[Amended 1998 by Ord. No. 331]
The MH District is intended to allow for manufactured homes, as defined in § 475-198, but which do not meet the standards of § 475-200, in a planned development. Manufactured homes complying with the standards of § 475-200, allowed under § 475-203 or complying with the limitations and restrictions of § 475-206 and located within a manufactured home district shall be governed by the provisions of Article XXIV, Manufactured Homes, of this chapter. Manufactured homes legally existing in other zoning districts prior to the effective date of these regulations may remain as nonconforming uses. All other manufactured homes shall be located in manufactured home courts or parks or on their own zone lots in manufactured home subdivisions in the manufactured home district.
The following uses may be operated as permitted
uses in the MH District:
A.
Manufactured home in a manufactured home court or
park or a manufactured home subdivision containing two or more manufactured
homes and complying with all of the provisions of this regulation
and the subdivision regulations of the Town.
B.
Church and/or parish house.
C.
Public park or playground.
D.
Community center, which may be public or private but
not operated for gain.
E.
Fire station.
F.
Essential public utility and public service installations.
Such uses shall not include business offices, repair, sales or storage
facilities.
Any use which complies with all of the following
conditions may be operated as an accessory use to a permitted use
in the MH District:
A.
Is clearly incidental and customary to and commonly
associated with the operation of the permitted use.
B.
Is operated and maintained under the same ownership
and on the same zone lot as the permitted use.
C.
Does not include structures or structural features
inconsistent with the permitted use.
D.
Does not include residential occupancy, except that
a single-family dwelling on its own designated area for the owner
or manager of a manufactured home court or park may be considered
a permitted accessory use.
E.
If operated wholly or partially within a structure
containing a permitted use, the gross floor area utilized by the accessory
use shall not exceed 80% of the gross floor area of the permitted
use.
[Amended 8-24-2020 by Ord. No. 675]
F.
If in a separate, detached structure from a permitted
use, the gross floor area devoted to the accessory use shall not exceed
the gross floor area of the permitted use. Separate, detached structures
containing an accessory use shall be, at a minimum, 10 feet from structures
containing a permitted use.
G.
Central laundries, showers, recreation or administrative
space may be considered as accessory uses to a manufactured home court
or park.
Home occupations shall be allowed in the MH
District, provided all of the following conditions are met:
A.
Such use shall be conducted entirely within a dwelling
unit and carried on by the inhabitants living there and no others.
B.
Such use shall be clearly incidental and secondary
to the use of the dwelling unit for dwelling purposes and shall not
change the residential character thereof.
C.
The total area used for such purposes shall not exceed
20% of the gross floor area of a single-family dwelling, or 20% of
the gross floor area of the manufactured home.
D.
There shall be no exterior storage on the premises
of material or equipment used as a part of the home occupation.
E.
There shall be no offensive noise, vibration, smoke,
dust, odors, heat or glare noticeable at or beyond the property line.
F.
A home occupation shall provide additional off-street
parking of one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor
area occupied by the home occupation.
A.
For each manufactured home in a manufactured home
court or park, there shall be provided a minimum land area of 4,000
square feet, exclusive of public streets, rights-of-way or private
street easements.
B.
For any single-family dwelling operated as a permitted
accessory use to a manufactured home court or park, there shall be
provided and maintained a separately designated land area of 6,000
square feet.
C.
For each manufactured home in a manufactured home
subdivision, there shall be provided and maintained a separately designated
zone lot of 6,000 square feet.
Minimum width of a zone lot in the MH District
is:
Minimum yards for structures in the MH District:
In the MH District:
A.
Outdoor terraces or patios constructed at grade and
without roof or walls may project 1/2 the distance of the required
yard into any yard.
B.
Open or unwalled porches, decks, balconies and exterior
stairways may project 3 1/2 feet into any yards.
C.
Window canopies may project two feet into any yard.
The maximum height of structures in the MH District
is 35 feet.
Any fence, wall or retaining wall in the MH
District over three feet in height shall be erected only after application
to and approval of a permit by the Zoning Administrator.
A.
Fences, walls and retaining walls may be erected to
a height of 48 inches only in the front yard and to a height of 6 1/2
feet on any part of the zone lot not in the front yard, except that
on corner lots, no fence, wall, retaining wall or obstructing foliage
shall be allowed within 20 feet of the point of intersection of the
two intersecting property lines or, in curved property lines, the
projected point of intersections of the two property lines extended.
B.
No barbed wire or electrically charged fences shall
be allowed.
C.
Open-mesh fences of any height may be erected on zone
lots containing schools, public parks and playgrounds.
A.
Individual manufactured home units in a manufactured
home court or park will not be served from a public street. Any public
street shall be platted and constructed according to the applicable
street standards of the Town.
B.
All individual manufactured home units will be served
by a private street system whose streets shall:
(1)
Provide a driving surface of 24 feet within an easement
of 40 feet;
(2)
Be accessible at all times to emergency vehicles;[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 17.36.110B.3, which duplicated original Sec. 17.36.110B.2 [now § 475-104B(2)], which previously followed this subsection, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(3)
Be maintained at all times by the owner and operator
of the manufactured home subdivision or by an established homeowners'
association.
Utility hookups shall be provided for each manufactured
home unit in the manufactured home subdivision, court or park. These
utilities shall include water, sewer, gas, electricity and telephone.
All manufactured homes and any accessory structures shall be secured, placed on foundations, skirted, etc., in accordance with Article XXIV, Manufactured Homes, of this chapter.