It is the intent of the M-P Manufactured Home Park District to permit low-density manufactured home uses in a park-like atmosphere. The M-P Manufactured Home Park District is intended for those areas where the owner proposes to develop and rent or lease individual sites.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-17.01), 4-7-2003)

In the M-P Manufactured Home Park District no building shall be used and no building shall be erected, altered, or enlarged which is arranged, intended or designed for other than uses listed in section 50-399.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-17.02), 4-7-2003)

The following uses are permitted in the M-P Manufactured Home Park District:

(1)

Independent manufactured homes located on well-drained concrete slabs.

(2)

Parks and playgrounds.

(3)

Manufactured housing service buildings, such as coin-operated washers and dryers, for exclusive use of residents of the manufactured home park.

(4)

Office for manager of the manufactured home park.

(5)

Storage building for vehicles used to tow manufactured housing units.

(6)

Storage building for blocks, skirts, pipe and other material and equipment required to set up a manufactured house.

(7)

Accessory uses and buildings, including swimming pools, bathhouses, patios, etc., for exclusive use of manufactured housing residents.

(8)

Child care centers.

(9)

Home occupations.

(10)

Churches and other similar places of worship.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-17.03), 4-7-2003)

(a)

A tract to be used for a manufactured housing park shall be large enough to accommodate 25 or more manufactured units.

(b)

Each manufactured housing park space shall be not less than 35 feet wide.

(c)

Manufactured housing parks shall have a maximum density of eight manufactured units per gross acre, and each space shall have not less than 3,000 square feet.

(d)

The manufactured housing park shall be located on a well-drained site properly graded to ensure rapid drainage.

(e)

Manufactured housing parks shall provide screening when they abut residential property.

(f)

Each manufactured housing park having more than ten lots for rent shall reserve an area for child recreation according to the following schedule:

(g)

The recreation area shall be located so as to be free from hazards and provided with play equipment.

(h)

All new manufactured housing parks shall provide a storm shelter for the occupants. All existing manufactured housing parks as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived are encouraged to provide storm shelters.

(i)

The zoning administrator shall approve the manufactured housing shelter after the submission of plans by the applicant. The shelter shall be constructed below ground level as a concrete structure and provided with heavy metal doors. It shall be located so as to be accessible to the park residents in a central place with access to the shelter clearly marked.

(j)

Manufactured housing units shall be located so that there is at least a 20-foot clearance between manufactured houses; provided, however, with respect to manufactured houses parked end-to-end, the clearance shall not be less than ten feet. No manufactured housing unit shall be located less than ten feet from the front driveway.

(k)

No manufactured housing unit shall be located less than 25 feet from any property line of the manufactured housing park or from any community building within the park, including any washroom, toilet, laundry facilities or office.

(l)

All manufactured housing spaces shall abut on an internal driveway that is not less than 24 feet in width; provided, however, that no on-street parking is permitted. If parallel parking is permitted on one side of the street, the width shall be increased to 28 feet, and if parallel parking is permitted on both sides of the street, the width shall be increased to 36 feet. Such driveways shall have unobstructed access to a public street or highway and shall have, as a minimum, a gravel surface or be paved and well maintained and lighted.

(m)

Manufactured housing parks containing more than 20 units shall provide each lot with a concrete pad for parking two vehicles separate from the road. The minimum pad size shall be 14 feet wide and 16 feet in depth. In parks containing less than 20 units, the parking space may be constructed of crushed rock finished to a depth of eight inches.

(n)

All roadways and sidewalks within the manufactured housing park shall be hard surfaced or gravel surfaced and provided with night lighting using lamps spaced at intervals of not more than 100 feet.

(o)

All electrical distribution systems and telephone service systems to each manufactured housing space, except outlets and risers, shall be underground. Each manufactured housing space shall be provided with a 110-volt and 220-volt service with a minimum 100-ampere individual service outlet.

(p)

Whenever master television antenna systems are to be installed, the complete plans and specifications for the system must be submitted for approval. Distribution to individual manufactured housing spaces shall be underground and shall terminate adjacent to the electrical outlet.

(q)

Laundry facilities for the exclusive use of the manufactured housing occupants may be provided in a service building.

(r)

Pipes shall supply an adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes to all buildings and manufactured housing spaces within the park. Each manufactured housing space shall be provided with a coldwater tap at least four inches above the ground. An adequate supply of hot water shall be provided at all times in the service buildings for all washing and laundry facilities.

(s)

All manufactured housing units within the M-P district shall be connected to an approved public water supply and an approved sanitary sewer system with at least a four-inch sewer connection to each manufactured housing unit. The sewer connection shall be provided with suitable fittings so that a watertight connection can be made between the manufactured housing drain and the sewer connection. Such individual unit connections shall be so constructed that they can be closed when not linked to a manufactured housing unit and shall be trapped in such a manner as to maintain them in an odor-free condition.

