A manufactured home park shall be located in areas where permitted
by the Village of Bath Zoning Law.[1]
Each new manufactured home park shall have a minimum area of
10 acres containing clearly defined and marked manufactured home lots
and stands, streets, service buildings and recreation areas.
No manufactured home park shall be located except with direct
access to a public street or highway and with appropriate frontage
thereon to permit proper design of an access street. Said access shall
require prior approval of the Village Board of Trustees.
The manufactured home park shall in all respects be suitable
for residential use. It shall not create hazards to the health and
safety of the residents. It shall not be exposed to objectionable
smoke, dust, noise, odors, soil subsidence or the probability of flooding
or erosion. The soil, groundwater level, drainage, rock formations
and topography shall not create hazards to property or to the health
and safety of the residents.
Each manufactured home lot shall meet the following minimum
requirements:
A.
Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.
B.
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
C.
Front yard depth from internal street, measured from the edge of
the pavement: 20 feet.
D.
Yard depth from public streets: 50 feet from the edge of the pavement
and 15 feet from any other park boundary.
E.
Manufactured home stands shall be located so that the manufactured
home units shall be separated from other units or structures by at
least 25 feet, excluding storage buildings and garages, which may
be within six feet of other manufactured homes or structures, or three
feet from the lot line.
A.
Not less than 8% of the gross site area shall be devoted to recreation
facilities, generally provided in a central location.
B.
Recreation areas may include space for a community building and community
use facilities, such as indoor recreation areas, swimming pools and
hobby and service buildings.
A.
Landscaping and screening will be required to the extent needed to
provide for screening of objectionable views, adequate shading and
suitable setting for manufactured homes and other facilities.
B.
Visual screening, where required, will be a solid fence six feet
high, maintained in good condition and free of all advertising. Planted
screens in lieu of such fence shall consist of evergreens not less
than six feet in height.
C.
Screening may be required where appropriate for objectionable views
such as laundry drying yards, refuse collections stations, accessory
uses and adjacent properties.
D.
Landscaping will be required in appropriate size, quantity and character
to provide an attractive setting for the mobile home and accessory
facilities, to provide privacy, to minimize glare and to afford shade.
E.
Existing natural vegetation shall be protected to the extent possible
where such is suitable for preservation.
The following minimum parking requirements shall be met in any
new park:
A.
Off-street automobile parking spaces shall be provided at the rate
of not less than two car spaces for each manufactured home lot, plus
one additional space for each four manufactured home lots.
B.
Two spaces shall be located on each manufactured home lot and the
remainder in conveniently adjacent parking bays. The two required
on-lot spaces may be provided for in a garage.
C.
Parking spaces shall be well-drained and uniformly graded. Base material
will be composed of gravel or crushed stone compacted to maximum density.
A smooth, well-drained surface, durable under normal use and weather
conditions, shall be provided.
D.
The minimum size of parking spaces shall be nine by 20 feet.
All manufactured home parks shall be provided with safe and
convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads
to each manufactured home lot.
A.
All streets shall be provided with a smooth, hard and dense surface
which shall be durable and well-drained under normal use and weather
conditions. Street surfaces shall be maintained free of cracks and
holes, and their edges shall be protected by suitable means to prevent
raveling and shifting of the base.
B.
Street surface drainage and overland surface drainage adjacent to
streets shall be conveyed by shallow ditches to stormwater drains,
dry wells or natural drainage systems.
C.
Grades of all streets shall not be more than 8%. Short runs with
a maximum of 12% may be permitted, provided that traffic safety is
assured.
D.
Street intersections should generally be at right angles. Offsets
at intersections and intersection of more than two streets at one
point should be avoided.
E.
Street lighting shall be designed to produce a minimum of 0.1 footcandle
at street level throughout the system. Potentially hazardous locations
shall be individually illuminated with a minimum of 0.3 footcandle.
F.
The street system shall provide convenient circulation by means of
minor streets and properly located collector streets. Dead-end streets
shall be limited in length to 1,000 feet and shall be provided with
adequate turnarounds to be approved by the Planning Board.
G.
Pavement widths.
(1)
The entrance street connecting the manufactured home park streets
with a public road shall have a minimum pavement width of 24 feet.
(2)
Minor internal streets serving less than 40 lots with no on-street
parking shall have a minimum pavement width of 20 feet.
(3)
Where on-street parking is provided, parallel parking lanes a minimum
of seven feet in width shall be provided.
A patio pad shall be provided for each manufactured home. The
patio area shall not be less than 100 square feet, with a least dimensions
of 10 feet. Construction shall be either concrete pavement or movable
units of durable weather-resistant material.
The water supply and fire protection facilities servicing the
manufactured home park shall be in accordance with the standards of
the local fire prevention authority or shall meet the fire protection
standards established by the National Fire Protection Association
standard NFPA No. 501A, whichever is more stringent.
All service buildings and the grounds of the park shall be maintained
in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of any condition that
will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute
a nuisance.
No open outdoor storage shall be permitted on a manufactured
home lot. A storage structure or garage may be located on individual
lots, provided that it shall not be in excess of 625 square feet,
and shall not have a total length or width greater than 25 feet.
Awnings, carports, and garages may be erected and maintained
on a manufactured home lot only as an accessory to a manufactured
home located on the same lot, provided that:
A.
An awning or carport may be constructed on a lot line, provided that
said awning or carport is constructed of material which does not support
combustion. Garages shall be constructed at least six feet from another
manufactured home or structure, and at least three feet from the side
or rear lot lines. The garage shall be located completely within the
manufactured home lot boundary.
B.
No separation is required between a freestanding awning or carport
and an awning or carport located on the same lot, provided that they
are not structurally interconnected.
C.
Awnings or carports supported in part by the manufactured home shall
not exceed 12 feet in width (projection).
Each manufactured home shall have adequate metal or plastic
garbage cans with tight-fitting covers. The can shall be kept in a
sanitary condition at all times. Exterior property areas shall be
maintained free from organic and inorganic material that might become
a health, accident or fire hazard.
A.
Any person or persons to whom a manufactured home park license is
issued shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its
facilities and equipment in good repair and sanitary condition at
all times.
B.
The park owner shall ensure that garbage and refuse shall be collected
at least weekly and properly disposed of at a state-approved disposal
facility outside the manufactured home park.
C.
The park owner shall notify the residents of all applicable provisions
of this chapter and inform them of their responsibilities thereof.
D.
The management shall be responsible for the placement of each manufactured
home stand, ensuring its stability and installing all utility connections.
E.
The management shall be responsible for proper placement of the manufactured
home on its manufactured home stand and proper installation of all
utility connections.
A.
The resident shall comply with all provisions of this chapter and
shall maintain his manufactured home lot and its facilities and equipment
in good repair and sanitary condition.
B.
Pets shall not be allowed to run at large or create any nuisance
within the limits of any manufactured home park.
C.
Skirting, porches, awnings and other additions shall be installed
according to instructions of the park management. When installed,
they shall be maintained in good repair.
D.
Every resident of the manufactured home park shall provide the management
or any proper enforcing agency access to any part of the manufactured
home lot, not including the manufactured home, at reasonable times
for the purpose of making inspections and repairs.
