[R.O. 2007 §19-1; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
These regulations are intended to be in accordance with the
City's Comprehensive Plan and are designed to lessen traffic congestion;
secure safety from fire; promote health and general welfare; provide
adequate light and air; prevent the overcrowding of land; avoid undue
concentration of population; and facilitate the adequate provision
of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public
services.
[R.O. 2007 §19-2; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. Zoning. Manufactured housing subdivisions shall be located
in the "RS-4" zoning district.
B. Permitted Uses In The "RS-4" District. Permitted uses shall
be any permissive use of the "RS-2" and "RS-3" Districts, modular
homes and manufactured home subdivisions.
C. Conditional Uses. Conditional uses as set out in Section
405.050(E) shall be any conditional use of the "RS-2" and "RS-3" Districts, manufactured home parks.
D. Environment. Conditions of soil, ground water level, drainage
and topography shall not create hazards to the property or the health
or safety of the residents. The site shall not be exposed to objectionable
smoke, dust, noise, odor or other adverse influences and no portion
subject to predictable sudden flooding or erosion and shall not be
used for any purpose which would expose persons or property to hazards.
E. Minimum Area For Developments. Subdivisions and parks shall
not contain less than five (5) acres. A minimum depth and width for
a park or subdivision shall be no less than two hundred (200) feet.
F. Buffering/Screening. Buffering and/or screening shall be
required along the exterior boundaries of manufactured home developments
which join residential areas. Screening or buffering may be required
in other locations when a nuisance or obnoxious use would interfere
with the enjoyment of the proposed development. For example, screening
may be required when a development is located near a junk yard, manufacturing
plant, commercial area or other use which is not compatible with the
development.
G. Open Space.
1. Subdivisions in "RS-4" Districts shall provide no less than five
percent (5%) of the net developable land area for common open space.
2. The minimum size for a single parcel of ground for common open space
for a single subdivision or park development shall not be less than
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.
3. Payments in lieu of land dedication may be accepted by the City and
used to develop further recreational facilities.
H. Sign Limitations. No sign intended to be read from any
public way shall be permitted except:
1. No more than one (1) identification sign, not exceeding eighty (80)
square feet per side for each principal entrance to the development.
2. No more than one (1) sign, not exceeding six (6) square feet per
side in area, advertising property for sale, lease or rent or indicating
"Vacancy" or "No Vacancy" may be erected at each principal entrance.
3. All external illuminated signs shall have lights directed only toward
the sign and shall be shielded by a reflector so that the light concentrates
on the sign only.
I. Access.
1. Access to these developments shall not be from a minor residential
street.
2. The number and location of access drives shall be controlled for
traffic safety and the protection of surrounding properties.
3. No individual lot shall be designated for direct access to a street
outside the boundaries of the development.
4. Access entrances shall be located no closer together than four hundred
(400) feet (measured from centerline to centerline of the streets).
J. Circulation.
1. Streets generally, parking. Streets shall have
direct connections to a public street. No parking shall be permitted
for a distance of thirty (30) feet from the corners of the beginning
of the right-of-way.
2. Types of streets. The development shall provide publicly dedicated streets. Required improvements shall be provided in compliance with the street paving standards described in Chapter
510 of the Code of Ordinances. Looped and cul-de-sac streets may be provided with forty (40) foot right-of-way and twenty (20) foot paving widths when these streets serve less than twenty (20) dwelling units and when off-street guest parking is provided.
3. Street layout. Streets, drives and parking areas
shall provide safe and convenient access to dwellings and emergency
vehicles but streets shall not be laid out to encourage outside traffic
to transverse the development, nor create unnecessary fragmentation
of the development into small blocks. In general, block size shall
be consistent with use, the shape of the site and the convenience
and safety of the occupants.
4. Vehicular access to streets. Vehicular access to
streets from off-street parking may be directed from dwellings if
the street serves fifty (50) units or less. Along streets serving
more than fifty (50) dwellings or major routes to or around central
facilities, access from parking and service areas shall be so combined,
limited, located and controlled as to channel traffic in a manner
which minimizes traffic direction and direct vehicular access from
individual dwellings shall generally be prohibited.
[R.O. 2007 §19-3; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. Lot
requirements in "RS-4" Districts shall be as follows:
1. Minimum lot area in square feet 6,000
2. Minimum lot width in feet at the building line 50
3. Minimum street frontage in feet 25
4. Minimum setback requirements:
c. Rear yard:
(1)
Units placed at an angle or perpendicular to the fronting street
in feet 10
(2)
Units placed parallel to the fronting street in feet 20
[R.O. 2007 §19-5; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
No less than two (2) parking spaces shall be provided to serve
each dwelling unit.
