Prefabricated home developments of only two types, as hereinafter classified, may be established and operated in the city, each of such types being in accordance and compliance with the provisions set forth in articles III, IV and V of this chapter.
(Code 1973, § 19-45; Code 1997, § 153.35; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986)
For the purposes of applicability within this article, there shall be only a limited distinction between a "park" and a "subdivision"; in particular, where reference is made to a "park/subdivision" or "development," provisions shall apply to both; and where reference is made to either and only "park" or "subdivision," provisions shall apply specifically to the one referenced.
(Code 1973, § 19-45; Code 1997, § 153.36; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986)
For the purposes of these regulations, prefabricated home developments are divided into two classifications as follows:
(1) 
Class A developments: Manufactured home parks/subdivisions; and
(2) 
Class B developments: Recreational vehicle parks/subdivisions.
(Code 1973, § 19-46; Code 1997, § 153.37; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986)
(a) 
Principal uses and structures.
The following principal uses and structures, and those not otherwise expressly prohibited in this or any other city ordinance or code, are hereby permitted within any manufactured home development:
(1) 
Parks, playgrounds, community centers, and noncommercial recreational facilities, such as golf courses, shuffleboard courts, swimming pools, and tennis courts.
(2) 
Structures and uses required for operation of a public utility, performance of a governmental function, or performance of any function necessary for the construction, operation, or maintenance of prefabricated home developments, unless otherwise requiring specific use permit as provided by this article or any other city ordinance or code.
(b) 
Permitted accessory uses and structures.
Uses and structures that are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permitted principal uses and structures shall be permitted with a building permit except for those requiring specific approval or special use permit. A recreational vehicle located on a residential, mobile home ("MH") zoned lot for a minimum of three months in a calendar year shall be considered as the principal use of the lot. In any event, accessory buildings, structures or other attachments shall be subject to applicable city codes regulating such uses. Additionally, the following accessory buildings and structures shall be permitted on a prefabricated home development subject to compliance with the provisions herein and in accordance with chapter 109:
(1) 
Portable buildings.
a. 
Maximum lot coverage: 120 square feet.
b. 
Setback requirements shall be in accordance with zoning code and with restrictions set forth below.
c. 
Restrictions: no more than one portable building, regardless of size, shall be allowed on a lot of a manufactured home development unless a special use permit that shall comply with the city's zoning code is issued.
d. 
Side yard requirements: the side yard requirements for portable buildings shall be three feet, or ten feet if on a corner lot, if the use is accessory and shall always be located in the area defined as the rear yard or the side yard, but not beyond the front yard setback line. It is hereby expressly provided that the provision of the city's zoning code limiting the location to only the rear yard shall not apply.
(2) 
Carports, attached.
Setback requirements are as follows:
a. 
Side yard: five feet from lot line; on corner lot, ten feet from lot line.
b. 
Front yard: ten feet from lot line.
c. 
Rear yard: ten feet from lot line.
(c) 
Permitted commercial and service facilities.
The facilities permissible in designated service areas, if any, in any prefabricated home development shall be limited to such facilities as are permitted under the use restriction applicable to the zoning district in which such prefabricated home development shall be established and operated, and the following additional facilities not prohibited by some other provision of this Code or ordinance of the city: washateria, retail food and drugstore, snack bar, and private club wherein alcoholic beverages may be sold and consumed provided that membership in such private club restricted to residents of the prefabricated home development. In any event, in prefabricated home developments so that such facilities are not conveniently available in the neighboring area and containing at least 100 lots, commercial and service establishments intended to serve only persons within the development, designed, improved, and located to protect the character of the community and the surrounding neighborhood and occupying in total, including related parking areas, not more than five percent of the area of the development, may be permitted to issuance of a special use permit as provided by the city's zoning code.
(Code 1973, § 19-47; Code 1997, § 153.38; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986; Ordinance 13-10, § 1, adopted 4/3/2013)
(a) 
A nonconforming status shall exist under the following provisions of this article:
(1) 
When a use, structure, or development which does not conform to the regulations prescribed in the district in which such use, structure, or development is located was in existence and lawfully operating prior to September 18, 1985, and has been operating since without discontinuance.
