(a)   Incidental retail uses, such as barber and beauty shops; self-service laundries; news and novelty stands; snack bars and commissaries conducted for the convenience of the residents of any mobile home park containing one hundred fifty (150) or more mobile home lots, when located wholly within a principal building with access only to an interior arcade or open court and having no exterior display space or identification sign visible from any adjacent public right-of-way; and provided that such uses do not exceed a total of two thousand, five hundred (2,500) square feet in area.

(b)   Nursery schools, day nurseries, and childcare centers for four (4) or more children when located in a permanent structure, provided there is a fenced and screened play lot.

(a)   No accessory building shall be constructed as a permanent part of a mobile home, nor shall any other device be attached other than a cloth or metal awning or similar device.

(b)   Cabanas, ramadas, and other similar permanent structures may be erected in conjunction with a mobile home parking space, and shall not be closer to any other structure or mobile home, other than the one it is intended to serve, than the minimum distance required between mobile homes.

(a)   A mobile home park shall have a minimum of two hundred (200) feet of frontage on a street designated by the Commission as an arterial or collector street and shall have its principal access to and from said street.

(b)   The principal access to and from the mobile home park shall be at a location where traffic congestion does not exist at the present on the street or streets to be utilized for access to the proposed mobile home or trailer park; and the possibility of such congestion in the future shall be minimized by provision in the development plans for proper entrances and exits, and by internal provisions for traffic circulation and parking.

(c)   No vehicular entrance or exit from a mobile home park shall be within two hundred (200) feet, measured along streets, from any property line of any lot containing a school; public playground; place of religious assembly; hospital; library; hospital; nursing or personal care facility; orphanage or rehabilitation home, except where such building or property is in another block or fronts on a street on which such mobile home park will have no entrance or exit.

(d)   Each proposed mobile home park shall be well drained and properly graded to ensure proper drainage; shall have water service, sanitary sewer service, and shall be located so as to provide for the availability of community facilities and services such as schools, parks, shopping facilities, and police and fire protection.

(a)   All new mobile home parks shall have a minimum site area of ten (10) acres. There shall be no area limitations on additions to existing parks containing fifty (50) or more mobile home spaces.

(b)   There shall be a minimum of four thousand (4,000) square feet for each mobile home space.

(c)   Minimum open space. See Article 20 for additional open space regulations.

(d)   Each mobile home lot shall have a minimum of twenty (20) feet of frontage on an improved access road or driveway.

(e)   Each mobile home shall be located at least twenty (20) feet from any other mobile home, except that the end-to-end clearance shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet.

(f)   Each mobile home shall be located at least twenty (20) feet from any permanent structure, service building or service area within the mobile home park, at least ten (10) feet from any property line, and at least twenty (20) feet from any street or dedicated right-of-way.

(g)   No mobile home shall be located closer than twenty (20) feet to any other zone.

(a)   Required Width. All access roads and driveways within a mobile home park shall be paved to a width of not less than twenty (20) feet and shall be improved in accordance with the requirements of the Division of Engineering.

(b)   Pedestrian Access. There shall be provided, along one (1) side of each access road and/or driveway, a sidewalk not less than three (3) feet in width to provide for pedestrian circulation throughout the mobile home park.

(c)   Required Parking. No minimum requirements.

(a)   Screening. Landscaping and screening shall be provided as required by Article 18, Landscape and Land Use Buffers.

(b)   Open space. All required open space and other areas not used for mobile home spaces, access, parking, traffic circulation, buildings or service areas, shall be landscaped with grass or a ground cover as defined in Article 18 of this Zoning Ordinance.

(a)   Preliminary Development Plan Required. A preliminary development plan shall be submitted with the application for a Zoning Map Amendment, with the information as required in Article 21, Development Plans hereinbelow; and, in addition, the location and dimensions of all mobile home spaces, parking spaces and recreation areas.

(b)   Final Development Plan Required. Within two (2) years of final approval by the legislative body of any M-1P Zoning Map Amendment, unless an extension is granted by the Commission, the applicant shall submit a final development plan to the Commission for its review and approval; otherwise, an application to change the M-1P zone to its previous zone, or other appropriate zone may be filed by the Commission as provided by Article 6 hereinabove. The final development plan shall show the information required by Article 21 hereinbelow; and, in addition, the exact location of all mobile home spaces, parking spaces, and recreational areas. The Commission shall approve a final development plan with such conditions as are found necessary to comply with the Ordinance within ninety (90) days after the applicant submits the development plan.

(c)   Building Permit Required. No building permit shall be issued until a final development plan has been approved by the Commission and certified to the Division of Building Inspection. The approved final development plan shall limit and control the issuance of all building permits; and shall restrict the construction, location, and use of all land and structures to all conditions set forth in the plan. Amendments to the plan can be made only as provided in Article 21.

(d)   Certificate of Occupancy Required. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until a minimum of fifty (50) mobile home spaces have been completed, have sanitary sewer service available, and are otherwise ready for occupancy, unless a performance bond or letter of credit in an amount specified by the Division of Engineering has been submitted to the Commission to ensure completion of all improvements for the aforesaid fifty (50) spaces.

(a)   Mobile Homes in Industrial Zones. In any industrial (I-1, I-2) zone, not more than one (1) mobile home or trailer for each establishment may be occupied as sleeping quarters for a caretaker or watchman.

(b)   Mobile Homes in Agricultural Zones. In any A-R, A-B, A-N or A-U zone, one (1) mobile home used as a dwelling unit, farm employee accessory to the principal residence, which shall not be permitted to be a mobile home, may be located on a farm of forty (40) net acres or more as provided in Subsection (b)(1) through (3) of this section, below. On a farm of one hundred (100) net acres or more, a second mobile home used as a dwelling unit, farm employee shall be permitted as set forth in Subsection (b)(1) through (3) of this section. On farms of two hundred (200) net acres or more, mobile homes used as dwelling units, farm employee, in addition to the first two (2) permitted, shall be allowed at the rate of one (1) per one hundred (100) net acres, as set forth in Subsection (b)(1) through (3) of this section. The placement of any mobile home shall comply with all requirements set forth by the Board of Health of the Lexington-Fayette Urban Government and as follows:

(1)   In any A-R, A-B, A-N or A-U zone, no mobile home shall be located closer than three hundred (300) feet to any existing or proposed right-of-way, nor shall any mobile home be located in a designated floodplain. One (1) or more of the occupants of all mobile homes must be employed full-time in agricultural activity on the farm on which such mobile is located; or the mobile home must be used as an accessory dwelling by parents, or natural or adopted children of the owner of the primary dwelling unit of the farm. No mobile home shall be located closer than three hundred (300) feet to any property line.

(2)   No more than one (1) driveway to any or all mobile homes located on property having common ownership shall be permitted for the first seven hundred fifty (750) feet of frontage. For property having more than seven hundred fifty (750) feet of frontage, additional driveways shall be permitted at the rate of one (1) per five hundred (500) feet of frontage.

(3)   In an A-R, A-B, A-N or A-U zone, all mobile homes shall be fitted with skirtings around the base so as to conceal any wheels and/or chassis, and the towing tongue shall be removed.

(4)   Any mobile home unoccupied for a period of one (1) year shall be required to be removed from the premises.