(t)

Each manufactured housing unit shall be secured by anchoring the superstructure against uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning in accordance with state and local regulations and manufacturers recommendations.

(u)

The owner or operator shall include with the required plan the method of refuse collection and the location of refuse containers. Refuse and garbage handling methods shall meet the following minimum requirements:

(1)

Storage collection and disposal of refuse in a park shall be so conducted as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accidents, fire hazards or air pollution.

(2)

All refuse shall be stored in flytight, watertight, rodentproof containers. Containers shall be provided in sufficient number and capacity to properly store all refuse.

(3)

Refuse racks shall be provided for all refuse containers. Such racks shall be designed as to prevent the containers from being tipped, to minimize spillage and container deterioration and to facilitate cleaning around them.

(4)

Refuse and garbage shall be removed from the park at least once each week. All refuse shall be collected and transported in covered vehicles or covered containers.

(5)

The park owner or operator shall ensure that containers at all stands are emptied at least once each week and maintained in a useable sanitary condition.

(v)

If only independent manufactured housing spaces are to be provided, no service building will be required; however, when such service building is required, it shall comply with the following regulations:

(1)

Be located 20 feet or more from any manufactured housing unit.

(2)

Be adequately lighted.

(3)

Have the interior finished with moisture-resistant material to permit frequent washing and cleaning.

(4)

Provide at least one lavatory, water closet, and shower for each sex, as well as one laundry tray, one floor drain and hot and cold water.

(5)

Have adequate heating facilities for the building and equipment that will furnish an ample supply of heated water during time of peak demands.

(6)

Have all rooms well ventilated with all openings effectively screened.

(w)

A solid or semisolid fence or wall, maximum six feet high, shall be provided between the mobile home park district and any adjoining property or property immediately across an alley which is zoned for residential purposes other than for mobile homes. Said fence shall be so located as provided in these regulations. In lieu of said fence or wall a landscape buffer may be provided not less than 15 feet in width, and said landscape buffer shall be planted with coniferous and deciduous plant material so as to provide proper screening for the park. When the landscape buffer is used in lieu of the fence or wall, the landscape buffer shall not be included as any part of a required rear yard for a mobile home space. The owner or operator shall properly maintain the fence, wall or landscape buffer.

(x)

The owner or operator shall include with the required plan a budget for financing the proposed improvements.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-17.04), 4-7-2003)

(a)

The applicant for a manufactured housing park shall prepare or cause to be prepared an application for rezoning and a development plan and shall present ten copies of the plan for review by the planning commission, together with an application fee in the amount provided in the city fee schedule. The development plan shall show the topography, location and size of:

(1)

Manufactured housing sites.

(2)

Service buildings.

(3)

Off-street parking areas.

(4)

Electrical outlets.

(5)

Sewer outlets.

(6)

Water outlets.

(7)

Water lines.

(8)

Sewer lines.

(9)

Recreational areas.

(10)

Landscaped areas and walls or fences.

(11)

Roadways.

(12)

Sidewalks.

(b)

Following a rezoning hearing, as required by law and preliminary approval of the development plan, the planning commission shall submit the plan together with a record of the hearing plus its formal recommendations to the governing body for final approval.

(c)

When final approvals have been obtained, the zoning administrator shall issue a permit to operate the manufactured housing park. Fees for permits issued pursuant to this article shall be as provided in the city fee schedule.

(d)

Upon the issuance of the permit for a manufactured home park or court, the city shall have the authority to have said manufactured home inspected by the proper inspecting officer of the city, and if it shall be found that the holder of said permit has made any false or misleading statements in his application or has placed or caused to be placed more manufactured homes in said mobile home park or court than provided for and set forth in said application for the permit, or that said holder of said permit has violated or caused to be violated any provision of this article, the city governing body shall have the power to revoke said permit.

(e)

If the city shall determine upon proper inspection by the inspecting officer of the city, that the sanitary condition of the manufactured home park shall have become so unsanitary as to endanger health or welfare of occupants of said manufactured home park or the surrounding community, or that said sanitary facilities have become inadequate to properly protect the occupants of said manufactured park, the city governing body shall have the power to require the holder of said manufactured home park permit, within ten days, to set said manufactured home park in proper sanitary condition. If, upon notice from the city to the holder of the permit as aforesaid, the owner or manager of said manufactured home park shall fail or refuse to place said park or court in sanitary condition, the city governing body shall have the right to revoke said permit.

(f)

Whenever a property zoned M-P Manufactured Home Park District ceases to be used for such purposes for a period of two years, the planning commission shall initiate action and hold a public hearing to rezone said property back to its former zoning district classification.

(g)

After the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, no new manufactured housing park may be operated and no existing park expanded, except in accordance with these regulations and under permit from the zoning administrator.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-17.05), 4-7-2003; Ord. No. 4690, § 1, 3-7-2011)