Hardship mobile homes may be approved by the
Board of Zoning Appeals as a special use exception, provided that
all of the following conditions are met:
A. The person in need of care, attention and supervision
is either a great-grandparent of the applicant, a grandparent of the
applicant, a lineal descendant of a grandparent of the applicant or
the spouse of such lineal descendant of a grandparent of the applicant.
B. The applicant for the special use exception will be
responsible for the required care, attention and supervision.
C. The applicant has filed a certificate from at least
one physician licensed to practice medicine in the United States who
has examined the person in need of care, attention and supervision
within 30 days prior to the filing of the application. The certificate
shall state the date of the physician's last examination of said person;
the nature of said person's disability; that, in the physician's best
judgment, said person is mentally or physically incapable of self-care;
and the probable duration of said person's disability.
D. The person in need of care, attention and supervision
for practical reasons, financial or otherwise, cannot reside elsewhere
and receive the same services.
E. The mobile home shall not be used as a profitable
enterprise, but nothing contained herein shall preclude the applicant
from receiving reimbursement for actual expense in providing the required
care, attention and supervision to the person in need.
F. The applicant owns, resides or intends to reside on
the premises on which the mobile home is to be located, and either
the applicant or the person in need of care, attention and supervision
may reside in the mobile home.
G. The mobile home shall be located within 200 feet of
the principal residence on the premises.
H. The mobile home shall be removed within 60 days after
the person in need of care, attention and supervision dies, permanently
vacates the premises or becomes capable of self-care.
I. The mobile home shall have a gross floor area, excluding
the hitch and any other additions not a part of the original main
structure unit, of at least 600 square feet.
J. The mobile home shall meet all of the additional requirements and standards for mobile homes as specified in §
175-72 of this chapter.
If an occupied dwelling in any zoning district
is damaged or destroyed by fire, flood or any other sudden catastrophe
to a degree so as to make it unsafe or unhealthy for human occupancy,
the Zoning Administrator may issue a zoning certificate and/or building
permit for the placement of a mobile home on the premises for the
purpose of providing emergency housing for the displaced occupants,
provided that the mobile home shall:
A. Meet all of the additional requirements and standards for mobile homes as specified in §
175-72 of this chapter.
B. Be removed from the premises when the damaged dwelling
is habitable or within six months, whichever comes first, unless the
Board of Zoning Appeals shall grant a special use exception to extend
the time limit to a total of not more than 12 months.
Mobile homes for use as temporary dwellings
or offices shall be permitted in any zoning district, provided that
all of the following conditions are met:
A. The placement of the mobile home is determined to
be incidental to construction to be performed on the premises and
the Zoning Administrator has issued a zoning certificate and/or building
permit for said construction.
B. For any mobile home to be used as a temporary dwelling:
(1) The mobile home shall be occupied by the owner(s)
of the property or a security guard.
(2) The mobile home shall meet all of the additional requirements and standards as specified in §
175-72 of this chapter.
(3) The Board of Zoning Appeals shall grant a special
use exception for the placement of the temporary mobile home and shall
specify a time limit for removal of the mobile home.
C. For any mobile home to be used as a temporary office:
(1) The mobile home shall be in compliance with the County
Health Department's requirements as to water supply and sewage disposal
if sanitary facilities are located with the mobile home.
(2) The mobile home shall be removed within 30 days following
completion or abandonment of the construction, when the zoning certificate
and/or building permit expires or is revoked or in 24 months from
the date of placement, whichever comes first.
(3) The Zoning Administrator shall issue a zoning certificate
and/or building permit.
Where required in this chapter, the following
mobile home standards and requirements shall apply:
A. Mobile homes shall be certified and labeled as meeting
the Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards of the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development or they shall bear the
insignia of the Maryland Department of Economic and Community Development
in accordance with the Industrialized Building and Mobile Homes Act
of 1971.
B. Mobile homes shall be erected, fully enclosed and
finished in conformance with guidelines approved by the Zoning Administrator.
C. Mobile homes shall be in compliance with the County
Health Department's requirements as to water supply and sewage disposal.
D. No mobile home shall be used for storage purposes
only.