant or owner may proceed with development of the mobile home park subject to all permit requirements of the City and other governmental units having jurisdiction. After all required improvements have been completed for a park or an approved construction unit of a park, the building official shall conduct a final inspection and confirm in writing to the zoning administrator that the improvements have been completed. The zoning administrator shall then approve the mobile home park for occupancy and issue an appropriate occupancy permit to the owner or operator.

(F)

Installation and Occupancy of Mobile Homes. No mobile home shall be installed or occupied within a mobile home park until and unless there has been full compliance with the provisions of all applicable ordinances and regulations of the City.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99; Ord. No. 15-85, § 1, 12-7-15)