27-1

Establishment of manufactured home parks. New Manufactured Home Parks and expansion of existing Manufactured Home Parks shall be permitted only in R-MH (Manufactured Home Residential) Zones.

27-2

Procedure for constructing or altering a manufactured home park. Application shall be made for doing same to the Augusta, Georgia Planning Commission. The application shall be in letter form and shall show the following:

Name and address of applicant

Name and address of owner of land

Name and address of proposed operator

Number of spaces proposed to be provided

Acreage of land to be utilized

The application shall be accompanied by five copies of a plat of the land to be utilized. The plats shall show the following:

Bearings and distances for all property lines

Names and right-of-way widths for all streets bounding the property

Names and addresses of all surrounding property owners

Distances to nearest public water mains and sewer lines

Topography showing contours at 2-foot intervals and referenced to Mean Sea Level

Scale (not smaller than 1 inch = 100 feet) and North Arrow

Name and Registration Number of Surveyor or Engineer

The application for plan approval shall also be accompanied by a processing and investigation fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on every application for establishment or expansion of a Manufactured Home Park. In the event that the land proposed to be utilized for a Manufactured Home Park is not properly zoned, application for rezoning and application for plan approval may be made at the same time if all necessary submittals for plan approval are provided prior to application for rezoning. Public notice shall be given for plan approval, as well as for hearings on changes of Zoning Classification, when such approvals are not sought simultaneously. The Planning Commission shall approve or disapprove each application for establishment or expansion of a Manufactured Home Park within thirty (30) days after holding a public hearing thereon, unless the applicant agrees to a longer time period; and the Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department shall notify the applicant in writing of its decision.

27-3

Building permit for manufactured home park. Accompanying a request for the establishment or expansion of a Manufactured Home Park, or upon request to alter such a park, the applicant shall submit to the Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department plans and specifications for the development of such park in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance. The Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department shall review such plans and specifications, and shall determine that all requirements of this Ordinance and other legal requirements have been met. In conducting its review, the Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department shall submit copies of such plans and specifications to the Public Works Department, the Waterworks Department, to the Chief Building Official and the Richmond County Health Department. The Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department has received in writing the approval of all required agencies and has made its own determination that all requirements of this Ordinance and all other legal requirements have been met or will be met in the course of establishment, expansion, or alteration of the park, it shall certify the same in writing. to the Chief Building Official and shall forward to the Chief Building Official a copy of the approved plans and specifications. The Chief Building Official may then issue building permits for construction, expansion, or alteration of the Manufactured Home Park in accordance with the application made and plan and specifications approved for same and in accordance with all legal requirements.

27-4

Transfer of manufactured home parks. Every Manufactured Home Park owner shall give notice in writing to the Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department within thirty (30) days after having sold, transferred, given away, or otherwise disposed of interest in or control of any Manufactured Home Park. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of such park.

27-5

Conditions pertaining to existing manufactured home parks. Manufactured Home Parks operating at the time of adoption of this Ordinance shall be allowed to continue operation provided that the minimum requirements of the Richmond County Board of Health are met by such parks.

27-6

Standards for development of manufactured home parks:

(a)

Minimum size of tract. The minimum size of any tract to be developed for a Manufactured Home Park shall be five (5) acres and such tract shall have a minimum frontage on a paved public road or road to be paved and dedicated to the public of one hundred (100) feet. The tract shall comprise a single parcel and shall be and remain in the ownership of one person as defined herein.

(b)

Code standards. No manufactured home manufactured on or after January 1, 1968 shall be admitted to any Manufactured Home Park on or after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance unless it can be demonstrated that it meets the requirements of one of the following: American Standards Association Code Provision A-119.1-1963, American Standards for Installation in Manufactured Home of Electrical, Heating, and Plumbing Systems; or Manufactured Home Manufacturer Association Manufactured Home Standards for Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Systems; or any state or locally-administered code insuring equal or better plumbing, heating, or electrical installations.

(c)

Hazardous conditions. No Manufactured Home Park shall be so located as to be subjected to hazards of flood, poor soil conditions, poor drainage, or other hazardous conditions.

(d)

Every manufactured home park shall be provided with a public water supply and public sewage disposal system. Individual septic tank systems may be utilized in lieu of public systems provided they are developed in accordance with the provisions of the Groundwater Recharge Area Protection Ordinance.

(e)

Setback and screening. No manufactured home, accessory structure, or other building in a Manufactured Home Park shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet from any park property line abutting any public street or highway nor closer than twenty (20) feet from any other Park property line. All Manufactured Home parks located adjacent to industrial or commercial land uses shall be provided with a screening buffer strip at least ten (10) feet wide along the property boundary lines separating parks and such adjacent nonresidential uses. Such screening shall consist of a solid fence not less than eight (8) feet in height or of evergreen vegetation of sufficient density to accomplish the purposes of a solid fence. Such screens shall be maintained in good order at all times.

(f)

Streets. Streets within Manufactured Home Parks shall be privately owned, constructed and maintained. Alignment and gradient shall be properly adapted to topography, to safe movement of traffic, to adequate control of surface water, ground water, and drainage. No street shall be provided with less than an all-weather surface. The type of road surface shall be determined by the Public Works Department. All streets shall have either concrete curbs, asphalt curbs or paved swells. The following widths shall be provided for surfaced portions of streets.

