Honey Brook Township
City Zoning Code

To provide primarily for single-family residential living opportunities where homes are located within a mobile home park, served by public water and sewer systems, and with convenient access to public roads.

To implement the "Mobile Home Park Overlay" land use category of the 2015 Honey Brook Township and Borough Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan.

To provide for mobile home park development in a manner consistent with the low- to medium-density residential character of the eastern end of the Township, utilizing public water and sewer, and providing recreational and other community services for the park's residents.

To guide development in a manner that preserves the character of the surrounding residential neighborhoods.

To permit complementary uses within a mobile home park development, including community laundry facilities, community playgrounds and recreational spaces, and common areas for visitor parking and screened outdoor storage.

Uses permitted by right.

Accessory uses.

No site shall be developed for use as a mobile home park which is not served by public sewer and by public water (or by a sewage plant approved by the Township Board of Supervisors and by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection).

No site shall be approved for development as a mobile home park which is less than 10 acres in size.

Minimum mobile home lot size per mobile home:

Maximum density of mobile homes (dwelling units): six dwelling units per net acre.

Minimum mobile home lot width (measured at the minimum building setback line): 50 feet.

Minimum setback line for mobile homes from property line of mobile home park and street line boundary: 50 feet.

Front yard, minimum (front streets internal to the mobile home park): 25 feet.

Side yards.

Minimum distance between mobile homes: 30 feet.

Minimum distance between mobile homes and service or accessory building or common parking facility: 30 feet.

Maximum impervious coverage: 40%.

Parking Area Setbacks. Parking areas shall be set back from property lines according to the following:

Requirements for Common Open Space Areas.

The following design standards shall govern all uses, as applicable, in this zoning district, except as modified herein:

Not more than two access roads shall be constructed to serve as an entrance and exit to any single street located outside of the site.

A community building shall be provided where 30 or more lots or rental spaces are approved. The size, time of construction, facilities contained and operating policies shall be submitted for review by the Planning Commission and approval by the Board of Supervisors in conjunction with the land development plan review process.

No more than five adjacent mobile home lots or rental spaces shall be located so that they are parallel to each other.

No accessory structure on a mobile home lot shall exceed 80 square feet of building coverage, and no such structure, deck, or patio shall be located within five feet of any side or rear property line or in any portion of the front yard.

A fenced, paved area for temporary storage of accessory trailers, campers, boats and other recreational vehicles, and limited to the personal property of current park residents, may be provided as part of the park development. This area shall be exclusive of any area used to satisfy the common open space area requirements of Subsection K above. No vehicles or material shall be stored in this area which constitutes "junk," as defined in Part 2 of this Chapter. Such area shall be adequately separated, and effectively screened, from surrounding park lots, unit rental spaces, public streets, and adjoining residential uses or residentially zoned property.

Screening and buffering: Any mobile home park tract that contains road frontage on any existing road in the Township shall provide visual screening and buffering measures along such frontage in accordance with the terms of §§ 27-907 and 908 of this Chapter.