In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in §
250-3 of this chapter and the community development objectives contained in §
250-5 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to MHP Mobile Home Park District to establish standards of performance and promote the desirable benefits which planned mobile home parks may have upon the community. It is further the intent of this article to ensure the interdependency and compatibility of proposed mobile home park developments with essential public sewer and water facilities and surrounding land uses in the Township.
[Amended 6-3-1974 by Ord. No. 137; 8-21-1980 by Ord. No.
127-I; 12-3-2007 by Ord. No. 276]
With respect to single-family mobile home dwelling
units or a mobile home park development, as defined in this chapter,
the following use regulations shall apply:
A. Mobile home requirements. A single mobile home shall
be permitted on a single lot in all residential districts, provided
the applicable requirements for single-family dwellings are met.
B. Mobile home park requirements. Mobile home parks are
a permitted use only in the R-3 Residential District, provided that
the requirements for mobile home park developments as set forth in
this article are met.
C. Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures customarily
incidental to the maintenance, servicing and well-being of mobile
home park residents shall be permitted only as part of an approved
development plan for the mobile home park site.
D. Commercial uses prohibited. No portion of any mobile
home park subsequently proposed under the terms of this chapter shall
be used for commercial purposes. However, nothing in this chapter
shall be deemed as prohibiting the sale or resale of a mobile home
located on a mobile home stand and connected to the pertinent utilities.
[Amended 6-3-1974 by Ord. No. 135]
The following density, area, width and yard
regulations shall apply to any proposed mobile home park development:
A. Minimum acreage. A proposed mobile home park development
site shall have a minimum lot area of 10 acres before a development
proposal can be submitted to the Planning Commission for review.
B. Density. The proposed mobile home park development
shall have a maximum density of eight dwelling units per developable
acre.
C. Area, width and yard regulations. The following regulations shall apply while subject to Subsection
B above:
(1) Lot size. No mobile home lot shall be less than 5,000
square feet in area.
(2) Lot width. No mobile home lot shall be less than 50
feet wide.
(3) Front or rear yard. No mobile home lot shall have
a front or rear yard of less than 20 feet measured form the street
ultimate right-of-way line.
(4) Side yard. No mobile home lot shall have either side
yard less than 15 feet.
(5) Building coverage. Building coverage shall not exceed
25% of the total lot area.
D. Distance between buildings. For proposed developments where the individual lot requirements are not applicable under Subsection
B above, and in the case of two or more mobile home units, the horizontal distance between any two units shall not be less than:
(1) In all cases where the applicant can demonstrate to the Lower Pottsgrove Township Planning Commission that superior site and land planning techniques are being utilized in the proposed mobile home park development, the rigid lot requirements in Subsection
B may be waived in favor of those in Subsection
D above.
(2) For any two mobile home walls, the units of which
are oriented front to front, front to rear or rear to rear, the minimum
distance apart shall be equal to 1 1/2 times the height of the
mobile home.
(3) For any combination of exterior facing walls [not qualifying under Subsection
D(2) above], the minimum distance apart shall be half the height of the mobile home.
E. Setbacks. The following setbacks shall be required
for proposed mobile home park developments.
(1) From the R-3 Residential District boundary line: 25
feet.
(2) From any abutting residential use: 50 feet.
(3) From a street ultimate right-of-way line: 20 feet.
(4) From any abutting nonresidential use: 100 feet.
(5) From any parking area of 10 of more cars: 25 feet.
F. Height of units. No mobile home shall exceed the height
of 25 feet.
G. Parking.
(1) Not less than two off-street automobile parking spaces
shall be required for each mobile home dwelling unit.
(2) The mobile home park developer shall supply visitor
parking area(s) of not less than 1/2 space per mobile home unit in
the park.
(3) Any parking area of five or more cars shall not be
located closer than 15 feet from the R-3 District boundary line or
25 feet from a street ultimate right-of-way line.
(4) For parking areas storing 10 or more cars, not less
than 10% of the area devoted to parking facilities shall consist of
interior parking lot landscaping.
In the proposed mobile home park, the following
general requirements shall apply:
A. Utilities. All dwelling units within the mobile home
park development shall be served by a public sanitary sewage disposal
system and by public water supply facilities. All utility lines (electric,
telephone, etc.) serving the mobile home park subsequent to the enactment
of this chapter shall be placed underground.
B. Access. Provision shall be made for safe and efficient
ingress and egress to and from public streets and highways serving
the mobile home park development without causing undue interference
or confusion with the normal traffic flow. The Planning Commission
shall satisfy itself concerning the adequacy of the thoroughfare to
carry the additional traffic generated by the proposed development,
as well as to the street frontage of the development.
C. Provision of open space and recreation area. Provision
shall be made for on-site open space and recreation areas according
to the following standards:
(1) One acre of open space and/or recreation area per
50 mobile home lots.
(2) In no case, however, shall the open space and/or recreation
area be less than one acre per mobile home park development.
D. Common areas and facilities. The provision of certain
facilities serving the entire development, such as parking lots, interior
pedestrianways, driveways, lighting facilities, landscaped planting
areas, buffers and open space and recreation facilities, etc., are
hereby encouraged and may be located either on individual lots or
in common areas. In cases where they are provided in common areas,
provisions satisfactory to the Board of Commissioners must be made
for their perpetual maintenance and care. Use of these facilities
may be restricted to the residents of the development, where practical,
and they may be maintained by the developer, a homeowners' association
or a similar instrument. Any common area shall be first offered to
the Township; however, the Township need not accept dedication of
the open space but shall maintain first option to purchase, which
may be executed at any time with 12 months' notice.
E. Lighting facilities. Lighting facilities shall be
provided as needed and arranged in a manner which will protect the
mobile home park residents, neighboring properties and adjacent highways
from unreasonable direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind.
Lighting facilities shall be required where deemed necessary for the
safety and convenience of the mobile home park development and shall
be installed by the developer in areas developed subsequent to the
enactment of this chapter.
F. Landscaped planting areas. Shade trees shall be provided
along street frontage occupied by a mobile home park development developed
subsequent to the enactment of this chapter. The use of landscaped
planting areas by the mobile home park developer throughout the proposed
mobile home park is encouraged.
G. Buffer area. A mobile home park development developed
subsequent to the enactment of this chapter shall provide a landscaped,
planted buffer area of at least 15 feet in depth, designed for screening
from view any residential, commercial and industrial uses which are
adjoining and contiguous to the development.