(1)

Class One Streets (less than 500' in length and serving 25 spaces or less on a two-way street): one way with no curbside parking - 11 feet; one way with curbside parking on one side only - 18 feet; one way with curbside parking on both sides - 24 feet; two way with no curbside parking - 22 feet; two way with curbside parking on one side- 27 feet; two way with curbside parking on both sides- 34 feet.

(2)

Class Two Streets (other than Minor Streets serving up to and including 200 spaces with no other limitation on length): one way with no parking-28 feet; two way with no parking - 24 feet; one way with parking on one side- 24 feet; two way with parking on one side - 29 feet; one way with parking on two sides - 26 feet; two way with parking on two sides - 36 feet.

(3)

Class Three Streets (serving more than 200 spaces without limitation on length): same as for Collector streets but requiring sidewalks on at least one side. Such sidewalks shall be at least 3 feet wide and shall be paved.

(4)

At Access Points: where internal park streets intersect with public streets, the internal street shall have a surfaced width of 24 feet.

(g)

Space standards:

(1)

Every manufactured home space within a Manufactured Home Park shall have an area of not less than 4,000 square feet with a minimum width at all points of 40 feet. Every such space shall have all corners clearly marked.

(2)

Each manufactured home space shall be directly accessible from an approved internal park street. No direct access to manufactured home spaces from public streets shall be granted.

(3)

Manufactured homes shall be separated from each other by not less than fifteen (15) feet end to end and twenty (20) feet side by side.

(4)

Each manufactured home space shall be provided with a concrete patio of at least one hundred (100) square feet which shall be convenient to the entrance of the manufactured home. An awning may be placed over such patio, but no structure shall be placed thereon.

(5)

The minimum distance between manufactured homes located on opposite sides of an internal street shall be 36 feet.

(6)

Expandable rooms on manufactured homes shall be deemed an integral part of the manufactured home and shall meet all requirements stated herein.

(h)

Parking shall be provided at the minimum rate of one and one-half spaces for each manufactured home space. If such parking is provided on each manufactured home space, it shall be at the minimum rate of one and one-half spaces for each manufactured home space and each space shall have minimum dimensions of ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet. If provided in common off-street parking bays, the following standards shall apply:

*Perpendicular to curb

(i)

Illumination. Adequate illumination on all streets and sidewalks shall be provided to insure the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night. Such illumination shall create no direct glare into surrounding areas.

(j)

Fire protection:

(1)

All Manufactured Home Parks shall be equipped with fire protection equipment as required by the latest locally adopted codes.

(2)

Portable fire extinguishers of an approved type shall be kept in service buildings and at all other appropriate locations and shall be maintained in good operating condition.

(3)

Standard fire hydrants shall be located with adequate access within 500 feet of any part of a building used as a manufactured residence or accessory use.

(k)

Landscaping and ground cover. It is the intent of this Section of this Ordinance that the areas provided for setbacks shall be appropriately landscaped and planted so as to provide a pleasing appearance to surrounding property. Further, ground cover in the form of grass or other vegetation shall be provided throughout every Manufactured Home Park so as to provide pleasant and, insofar as practicable, dust-free conditions.

(l)

Recreation. Not less than ten (10) percent of the total area of every Manufactured Home Park shall be reserved and developed for a recreation area. Such area shall be centrally located within each Manufactured Home Park and shall contain individual areas which shall be equipped for passive adult recreation, children's play, and a fenced tot lot. If a swimming pool is furnished, it shall be separated from all other uses by a fence having a gate which is capable of remaining closed. Required setbacks shall not be counted as part of the required recreation area.

Any development must comply with Section 3-B - Open Space/Recreation Area

27-7

Locating individual manufactured homes on individual lots. Individual manufactured homes may be permitted on individual lots, parcels, or tracts in A (Agriculture) or R-MH (Manufactured Home Residence) Zones under the following conditions:

(a)

Individual manufactured homes shall conform to all requirements of the zone in which the homes are located.

(b)

Individual manufactured homes in A (Agriculture) Zones shall be located at least 150 feet from any previously existing permanent dwelling.

(c)

Deleted.

(d)

No manufactured home shall be located on any lot, parcel, or tract occupied by any other dwelling or manufactured home, and only one manufactured home shall be located on each individual lot, parcel, or tract.

(e)

Any manufactured home located on an individual lot, parcel, or tract shall be installed in accordance with O.C.G.A. Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 3, and shall be provided with a solid skirting/curtain wall enclosure constructed of masonry to include stone, faux stone, brick, faced block, or stucco with the required vents.

(f)

No manufactured home shall be located on an individual lot, parcel, or tract until the location has been approved by the Staff of the Augusta Planning and Development Department, the Chief Building Inspector, and the Richmond County Health Department.

27-8

Nonconforming individual manufactured homes. Manufactured homes on individual lots, parcels, or tracts which were in place on January 1, 1980 are declared to be legal nonconforming uses at their current location; provided however, that said manufactured homes may not be altered or expanded in any way unless the alteration or expansion results in conformance with this Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.

Amended - Section 27-7(e) - June 2011