Article IV, Sec. 24-171 to 24-190
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
37 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Streetlights required
The owner of the manufactured home park shall provide streetlights within the manufactured home park. Streetlights shall be installed as determined by the environmental director and in accordance with the Streetlight Policy, as approved by the governing body, and shall be shown on the site plan of development.
Other
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures5 ft
The minimum rear yard for accessory structures shall be five feet, except that accessory buildings exceeding one story shall have a minimum rear yard of 15 feet.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures over one story15 ft
The minimum rear yard for accessory structures shall be five feet, except that accessory buildings exceeding one story shall have a minimum rear yard of 15 feet.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures5 ft
The minimum side yard for accessory structures shall be five feet, except that accessory buildings exceeding one story shall have a minimum side yard of 15 feet.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures over one story15 ft
The minimum side yard for accessory structures shall be five feet, except that accessory buildings exceeding one story shall have a minimum side yard of 15 feet.
- Maximum percentage of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for active recreation50 pct
No more than 50 percent of the required open space shall be used for active recreational purposes.
- Maximum distance to fire hydrant500 ft
No manufactured home lot is more than 500 feet by road frontage from a fire hydrant.
- Minimum buildable area length80 ft
The buildable area of all lots shall be at least 80 feet in length, exclusive of all required setbacks.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with private water and private sewer20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots containing or intended to contain a single manufactured home served by private water and private sewage disposal systems shall have a minimum area of 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with public water or public sewer10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots containing or intended to contain a single manufactured home served by a public sewage disposal system or by a public water system shall have a minimum area of 10,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with public water and public sewer6,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots containing or intended to contain a single manufactured home served by public water and public sewage disposal systems shall have a minimum area of 6,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for lots 10,000-20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.80 ft
The minimum width of a lot more than 10,000 square feet in area, but less than 20,000 square feet in area, shall be 80 feet measured at the setback line.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for lots 20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. or greater100 ft
The minimum width of a lot 20,000 square feet or greater in area shall be 100 feet measured at the setback line.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for lots under 10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.60 ft
The minimum width of a lot less than 10,000 square feet in area shall be 60 feet measured at the setback line.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for parks with 50+ units10 pct
Within every manufactured home park consisting of 50 or more units, there shall be planned and set aside permanently an amount of open space to be maintained exclusively for recreation and/or conservation purposes. The amount of such open space shall not be less than ten percent of the net developable area of the site.
- Minimum paved width for one-way internal streets12 ft
Internal streets shall have a minimum paved width of 20 feet for two-way traffic and 12 feet for one-way traffic.
- Minimum paved width for two-way internal streets20 ft
Internal streets shall have a minimum paved width of 20 feet for two-way traffic and 12 feet for one-way traffic.
- Minimum distance from any lot line15 ft
No manufactured home shall be placed closer than 15 feet from any lot line within the manufactured home park.
- Minimum distance from property boundary100 ft
No manufactured home shall be placed closer than 100 feet from any property boundary separating the manufactured home park from adjacent property.
- Nondevelopable areas must be open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
All nondevelopable area consisting of all stream beds, areas subject to flooding under the 100-year storm event, wetlands and areas with slopes exceeding 25 percent gradient, shall be maintained as open space.
- Perimeter buffer35 ft
The minimum perimeter buffer shall be 35 feet.
- Recreation area per manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. space400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total size of the recreation area shall be not less than 400 square feet multiplied by the number of manufactured home spaces in the manufactured home park.
- Right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor roads150 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor roads as defined in the Comprehensive Plan shall be 150 feet, except when the average lot depth of the parent parcel is less than 600 feet. In those cases, the required buffer shall be at a depth of 25 percent of the average lot depth.
- Right-of-way buffer on non-Community Character Corridor roads75 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on all non-Community Character Corridor roads shall be 75 feet, except when the average lot depth is less than 200 feet. In those cases, the required buffer shall be at a depth of 25 percent of the average lot depth.
- Site plan required
Prior to development of a manufactured home park, a site plan shall be filed and approved as provided for in article III of this chapter.
- Solid waste disposal requirements
Each operator of a manufactured home park shall provide for the disposal of the solid waste generated by the park tenants. Dumpsters at locations shown and approved on the site plan or provisions for individual solid waste pickup at each manufactured home site shall be provided. If dumpsters are provided, they shall be placed on concrete pads with a drain connected to a septic drainfield as required by the health department and shall be screened by vegetation, landscaping and/or fences.
The location of manufactured home parks and the expansion of existing manufactured home parks shall require, in addition to the site plan approval required by article III of this chapter, a special use permit as provided for in article V of this chapter.
- Storm drainage plan required
A storm drainage plan shall be included with the site plan of a manufactured home park in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of Chapter 23, Chesapeake Bay Preservation.
- Minimum area per space in temporary trailer park2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
That a minimum area of 2,000 square feet be provided for each space.
- Tree planting requirement for non-wooded buffers2 trees per 400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
If the buffer is non-wooded as defined for the purpose of this article as having no mature trees, then a minimum of two trees per 400 square feet of area shall be planted with a minimum 50 percent of said trees being evergreen.
- Underground utilities required
All utilities within the manufactured home park, including, but not limited to, electrical distribution lines, telephone lines, cable television lines, natural gas lines, sewer lines and water lines, shall be placed underground.
- Minimum perimeter buffer after waiver20 ft
The perimeter buffer shall not be reduced by a waiver provision to less than 20 feet.
- Minimum right-of-way buffer after waiver75 ft
In no case shall the right-of-way buffer be reduced by a waiver provision to less than 75 feet.
Parking
- Minimum off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces per lot2 spaces
Each lot in a manufactured home park shall contain at least two off-street parking spaces, each at least nine feet by 18 feet in size.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from boundary public street right-of-way100 ft
100 feet from the right-of-way of any public street which creates a boundary for the manufactured home park.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from internal private street right-of-way15 ft
15 feet from the right-of-way of internal private streets.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from internal public street right-of-way35 ft
35 feet from the right-of-way of internal public streets.
From the ordinance
The location of manufactured home parks and the expansion of existing manufactured home parks shall require, in addition to the site plan approval required by article III of this chapter, a special use permit as provided for in article V of this chapter.
Parking requirements
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