The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Mobile home means a manufactured transportable, single-family dwelling unit suitable for yearround occupancy and containing water supply, waste disposal and electrical service. The term "mobile home" shall apply regardless of whether or not the wheels or other devices for transportability are actually in place.

Mobile home park means any park lot, or tract, or plot of land or any site retained in single ownership whereon two or more mobile homes as herein defined are placed, located or maintained, or intended to be placed, located or maintained, whether for or without compensation and shall include all buildings used or intended to be used as a part of the equipment thereof.

Mobile home space means a plot of ground within a mobile home park that is designed as the location for only one mobile home and is not used for any other purposes whatsoever other than the customary accessory uses thereof.

(Code 1988, § 32-1301; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)

The purpose of the residential mobile home park district is to provide for well-designed mobile home parks in areas where public utilities are available and to establish basic standards that will determine the character of this land use and its effect on surrounding properties.

(Code 1988, § 32-1302; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)

Mobile home parks shall be permitted only in zones D, E and F, as defined in section 32-611.

(Code 1988, § 32-1303; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)

A building or the land in the mobile home park shall only be used for the following purposes:

(1)

Mobile home park sites.

(2)

Recreational areas or open space.

(3)

Management offices for mobile home parks.

(4)

Community buildings for mobile home parks.

(5)

Accessory structures incidental to the operation of mobile home parks; such as storage buildings located on an individual lot accessory to the trailer on that lot.

(Code 1988, § 32-1304; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)

(a)

Front yards. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than ten feet.

(b)

Side yards. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than ten feet.

(c)

Rear yards. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet.

(d)

Lot area. Every lot shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet.

(e)

Lot width. All lots platted in a mobile home park shall have an average width of not less than 40 feet.

(Code 1988, § 32-1305; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)

(a)

All mobile home park developments submitted for approval shall comply with chapter 29, pertaining to subdivisions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(b)

Mobile home parks shall have minimum lot sizes of 40 feet by 120 feet for singlewide homes and 60 feet by 120 feet for doublewide homes.

(Code 1988, § 32-1306; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)

(a)

No mobile home park shall be located in the city until development plans have been approved.

(b)

Not more than one mobile home may be placed on any one lot.

(c)

A mobile home shall not be occupied for dwelling purposes until all utility equipment has been approved and services provided.

(d)

Each lot shall be provided with individual utility services.

(e)

No existing mobile home park shall be altered, enlarged, extended or expanded until a mobile home park plan for such development has been approved by the city council.

(f)

Upon transfer of ownership, such mobile home park shall be made to comply with all development standards for new mobile home parks.

(g)

All mobile homes shall be properly skirted with acceptable industry standard material.

(h)

All mobile homes shall be properly blocked and leveled, and anchored to the ground as required by RSMo ch. 700.

(i)

All mobile home parks located in the floodplain shall comply with article III of chapter 9, pertaining to flood damage prevention.

(j)

All mobile home parks shall comply with article IV of chapter 9, pertaining to stormwater runoff management.

(k)

Fuel or storage tanks shall be properly anchored as provided in article III of chapter 9, pertaining to flood damage prevention.

(l)

Protective screening. The development shall be surrounded by a landscaped or wooded strip of open space at least 30 feet wide along an arterial street of major thoroughfare frontage, and at least 25 feet wide along all other exterior lot lines or street frontage. The rear yard setback requirements may be used for partial fulfillment of the protective screening requirements.

(Code 1988, § 32-1307; Ord. No. 3967, § 1, 5-7-1996)