Article 3, Section H
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right14
Conditional / special use21
Extracted standards
19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Prohibition on lots extending into floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
No mobile home or manufactured dwelling lot shall extend into a floodplain.
Lighting
- Street lighting required
Street lighting shall be provided with the development of the mobile home park.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building location
Accessory buildings of not more than one hundred twenty (120) square feet may be located in the rear yard of a mobile home lot.
- Active recreation area as percentage of required open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.50 pct
Fifty percent (50%) of the required open space area shall be developed as active recreational areas and facilities.
- Maximum distance to public fire hydrant400 ft
Every mobile home or manufactured dwelling unit within the mobile home park must be located within four hundred (400) feet of a public fire hydrant.
- Foundation engineering report required
No subdivision plat or site plan shall be approved for final recordation until a foundation engineering report has been reviewed by the City.
- Geotechnical report required for shrink/swell soils
Any subdivision or lot which is proposed to be developed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report to be submitted with the preliminary plat and plans.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building area120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory buildings of not more than one hundred twenty (120) square feet may be located in the rear yard of a mobile home lot.
- Maximum percentage of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. that may be floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., wetlands, etc.40 pct
No more than 40% of the required open space shall consist of land classified as 100 year floodplain, stream valleys, wetlands, water features, stormwater management and BMP facilities, slopes greater than 30% and/or drainage easements.
- Minimum outdoor landscaped space per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.250 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The outdoor area shall be at least 250 square feet.
- Minimum rental period for residential use30 days
No space in a mobile home park shall be rented for residential use for less than thirty (30) days.
- Minimum separation between mobile/manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. or buildings25 ft
No mobile or manufactured home shall be located closer than 25 feet to any other mobile or manufactured home or building.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from private street or common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.15 ft
No mobile or manufactured home shall be located closer than 15 feet to a private street or a common open space area within the mobile home park.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public street50 ft
No mobile or manufactured home shall be located closer than 50 feet to any public street.
- No direct access to public street from individual lots
No individual mobile home or manufactured dwelling lot shall be designed for direct access to a public street.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. contiguity requirement
Required open space shall be contiguous and shall occupy a single parcel within the MHP-R development unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission.
- Landscaped buffer width around park perimeter40 ft
A landscaped buffer of forty (40) feet in width shall be constructed and maintained around the perimeter of the mobile home park.
- Minimum private street width22 ft
Mobile and manufactured home dwellings shall have access to a private street with a minimum width of 22 feet (edge of pavement to edge of pavement, excluding shoulders).
- Refuse collection frequency
The owner-developer or owners' association of the mobile home park shall collect garbage, refuse and recycling goods not less than once per week.
From the ordinance
Sites for mobile home parks shall be not less than twenty-five (25) contiguous acres... Six (6.0) dwelling units per net developable acre.
Parking requirements
{
"dwelling": "2 spaces",
"recreational vehicle": "1 per 12 dwelling units"
}