Any manufactured home located in the town after the enactment or amendment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall meet the following requirements:

(1)

All manufactured homes shall meet the plumbing requirements and the electrical wiring and connection requirements of the building code and the construction, blocking and anchoring requirements of the Virginia State Corporation Commission; and shall display the seal of a testing laboratory approved by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

(2)

All manufactured home units shall be completely enclosed with metal skirts, concrete blocks, ornamental wood, stone, or similar material, in such a manner that no part of the undercarriage shall be visible to a casual observer, in accordance with methods and materials approved by the county building inspector.

(3)

All manufactured homes must use and be secured with proper tie-down equipment.

(4)

Individual manufactured home units located outside of a manufactured home park shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

a.

The lot area and dimensions must meet the requirements of a single-family dwelling unit within the district in which the manufactured home unit is to be located.

b.

In no case shall the unit be located within 30 feet of any permanent type of building.

c.

Manufactured homes shall be listed as a permitted use within the district in which the manufactured home is to be located.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.01)

All manufactured home accessory structures erected or constructed in any new or existing manufactured home park after the date of enactment or amendment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived must meet the following requirements:

(1)

All manufactured home accessory structures must meet the plumbing, electrical connection, wiring, construction and other applicable requirements of the uniform statewide building code.

(2)

Manufactured home accessory structures, except ramadas, shall not exceed the height of the manufactured home.

(3)

No accessory structure shall be erected or constructed on any manufactured home lot except as an accessory to a manufactured home.

(4)

Porches may be placed adjacent to manufactured homes provided they are constructed in accordance with the provisions of the uniform statewide building code.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.02)

Within a manufactured home park, the following area requirements shall apply:

(1)

The minimum area for each manufactured home park shall be ten acres with a minimum of 25 manufactured home stands and a maximum of five manufactured home stands per acre; and the minimum lot width for the portion used for entrance and exit to a public road shall be 50 feet. However, entrances for existing parks shall be exempt from this requirement.

(2)

The minimum lot area of each individual manufactured home lot shall be 3,600 square feet for single-wide units and 6,000 square feet for doublewide units.

(3)

No manufactured home and an accessory building shall occupy more than 30 percent of the area of the lot on which it is situated.

(4)

The minimum length of a manufactured home lot shall be 90 feet; the minimum width shall be 40 feet. On all lots larger than the minimum, the ratio of length to width shall not exceed 2.2 to 1.0.

(5)

No more than one detached manufactured home accessory structure shall be permitted on any manufactured home lot.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.03)

All manufactured home parks shall meet the following minimum setback requirements:

(1)

No manufactured 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, nor closer than 60 feet to the centerline of a public road with a right-of-way of less than 50 feet.

(2)

No main or accessory structure shall be located closer than 25 feet to the property line of the manufactured home park.

(3)

No manufactured home shall be placed within 20 feet of another manufactured home nor closer than ten feet to the manufactured home lot line.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.04)

(a)

No park may be a closed park where entry is denied to anyone who has not purchased his home from a dealer, park owner or operator. No park may also serve as a general retail or wholesale and demonstration or storage area for manufactured homes.

(b)

Every manufactured home lot shall be clearly defined on the ground by permanent markers. There shall be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place on each lot a number corresponding to the number of each lot as shown on the site plan submitted so that each lot may be easily identified.

(c)

An internal street system shall be provided to furnish convenient access to manufactured home lots and other facilities in the park shall be designed such that connection to existing drainage and utility systems is convenient, and shall meet the following requirements in addition to such other reasonable standards and requirements as may be recommended by the resident engineer:

(1)

All internal streets shall be permanently paved with plant bituminous material or other hard durable surface which shall be maintained free of cracks and holes and the edges of which shall be protected from raveling. Minimum pavement widths shall be 24 feet for streets providing access to 40 or more manufactured home lots, and 18 feet for streets providing access to less than 40 manufactured home lots. Widths shall be measured from curb face to curb face.

(2)

No on-street parking shall be permitted.

(3)

Dead-end streets shall be limited in length to 400 feet, shall be provided with cul-de-sacs with turning areas of not less than 40 feet in radius, or with "T" or "Y" turning areas, and shall provide access to no more than 20 manufactured home lots.

(4)

Streets shall be approximately at right angles at and within 100 feet of street intersections. Offsets at intersections of less than 125 feet from centerline to centerline and intersections of more than two streets at one point shall be avoided.

(5)

Streets shall be adapted to the topography, shall follow the contours of the land as nearly as possible, and shall have safe grade and alignments. No grade shall exceed 12 percent or no curve shall have an outside radius of less than 80 feet.