(2) 
When, on the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, the use, structure, or development was in existence and lawfully located, constructed, and operating in accordance with the provisions of the prior mobile home ordinance or which was a nonconforming use thereunder, and which use, structure, or development does not conform to the regulations herein prescribed.
(b) 
Any nonconforming use of land or structures may be continued for definite periods of time subject to such regulations as the board of adjustments may require for immediate preservation of the adjoining property prior to the ultimate removal of the nonconforming use. The chief building official may grant a change of occupancy from one nonconforming use to another, providing the use is the same, or higher, or more restrictive classification as the original nonconforming use. In the event a nonconforming use of a building may be changed to another nonconforming use of more restrictive classification, it shall not later be changed to a less restrictive classification of use and the prior less restrictive classification shall be considered to have been abandoned.
(c) 
If a structure occupied by a nonconforming use is destroyed by fire, the elements or other cause, it may not be rebuilt except to conform to the provisions of this article. In case of partial destruction of a nonconforming use not exceeding 75 percent of its reasonable value, reconstruction will be permitted but the size or function of the nonconforming use cannot be expanded.
(Code 1973, § 19-48; Code 1997, § 153.39; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985)
(a) 
Map and plat requirements.
Each owner/subdivider of a proposed prefabricated home development shall have prepared, by a registered public surveyor, a map and plat of the proposed facility setting forth thereon all of the requirements prescribed in this article and articles IV and V of this chapter, and including restrictive clauses, where necessary, providing for enforcement thereof by the city and/or the owner or any resident of such facility, such enforcement to be by means of injunction or mandamus from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. Such park/subdivision plat shall be presented to the planning and zoning commission of the city for its consideration and approval or disapproval under these provisions and chapter 111 of the city, and the ultimate approval or disapproval by the commission of the city under the terms of this article and articles IV and V of this chapter and chapter 111 of the city.
(b) 
Public hearings.
The consideration and passing thereon by the planning and zoning commission and city commission are subject to a public hearing thereon by each of such commissions as provided for in chapter 109.
(c) 
Appeals; variances/exceptions.
(1) 
Zoning requirements.
Those appeals relating to regulations and standards of the city's zoning code or land use provisions of this article shall be in accordance with chapter 111.
(2) 
Subdivision requirements.
Those appeals dealing with variances from the requirements of chapter 109, or from such applicable provisions within this chapter which relate to subdivision control, shall be in accordance with chapter 111.
(d) 
Guarantee of performance.
Provisions for guarantee of performance shall be in accordance with chapter 109, article VI.
(Code 1973, § 19-49; Code 1997, § 153.40; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986)
Provisions and guidelines for the creation and design of a planned development district (PD) shall be in accordance with the city's zoning code, subdivision chapter, and applicable provisions herein.
(Code 1973, § 19-50; Code 1997, § 153.41; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985)
(a) 
Fire protection rules.
All manufactured home developments shall be subject to the rules and regulations of chapter 20 and all other applicable codes and ordinances.
(b) 
Fire hydrants.
In all manufactured home developments, standard fire hydrants shall be installed by the subdivider/owner as part of the water distribution system per specification of the fire chief of the city. Such fire hydrants shall be installed so that every manufactured home or recreational vehicle unit will be within a 500 feet radius from a fire hydrant.
(c) 
Fire zones.
Designated fire zones which provide emergency vehicle access and accommodation shall be required in accordance with the city's fire department vehicle access provisions.
(Code 1973, § 19-51; Code 1997, § 153.42; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986)
All home developments that locate abutting industrial or commercial uses shall provide a screening of masonry or wood fence no less than six feet in height, along the property boundary line separating the development and such abutting nonresidential uses. The developer and/or lot or space owner shall be responsible for maintaining such screening fence.
(Code 1973, § 19-52; Code 1997, § 153.43; Ordinance 85-68, adopted 9/18/1985; Ordinance 86-62, adopted 8/20/1986)