The purpose of this district is to provide an environment in which persons and families, who by preference choose to live in manufactured housing rather than in a conventional single-family structure. It is further the intent of this district to provide for parks, playgrounds, and other public and semi-public uses, along with certain home occupations, accessory buildings, and others to coexist on a limited and structured basis.

Further, the objectives of this Article include:

A.

To prohibit intensive business, commercial, or industrial use of the land, and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or maintenance of residential dwellings in the district.

B.

To discourage the discontinuation of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses under the provisions of this Ordinance.

C.

To discourage any land use which would generate volumes of traffic on minor or local streets greater than that normally associated with residential streets.

D.

To achieve the same stability and sound residential environment as in the single- and two-family residential areas while permitting a higher density of people.

E.

To provide a housing alternative in a residential neighborhood for those persons who do not require or desire a single-family or two-family residence.

F.

The regulations established by state law (Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended) and the manufactured housing commission rules govern all manufactured housing parks. When regulations in the Article exceed the state law or the manufactured housing commission rules, it is to insure that manufactured housing parks meet minimum standards comparable to other residential districts and to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the city's residents.

[The following are principal permitted uses in Manufactured Housing Park Districts:]

A.

Manufactured Homes, provided they are in conformance with all applicable state laws, rules, and regulations governing mobile home developments, and this Ordinance.

Model manufactured homes, when in conjunction with sales within a specific manufactured housing park.

No trailer, recreational vehicle, or dwelling other than a manufactured home shall be permitted to be used as a dwelling in a manufactured housing park.

B.

Adult foster care family homes, provided this subsection shall not apply to adult foster care facilities, license by a state agency, for the care or treatment of persons released from or assigned to adult correctional institutions.

C.

Home occupations.

D.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses, including but not limited to:

1.

Community garages and/or storage units serving multiple dwellings or individual units.

2.

Maintenance and management buildings to serve multiple dwellings.

3.

Private swimming pool, clubhouse, or other recreational facility designed and operated only for the occupants of the manufactured housing park and their personal guests.

E.

Public, quasi-public, and institutional uses such as, but not limited to, municipal buildings and offices, courthouses, public off-street parking facilities, libraries, museums, public safety facilities, parks and playgrounds, post offices, and civic centers, but excluding storage yards for any use.

F.

Essential public services when conducted within a completely enclosed building, excluding storage yards.

G.

Churches and other facilities normally incidental thereto.

H.

Off-street parking lots and structures.

The following uses shall be considered conditional and shall require a conditional use permit, and shall comply with any applicable conditional use requirements of Article XXIII:

A.

Child care center, day care center, or child caring institution.

B.

Public, parochial, and private elementary, intermediate, and/or high schools offering courses in general education, not operated for a profit.

C.

Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer station and substations, gas regulator stations, but not including service or storage yards, when operating requirements necessitate the locating within the district in order to serve the immediate vicinity.

[(1)]

Manufactured housing parks shall be subject to all the rules and requirements as established and regulated by Michigan law including, by the way of example, Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended, and the Manufactured Housing Commission Rules, and in additions shall satisfy the following requirements:

A.

All preliminary plans (which for the purposes of this Article is as defined in Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended) submitted to the mobile home commission for review shall also be reviewed and approved by the planning commission and shall demonstrated compliance with the applicable requirements of this Ordinance and those set by the state mobile home commission.

In preparing the preliminary plan and when reviewing the plan, the applicant and the planning commission of Section 11 of Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended, and the planning commission shall take action on the preliminary plan within sixty (60) days after the city has received the plans.

B.

Parking shall be provided either with community parking areas or garages, on the street, or on individual manufactured housing sites, with a minimum of two (2) parking spaces for each manufactured housing unit.

In addition, a minimum of one (1) parking space for every three (3) manufactured housing sites shall be provided for visitor parking within five hundred (500) feet.

Off-street parking in accordance with Article XXI of this Ordinance shall be provided for all community buildings, recreational facilities, office buildings, etc. located within the manufactured housing park.

Common areas for the storage of boats, motorcycles, recreation vehicles, and similar equipment may be provided in manufactured housing parks, but shall be limited to use only by residents of the manufactured housing park. The location of such storage areas shall be shown on the development plan and shall be prohibited on manufactured housing sites and in designated open space areas. No part of any such storage area shall be located in any yard required along the perimeter of the manufactured housing park. Such storage areas shall be screened form view through the use of a buffer strip or a decorative solid masonry wall as specified in Article XX of this Ordinance.

C.

One identification sign not to exceed twenty (20) square feet shall be permitted at each point of entry for the manufactured housing park. The placement of the sign, lighting of the sign, etc. shall be consistent with Article XXII of this Ordinance.

D.

Height of buildings and structures within the Manufactured Housing District shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet.

E.

Landscaping shall be provided for all manufactured housing park as follows:

1.

Where the manufactured housing park adjoins existing development in the Traditional Residential District (TRD), the Low Density Single-Family Residential District (RD1), or the Single-Family and Two-Family Residential District (RD2), screening shall be provided in one of the following forms or a combination thereof:

a.

Berm, as specified in Article XX of this Ordinance;

b.

Buffer strip, as specified in Article XX of this Ordinance; or

c.

Greenbelt, as specified in Article XX of this Ordinance.

Screening shall also be provided in one (1) of the above forms or a combination thereof, where the manufactured housing park adjoins a public right-of-way.

A minimum of two (2) per cent of the manufactured housing park's gross acreage shall be dedicated to well drained, useable open space, provided that a minimum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of contiguous open space shall be provided, for all developments containing fifty (50) or more units.

F.

Ownership of the manufactured housing park shall be by one (1) entity or person as defined in Section 2(k) of Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended.

G.

The business of selling new or used manufactured housing as a commercial operation shall not be permitted after the complete occupancy of a new or expanded manufactured housing park has been achieved. Thereafter, new or pre-owned manufactured homes which are to remain on-site in a manufactured housing park may be sold by the resident, owner, licensed dealer, or broker, provided the manufactured housing development management permits such sales activities.

[(2)]

The following requirements shall be met for all uses other than manufactured homes and the uses accessory thereto:

A.

Development plan approval for all nonresidential uses as specified in Article XVI of this Ordinance.

B.

Off-street parking, loading, and access management standards for all uses specified in Article XXI of this Ordinance.

C.

Signs for all uses as specified in Article XXII of this Ordinance.

D.

Height, area, lot coverage, and yard regulations as specified in Article XVII of this Ordinance.

E.

Landscaping requirements as specified in Article XX of this Ordinance.