The manufactured home district is established to provide for the placement of manufactured home subdivisions and manufactured home parks in suitable areas of the city. In promoting the general purpose of the ordinance, the specific intent of this section is:

a)

To require adequate space and facilities for healthful living conditions for occupants of such manufactured home parks and manufactured home subdivisions;

b)

To require all such districts to have access to a paved roadway for easy accessibility;

c)

To ensure that suitable water and sewer facilities will be provided in accordance with all applicable state and county health regulations and statutes; and

d)

To encourage the development of manufactured home parks for long-term residential use rather than transient travel trailer use.

These regulations shall govern the design and improvement of manufactured home parks and subdivisions within the city limits.

a)

Single-family dwellings.

b)

Home swimming pool, provided the location is not closer than ten feet to any property line and the pool is enclosed by a wall or fence at least four feet in height.

c)

Manufactured homes, provided that:

1.

The manufactured home unit shall bear an insignia issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) certifying that the unit is constructed in conformance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standard which came into effect on June 15, 1976;

2.

The manufactured home unit shall be oriented with its long axis parallel to the street on which the subdivision lot fronts;

3.

The manufactured home unit must be skirted completely enclosing the undercarriage, and it must be connected to water and sewage in compliance with the applicable regulations; and

4.

A tax decal must be obtained from the county tax commissioner's office. Proof of a valid tax decal is required upon application for city utilities service.

d)

Home occupations, provided the requirements of this ordinance are met.

a)

Churches and related accessory buildings, provided they are located on a lot fronting an arterial or collector street and are placed not less than 50 feet from any property line.

b)

Kindergartens, playschools, day care centers and group personal care homes.

1.

At least 200 square feet of outdoor play or open space area must be provided;

2.

At least 35 square feet of indoor space per child/person must be provided;

3.

Outdoor play areas must be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high;

4.

A buffer (see definition) must be provided along all side and rear property lines.

c)

Public and private schools and libraries.

d)

Public utility structures and buildings, provided that the installation is properly screened and serves the immediate area. No office shall be permitted, and no equipment shall be stored on the site.

e)

Golf, swimming, tennis, or country clubs, public and private community clubs or associations, athletic fields, parks, and recreation areas, provided that no building for such proposed use is located within 100 feet of any property line.

f)

Day care homes.

Any occupied manufactured home located within the city for a period exceeding 48 hours which is not to be permanently sited according to the standards of another appropriate residential district, shall be located within a manufactured home park or a manufactured home subdivision meeting requirements and minimum standards set forth herein. Manufactured homes shall meet the following general requirements of the codes of the city:

a)

Housing and construction codes. No manufactured home shall be admitted to any manufactured home park or subdivision or allowed to be placed within the city for a period exceeding 48 hours unless it can be demonstrated that it bears the insignia issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

b)

Health. Prior to the allowance of permanent occupancy of a manufactured home site within the city such manufactured homes shall be connected with an approved water source and an approved sewage disposal system in such a manner as to comply with the city's requirements and any applicable state health codes, which codes are, insofar as they are applicable, hereby made a part of these regulations to the same extent as though herein set out in full.

a)

Manufactured home site area requirements. Every principal building shall be located on a lot or parcel of land having an area of not less than 8,000 square feet provided that the district is served by an approved community water supply and wastewater treatment system. For areas not served by an approved community wastewater treatment system, the minimum lot area requirement shall be 15,000 square feet. Such lots or parcels of land shall have minimum widths, measured at the building line, of 100 feet.

b)

Front yard (setback form front property line). There shall be a front yard of not less than 30 feet in depth measured from the street right-of-way line (property line to the wall of any principal building). On through lots having frontage on two streets, the required front yard setback shall be observed on both streets.

c)

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 30 feet measured from the rear lot line to the wall of any principal building.

d)

Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of any dwelling of at least seven feet (see side yard diagrams).

a)

General requirements. The following general requirements shall apply to the construction or remodeling of all manufactured home parks within the corporate limits of the city:

1.

Minimum area. A manufactured home park shall have, as a minimum, [a] size of four acres and shall front upon a public highway or public street.

2.

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

3.

Length of residential occupancy. No space within a manufactured home park, except as provided below, shall be rented for residential use of a manufactured home except for periods of 30 days or more.

4.

Manufactured home parks shall have visual buffers such as shrubbery and/or fencing at least six feet in height between the park and adjacent non-manufactured home residential units. Buffer strips shall meet the requirements as defined in section 4.10.

b)

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

1.

Density. A maximum of eight manufactured home stands per acre, excluding streets, is allowed.

2.

Setback. The manufactured home parks shall be designed so that mobiles 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 20 feet between manufactured homes.

3.

Access. The manufactured home park shall front upon at least one publicly dedicated street for a minimum width of 50 feet. Each manufactured home site and its parking area shall have direct access to the internal street system of the park.

4.

Streets. Streets within a manufacturing 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.

5.

Parking. Each manufactured home shall be provided with a minimum of two off-street parking spaces which are side by side. 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.

6.

Utilities.

A.

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

B.

Water. An adequate potable water supply meeting state department of public health requirements shall be provided by the park operator. If a public water system is available at the park site, water service shall be connected to the system.

C.

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

D.

Utility placement. All water, sewer or gas lines shall be buried a minimum of eight inches below the finished ground surface of the pad area and 24 inches in depth below the finished ground surface of any street right-of-way and shall be provided with adequate valve systems to allow the cut-off 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.

c)

Improvements required for manufactured home stands. Each manufactured home stand shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

Interior street access. Each stand shall be provided with access frontage of at least 40 feet.

2.

Garbage cans. Each stand shall be provided with a rollaway durable flytight, watertight, rodentproof container of at least 70 gallons capacity or a centralized container adequate to meet the needs of the park.

3.

Electric power supply. Each stand shall be provided with a properly grounded, waterproofed electrical receptacle with a minimum rated capacity of 100 amperes. A properly sized over-current device shall be installed as a part of each power outlet.

4.

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 a minimum of six inches in height.

d)

Accessory uses permitted. 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, provided such devices 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.