[R.O. 2007 §19-6; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
The maximum lot coverage by roofed or enclosed structures shall
be no greater than fifty percent (50%) in parks and subdivisions.
[R.O. 2007 §19-7; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. The
number of dwelling units per net developable land shall not exceed
the following densities in the following zoning districts: "RS-4",
seven and two-tenths (7.2) dwelling units per acre and manufactured
home parks, nine (9) dwelling units per acre.
B. "Net developable land" is defined as the gross area less
public right-of-way, publicly dedicated park land, drainage ways and
unbuildable area, such as steep slopes, swamps, landfills and unstable
soil.
[R.O. 2007 §19-8; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. Each
manufactured home lot and stand shall provide enclosed storage space
in a building or in the crawl space below the living area of the manufactured
home. Storage space beneath the main floor of the manufactured home
will be counted as storage space if the minimum clearance between
the ground (or foundation floor) and the bottom of the manufactured
home is forty-two (42) inches. The area of the below building storage
space shall not be less than one hundred (100) square feet. The area
of the storage building shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square
feet and shall be no less than twenty-four (24) square feet in area.
B. Subdivisions
and parks may incorporate the following accessory uses for the benefit
of development subject to the approval of the City:
1. Sales office/manufactured home display area.
2. Maintenance/storage buildings.
[R.O. 2007 §19-9; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. Manufactured Home — Minimum Size. The minimum size
of a manufactured home shall be five hundred (500) square feet of
living space in manufactured home subdivisions. There shall be no
minimum size requirements for manufactured home parks.
B. Hitches. Manufactured homes on corner lots shall have the
hitch or tow bar removed and it shall remain removed from the unit
when it is anchored to the foundation. Hitches in subdivisions shall
be skirted and hitches may remain attached in parks.
C. Skirting. Manufactured homes in subdivisions and after
ninety (90) days in parks shall be underskirted in such a way that
all areas directly under the home are enclosed.
D. Seals Required. No manufactured home built before January
1, 1974 or no manufactured home not having a seal issued by the Missouri
Public Service Commission or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development verifying compliance with applicable manufactured housing
codes shall be permitted. However, unsealed manufactured homes may
be allowed in manufactured home parks for a period not to exceed ninety
(90) days.
E. Manufactured Home Stands. The area of the mobile home stand
shall be constructed to provide adequate support for the placement
and tie-down of the manufactured home, thereby securing the superstructure
against uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning. The manufactured
home stand shall not heave, shift or settle unevenly under the weight
of the manufactured home due to frost action, inadequate drainage,
vibration or other forces acting on the structure.
F. City Code Of Ordinances Applicable. Nothing in this Chapter
shall cause to null and void any City ordinance, not in conflict with
this Chapter, applicable to the provisions herein described.
[R.O. 2007 §19-10; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. Individual Water-Riser Pipes And Connections.
1. Individual water-riser pipes shall be located within the contained
area of the mobile home stand at a point where the water connection
will approximate a vertical position, thereby insuring the shortest
water connection possible and decreasing susceptibility to water pipe
freezing.
2. The water-riser pipe shall have an inside diameter of three-quarters
(¾) of an inch and shall be at least four (4) inches above
the ground surface. The water outlet shall be provided with a cap
when a manufactured home does not occupy the stand.
3. Adequate provisions shall be made to prevent freezing of service
lines, valves and riser pipes and to protect risers from heaving and
thawing actions of ground during freezing weather. Surface drainage
shall be directed from the location of the riser pipe.
B. Individual Sewer Connections.
1. Each manufactured home shall be provided with a sewer riser pipe.
The sewer riser shall be so located on each stand that the sewer connection
to the manufactured home drain outlet will approximate a vertical
position.
2. The sewer connection shall have an inside diameter of four (4) inches.
All joints shall be water-tight.
3. All materials used for sewer connections shall be semi-rigid, corrosive
resistant, non-absorbent and durable.
4. Provisions shall be made for plugging the sewer riser pipe when a
manufactured home does not occupy the stand. Surface drainage shall
be directed away from the riser. The rim of the riser pipe shall extend
at least one-half (½) inch above ground elevation.
[R.O. 2007 §19-11; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
A. Purpose. The purpose of the following standards is to provide
the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council with standards
to guide their review of a proposed development plan for a new manufactured
home park or subdivision.
