The R-MH district (four-acre minimum) is a planned development in the city which is used to accommodate manufactured home parks, manufactured home subdivisions, and recreational vehicle parks. When such a development is proposed the party or parties must petition for the rezoning of the subject parcel to R-MH. If rezoning is granted after a public hearing, a complete site plan must be submitted to the planning commission/city council for their approval prior to any development.

(1)

Recreational vehicles as defined in section 1.08.

(2)

Manufactured home parks

(3)

Manufactured home subdivisions.

(1)

Public facilities or structures.

(2)

Home Occupations.

All manufactured home parks located within the City of Camilla shall meet the following general requirements:

(1)

Establishment of manufactured home parks.

(a)

From and after the adoption of this chapter, each proposed manufactured home park development shall be presented in site plan form by the developer to the planning commission/city council for review and approval and shall conform to the minimum design and improvement standards required herein.

(b)

No private construction or public improvements shall commence on any land to be used as a manufactured home park prior to the approval and certification of the required development plans.

(c)

A person, firm, or corporation desiring to develop a manufactured home park within the City of Camilla shall provide appropriate copies of a sketch plan of a proposed layout which shall conform to the minimum requirements stated herein and shall file said copies of said sketch plan with the planning commission for review.

A person, firm, or corporation desiring to expand a manufactured home park to include more manufactured homes or manufactured home sites shall submit plans and specifications for such improvements to the Planning commission for review prior to initiating construction and improvements.

The design of a manufactured home park shall conform to the following design requirements:

(1)

Setback. The manufactured home park shall be so designed that manufactured homes (and travel trailers) and their accessory structures shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet from adjoining property lines, 20 feet from internal park streets, and at least 30 feet from any publicly dedicated street. Manufactured home stands shall be designed so as to provide a distance of at least 30 feet between manufactured homes.

(2)

Access. The manufactured home park shall front upon a public street. Each manufactured home site and its parking area shall have direct access to the internal street system of the park.

(3)

Streets. Streets within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned, privately constructed, and privately maintained. Such private streets shall be well drained and provided with a hard surface treatment with a minimum surface of ten feet for one-way streets and 20 feet for two-way streets.

(4)

Parking. Each manufactured home stand shall be provided with a minimum of two off-street parking spaces. Parking on interior streets within a park is hereby prohibited. The required front yard may be used for the minimum parking, however, required side and rear yards may not be utilized for the minimum parking.

(5)

Minimum area of tract. A manufactured home park shall have a minimum size of four acres.

(6)

Minimum number of spaces. A manufactured home park shall have a minimum of ten spaces prepared with all utilities in place prior to its approval for occupancy.

(7)

Density. A maximum of ten manufactured home stands per acre or ten travel trailer stands per acre is allowed.

(8)

Length of residential occupancy. No space within a manufactured home park shall be rented for residential use of a manufactured home except for periods of 30 days or longer.

(9)

Manufactured home inspections. It shall be the initial responsibility of each manufactured home or trailer park operator to notify the building official to inspect manufactured homes being placed within the confines of any park under his jurisdiction, control or supervision, for compliance with the provisions of this chapter, prior to the placement of any such manufactured home on its stand and within such park and to the connection of utility services to and occupancy of the manufactured home.

(10)

Issuance of permit. At least once each year the building official at his convenience shall inspect each manufactured home park and the manufactured home units within said parks to determine that same are in full compliance with the codes of the City of Camilla. He shall issue a permit for such use for each manufactured home park and each manufactured home unit which in the course of each such inspection he finds to be in full compliance with the requirements of this chapter, and such permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of its issue.

Manufactured home parks constructed or reconstructed within the City of Camilla shall be provided with the following minimum improvements:

(1)

Sewage. The manufactured home park shall be provided with an approved sewage collection system.

(2)

Water. A potable water supply shall be provided by the park operator. If city water is available at the proposed site, water service shall be connected to the system and fire hydrants shall be placed within 500 feet of each manufactured home stand. If the proposed park is located within 1,000 feet of a public system, the owner or developer shall promptly enter into negotiations to receive service and shall take all steps necessary to promptly obtain same.

