Article 14
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Anchoring
Anchored according to the Building Code
- Buffer width25 ft
reserve 25 feet of open space abutting all the adjoining property owners
- Garbage containers
tightly covered leak-proof garbage containers with an adequate garbage collection service
- Health approval
Approved by the Department of Health
- Lot drainage
All manufactured home lots shall be well-drained
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
evergreen hedge or screen, a minimum of six feet in height
- Minimum separation between manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.30 ft
minimum of 30 feet between manufactured homes
- Public access required
Manufactured home parks shall have access to public street or highway.
- Skirting
Completely skirted with some type of durable weatherproof material
- Steps at exits
Installed with a set of steps at each exit
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public right-of-way75 ft
buildings on all public rights-of-way shall be set back 50 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way or 75 feet or more from the center line, whichever is greater
From the ordinance
Manufactured home lots of not less than 15,000 square feet of ground, with a minimum width of 75 feet... setback at least 20 feet from an internal manufactured home park street... minimum of 30 feet between manufactured homes... minimum of 10% of gross land area for recreational and open space uses.