[Ord. No. 738 § 3, 1-9-1961]
A District "B-T" may be established on a tract of land in single
ownership or under unified control; provided, that a preliminary development
plan for a planned trailer court district has been prepared, submitted
and approved in compliance with the regulations and requirements of
this Article.
Application shall be made to the Board of Aldermen for the rezoning
of property for a planned trailer court district, and it shall thereupon
be referred to the Zoning Commission, hereinafter referred to as the
Commission for its recommendations.
The net area of land to be included in a District "B-T", and
so designated, shall be at least one acre in size. The term "net area",
as used herein, shall not include any area within dedicated highways,
streets, alleys or other public ways or public property.
The location of any District "B-T" shall be on property which
has an acceptable relationship to major thoroughfares, and the Commission
must satisfy itself as to the adequacy of the thoroughfares to carry
the additional traffic generated by the development.
The plan for the proposed development must present a unified
and organized arrangement of trailer spaces and service facilities,
which shall have a fundamental relationship to the properties comprising
the planned development and shall not adversely affect the uses of
property immediately adjacent to the proposed development.
The requirements and regulations herein prescribed, pertaining
to height, open space, setbacks and parking, may be adjusted or modified
by the Board of Adjustment after recommendation of the Commission
before a District "B-T" is established, so that the property in question
may be developed in a reasonable manner and, at the same time, will
not be detrimental to the public welfare and interests of the City,
but in keeping with the general intent and spirit of this Article.
The Commission shall have power to make and adopt such rules
and regulations as are necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes
of this Section.
[Ord. No. 738 § 13, 1-9-1961]
The applicant for a planned trailer court district shall prepare
and submit a preliminary development plan to the Commission for its
inspection and review, upon which plan the Commission shall hold a
public hearing. This preliminary plan of the property to be zoned
as District "B-T", drawn to scale, shall show the boundaries of the
property to be zoned, the existing topography, with contour intervals
no greater than five (5) feet, unless waived by the Commission, and
the proposed size, location and arrangement of trailer spaces, open
spaces, parking areas, service buildings and other structures or areas
to be included, entrances and exits, driveways and their relationship
to existing and proposed streets, alleys and other public ways or
public property, and any additional information required by the Commission.
The preliminary plan shall also show the development of adjacent properties
within two hundred (200) feet, including the location and type of
buildings and structures thereon. If the planned trailer court district
is proposed in an unplatted area, the preliminary plan shall be accompanied
by a plat, giving the full legal description of the boundaries of
the property to be included in the area to be zoned as a planned trailer
court district. It shall also be accompanied by a plan, drawn to scale,
of the general arrangement of streets within the remainder of such
unplatted area, which plan need not extend more than one thousand
(1,000) feet from the boundaries of the area to be zoned as a planned
trailer court district.
The applicant shall indicate on the preliminary plan, if the
development is to be accomplished in stages, the order in which such
stages shall be developed.
The preliminary plan shall also show the location of all sewer,
water main, electrical and gas utilities, which shall be provided
in accordance with the applicable laws and ordinances of the City.
If the preliminary plan is found to comply with the intent of
the requirements and regulations set forth in this Section, the Commission
shall, upon approval of the preliminary plan, prepare and submit to
the Board of Aldermen a request for an amendment to this Article,
which amendment is to provide for and establish a "B-T" District for
the land covered by the preliminary plan.
[Ord. No. 738 § 13, 1-9-1961]
Upon approval of the zoning change by amendment, the applicant
shall submit a final development plan to the Commission, for its review
and recommendation. The final development plan may be submitted separately
for the first and each successive stage of development.
It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to determine
that each stage, or all, of the final development plan conforms to
the intent of the preliminary plan on which the zoning change was
made. The Commission, having reviewed the final development plan for
any or all stages of the development and finding that it conforms
with the intent of the preliminary plan, shall recommend its approval
to the Board of Aldermen. If the final development plan fails to conform
to the intent of the preliminary plan submitted in support of the
rezoning, such final development plan may be submitted to the Commission
as an amended preliminary plan upon which the Commission shall hold
the public hearing. The procedure shall be the same as for the original
preliminary plan.