(3)

Easement. Publicly dedicated easements of proper size for their respective intended purposes shall be provided within the park if individual manufactured home stands and accessory park uses are to be serviced by a public utility system.

(4)

Utility placement. All water, sewer, or gas lines shall be buried a minimum of 18 inches below the finished ground surface of the park and shall be provided with adequate valve systems to follow the cutoff of utility service to a manufactured home stand at the manufactured home stand and at the entrance of the utility service from the stand to the trunk line of the utility system. If overhead service lines are provided within the park, such lines shall be a minimum of 25 feet above the grade of interior streets and so placed that no wires extend over a manufactured home stand.

(5)

Lighting. All recreation areas, park entrances, park streets, and pedestrian easements shall be illuminated to provide at least three-tenths foot candles of lighting.

(6)

Garbage and refuse. Garbage and refuse service shall conform with all city ordinances.

(7)

Walks:

(a)

General requirements. All manufactured home developments shall be provided with safe and convenient, pedestrian accesses of adequate width for their intended use and same shall be durable and convenient to maintain.

(b)

Common walk system. A common walk system shall be provided and maintained between locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated. Such common walks shall have a minimum width of three and one-half feet.

(c)

Individual walks. All manufactured home stands shall be connected to common walks, or to streets, or to driveways or to parking spaces. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width of two feet.

(8)

Open Space:

(a)

The manufactured home park shall have minimum setback from any public street of 40 feet, which shall be properly landscaped with grassed area and maintained by the owner and operator of the manufactured home park.

(b)

The manufactured home park must retain ten percent of the total site area as open space for the enjoyment of all residents. As such, it shall be located appropriately to ensure reasonable access by the majority of residents and maintained by the owner and operator of the manufactured home park. This area shall not include the 40 feet of setback from public streets.

(c)

The manufactured home park shall provide one or more FEMA approved storm shelters of size and capacity so as to accommodate all the residents of the park[SO4].

(9)

Manufactured home stands. Each manufactured home stand shall be required to be provided with the following minimum accommodations:

(a)

Interior street access. Each stand shall be provided with access frontage of at least 20 feet.

(b)

Electric power supply. Each stand shall be provided with a properly grounded, waterproofed electrical receptacle. A properly sized over-current device shall be installed as a part of each power outlet. Said fixtures shall meet the standards established by applicable city codes.

(c)

Stand identification. A property and street number designation or other appropriate numbering device properly identifying each manufactured home stand shall be placed at the interior side lot line at a point ten to 15 feet from the interior road system of the park. Such device shall be clearly visible from the street and shall be embossed with reflectorized glaze for the numbers. Such numbers shall be a minimum of three inches in height.

The following establishments of a commercial nature may be permitted as customary accessory uses in a manufactured home park, provided such uses do not occupy more than ten percent of the area of the park, are located a minimum distance of 100 feet from any adjoining property line or street or highway right-of-way, and are primarily intended for the convenience of and service to the occupants of the park:

(1)

Coin-operated laundry.

(2)

Coin-operated vending machines of types allowed under applicable codes of the City of Camilla, provided such are located within a building and are not visible from the street or from adjoining property lines.

(3)

One or more signs identifying the name of the park and the services provided therein; signs regulating traffic or provided for the convenience and welfare of park residents.

The purpose of the manufactured home subdivision is to provide an area within the city where lots may be purchased by individuals for the purpose of permanently locating a manufactured home, modular home or the construction of a single-family residence. All manufactured home subdivisions shall be developed according to the requirements of the subdivision ordinance of the City of Camilla.

(1)

Minimum subdivision size. The minimum manufactured home subdivision size shall be four acres.

(2)

Uses permitted. All uses permitted in sections 16.02 and 16.03.

(3)

Area, height, placement and development requirements.

(4)

Other requirements:

(a)

Any additions to a manufactured home or accessory buildings constructed on a lot shall comply with the requirements of the Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Gas Codes.

(b)

The wheels shall be removed from each manufactured home occupying a lot in the subdivision.

(c)

Each manufactured home shall be sufficiently supported, tied down and the under carriage completely enclosed.

(d)

Before a certificate of occupancy is issued, the required permits and inspections must be obtained from the building department.