MHP-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Extracted standards
32 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Minimum lighting at street level0.1 fc
a minimum of 0.1 footcandles at street level throughout the system
- Minimum lighting at intersections and hazardous locations0.3 fc
at least 0.3 footcandles at street intersections, park entrances, and other potentially hazardous locations
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line2 ft
No accessory building or structure may be closer than two feet to any property line or mobile home lot line.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline (ROW < 50 ft)60 ft
nor closer than 60 feet to the centerline of a public road with a right-of-way of less than 50 feet
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way (ROW >= 50 ft)35 ft
No mobile home unit, management office, or other structure except decorative fencing, lighting, wall, entrance or other decorative feature shall be located closer than 35 feet to a street right-of-way line of a public road with a right-of-way of 50 feet or greater
- Maximum dead-end street length400 ft
Dead-end streets shall be limited in length to 400 feet
- Maximum detached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures per lot1 count
No more than one detached mobile home accessory structure shall be permitted on any mobile home lot.
- Maximum length-to-width ratio2.25 ratio
the ratio of length to width shall not exceed 2.25 to 1.0
- Maximum mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. stands per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.5 per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
a maximum of five mobile home stands per acre
- Maximum area of permanent service buildings10 pct
Shall not occupy more than ten percent of the area of the park.
- Maximum street grade12 pct
No grade shall exceed 12 percent
- Minimum cul-de-sac turning radius40 ft
culs-de-sac with turning areas of not less than 40 feet in radius
- Minimum curve radius80 ft
no curve shall have an outside radius of less than 80 feet
- Minimum entrance distance from public road intersection125 ft
Entrances shall be no closer than 125 feet from an existing public road intersection.
- Minimum entrance/exit width to public road50 ft
the minimum lot width for the portion used for the entrance and exit to a public road shall be 50 feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for double-wide units6,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
6,000 square feet for double-wide units
- Minimum lots ready before first occupancy12 count
The minimum number of mobile home lots and stands completed and ready for occupancy before the first occupancy is permitted shall be 12
- Minimum number of mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. stands25 count
a minimum of 25 mobile home stands
- Minimum park area435,600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum area for each mobile home park shall be ten acres
- Minimum developed recreational area per 25 lots30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
There shall be provided a minimum of 30,000 square feet of developed recreational area, exclusive of required setback and yard requirements, per each 25 mobile home lots or multiple or fraction thereof.
- Minimum rental period60 days
no lot or stand shall be rented for a period of less than 60 days
- Minimum fencing/screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Fencing or vegetative screening shall be provided to a height of six feet
- Minimum separation between mobile homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.20 ft
No mobile home shall be placed within 20 feet of another mobile home
- Minimum internal street width (40+ lots)24 ft
Minimum pavement widths shall be 24 feet for streets providing access to 40 or more mobile home lots
- Minimum internal street width (<40 lots)18 ft
and 18 feet for streets providing access to less than 40 mobile home lots
- Mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. pad material
All mobile homes will be parked on a pad of concrete or bituminous material.
- On-street parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No on-street parking shall be permitted.
- Permanent additions to mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No permanent or semipermanent structure shall be affixed to any mobile home as an addition to such mobile home.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from park property line25 ft
No main or accessory structure shall be located closer than 25 feet to the property line of the mobile home park.
- Skirting required
All mobile home units shall be completely enclosed with metal skirts, concrete blocks, ornamental wood, stone, or other similar material
- Tiedown equipment required
All mobile homes must use and be secured with proper tiedown equipment.
- All utilities underground required
All utilities shall be underground, except control instrumentation and substations which must be screened by planting or ornamental walls.
From the ordinance
In the MHP-1 Mobile Home Park District, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses with a conditional use permit: ...