Article 5D
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use4
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density without central sewerage2.5 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
parks without central sewerage facilities shall locate no more than three (3) units to an acre of land for the first thirty (30) units and no more than two (2) units to an acre for all units in addition to the first thirty (30) units with an overall density of no more than two and one-half (2½) units to the acre.
Lighting
- Lighting requirement
Public areas of mobile home parks shall be adequately lighted so as to permit safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night.
Other
- Corner lot setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side line right-of-way15 ft
In the case of a corner lot, no mobile home shall be located closer than fifteen (15) feet from the right-of-way line of the side line or driveway.
- Cul-de-sac minimum turning radius100 ft
in cases where driveways dead-end, a cul-de-sac with a minimum turning radius of one hundred (100) feet shall be constructed.
- Driveway surface material
The minimum material which will meet these requirements will be a two-shot bituminous treatment applied on a base of not less than six (6) inches of compacted bank gravel or equal.
- Driveway surface width20 ft
All driveways and lanes shall be surfaced and maintained for a width of twenty (20) feet thereof with a durable dustproof hard material.
- Garbage container per lot1 container
Each trailer lot within a mobile home park shall be provided with at least one (1) tight-fitting, closed-top garbage or trash container with disposal provided at a frequency to assure it will not overflow.
- Minimum distance between mobile homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.15 ft
No mobile home shall be placed within fifteen (15) feet of another; provided, however, that with respect to mobile homes parked end to end, the distance between mobile homes so parked shall be no less than ten (10) feet.
- Minimum distance between mobile homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. parked end to end10 ft
with respect to mobile homes parked end to end, the distance between mobile homes so parked shall be no less than ten (10) feet.
- Minimum lane or driveway right-of-way width40 ft
The minimum lane or driveway right-of-way on which an individual mobile home lot within a mobile home park fronts shall be 40 feet in width
- Minimum park/playground area per park20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
minimum of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet per park.
- Patio area per mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A patio of one hundred (100) square feet shall be installed for each mobile home. Said patio shall be constructed of asphalt or concrete and shall be no less than three (3) inches thick.
- Playground space per mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. lot2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./lot
Each mobile home park shall provide park and/or playground space, specifically and exclusively for that purpose, at a rate of two thousand (2,000) square feet per mobile home lot and a minimum of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet per park.
- Park management register requirements
It shall be the duty of the park management to keep a register containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants located within the park. The register shall consist of the following information: name and address of owner; make, model, year, registration number; state registered; lot number; dates of arrival and departure.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lane or driveway right-of-way20 ft
Mobile homes within the park shall be set back no less than twenty (20) feet from the right-of-way line of any lane or driveway.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline of public street (less than 50 ft ROW)75 ft
or seventy-five (75) feet from the center line of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public street right-of-way (50 ft or greater)50 ft
The first lot within the mobile home park shall be located no less than fifty (50) feet from any public street right-of-way which is fifty (50) feet or greater in width
- Sewerage requirement
In each mobile home park, all waste or wastewater ... shall empty into a sewer system approved by the health department and installed in accordance with the health department specifications.
- Site plan required
Before a zoning permit shall be issued or construction begun on any permitted use in this district, detailed site plans indicating compliance with the substantive provisions of this ordinance shall be submitted to the zoning administrator for study.
- Water supply requirement
An adequate supply of water, approved by the health department, shall be furnished from a public water supply system or from a private water system conforming to all applicable laws, regulations, resolutions and ordinances, with supply faucets located on each trailer lot.
From the ordinance
This district is intended to accommodate mobile home parks exclusively. ... No home occupations are permitted. (5D-1)