A.
The design standards and required improvements set
forth in this article will be applied by the Commission and the Board
of Supervisors in evaluating any application for a mobile home park
which is on a tract held in single ownership and provides mobile home
spaces on a lease or rental basis.
B.
Mobile home parks proposed to be developed for sale
of lots shall be designed in accordance with all requirements set
forth for single-family dwelling residential development.
C.
Every proposed mobile home park shall be submitted,
reviewed, approved and recorded as either a land development or major
subdivision.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to:
A.
The business of mobile home sales, provided that the
mobile homes shall not be occupied;
B.
The storage or garaging of mobile homes not being
used for living or sleeping purposes within a building or structure;
C.
A single mobile home used as residence on a lot with
no other dwellings; or
D.
A mobile home located on the site of a construction
project, survey project, or other similar work project and used solely
as a field office or work or tool house in connection with such project,
provided such mobile home is removed from said site within 30 days
after the completion of such project.
A.
All mobile home parks shall have a total land area
of not less than 50 acres and a maximum overall density of no more
than five mobile homes per acre.
B.
All mobile home parks shall be located on land where
the average natural slope of the area of the site intended for development
shall not exceed 12%.
C.
All mobile home parks shall have centralized sewer
and water.
D.
All mobile home parks shall have a twenty-foot, planted
buffer yard around the perimeter of the site. The buffer yard shall
be provided in accordance with § 212-62C(2) and C(3). No
home shall be placed within 25 feet of a perimeter property line of
the tract, or 30 feet from an abutting public street right-of-way.
E.
No proposed homes within the proposed mobile home
park shall be placed in flood prone or flood hazard areas. The proposed
mobile home park shall have access to paved public streets or roads.
F.
All mobile homes shall be constructed in accordance
with the Safety and Construction Standards of the U. S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
A.
Spacing of mobile home units.
(1)
No mobile home shall be located so that the long side
of any home is closer than 25 feet to any portion of any other mobile
home or permanent building in the mobile home park. No mobile home
shall be located so the short portion of any home is closer than 20
feet to the short portion of any other mobile home, or between the
rears of two long sides of abutting homes.
(2)
No mobile home shall be located so that any portion
of any mobile home is closer than five feet to any common parking
court, nor 25 feet from the edge of any access road, street or parking
court aisle.
B.
Access.
(1)
Access to mobile home spaces shall be from interior driveways, access drives, or private streets and shall not be from public streets or roads. Entrance roads shall have a paved cartway width of at least 26 feet and access drives shall have a paved cartway width of at least 24 feet. Access drives and driveways shall conform to the requirements of § 212-57. All access drives and driveways shall be constructed to the street thickness standards described in § 212-49K(7).
E.
Open space.
(1)
Every mobile home park shall provide common open space
areas, excluding required buffer areas, which total at least 8% of
the area of the total site. Such open space areas shall be improved
so as to be accessible for recreational purposes to all families residing
within the development.
(2)
At least 1/2 of the required common open space shall
consist of areas of adequate size, shape, slope, soil type and other
physical characteristics suitable for outdoor passive and active recreational
use or be improved to insure suitability for such use.
(3)
The area provided for common open space shall be in
addition to the required buffer yard around the perimeter of the mobile
home park.
F.
Other design standards and improvements.
(1)
Every mobile home space shall be graded to provide
a level, stable, and well-drained stand for the mobile home.
(2)
Ten-inch-diameter concrete piers, or equivalent, shall
be installed from ground level to below the frost line (36 inches
minimum) and shall be placed on ten-foot centers along each of the
two main longitudinal frame sections for each section of the home.
Concrete blocks shall be used to support the home on the concrete
piers and wood shims may be used for final leveling.
(3)
Every mobile home in the park shall be enclosed from
the bottom of the mobile home to the ground or stand using industry-approved
skirting material compatible with the home.
(4)
Every mobile home space in the mobile home park shall be provided with connections to an adequate supply of potable water and to a centralized sewage disposal system which conforms to the standards required in Article X of this chapter.
(5)
Every space shall be provided with underground electric,
telephone, and television cable (if available) service.
(6)
All fuel storage and supply systems may be underground
and shall be constructed and maintained in conformity with the regulations
of all authorities having jurisdiction, or if above ground shall adequately
be screened with landscaping or a screen wall compatible with the
home.
(7)
Every mobile home shall be securely anchored or tied-down
on at least the four corners and also in accordance with the manufacturers’
recommendations furnished with each home.
(8)
Each mobile home park shall provide such other improvements as the Board of Supervisors may require which are in the best interests of the public’s health, safety and general welfare and the purposes of this chapter. Such improvements may include garbage and trash collection, removal and disposal as approved by the Department of Environmental Protection; adequate park lighting system; maintenance of all areas; and any improvement listed in Article X.
