The Manufactured Housing Park (“MHP”) District is established to accomplish the following:

   (a)   Promote the provision of affordable housing;

   (b)   Facilitate the retention of existing appropriately located manufactured housing parks;

   (c)   Permit the development of manufactured housing parks in locations which are suited to residential use but where such development will not detract from the character of nearby residential areas; and

   (d)   Ensure that manufactured housing parks are designed and maintained in a manner which promotes the welfare of the park’s residents and the welfare of residents of nearby properties.

(Ord. No. 818-95. Passed 5-6-96, eff. 5-14-96)

   (a)   “Manufactured House” has the same meaning as “manufactured home,” as defined in RC 4501.01.

   (b)   “Manufactured Housing Park” has the same meaning as “manufactured home park,” as defined in RC 3733.01.

(Ord. No. 818-95. Passed 5-6-96, eff. 5-14-96)

   (a)   Main Uses. The following uses shall be permitted as main or principal uses in a MHP District:

      (1)   Manufactured houses placed within a manufactured housing park;

      (2)   Single-family, two (2) family and row houses, as regulated in this Code, not located within a manufactured housing park.

   (b)   Accessory Uses. The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses in a MHP District:

      (1)   Storage structures for individual manufactured houses;

      (2)   Parking pads or carports for individual manufactured houses;

      (3)   Common parking areas for residents or guests of a manufactured housing park;

      (4)   Buildings or structures used exclusively to provide accessory services to residents of a manufactured housing park, including such facilities as laundry rooms, recreation equipment, emergency shelters, and administrative offices; and

      (5)   Accessory uses permitted for Residence Districts in Section 337.23 of the Zoning Code.

(Ord. No. 818-95. Passed 5-6-96, eff. 5-14-96)

   (a)   Manufactured Housing Park Area. Each manufactured housing park shall have a land area of not less than five (5) acres.

   (b)   Height. All MHP Districts shall be included within the thirty-five (35) foot Height District, as established in the Zoning Code.

   (c)   Perimeter Yards. A landscaped yard area at least twenty-five (25) feet in depth shall be provided along all lot lines and street right-of-way lines bordering a manufactured housing park. Along all lot lines which separate the MHP District from any other residential zoning district, this yard area shall include a Heavy Intensity Transition Strip conforming to the regulations of Chapter 352 of the Zoning Code. Along all street right-of-way lines, this yard area shall include a Medium Intensity Transition Strip. All portions of a yard area not occupied by shrubbery or trees shall be planted with grass or other vegetative ground cover.

(Ord. No. 818-95. Passed 5-6-96, eff. 5-14-96)

   No manufactured housing park shall be operated without a license issued in accordance with Chapter 217 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976. For purposes of such licensing, the term “manufactured housing park” shall be synonymous with the term “house trailer or travel trailer park.”

(Ord. No. 818-95. Passed 5-6-96, eff. 5-14-96)