B. General Design Standards. The development plan for a park
or subdivision shall be studied to determine whether the proposed
site development plan meets the requirements of this Chapter and the
following:
1. Each site development plan should be laid out and developed as a
complete unit in accordance with an integrated overall design.
2. The location for buildings, parking areas, walks, lighting and appurtenant
facilities should be arranged to be compatible with the surrounding
land uses and any part of the site not used for buildings or other
structures or for parking or for roads or accessways or recreation
purposes should be landscaped with grass, trees and shrubs.
3. There should be sufficient private open space in each lot to ensure
that each resident has an adequate amount of light, air and privacy.
4. Parking areas should be arranged to be safe and convenient from all
directions within the development.
5. The street pattern should serve, not shape the lots in the development.
Minor streets should feed at well spaced intervals into collector
and arterial streets.
6. A site development plan which conforms to and preserves terrain,
trees, shrubs and rock formation is highly preferred.
7. Additional requirements as to landscaping, lighting, screening, accessways,
building setbacks and other site standards may be imposed by the City
for the protection of all property. Sanitary conditions as influenced
by surface drainage and soil should be considered so as to prevent
the accumulation of water upon the site.
8. The Planning and Zoning Commission should determine that the proposed
site development plan is consistent with good planning practice, consistent
with the City's Comprehensive Plan, can be operated in a manner that
is not detrimental to permitted uses in the surrounding area and is
designed to promote the general welfare of the City.
C. Development Plan. A development plan shall be submitted
at the time application is made for subdivision and/or conditional
use approval. The following information is to be provided in the development
plan:
3. Topographical map of physical features.
4. Proposed streets, sanitary sewers, storm water sewer, water lines and sidewalks in accordance with Chapter
410, Subdivisions, Code of Ordinances, City of Poplar Bluff.
5. Location of manufactured home stands.
6. Type and location of protective screening.
7. Off-street parking spaces.
8. Common open space and improvements.
[R.O. 2007 §19-12; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982]
Every manufactured home shall be inspected by the Planning and Building Inspector to insure conformance with the regulations of this Chapter. Prior to the construction or installation of any manufactured home, a building permit must be obtained through the Inspection Department for a fee as specified in Section
500.030 of this Code.
[R.O. 2007 §19-13; Ord. No. 4707 §1, 12-6-1982; Ord. No. 6336 §1, 12-4-2000]
The following words, terms and phrases, as used in this Chapter,
shall be defined as follows:
ANCHORING
The fastening of the manufactured home to its manufactured
home stand in order to prevent upset or damage due to wind, flooding
or other natural forces.
BUFFER OR SCREEN
A buffer comprised of natural and/or manmade material arranged
in a certain specified depth, height and density to ease and soften
but not essentially block the view from one side to another and to
reduce the transmittal of noise and odors between the sides.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
Any area of land and/or water designed for use and recreational
enjoyment of tenants and/or owners occupying a development, excluding
roadways, storage buildings and similar facilities not primarily intended
for recreational use. The common open space shall be essentially free
of buildings.
CONVENTIONAL HOME
A home or dwelling constructed on site in which no major
components of the dwelling are prefabricated off site. Such homes
are built on a permanent foundation.
HITCH
A device which is part of the frame or attached to the frame
of a manufactured home and connects it to a power source for the purpose
of transporting the unit.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A structure, transportable by a separate power source, in
one (1) or more sections, which is at least eight (8) feet in width
and thirty-two (32) feet in length, which is built on a permanent
chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit, with or without
a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities.
MANUFACTURED HOME STAND
That part of an individual lot or tract which has been reserved
and prepared for the exact placement of the manufactured home.
MODULAR HOMES
A single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy,
made by assembling one (1) or more factory produced three-dimensional
sections into an integral living unit, whose construction materials
and specifications generally conform to those of conventionally built
homes. Such components of the structure are not permanently attached
to any chassis.
SEAL
A device, label or insignia issued by the Public Service
Commission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or its
agent to be displayed on the exterior of a manufactured home, recreational
vehicle or modular unit to evidence compliance with applicable State
codes.
SEWER RISER PIPE
That portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at each manufactured home stand.
SIGN SIZE CALCULATION
Shall not include frame and support structures when calculating
the area of a sign.
SKIRTING
Panels specifically designed for the purpose of screening
the underside of a manufactured home by forming an extension of the
vertical exterior walls of the manufactured home and covering the
entire distance between the bottom of the exterior walls and the ground
elevation below.
TRACT
An area, parcel, site, piece of land or property which is
the subject of development consideration.
WATER RISER PIPE
That portion of the water service pipe which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at each manufactured home stand.