No building permit shall be issued for any development in a
planned trailer court district until the Board of Aldermen shall have
approved the final development plan covering at least the first stage
of development, and until the developer has deposited with the City
Clerk a bond in form satisfactory to the Board of Aldermen to insure
that the utilities, streets, curbs and gutters shall be constructed
at the expense of the developer within the planned area within a time
to be designated by the Board of Aldermen.
A final development plan, prepared for each succeeding stage,
shall also be reviewed by the Commission and when approved by the
Board of Aldermen as provided for above, shall be filed in the office
of the City Clerk.
The applicant for a planned trailer court district shall prepare
and submit a schedule of development in one or more stages, which
development shall begin within a period of one year following the
approval of a final development plan or any stage thereof by the Board
of Aldermen. Failure to begin construction as scheduled shall void
the plan, as approved, unless a request for extension of time is made
by the applicant to the Board of Adjustment and approved by the Board.
If for any reason the plan is abandoned, or if the development is
terminated after the completion of any stage, and there is ample evidence
that further development is not contemplated, the ordinance establishing
such District "B-T" may be rescinded by the City and the zoning of
the entire tract, or the portion which is undeveloped as a District
"B-T", may be changed to a suitable classification.
After the final development plan has been approved and the zoning
change made, and when in the course of carrying out this plan, adjustments
or rearrangements of trailer spaces, parking areas, service buildings
or other structures, entrances, heights, setbacks or other open spaces
are requested by the applicant, and such requests conform to the standards
established by the approved final development plan, for the area to
be covered by such trailer spaces, service buildings or other structures,
parking spaces, entrances, heights, setbacks or other requirements,
such adjustments may be approved by the Board of Adjustment upon application
and after receiving the recommendations of the Commission.
[Ord. No. 738 § 13, 1-9-1961; Ord.
No. 2302 § 1, 6-21-2004]
In District "B-T", no building, structure, land or premises
shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, constructed,
reconstructed or altered, except in conformance with the final development
plan and except for the following uses:
A.
For use as a trailer court (sometimes referred to as a mobile home
court) upon which two (2) or more mobile homes or manufactured homes
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located, regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. Any mobile
home or manufactured home placed after June 21, 2004, in such a trailer
court shall have been built after December 31, 1983.
B.
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above use; provided, that there shall be no billboards and that there shall be only one (1) sign showing the name of the place of business and the service offered there. Such sign or structure shall be of permanent construction, and the design shall be submitted as a part of the preliminary and final development plan or a sign permit may be applied for as provided for in Chapter 29 of this Code and built in accordance with the restrictions of Section 31-43 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 2903 § 1, 6-5-2017]
[Ord. No. 738 § 13, 1-9-1961]
In a District "B-T", the height of buildings and the minimum
dimensions of trailer spaces, parking areas and open spaces shall
be as follows:
A.
Height. No building, sign or trailer erected, structurally altered,
placed or parked shall exceed two (2) stories or twenty (20) feet
in height.
[Ord. No. 2903 § 2, 6-5-2017]
B.
Rear Yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be not
less than thirty percent (30%) of the depth of the lot; provided,
such depth need not be more than a total of twenty (20) feet.
C.
Front Yard. There shall be a front yard not less
than twenty (20) feet in depth.
D.
Side Yards. There shall be a side yard on the side
of the lot where driveway space is provided of not less than fifteen
(15) feet, and on the opposite side of not less than three (3) feet.
On lots where the abutting property is in District "R-1", "R-2", "B-1"
or "B-2", the opposite side yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet.
On corner lots in a District "B-T", the opposite side yard shall be
not less than five (5) feet.
E.
Vision Clearance. On any corner lot no wall, fence,
sign or other structure, or no plant growth of a type which would
interfere with traffic visibility across the corner, shall be permitted
or maintained higher than three (3) feet above the median line street
level within fifteen (15) feet of the intersection of the street right-of-way
lines.
F.
Drives. Each lot shall be equipped with a drive
not less than ten (10) feet in width, so that the vehicles in the
area may be removed from the street to a point at least as far back
as the front of the structure on the lot, and all drives shall be
on the same side of the lots throughout the entire district.
