Article VII, §§160-62 through 160-71.1
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Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum age of manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.20 years
Manufactured homes in excess of 20 years of age at the date of application for a building permit shall not be relocated within the City of Galax or brought into the City of Galax and placed in a R-MH District.
- Minimum recreation area20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each mobile home park shall provide a centrally located recreation area of at least 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum street right-of-way30 ft
Surfaced streets and pedestrian walkways having a minimum right-of-way of 30 feet shall be provided within the mobile home park.
- Sanitary facilities required on each lot
Sanitary facilities, including garbage disposal and water and sewer, shall be provided on each mobile home lot.
- Service building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. lot line20 ft
A service building(s), if provided, may not be closer than 20 feet to any mobile home lot line.
- Street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. reduction with planting screen25 ft
The distance may be reduced to 25 feet if a planting screen is provided.
Signage
- Maximum sign area3 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Small professional, announcement and real estate signs not exceeding three square feet in area.
From the ordinance
The maximum lot coverage shall be 45%.