It is the intent of this district to establish a locale to accommodate
manufactured housing communities as regulated by the Michigan Mobile
Home Commission Act, Act 96 of the Public Acts of 1987,[1] as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Manufactured
Housing Commission. The R-4 District may also accommodate other forms
of higher density residential uses.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 125.2301 et seq.
A.
Accessory building with footprint less than or equal to the footprint
of the principal structure.
B.
Accessory use to uses permitted by right.
C.
Day care, family.
D.
Home occupation, minor.
E.
Manufactured housing community.
F.
Private road.
G.
Recreational facility.
H.
Subdivision, conservation.
I.
Township uses.
A.
Accessory building with footprint greater than the footprint of the
principal structure.
B.
Accessory use to permitted special use.
C.
Adaptive reuse.
D.
Day care, group.
E.
Dwelling, multiple-family.
F.
Dwelling, two-family.
G.
Dwelling, single-family.
H.
Home occupation, major.
I.
Mixed use development.
J.
Planned unit development.
K.
Subdivision, conventional.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The R-4 Mobile Home Residential District is intended to provide
for the location and regulation of manufactured housing communities.
It is intended that manufactured housing communities be provided with
necessary community services in a setting that provides a high quality
of life for residents and residential development standards consistent
with all other residential districts in the Township of Three Oaks.
This district shall be located in areas where it will be compatible
with adjacent land uses. It is further the intent of this district
to prohibit office, business, commercial or industrial use of the
land, and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere
with development, or continued use, of the land for manufactured housing
communities in the district. Determining the appropriate location
for a manufactured housing community is a uniquely challenging task
and may have a crucial impact on adjacent and surrounding land uses.
A manufactured housing community contains specific site conditions
unlike other types of residential development. Sites with an abundance
of natural features, such as forested areas, wetlands, and steep slopes,
and sites without the road and utility infrastructure to support a
high-density environment are not found to be suitable for the development
of a manufactured housing community.
A.
Application procedures. Pursuant to Section 11 of Act 96 of the Public
Acts of 1987,[1] as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, an application
for the extension, alteration, or construction of a manufactured home
development shall be accompanied by a preliminary plan of the proposed
development and all permanent buildings, indicating the proposed methods
of compliance with these requirements:
(1)
An application form shall be completed and fees paid in accordance
with the fee schedule (as amended from time to time by resolution
of the Township Board of Trustees), and 12 copies of the preliminary
plan shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for distribution
to the Planning Commission.
(2)
The preliminary plan need not include detailed construction
plans, but shall include the following materials:
(a)
The applicant's name, address and telephone number and the property
owner's name, address and telephone number if different from that
of the applicant.
(b)
Notation of all federal, state and local permits required.
(c)
The location of the project, including the permanent parcel
number(s) of the property upon which the project is proposed to be
located.
(d)
The layout of the project, including an illustration of the
internal roadway system proposed and typical homesite layout.
(e)
The general design of the proposed project, including the proposed
location and design of signs, trash receptacles, light fixtures and
any accessory structures, open lands and recreation areas and accessory
uses.
(f)
The location, spacing, type and size of proposed plant materials.
(g)
A general description of the proposed project, including the
number of homesites proposed, the anticipated phasing of project development
and an indication of the number of homesites to be rented and the
number to be sold, if any.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 125.2311.
B.
Review process.
(1)
The Planning Commission shall review the submitted preliminary
plan and render a decision to approve, approve with conditions or
deny the preliminary plan. The Planning Commission shall approve the
preliminary plan upon a finding that the proposed use will not, upon
the facts known at the time of the submission of the site plan, cause
undue hardship, or create unsafe or hazardous health or safety conditions
to the general public. Not more than 60 days following the receipt
by the Township of a complete application for preliminary plan approval,
the Planning Commission shall approve, approve with conditions or
modifications, or deny an application and preliminary plan pursuant
to the Mobile Home Commission Act, the rules promulgated thereunder
and this chapter.
(2)
Upon approval of the preliminary plan, the Zoning Administrator
shall sign three copies thereof. One signed copy shall be made a part
of the Township's files, one copy shall be forwarded to the Zoning
Administrator for issuance of a zoning permit, and one copy shall
be returned to the applicant. Construction shall commence within five
years after the date of issuance of a construction permit by the Michigan
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs unless an extension
has been granted by said Department. Amendments to the approved preliminary
plan must be submitted to the Planning Commission for review and approval.
C.
Noncompliance. Any substantial noncompliance with the approved preliminary
plan shall be reported to the Manufactured Housing Division of the
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for remedy along with
all pertaining evidence.
D.
Site development requirements. The site development requirements
of the Manufactured Housing Commission, together with any other applicable
requirements of the State of Michigan, Act 96 of 1987, as amended,
shall be complied with. No manufactured housing community shall be
maintained, operated, or conducted without an annual license from
the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. An inspection
of construction may be performed at any appropriate time, pursuant
to 1987 PA 96, as amended (the Mobile Home Commission Act[2]).
[2]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 125.2301 et seq.
E.
Site size. The minimum site size for a manufactured housing community
shall be 15 acres.
