[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
The purpose of the Manufactured Housing Park Overlay District is to allow a number of environmentally suitable locations in Town for the expansion of existing manufactured housing parks and the development of new manufactured housing parks in accordance with 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4358. A "manufactured housing park" shall be defined as parcel of land under unified ownership approved by the municipality for the placement of three or more manufactured housing units.
The following criteria shall be used in the selection of Manufactured Housing Park Overlay Districts:
A. 
Expansion of existing manufactured housing parks.
B. 
Environmental suitability.
C. 
Proximity to municipal services (including public sewer and water or likelihood the area will be served by public sewer and water in the future).
D. 
Areas that can be adequately buffered.
E. 
Areas served by roads adequate to accommodate additional traffic.
[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
The following are permitted uses in the Manufactured Housing Park Overlay District:
A. 
Any building or use identified as a permitted use in the underlying district.
B. 
Manufactured housing parks as defined, subject to subdivision review by the Planning Board.
[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
The following are special exceptions in the Manufactured Housing Park Overlay District: any building or use identified as a special exception in the underlying district.
A. 
Standards.
(1) 
Minimum lot size:
(a) 
Lots served by public sewer: 6,500 square feet.
(b) 
Lots served by individual subsurface waste disposal systems: 20,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot width:
(a) 
Lots served by public sewer: 50 feet.
(b) 
Lots served by individual subsurface waste disposal systems: 100 feet.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this § 300-1.79, an auxiliary public utility structure is exempt from the minimum lot size and street frontage requirements of this district.
C. 
Structures must meet setback requirements. Additional screening and buffering can be requested by the Planning Board.
[Amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 25-82]
A. 
Open space reservation.
(1) 
For sewered project, an area no less than 10% of the project area shall be set aside as open space.
(2) 
Such space shall be accessible and usable by all residents of the park. Parking space, driveways and buffer areas are not considered usable open space.
(3) 
For all manufactured housing park proposals, dedication of open space is strongly encouraged.
B. 
Buffering.
(1) 
A fifty-foot-wide buffer strip shall be provided along all property boundaries that:
(a) 
Abut residential land which has a gross density of less than half of that proposed in the park.
(b) 
Abut residential land that is zoned at a density of less than half of that proposed in the park.
(2) 
The buffer shall not have within it any structures or utilities, except utilities may cross the buffer.
(3) 
Reasonable natural screening requirements shall be required for the first 25 feet of a buffer as measured from the external boundary of the park.
(4) 
Substantial buffering and screening are strongly encouraged for all proposed manufactured housing parks.
C. 
Groundwater impact. For unsewered manufactured housing park proposals, the person or firm developing or expanding a manufactured housing park shall have the burden of proof of demonstrating that the development shall not pollute a public water source or aquifer or violate any provision of state law relating to land use development, subdivision or use.
D. 
Streets and traffic.
(1) 
All streets within a park shall be designed by a professional engineer, licensed in the State of Maine, and shall be built according to accepted engineering standards.
(2) 
No manufactured housing unit lot shall have vehicle access onto a state highway or other access-limited road.
(3) 
A traffic impact analysis shall be required if the park will generate more than 200 vehicle trips per day.
(4) 
For parks expected to generate 200 vehicle trips per day or more, there shall be at least two entrances from public streets or roads.
A. 
No lot in a manufactured housing park created under this article shall be sold or conveyed without the prior approval of the Planning Board. Any such lot sold or conveyed shall meet the lot requirements and other standards of the district in which it is located.
B. 
Manufactured housing units or manufactured housing unit lot development shall not be permitted within 250 feet of the Presumpscot River, including North Gorham and Dundee Ponds, and of the Little River below its convergence with Martin Brook.
C. 
The requirements and standards of Chapter 202, Mobile Home Parks, of the Town Code shall also be applied to the expansion and development of manufactured housing parks under this Article 1-15. However, in the case of conflicting requirements or standards, the provisions of this Article 1-15, State law and the Town's subdivision regulations[1] shall control.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Part 3, Subdivision, of this Land Use and Development Code.
D. 
The requirements and standards of Part 2, Article 2-7, Installation of Manufactured Housing Units, of the Land Use and Development Code, shall also be applied to the expansion and development of manufactured housing parks under this Article 1-15. However, in the case of conflicting requirements or standards, the provisions of state law shall control.