This district is intended to ensure the interdependence and compatibility of proposed manufactured home developments with central utilities and surrounding land uses.

Permitted locations. New manufactured home parks and expansion of existing manufactured home parks is permitted only in R-MH districts.

A master plan must be submitted with each rezoning application. Plans must be drawn to a scale of not less than 1 inch: 200 feet. The master plan must include access, manufactured home spaces, parking, buffers, setbacks from existing adjacent uses, recreational areas, mail facilities, and other features. The plan must also identify soil conditions and drainage.

(Ord. No. 5703, § 10, 5-2-23)

A.

Every manufactured home space must have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet, a minimum width at all points of 50 feet, and all corners clearly marked.

B.

Each manufactured home space must be directly accessible from an approved internal park street. No direct access to manufactured home spaces from public streets is allowed.

C.

Manufactured homes must be separated from each other by at least 20 feet end-to-end and 25 feet side-to-side. The minimum distance between manufactured homes located on opposite sides of an internal street is 50 feet.

D.

Each manufactured home space must have a concrete patio of at least 100 square feet located convenient to the entrance of the home. An awning may be placed over the patio, but no structure may be placed thereon, but this requirement may be modified or waived in consideration of special design alternatives proposed by park developers.

E.

Front or rear porches, independently supported, may be erected.

F.

Each manufactured home space must have closed, watertight, weatherproof exterior storage facilities of not less than 80 square feet. No storage will be permitted on the mobile home space other than in closed storage facilities or in completely skirted and closed spaces beneath the home.

G.

Parking must be provided in accordance with residential parking standards and must be conveniently located to the spaces for which it is provided.

Streets must be privately owned, constructed, and maintained. Access must be provided to each manufactured home space. Each street must be continuous, be at least 30 feet wide, have a good base and an all-weather gravel surface at least 20 feet wide, and be designed and maintained to support loads of 75,000 pounds.

A.

All manufactured home parks located adjacent to industrial or commercial uses must provide a screening buffer, at least 10 feet wide along the property lines between the park and those uses. The screening must be a solid fence at least 10 feet high or evergreen vegetation of sufficient density to accomplish the purposes of a solid fence. The screening must be maintained in good condition.

B.

Setbacks must be appropriately landscaped and planted to provide a pleasing appearance to surrounding property. Ground cover in the form of grass or other vegetation must be provided throughout the manufactured home park to provide pleasant and, insofar as practicable, dust-free conditions.

A.

Electrical installation. All electrical installations external to manufactured homes must meet the requirements of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, and local power company regulations. Each manufactured home space must be provided with electrical service. New manufactured home parks or additions to existing parks must provide underground connections to each space.

B.

Plumbing installation. All plumbing external to manufactured homes must be installed in accordance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

C.

Gas installation. All natural or liquefied petroleum gas installation must be installed in accordance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

D.

Fuel oil systems.

(1)

All fuel oil supply systems provided for manufactured homes, service buildings, and other structures must be properly installed and maintained.

(2)

All piping from outside fuel storage tanks or cylinders to manufactured homes must be properly installed and securely fastened in place.

(3)

All fuel storage tanks or cylinders must be securely fastened in place, and be not located inside or beneath the manufactured home or closer than five feet to any of the homes.

(4)

Fuel storage tanks located in areas which are easily susceptible to physical damage must be protected with an approved barricade.

E.

Building. All manufactured homes must meet the provisions of the Virginia Residential Code, Appendix E. All other buildings constructed in the park must be constructed in accordance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

F.

All manufactured home parks must be equipped with fire protection equipment as required by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and the Goochland County Fire Prevention Code.

(1)

The manufactured home park must be kept free of litter, rubbish, and other flammable materials. No flammable materials may be stored in or under any manufactured homes.

(2)

Portable fire extinguishers of an approved type must be kept in service buildings and at all other appropriate locations and must be maintained in good operating condition.

(3)

For a public water system with a water main of six inches or larger, standard fire hydrants must be located within 300 feet of each manufactured home or service building.

G.

Water supply and sewage disposal.

(1)

An adequate and safe supply of water under pressure must be supplied to each manufactured home. The supply source may be public or an individual well located and constructed to meet the standards of the state health department.

(2)

Each manufactured home space must be provided a sewer connection with a suitable fitting so that a watertight connection can be closed when not linked to a home.

(3)

All private water lines and sewer lines must be constructed in accordance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, and in accordance with state health department requirements.

(4)

All sewage disposal apparatus and appurtenances must be provided, maintained, and operated so as not to create a nuisance or health hazard.

H.

Refuse.

(1)

Refuse storage, collection, and disposal must be managed to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, fire hazards or air pollution.

(2)

All refuse must be stored in fly-tight, watertight, rodent-proof containers, which must be located within 150 feet of every manufactured home space. Containers must be provided in sufficient number and capacity to prevent overflowing refuse.

(3)

All refuse must be collected at least twice weekly.

I.

Insect and rodent control.

(1)

Grounds, buildings, and structures must be maintained free of vermin and rodent harborage and infestation.

(2)

Manufactured home parks must be maintained free of debris accumulations which provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other pests.

(3)

Storage areas must be maintained to prevent rodent harborage. Lumber, pipe and other building materials must be stored at least four inches above ground.

(4)

Where the potential for rodent or vermin infestation exists, all exterior openings in or beneath any structure must be appropriately screened with wire mesh or other suitable materials.

(5)

The growth of brush, weeds, and grass must be controlled. Manufactured home parks must be maintained to prevent the growth of noxious weeds considered detrimental to health. Open areas must be maintained free of all heavy undergrowth.

J.

Laundry facilities and drying yards.

(1)

Laundry facilities must be provided either individually at each manufactured home space, in a centralized common facility, in decentralized common facilities, or in a combination of these. Where provided, individual facilities appropriate for local use as to type, design and construction are acceptable, as follows:

(i)

Umbrella-type lines in permanent sockets

(ii)

Retractable drying lines

(iii)

Other comparable unobtrusive facilities

(2)

Where centralized provisions for washers, dryers, or common drying yards are provided, they must be conveniently located to the manufactured home spaces. Outdoor drying yards must be adequate for the number of living units. All drying yards must be completely screened from view of all manufactured homes and public streets.