[Ord. No. 388 Art.
VI, 8-7-1980; Ord. No.
493 § 2, 9-26-1995]
This district is intended to promote the health
and safety of the citizens of the City of Salisbury by regulating
the establishment and operation of mobile home parks within Salisbury
in furtherance of Chapter 700, RSMo. (1973). Mobile homes are further
defined there as "...a factory-built structure or structures more
than eight (8) feet in width, equipped with the necessary service
connections and made so as to be readily moveable as a unit or units
on its or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling
unit or units without a permanent foundation. The phrase 'without
a permanent foundation' indicates that the support system is constructed
with the intent that the mobile home placed thereon may be moved from
time to time at the convenience of the owner."
[Ord. No. 388 Art.
VI, 8-7-1980; Ord. No.
493 § 2, 9-26-1995]
A. This district permits the establishment of mobile
home parks or courts which shall consist of five (5) or more such
homes on a contiguous block, parcel, or tract of land. The term "mobile
home park" shall include the terms "tourist camp" or "recreational
vehicle trailer camp." A mobile home park may be established in Salisbury,
provided:
1.
That access to the mobile home parks or subdivision
shall be from an arterial highway or secondary thoroughfare; that
the number and location of access drives shall be controlled for traffic,
safety and protection of surrounding properties; that no mobile home
space shall be designed for direct access to a street outside the
boundaries of the mobile home park; and that interior access drives
shall have at least a forty-foot right-of-way and shall be surfaced
with a graveled or bituminous surfacing at lease twenty (20) feet
in width as approved by the City.
2.
The minimum width and/or depth of the mobile
home park or subdivision shall be three hundred (300) feet and minimum
total area shall be three (3) acres. A certificate of occupancy shall
not be issued until the first five (5) spaces are developed and available
for occupancy.
3.
A mobile home park shall be surrounded by a
landscaped strip of open space twenty-five (25) feet along the street
frontage with an arterial highway and twenty-five (25) feet wide along
all other lot lines or street frontage. The twenty-five-foot distance
shall be measured in addition to the plotted lot.
4.
The minimum lot area for each mobile home site
shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet; the minimum
dimensions shall be fifty (50) feet by one hundred (100) feet, with
corners of each site or lot visibly marked by a permanent marker.
5.
Side-to-side spacing between mobile homes shall
be at least twenty-eight (28) feet. Back-to-back spacing shall be
at least fifteen (15) feet, and no part of a mobile home shall, including
carports and porches, extend closer than five (5) feet to the boundaries
of the next individual mobile home site lot line. The distance between
any mobile home and any building shall be at least twenty (20) feet.
6.
Off-street parking spaces in mobile home parks
for automobiles shall be provided in the ratio of one (1) space per
mobile home, in locations convenient to individual mobile homes or
groups of mobile homes. Parking spaces provided shall be suited so
as to be at least ten (10) feet from the nearest mobile home on the
next adjoining lot.
7.
Proper provision shall be made for public water
supply, sanitary sewers, fire protection, refuse collection, snow
removal, and maintenance of grass mowing, not to exceed six (6) inches
in the entire mobile park.
8.
No lots within a mobile home park shall be sold
and no plat shall be approved converting a mobile home park into a
trailer or mobile home subdivision.
9.
No mobile home shall contain more than one (1)
dwelling unit and in no case shall a mobile home be rented or occupied
by two (2) or more families.
10.
Each mobile home within any mobile home park
is to be completely skirted around the bottom with a suitable material,
such as aluminum, plywood properly painted, or masonite properly painted.
Such skirting is to be neat in appearance from all exterior points
of view.
11.
Refuse and garbage shall be stored in containers
specified by the City of Salisbury.
12.
All domestic animals will be kept in compliance
with regulations and ordinances specified by the City of Salisbury.
13.
The term "operator" as used in this Chapter
is construed to include the following: persons, partnerships, firms,
companies, corporations, tenants, owners, lessees, licensees, agents,
heirs, or assigns.
14.
All lots shall be seeded or sodded in the area
not occupied by a mobile home or parking space.
15.
Suitable lighting shall be provided during hours
of darkness for walks and drives.
16.
Each site shall be provided with a paved or
graveled area measuring at least twenty (20) feet by twenty (20) feet.
[Ord. No. 388 Art.
VI, 8-7-1980; Ord. No.
493 § 2, 9-26-1995]
A. All mobile home parks or courts hereafter located,
relocated, or enlarged shall be in conformance with the provisions
of this Chapter and Chapter 700, RSMo., and all amendments and additions
thereto.
1.
Mobile home parks or courts shall be developed
only through the process of applying for a zone district amendment
and a special use permit by the Salisbury Board of Aldermen, subject
to initial review by the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
2.
Individual mobile homes (not located in an M-P
District – mobile home park or court) shall be prohibited from
all other zone districts.
3.
Mobile homes shall not be permitted in mobile
home parks or courts that:
a.
Do not conform to Chapter 700, RSMo.
b.
Are, in the opinion of the City Code Enforcement
Officer or Zoning Administrator, in an unsanitary condition or are
structurally unsound.
c.
Do not protect inhabitants against the elements.
[Ord. No. 388 Art.
VI, 8-7-1980; Ord. No.
493 § 2, 9-26-1995]
A. An application for creation of a Mobile Park Zone
District shall be accompanied by a special use permit application.
No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a mobile home park
in the City of Salisbury until the Board of Aldermen shall have approved
a special use permit containing the following information:
1.
A plat showing individual sites.
5.
Utility services, including water, sanitary
sewer, storm drains, lighting and electrical systems, and acquired
or proposed easements.