This zoning classification is established to provide adequate space and restrictions for the placement of manufactured homes in the City of Benbrook, where adequate streets and other community facilities are available for present and future needs. This district is designed to protect residential areas from pollution, environmental hazards and other objectionable influences, and to provide for adequate vehicular and pedestrian circulation. The "MH" district is established to provide housing densities compatible with existing and proposed neighborhoods and to promote the most desirable use of land and direction of building development, to promote stability of development, to protect the character of the district, to preserve the value of the land and buildings; and to protect the city's tax base.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)

In the "MH" manufactured home district, no building or land shall be used and no buildings shall be hereafter erected or placed, reconstructed, altered or enlarged, unless otherwise provided in this title, except for one or more of the uses in Sections 17.72.022 through 17.72.026.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)

Permitted uses, conditional uses, and accessory uses are subject to Chapter 17.20 and Chapter 17.84.

(Ord. No. 1433, § 16, 11-1-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1433, § 16, adopted Nov. 1, 2018, repealed the former § 17.72.022, and enacted a new § 17.72.022 as set out herein. The former § 17.72.022 pertained to permitted uses and derived from Ord. No. 1344, § 1, adopted Oct. 18, 2012; Ord. No. 1350, § 10, adopted July 18, 2013; and Ord. No. 1415, § 6, adopted Sept. 21, 2017.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1433, § 16, adopted Nov. 1, 2018, repealed § 17.72.024, which pertained to conditional uses and derived from Ord. No. 1344, § 1, adopted Oct. 18, 2012.

A.

Special exception uses authorized by the board of adjustment under the provision of Chapter 17.16.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)

A.

Compression stations, natural gas.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)

In the "MH" manufactured home district, the following requirements shall apply:

A.

All manufactured homes must be affixed to a permanent foundation and be connected to all required utilities.

B.

Only one residential structure may be placed upon an approved lot.

C.

Floor Space: The main residence shall contain a minimum of one thousand two hundred square feet of livable floor space, exclusive of garage, porches and breezeways, and incidental storage areas.

D.

Height: No building hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged shall exceed two and one-half stories nor shall it exceed thirty-five feet.

E.

Front Yard: There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five, or the front yard indicated on a city-approved subdivision plat as filed in the Tarrant County plat records, whichever is greater. Corner lots shall have a minimum side yard of fifteen feet on the second front yard, the yard generally parallel to the street with the greatest frontage, unless reversed frontage is approved by the planning director. If a building line shown on a city-approved subdivision plat as filed in the Tarrant County plat records is greater than fifteen feet, then the platted building line shall be required on the second front yard. Garage doors and gates meant for vehicle use shall be located no closer than twenty feet from the right-of-way.

F.

Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than fifteen feet.

G.

Side Yard: Corner lots having a minimum side yard of five feet on side yards adjacent to interior lots.

Interior lots shall have minimum side yard dimensions of five feet with a combined total of not less than fifteen feet.

H.

Width of Lot: The width of a lot shall be a minimum of sixty feet at the building line, provided that where a lot of record and in separate ownership at the time of the passage the ordinance from shich this title derives has less width than herein required, this title shall not prohibit the erection of a one-family dwelling.

I.

Lot Area: The minimum area of a lot shall be seven thousand square feet, providing that where a lot has less than herein required and was of record and in separate ownership at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this title derives this title shall not prohibit the erection of a one-family dwelling.

J.

Maximum Lot Coverage: The maximum portion of the lot area that may be covered by the main building and all accessory buildings shall not exceed forty-five percent.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)

A.

Architectural Requirements: Principal buildings (including room additions, but excluding sunrooms, porch and patio roofs, dormers, bay windows, chimney caps, carports, accessory buildings and the like) shall comply with the following:

1.

Exterior Materials: The front, side and rear walls shall have minimum masonry coverage of eighty percent of total wall area (including the area for actual doors or windows) in accordance with the definition of masonry construction. Cementitious fiber board (e.g. HardyPlank®) or EIFS may be used for the remaining twenty percent and for chimneys, dormers and gable ends. Alternate materials and designs may be considered by the planning and zoning commission for meritorious exceptions in accordance with Section 17.84.100.D.

2.

Roof Pitch:

a.

Tile Roof: The roof shall have a minimum predominant pitch of 4:12.

b.

All Other Roof Materials: The roof shall have a minimum predominant pitch of 7:12, unless an alternate design for a meritorious exception is approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with Section 17.84.100.D.

B.

Design of building and layout of site shall comply with Section 17.84.140 of this title (CPTED - Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design).

C.

Landscaping and bufferyards shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.98 of this title.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012; Ord. No. 1350, § 10, 7-18-2013; Ord. No. 1393, § 20, 1-21-2016)

A site plan must be submitted to the planning and zoning commission prior to the approval of any proposed development within the "MH" manufactured home district. The site plan shall include, but not be limited to the location and height of all structures, landscaping, fencing, setbacks, design of ingress and egress, off-street parking and loading facilities, height of all structures, proposed uses, and location and types of all signs in addition to the following:

A.

Scale drawing with north arrow, all dimensions, all easements, the legal description and zoning of the subject property and all adjacent property, the names, address(es) and phone numbers of the property owner, the applicant and the person preparing the site plan.

B.

Total land area, total building area and building to land ratio, the total floor area per dwelling unit, drainage information, existing and/or proposed fire hydrants, and provisions for external illumination and trash collection.

The planning and zoning commission may require suitable screening and buffering devices and areas if necessary to preserve the existing and future character and value of adjoining property.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012)