[Ord. 2003-1, 1/27/2003, § 4.100]
1. The requirements in this Part shall apply to a mobile/manufactured
home park that is on a tract held in single ownership and provides
mobile home spaces on a lease or rental basis. Any other subdivision
or land development involving mobile/manufactured homes shall meet
the same requirements as a single-family detached residential development
of site-built homes.
2. Every proposed mobile home park shall be submitted, reviewed, approved
and recorded as a land development, in addition to any other applicable
approvals.
3. Terms. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured home" shall have
the same meaning for the purposes of this chapter.
[Ord. 2003-1, 1/27/2003, § 4.200]
1. The following shall not be considered to be a mobile/manufactured home park, but instead shall be ruled by the applicable sections of this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27]:
A. Mobile/manufactured home sales, other than sales of mobile homes
intended to be placed on the same property as the sale location.
B. A single mobile home used as a residence on a lot with no other dwellings.
C. A mobile home that is used only as a field office or storage unit
that is necessary to serve a major construction project that is actively
underway on the same lot or an adjacent lot.
D. The presence
of two or more uninhabitable mobile homes on a lot shall be considered
a junkyard.
[Ord. 2003-1, 1/27/2003, § 4.300]
All provisions of this chapter shall apply to a mobile/manufactured
home park, except provisions of this Part that specifically differ
from or conflict with such provisions.
[Ord. 2003-1, 1/27/2003, § 4.400]
1. See the mobile home park provisions of the Township Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27]. If the specific provisions of this Part directly conflict with specific provisions of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27] for a mobile home park, then for that specific matter, the provisions of this Part shall apply in place of the specific conflicting zoning provision.
2. A mobile/manufactured home park shall be served by Township-approved
central water and central sewer services.
3. The maximum density of a mobile/manufactures home park shall be an
average of 4.0 dwelling units per acre.
4. All mobile/manufactured homes within a mobile home park shall be
located on land with an average natural slope of less than 15% and
that are not within the one-hundred-year floodplain.
5. The mobile/manufactured home park shall have paved access to a paved
collector or arterial street.
6. The mobile/manufactured home park shall have adequate access by emergency
vehicles and include fire hydrants with sufficient water supply and
pressure for firefighting.
7. The minimum lot area shall be 10 acres, which shall be under single
ownership.
8. The mobile/manufactured home park shall be surrounded by a thirty-foot
wide landscaped buffer yard that shall include substantial trees,
except at approved street entrances. No structure within the mobile/manufactured
home park shall be located within a fifty-foot wide setback around
the perimeter of the development.
9. Each dwelling shall be set back a minimum of 25 feet from any other
dwelling. Each dwelling shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from
any parking lot or parking court.
10. Each building shall be set back a minimum of 40 feet from any internal
street or public right-of-way.
11. A minimum of 15% of the total land area of the mobile/manufactured home park shall be preserved and provided as a suitable recreation area for the residents. Such requirement shall be in place of the requirements of §
22-307. The required recreation area shall not include any of the following: one-hundred-year floodplain, wetlands and over 15% slopes.
[Ord. 2003-1, 1/27/2003, § 4.500]
1. Access.
A. Access to individual mobile home spaces shall be from interior parking
courts, access drives, or private streets and shall not be from public
streets exterior to the development. Streets within the development
providing access to 20 or more dwellings shall have a paved cartway
width of at least 24 feet, and other streets shall have a paved cartway
width of at least 20 feet.
B. All streets within the mobile home park shall be private and be maintained as part of the mobile home park. All streets shall be maintained in proper repair by the owner of the mobile home park, unless an alternative method of maintenance is specifically approved by the Board of Supervisors. All construction of streets that serve a minimum of 20 dwelling units shall conform to the construction requirements for streets contained in §
22-302.
2. Parking.
A. Every mobile home space shall be provided with a minimum of two paved
off-street parking spaces. In addition, an average of 0.5 off-street
parking spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in convenient locations
for visitor parking. Parking courts are encouraged to be used for
off-street parking.
B. An appropriate area shall be set aside for the parking of recreational
vehicles and boats of residents. This area shall not count towards
the required recreation land area.
3. Other Design Standards and Improvements.
A. Every mobile home space shall be graded to provide a level, stable
and well-drained stand for the mobile home.
B. Every space shall be provided with underground electric, telephone
and TV Cable (if available) connections.
C. All fuel storage and supply systems shall be constructed and maintained
in conformity with the regulations of all authorities having jurisdiction,
and if above ground shall adequately be screened with landscaping
or a screen wall compatible with the home.
D. The street tree provisions of §
22-309, Subsection
4, shall apply to streets within the mobile/manufactured home park, whether the streets are public or private.
E. Each mobile home shall be securely anchored to the ground in a manner
that resists high winds and that meets or exceeds the method of installation
recommended by the manufacturer. A Township building permit shall
be required for any installation.
F. No mobile home shall be placed within the Township unless it meets
the Manufactured Home Safety and Construction Standards of the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
G. An enclosure of fire-resistant materials (such as metal skirting
or masonry) shall be placed between the bottom of the home and ground
level. The hitch of each unit shall be removed.