Clinton Charter Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1266
MH Manufactured Home Community District
1266.01 PURPOSE.
The MH Manufactured Home Community District is intended to provide a suitable environment with adequate space and proper supporting facilities for families and persons to live in manufactured home communities.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1266.02 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.
Unless hereinafter provided, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered within the MH Manufactured Home Community District, except for one or more of the following uses. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:
(a) Manufactured home communities.
(b) Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1266.03 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
(a) Manufactured home communities are to be located on a parcel of land of not less than 20 acres. A minimum of 100 manufactured home spaces shall be available at first occupancy, together with any buildings, structures, enclosures, streets, drives, equipment, recreation area or facilities used or intended for use incidental to the development and occupancy of such manufactured homes.
(b) The manufactured home community site shall abut a minimum of a secondary thoroughfare having an existing or planned right-of-way of at least 86 feet and shall have direct access onto such thoroughfare.
(c) In each manufactured home community, there shall be provided a recreation area equal in size to at least 200 square feet per manufactured home site, which area shall be no longer than one and one-half times its width. Such area shall be graded, developed, sodded and maintained by the management so as to provide recreation for residents of the manufactured home community and shall be developed in one or more common uses areas. Required berm or greenbelt areas may not be counted in meeting the requirement.
(d) The manufactured home community site as adjacent to all abutting properties and public rights-of-way shall be enclosed with a four-foot, eight-inch high masonry wall, berms, landscaping or any combination thereof, subject to review and recommendation by the Planning Commission and approval by the Township Board.
(e) No business of any kind, with the exception of home occupations, shall be conducted in any manufactured home community, except for separate, permanent structures which contain facilities such as the management office, laundry, club houses or similar uses which are designed to serve only the residents of the manufactured home community.
(f) One identification sign may be approved in conjunction with the final site plan for the manufactured home community. The sign shall not be larger than 50 square feet in surface area nor stand higher than 15 feet from the ground to the top of the sign. Such sign shall be no closer to the public right-of-way than 20 feet. Flashing illumination of the sign shall be prohibited.
(g) Not more than one entry or one exit sign at each access drive onto the public right-of-way approved in conjunction with the final site plan approval may be allowed. In no case shall the sign be larger than two square feet in surface area, nor stand higher than five feet from the ground to the top of the sign.
(h) All manufactured home development shall further comply with Act 96 of the Public Acts of 1987, as amended.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1266.04 MANUFACTURED HOME SITE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Manufactured home lots shall not be less than 4,000 square feet in area, exclusive of service drives, open space in the manufactured home community or other open areas not specifically for manufactured home occupancy. The minimum width for manufactured home lots shall be 44 feet and the minimum depth shall be 90 feet.
(b) No manufactured home shall be located closer than 50 feet from any building within the community nor closer than ten feet from any property line bounding the park. No building or manufactured home shall be located closer than 25 feet from any public right-of-way.
(c) Each manufactured home site shall have the following minimum yard requirements:
(1) Front yard. Fifteen (15) feet.
(2) Side yards. Ten (10) feet.
(3) Rear yard. Ten (10) feet.
A. Hitches shall not extend beyond the boundary lines of the site. No outdoor storage or any kind shall be permitted within the manufactured home community.
(d) Each manufactured home site shall be provided with a concrete apron not less than ten feet wide by 50 feet in length and six inches in depth, subsurface drainage and assurance by a registered engineer that the foundation will not heave. In lieu of the foregoing apron requirements, concrete piers, to a minimum depth of 42 inches, shall be permitted subject to compliance with applicable Township codes and ordinances.
(e) There shall not be less than 360 square feet of floor space within each manufactured home.
(f) No structure shall exceed a height of two stories.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. 260-A-22. Passed 7-14-80; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1266.05 PARKING, SERVICE DRIVES, SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTING.
(a) Two concrete automobile parking spaces shall be required for each manufactured home site. One such space must be placed on the manufactured home site. The second space may be provided within off-street parking bays and shall measure ten feet wide by 20 feet long.
(b) All manufactured home pads and driveways shall be constructed of concrete and shall abut a service drive in accordance with the Subdivision Regulations and the Land Development Regulations.
(c) All service drive widths shall permit two-way traffic and be a minimum of 24 feet. On-street parking shall not be permitted.
(d) All service drives shall be provided with curbs and gutters and shall be properly drained.
(e) The manufactured home community shall be designed to provide a public sidewalk at least four feet wide from the entrance of the park to all manufactured home sites and all service facilities.
(f) Street and yard lights, sufficient to permit safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night, shall be provided and shall be so located and shaded as to direct the light away from adjacent properties.
(g) Mail boxes shall be located to permit central mail delivery.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1266.06 UTILITIES.
(a) Arrangements shall be made for all local distribution lines for telephone or electric services, exclusive of main supply and perimeter feed lines when located on section or quarter-section lines, to be placed entirely underground throughout the manufactured home community area, provided, however, that when a manufactured home community overlaps a section or quarter-section line, main supply and perimeter feed lines located on such section or quarter-section line shall be placed underground. The Township Board may waive or modify this requirement where, in its judgment, circumstances exist which render compliance impractical.
(b) Conduits or cables shall be placed within private easements provided to the service companies by the proprietor and/or developer or within public ways. Those telephone and electrical facilities placed in dedicated public ways shall be planned so as not to conflict with other underground utilities. All telephone and electrical facilities shall be constructed in accordance with standards of construction approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
(c) All manufactured home communities shall be served by an approved municipal water and sewerage system.
(d) The plumbing connections to each manufactured home lot shall be constructed so that all lines are protected from freezing, from accidental bumping or from creating any type of nuisance or health hazard.
(e) An adequate amount of running water to individual sites shall be piped to and meet the requirements of the County and State Health Departments.
(f) Facilities for the storage and disposal of trash and garbage shall be provided in each manufactured home community. All refuse shall be stored in fly-tight, watertight, and rodent-proof containers. These shall be located not more than 150 feet from any manufactured home lot. Refuse collection areas shall be provided for all refuse containers. These areas shall be designed to prevent containers from being tipped, minimize spillage, and container deterioration. Refuse areas shall be screened by a six foot wooden fence with a gate.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)