(6)

Lighting shall be provided in such a way as to produce a minimum of 0.1 footcandles at street level throughout the system, with at least 0.3 footcandles at street intersections, park entrances, and other potentially hazardous locations in or around the park.

(7)

Entrances shall be provided in sufficient numbers to ensure safe and convenient access and egress. Where the proposed park adjoins two or more public roads, entrances shall be provided on at least two public roads where possible, provided that the internal street system be so designed as to discourage through traffic. Entrances shall be no closer than 125 feet from an existing public road intersection.

(d)

An adequate supply of water approved by the state health department shall be furnished from a public water supply system, or from a private water system, or from a private water system conforming to all applicable laws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances with water connections located on each manufactured home lot. All water lines shall be made frost-free.

(e)

In each manufactured home park, all wastewater from a faucet, toilet, tub, shower, sink, slopsink, drain, washing machine, garbage disposal unit or laundry shall empty into the town sewer system.

(f)

Each manufactured home park shall provide door-to-door garbage pickup for disposal in approved containers at a central location within the manufactured home park or provide adequate number of trash containers as specified by the town council, and so located to allow the collection and disposal of the solid waste generated by park residents only or by private contract for disposal in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

(g)

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 manufactured home lots or multiple or fraction thereof.

(h)

All utilities shall be underground, except control instrumentation and substations which must be screened by planting or ornamental walls. No overhead wires are permitted within the park.

(i)

Fencing or vegetative screening shall be provided to a height of six feet and such a density that no manufactured home or manufactured home accessory structure shall be visible to a casual observer on any side of a manufactured home park abutting the backyard of a residential structure or the side yard of a residential structure, provided the screening does not extend beyond the setback line of the structure, provided that, where natural features such as topography adjoining properties, the zoning administrator may waive requirements for screening. Fencing, where required, shall be maintained in a safe condition, shall be painted and shall be kept in good repair.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.05)

The management of manufactured home parks shall be in accordance with the following requirements:

(1)

The minimum number of manufactured home lots and stands completed and ready for occupancy before the first occupancy is permitted shall be 12 and no lot or stand shall be rented for a period of less than 60 days. Prior to first occupancy, a certified statement of compliance shall be obtained from the zoning administrator.

(2)

Permanent buildings housing management offices, childcare centers, laundry facilities, or indoor recreational facilities or other service facilities may be permitted in manufactured home parks, provided such facilities:

a.

Shall meet parking requirements for such facilities as specified in division 2 of article VIII of this chapter;

b.

Shall be subordinate to the residential use and character of the park;

c.

Shall be located, designed and intended to serve the service needs of persons residing in the park;

d.

Shall present no visible evidence of their nonresidential character to any area outside the park;

e.

Shall meet all applicable federal, state and local requirements pertaining to such uses; and

f.

Shall not occupy more than ten percent of the area of the park.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.06)

Applicants for manufactured home parks shall follow site plan procedures outlined in article XI of this chapter and, in addition, shall meet the following special requirements:

(1)

The name of the proposed park shall be included on the site plan and shall not closely approximate that of any existing manufactured home park or subdivision in the town, county or neighboring jurisdictions.

(2)

The location and dimensions of all existing streets and street rights-of-way, easements, water, sewerage, drainage facilities and other community facilities and utilities adjacent to the proposed park shall be included on the site plan.

(3)

All existing significant natural and historical features on or adjacent to the proposed park, including, but not limited to, views from the property and views from adjoining properties that might be affected by the proposed park shall be included on the site plan.

(4)

The proposed layout shall include interior streets with dimensions and such typical street cross sections and centerline profiles as may be required in evaluating the street layout; interior monuments and lot lines, dimensions, and areas of manufactured home lots, common open space and recreation areas, common parking areas and other common areas; locations and dimensions of manufactured home stands and parking spaces, management offices, laundry facilities, recreation buildings, and other permanent structures; location and nature of firefighting facilities including hydrants, fire extinguishers and other firefighting equipment; location of fuel storage facilities and structures of high flammability; and location and dimensions of landscaping amenities including streetlights, sidewalks, planted areas, significant natural features to be retained and fencing and screening.

(5)

A narrative statement shall be included describing how the standards and requirements set forth herein are to be met; a statement from the health department certifying approval of the proposed site plan; and a statement from the resident engineer certifying that all ingress and egress to and from public streets and alleys meet the requirements of the state department of transportation.

(Zoning Ord. 2003, § 18.1-913.07)