The MH Mobile Home District is designed to provide for the appropriate location of and requirements for mobile home parks. Mobile home parks possess characteristics of site development, use, and density which are unique. Such characteristics are more intensive than those of one-family residential districts, yet different than a typical multiple-family development and, therefore, mobile home parks are treated as a distinct zoning district.

(Code 2002, § 220-26)

In an MH Mobile Home District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for the following specified use unless otherwise provided in this chapter and further subject to the review and approval of the site plan by the planning commission:

Mobile home parks, which parks may include the following:

a.

Mobile homes;

b.

One management building exclusively provided for the conducting of business operations of the mobile home park in which located;

c.

Utility buildings for laundry facilities and auxiliary storage space for tenants or management of the mobile home park;

d.

Community building for the accessory use of tenants of the mobile home park in which it is located;

e.

Recreation facilities such as, but not limited to, swimming pools, play fields or courts, or passive recreation areas;

f.

The sale of mobile homes, provided that:

1.

Such sale is clearly accessory to the occupancy of individual lots within the mobile home park.

2.

Any such homes offered for sale shall be located upon a lot within in a mobile home development.

3.

Real estate signs shall be accessory to the mobile home being sold and shall be limited to one sign per building not to exceed 16 square feet in area.

4.

Banners, streamers, and pennants shall not be displayed.

g.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to any principal use permitted.

(Code 2002, § 220-27)

(a)

Site plan review and approval by the planning commission is required for all mobile home park developments in order to ensure that the plan is in conformance with applicable provisions of city codes. The planning commission shall either approve, modify, or disapprove the site plan within 60 days of the date of receipt.

(b)

Submittal for site plan approval shall include the following:

(1)

Basic plan requirements.

a.

Site plans shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals 50 feet if the subject property is less than three acres and one inch equals 100 feet if three acres or more.

b.

The plan shall include the date, North point, and scale.

c.

A copy of the legal description, including acreage, shall be included on the plan.

d.

The applicant's name, address, and telephone number or the names and addresses of the architect, planner, designer, engineer, or person responsible for the preparation of the site plan. If the applicant is not the owner of the project a statement signed by the owner shall be submitted attesting that the applicant is acting on behalf of the owner. In addition the name, address, and telephone number of all persons, firms, or corporations with an ownership interest in the land shall be submitted.

e.

20 folded copies of the site plan shall be submitted.

(2)

Preliminary site plans and specifications of the proposed mobile home park shall be submitted in accordance with section 11 of the Mobile Home Commission Act of 1987 (PA 96 (MCL 125.2311), as amended).

(3)

A landscape plan shall be required for all yards abutting a public street. Such plans shall be prepared in accordance with section 46-7. The planning commission may waive or modify the requirements of section 46-7.

(c)

Conditional approval.

(1)

Reasonable conditions may be required with the approval of a site plan. The conditions may include, but are not limited to, conditions necessary to ensure that public services and facilities affected by a proposed land use or activity will be capable of accommodating increased service and facility loads caused by the land use or activity, to protect the natural environment and conserve natural resources and energy, to ensure compatibility with adjacent uses of land, and to promote the use of land in a socially and economically desirable manner. Conditions imposed shall meet all of the following requirements:

a.

Be designed to protect natural resources, the health, safety and welfare, and the social and economic well-being of those who will use the land use or activity under consideration, residents and landowners immediately adjacent to the proposed land use or activity, and the community as a whole.

b.

Be related to the valid exercise of the police power and purposes which are affected by the proposed use of activity.

c.

Be necessary to meet the intent and purpose of this chapter, be related to the standards established in this chapter for the land use or activity under consideration, and be necessary to ensure compliance with those standards.

(2)

The conditions imposed, with respect to the approval of a site plan, shall be recorded in the planning commission minutes and such conditions shall remain unchanged except upon the mutual consent of the planning commission and the property owner. A record of conditions which are changed shall be maintained by the planning commission.

(3)

Upon approval of the plan, the planning commission shall sign three copies thereof. Two copies shall be kept by the city, and the third shall be returned to the applicant. All subsequent actions relating to the activity authorized by the approved site plan shall be consistent with the plan unless a change conforming with this chapter is supported by mutual agreement between the property owner and the designated site plan approval body.

(d)

A copy of the approved site plan and all revised approved site plans shall be so marked and placed on file, along with copies of any and all permits requested for the property in question. Approval of revisions to the approved site plans can be granted only by the planning commission. The city shall not revoke approval should reasonable minor revisions of a technical nature be required during construction to accommodate unforeseen engineering contingencies which may arise after a permit to construct is issued by the state.

(e)

Property which is the subject of site plan approval must be developed in strict compliance with the approved site plan and with any revisions, amendments, or modifications made thereto. If construction and development does not conform with such approved plan, the city shall notify the department of commerce of suspected noncompliance and forward all evidence substantiating alleged illegalities.

(f)

The designated site plan approval body is empowered to require a performance bond to be posted by the applicant in order to ensure that all public amenities will be completed in accordance with the approved site plan.

(g)

Fees for the review of site plans and inspections, as required in this section, shall be established, and may be amended from time to time, by resolution of the City Council.

(h)

The approval of any site plan under this provision shall remain valid for a period defined by Act No. 96 of the Public Acts of 1987, as amended (MCL 125.2301 et seq.), or as specified by the department of commerce.

(i)

The plan shall be submitted to the county road commission, the county health department, and the county drain commission where required by Act No. 96 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1987, as amended.

(j)

For purposes of record keeping, three copies of drawings, approved by the state for construction, shall be submitted to the city by the applicant. Building permits are not required by this section.

(Code 2002, § 220-28)

Uses permitted in section 46-217 shall be subject to the regulations and standards as provided for and promulgated under Act. No. 96 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1987, as amended (MCL 125.2301 et seq.), are hereby adopted and shall apply to and control in all mobile home parks.

(Code 2002, § 220-29)