MHP
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use2
Extracted standards
51 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum gross density5.5 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The mobile home park shall have a gross density of not more than five and one-half units per acre.
Grading
- Site gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. required for drainage
The entire ground surface within the mobile home park shall be graded and equipped in such a manner as to provide diversion of water away from buildings, patios, and mobile home stands...
Other
- Interruption duration triggering emergency water supply12 hours
if the interruption exceeds a period of twelve (12) hours, the owner shall be responsible for providing a temporary emergency water supply
- Erosion and dust control required
exposed ground surfaces within a mobile home park... shall be paved, surfaced with gravel, crusted rock, or like material, or planted in a vegetation growth capable of preventing such erosion and dust.
- Fire hydrants required
Every mobile home park shall be equipped at all times with fire hydrants and fire extinguishing equipment in good working order...
- Health and safety hazards prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The site of a mobile home park shall not be exposed to health and safety hazards such as objectionable smoke, noxious odors, unusual noise, sudden flooding, subsidence or erosion, or the probability of insect or rodent infestation.
- Maximum distance for access street grade150 ft
Access streets - 12% maximum in a maximum distance of 150 feet.
- Maximum access street grade12 pct
Access streets - 12% maximum in a maximum distance of 150 feet.
- Maximum cul-de-sac street length500 ft
Cul-de-sac streets shall not exceed 500 feet in length.
- Maximum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. spaces served by cul-de-sac20 spaces
and shall serve access to no more than 20 mobile home spaces.
- Maximum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size80 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The area contained in said district shall be no less than ten (10) acres and no more than eighty (80) acres.
- Distance for right angle at intersections75 ft
Street intersections shall generally be at right angles, and for a distance of 75 feet from the point of intersection
- Maximum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. lots without water due to break25 lots
no more than twenty-five (25) mobile home lots will be without water as a result of water service line breakages or repairs
- Maximum service street grade8 pct
Service streets - 8% maximum
- Maximum sewer cleanout spacing250 ft
All sewer lines will contain devices allowing access and cleaning of said lines at locations separated by no more than 250 feet.
- Maximum sewer manhole spacing400 ft
manholes shall be provided... at intervals of not more than 400 feet.
- Maximum water pressure80 psi
graduating pressures of not less than twenty (20) nor more than eighty (80) pounds per square inch
- Minimum access/collector street width26 ft
Access streets and collector streets - - 26 feet minimum width.
- Minimum cul-de-sac diameter80 ft
Cul-de-sacs shall be a minimum of 80 feet in diameter
- Minimum electrical service per space100 amps
An electrical outlet supplying both 110/220 volts capable of providing 100 amperes or more of current, shall be provided for each mobile home space.
- Minimum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. space area5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum area of a mobile home space shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet
- Minimum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. space width50 ft
with a minimum width of fifty (50) feet.
- Minimum one-way street width24 ft
Streets designated as one-way streets - - 24 feet minimum width.
- Minimum outdoor recreation area20 pct
A mobile home park shall provide an amount not less than twenty (20%) of the gross mobile home park area for outdoor recreational area or areas.
- Minimum service/cul-de-sac street width24 ft
All other service streets and cul-de-sac streets - - 24 feet minimum width.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from four-lane highway property line75 ft
Public street or highway rights-of-way having four or more traffic lanes... 130 feet from the centerline... or 75 feet from the property line, whichever distance is the greater.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from other property lines20 ft
All other property lines - 20 feet from the property line
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from private road easement boundary10 ft
Private road rights-of-way and easement - 25 feet from the centerline... or 10 feet from the easement boundary whichever distance is the greater.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public street property line30 ft
Public street or highway rights-of-way, other than four-lane highways - 100 feet from the centerline... or 30 feet from the property line, whichever distance is the greater.
- Minimum sewer branch slope0.25 in/ft
The branch line shall be installed with a uniform slope of at least one-fourth inch per linear foot
- Minimum sewer design flow300 gpd
The system shall be designed for minimum flow rate of at least 300 gallons per day per mobile home lot.
- Minimum sewer riser diameter4 in
a riser pipe of at least four inches inside diameter
- Minimum sewer velocity2 ft/sec
Sewers shall be at a grade sufficient to insure a mean velocity of two feet per second when flowing full.
- Minimum street grade0.5 pct
All streets - 0.5% minimum
- Minimum utility easement width10 ft
All utility easements shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width
- Minimum water pressure20 psi
graduating pressures of not less than twenty (20) nor more than eighty (80) pounds per square inch
- Minimum water supply per mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. space1,000 gpd
A minimum of one thousand (1000) gpd... for each mobile home space
- Pedestrian walkways required
All access streets shall provide for adjacent or non-adjacent pedestrian walkways, paths, or trails.
- Private individual water wells prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Private individual water wells shall not be permitted.
- Public sewer connection required within distance2,000 ft
Mobile home parks shall be served by a public sewer system if such a system exists within two thousand (2000) feet of the proposed development
- Public water connection required within distance2,000 ft
The mobile home park shall connect to a public water system if such a system exists within two thousand (2000) feet of the proposed development
- Sewer riser pipe heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above ground4 in
which extends vertically four inches above ground elevation
- Soil, groundwater, drainage, topography suitable
The condition of the soil, groundwater level, drainage and topography within a mobile home park shall not be such as to create hazards...
- Storage facilities screening required
Storage facilities... shall be designed in such a manner that the view of such storage facilities from property adjoining the mobile home park and from public roads shall be obscured.
- Water riser pipe heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above ground4 in
The riser pipe shall extend at least four (4) inches vertically above ground
Parking
- Guest parking ratio1 space per 2 mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. spaces
A minimum of one off-street space... for every two mobile home spaces
- Maximum distance to guest parking300 ft
No mobile home space shall be more than three hundred (300) feet from such a guest parking space
- Maximum parking surface grade1.5 pct
surface material shall be hard surface of or granular material no greater than 1 1/2 inch grade.
- Minimum guest parking space area160 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
having a minimum area of 160 square feet
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space area320 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
having a minimum area of 320 square feet
- Minimum off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces per mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. space2 spaces
A minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces... for each mobile home space
From the ordinance
MHP district: min area 10 acres, max density 5.5 units/acre, min space 5,000 sq ft, min width 50 ft, setbacks 20 ft, 20% recreation.
Parking requirements
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"guest": "1 space per 2 mobile home spaces, 160 sq ft, within 300 ft",
"mobile_home_space": "2 off-street spaces, 320 sq ft each"
}