In addition to the statement of community development objectives set forth in §
275-2, of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the specific intent of this article to:
A. Establish standards of performance and promote the desirable benefits
which planned mobile home developments may have upon the community;
B. Ensure the interdependency and compatibility of proposed mobile home
developments with essential utilities and surrounding land uses in
the Township; and
C. Provide for a diversity in housing types and prices.
A mobile home development shall be planned and developed in
accordance with the following requirements:
A. Conditional use. A new MHD, or expansion of an existing MHD, shall be permitted by approval of a conditional use by the Board of Supervisors, pursuant to the public hearing requirements of §
275-60 herein.
B. Sketch plan. The applicant shall submit a sketch plan as described by Chapter
215, Subdivision and Land Development. This sketch plan is required as a part of the application for conditional use.
C. Ownership. The tract of land proposed for the MHD shall be in single
ownership, or ownership shall be such that the tract will be developed
under a single direction, in one phase or multiple stages, in accordance
with a development agreement, which shall:
(1) Be binding to the overall tract and its development;
(2) Be recorded with the final plan; and
(3) Be acceptable to the Township Solicitor and governing body.
D. Open space suitability. At least 20% of the developable area of the tract must be suitable for use as open space, in conformance with the standards of §§
275-52 and
275-53, and shall be permanently reserved for open space uses.
E. Community facilities. Any site proposed for a mobile home development
shall be served by central water and sewage facilities and, in the
opinion of the governing body, be easily accessible to other community
facilities and services such as employment centers, shopping centers,
schools, and police and fire protection.
F. Road access. Any tract proposed for MHD must have direct access to
a feeder (or higher classification) road, as defined by the Township
Comprehensive Plan or Ultimate Right-of-Way Map, which the Township
governing body deems capable of accommodating the transport of mobile
home units.
G. Traffic study. A traffic impact study, in accordance with the provisions of §
275-72 herein, along with appropriate public improvements plans, shall demonstrate that the MHD will not generate undue confusion or interference with the normal traffic flow, and shall further demonstrate the adequacy of the local and regional road network to carry the additional traffic generated by the MHD.