(a)

All mobile/manufactured homes shall meet the plumbing requirements and the electrical wiring and connection, construction, blocking and anchoring requirements of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and shall display the seal of a testing laboratory approved by the state.

(b)

All mobile/manufactured homes must be completely skirted, such that no part of the undercarriage shall be visible to a casual observer.

(c)

All mobile/manufactured homes shall be supplied with public water and sewage or water and sewage disposal approved by permits by the department of health.

(a)

Individual mobile/manufactured homes are acceptable uses in district AR and are uses permitted by special use permit in district R-2. An individual mobile/manufactured home shall meet all requirements for area, setback and frontage that are specified for the district in which it is to be located. (Amdmt. No. 98-1, 4-21-98; Amdmt. No. O-03-01, 5-20-03)

(b)

Upon showing non-compliance of county ordinances, the Board of Supervisors reserve the right to revoke any special use permit for a mobile/manufactured home. Non-compliance can include violations of The Code of the County of Alleghany, Virginia, Chapter 46 - Offenses Miscellaneous, for the non-maintenance of property, including trash and debris on the property. Also, non-compliance and violation of The Code of the County of Alleghany, Virginia, Chapter 18, Article 18 - Building Code, for the condition of the structure. (Amdmt. No. O-03-01, 5-20-03)

(c)

Special use permits can not be revoked until proper notice is given to the property owner and/or homeowner and a public hearing is held. Once a special use is revoked, the property owner and/or homeowner will be given 30 days after receipt of legal notice, to have the structure removed from the property and have the property brought back into compliance with county regulations. Revocation of any special use permit for a mobile/manufactured home will be grounds for the Board of Supervisors not to grant additional special use permits to the same landowner at the same location. (Amdmt. No. O-03-01, 5-20-03)

(d)

Once a special use permit is granted for a mobile/manufactured home, if at anytime the home is removed from the property, the special use permit becomes null and void. The placement of another mobile/manufactured home at the same site would require the issuance of another special use permit by the Board of Supervisors. (Amdmt. No. O-03-01, 5-20-03)

(e)

If the applicant for a special use permit is not the owner of the property in question, the owner of the property and the owner of the mobile/manufactured home shall be made aware that the property owner will be held responsible for any violations noted against the property. A signed statement to this nature shall be filed at the time the special use application is filed. (Amdmt. No. O-03-01, 5-20-03)

Mobile home parks legally in existence prior to November 1, 1988, may be continued so long as the use remains otherwise lawful, provided that:

(1)

No such mobile home park use existing on November 1, 1988, shall be enlarged or increased or extended to occupy a greater area of land than was occupied on such date, except in accordance with this chapter.

(2)

No such mobile home park shall be moved in whole or in part to any portion of the lot or parcel other than that occupied by such use on November 1, 1988.

The requirements for mobile home parks are as follows:

(1)

All mobile home parks shall have a minimum area of at least three acres. A minimum of three spaces shall be completed and ready for occupancy before the first occupancy is permitted.

(2)

No mobile/manufactured home shall be placed within 25 feet of another.

(3)

The minimum length of a mobile/manufactured home lot within the park shall be 85 feet, and the minimum width shall be 50 feet.

(4)

Every mobile/manufactured home lot in a mobile home park shall be clearly identified on the ground by permanent markers. These markers must be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place on each lot as shown on the site plan submitted so that each lot may be easily identified.

(5)

No mobile/manufactured home shall be placed less than 25 feet from the mobile home park boundary. The distance from the line or corner of the mobile/manufactured home stand to a public street shall be 40 feet or more from any street right-of-way, which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 60 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width. This shall be known as the setback line.

(a)

Site plans for mobile home parks shall be legibly drawn at a scale consistent with its purpose and shall include the date of the site plan, the name of the surveyor, the scale, north designation, the name of the park owner, the name of the proposed park, a vicinity map showing the location and area of the proposed park, boundary line, area, dimensions of the proposed park with locations and property line monuments, layouts of all lots, proposed utilities and the names of all adjoining property owners. (Amdmt. No. 98-1, 4-21-98)

(b)

The site plan shall also include the layout of interior streets with centerline profiles as may be required to evaluate the street layout.

(c)

If the mobile home park is served by public water and sewage, a certification from the water and sewer commission shall be provided stating that water and sewer service can be properly provided. If the mobile home park is served by a private water and sewage system, a statement from the health official shall be provided certifying that the proposed site is approved for water and sewage. (Amdmt. No. 98-1, 4-21-98)

(a)

For a mobile home park, an internal street shall be provided to furnish convenient access to each mobile/manufactured home.

(b)

All internal streets shall be permanently paved with a durable approved, hard surface.

(c)

Minimum pavement width of streets must be 20 feet.

(d)

Dead-end streets shall be provided with cul-de-sacs with turning areas of not less than 40 feet in radius.