The purpose of this district is to provide for
medium-density residential uses of a tract of land in single ownership
which has been developed with all necessary facilities and services
in accordance with a site plan meeting all the requirements of this
chapter and which is intended for the express purpose of providing
a satisfying living environment for mobile home residents on a long-term
occupancy basis.
Permitted uses are as follows:
A.
Detached single-family mobile homes.
Permitted accessory uses are as follows:
A.
Any accessory use permitted in the R-1, R-2 and R-3
Districts.
[Amended 11-4-2019]
Conditional uses shall be permitted as provided in Article XVII of this chapter.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 200-63, Special use exceptions,
as amended, was repealed 9-9-2019.
Signs permitted in the Mobile Home Residential
District shall be as follows:
B.
Access to the community shall be from a public highway
having a width of at least 50 feet; the number and location of access
drives shall be controlled for traffic safety and protection of surrounding
properties; no mobile home space shall be designed for direct access
to a street outside the boundaries of the trailer park; the interior
access drives shall be properly lighted and at least 50 feet in width
hard-surfaced with a hot mix underlay and one inch hot mix top coat,
20 feet wide and curb on each side of the hard-surfaced street.
C.
The topography of the site is such as to facilitate
rapid drainage and that adequate on-site drainage facilities are provided.
D.
The minimum frontage of the mobile home park community
shall be 200 feet and the minimum total area of the mobile home park
shall be five acres. An addition to an existing mobile home park has
no minimum area requirement.
E.
The minimum area for a trailer site for parking one
mobile home shall be 5,000 square feet, with a width of not less than
50 feet and with corners of each site visibly marked and numbered
by a permanent marker. Any mobile home with its accessory buildings
shall not occupy in the aggregate more than 35% of the gross area
of the lot. No lot shall be offered for sale or be sold.
F.
In addition to the requirement above, an open space
or spaces accessible to all trailer or mobile home occupants and suitable
for a recreational area shall be provided within the park or community
at a ratio of 300 square feet minimum of recreational area per mobile
home site. Recreational area shall be of sufficient size and in a
suitable location for use by residents.
G.
The mobile home park or trailer park shall be surrounded
by a landscaped buffer strip of open space 50 feet wide along all
boundary lines. The buffer strip shall remain free of any buildings
or streets.
H.
No part of any mobile home or accessory building shall
be parked closer than 20 feet to any other mobile home or accessory
building or exceed an overall height of 15 feet. Steps with related
landing, not exceeding 28 square feet of lot coverage, may project
four feet into the required setback. Where a mobile home park has
been totally developed prior to the adoption of this chapter or where
utility systems have been installed prior to enactment and in anticipation
of further development, the required setback may be five feet instead
of 10 feet.
I.
Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided on
each trailer site.
J.
Proper provision shall be made for public water supply,
sanitary sewers, electric connections and fire protection.
K.
Proper provision shall be made for refuse storage
and collection subject at all times to Town regulations.
L.
All mobile homes shall be anchored to resist flotation,
collapse or lateral movement by providing over-the-top and frame ties
to ground anchors in the following manner:
(1)
Over-the-top ties shall be provided at each of the
four corners of the mobile home, with two additional ties per side
at intermediate locations, and mobile homes less than 50 feet long
shall require one additional tie per side.
(2)
Frame ties shall be provided at each corner of the
mobile home, with five additional ties per side at intermediate points,
with mobile homes less than 50 feet long requiring four additional
ties per side.
(3)
All components of the anchoring system shall be capable
of carrying a force of 4,800 pounds.
(4)
Any additions to a mobile home shall be similarly
anchored.
M.
Any mobile home shall be designated exclusively for
single-family occupancy if used as a dwelling.
N.
The space between the unit and grade level shall be
fully enclosed with skirting approved on the site plan.
O.
It shall have a gross floor area, excluding any additions
not a part of the original manufactured unit, not less than 760 square
feet.
The regulations contained in the article are
supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles
of this chapter, especially the following:
