A “HUD-Code manufactured” or manufactured house
or housing as a structure, constructed on or after June 15, 1976,
according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development, designed for use as a dwelling with or without
a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required
utilities, transportable in one or more sections. Each home shall
comply with the wind and safety provisions and bear a seal certifying
that it is built in compliance with the Texas Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Act and shall include the plumbing,
heating/air conditioning and electrical systems to be contained in
the structure. Each home shall be skirted in accordance with the 2006
International Residential Code, Section AE503 Skirting and Perimeter
Enclosures. The placement of a manufactured home shall be no older
than three years old.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
The “MH” Manufactured/Mobile Home Residence District
is established as a district in which the principal uses of the land
are for manufactured/mobile home dwellings. It is the intent of this
Article to encourage the development and the continued use of the
land for mobile home dwellings to accommodate primarily permanent
occupants with not more than ten percent (10%) or less than five percent
(5%) of the manufactured/mobile home stands devoted to purely transient
purposes and to prohibit commercial and industrial uses or any other
use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation
of manufactured/mobile home dwellings in the District. Transient stands
are to be located in one area of the park so they will in no way interfere
with the permanent residents. This Article also discourages any use
which would generate traffic or create congestion on neighborhood
streets other than normal traffic which serves the manufactured/mobile
home dwellings or similar residences in this District. It also encourages
only those uses which, because of character or size, would not create
additional requirements and costs for public services which are in
excess of such requirements and costs if the District were developed
solely for manufactured/mobile homes or other similar residential
uses.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
In the “MH” Manufactured/Mobile Home Residence District,
no building, structure, land or premises will be used and no building
or structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed,
or altered, except for one or more of the permitted uses as listed
as in this section. Residential use of temporary structures, trailers,
mobile homes, manufactured homes, in any other residential district
is prohibited.
A. The
following uses shall be permitted as principal uses:
1. Single-family
detached dwellings
3. Manufactured/Mobile/Modular
home dwellings
4. Container
Home – Only one dwelling per lot
5. Golf
courses (not including miniature or par-three commercial courses)
6. Temporary
structures which are incidental to the construction of the main building
and will be removed when the main structure is completed.
8. Elementary
schools, public and private where the curriculum is similar in nature
and preparation of course work to the public school.
9. Agriculture
uses of the garden type that are not intended for commercial purposes.
B. The
following uses are permitted when they abut and have their main access
on a major street, and provide a minimum yard on all sides of fifty
(50) feet.
1. Arboretum
or botanical garden
2. Churches,
convents and monasteries
5. Schools,
both public and private with curriculum similar in nature and preparation
of course work to the public school.
6. Swimming
pools, private where no public sale or goods are promoted
(Ordinance 2021-04 adopted 6/8/21)
No “MH” Park shall be constructed or commenced in
the “MH” District which does not conform with the following
minimum requirements for lot size.
Minimum Lot Area
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2.5 acres
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Minimum Front Footage
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200 ft.
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Minimum Lot Depth
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200 ft.
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1. A manufactured
home park or parks shall be designed, constructed and operated and
maintained in compliance with any and all ordinances of the city and
regulations of the state regulating manufactured home parks.
2. No land,
or premises shall be used for the parking of a manufactured home or
for the development or operations of a manufactured home park except
after submittal to the Building inspector of plans, plates, maps and
specifications setting forth the proposed streets or circulation,
utilities, manufactured home spaces or lots, and other improvements,
and such shall have been approved by other applicable ordinances of
the city and regulations of the State.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
The maximum density in the “MH” District shall be
fifteen (15) manufactured/mobile homes per acre.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
The following minimum requirements for yards shall apply to
any use that is constructed or commenced on a parcel of land in the “MH”
District.
Front Yard
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40 ft. (from corner of line of any mobile/manufactured home
stand to the street of the park)
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Side Yards
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15 ft. *
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Rear Yard
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15 ft. *
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* From any solid fencing or wall of six (6) feet in height,
or forty (40) feet where only a screen planting is provided.
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(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
Any proposed manufactured/mobile home park site in the “MH”
District shall be screened or buffered on all sides with a solid wall
fence six (6) feet in height, or a well-trimmed, screen planting which
is not under three (3) feet or over six (6) feet in height.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
All permitted uses in the “MH” District shall comply
with the minimum requirements for off-street parking as contained
in ARTICLE XVII Off-street Loading and Parking of this ordinance.
All permitted uses in the “MH” District shall comply
with signage regulations as contained in ARTICLE XVI Sign and Billboards
Regulations.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)
A detailed site plan locating all planned manufactured/mobile
home stands, screening or fencing, and plans and specifications for
the proposed manufactured/mobile home park must be submitted prior
to the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy for
said manufactured/mobile home park.
(Ordinance 2013-08 adopted 9/10/13)