(a)   No person shall locate a mobile home, trailer or similar portable residence structure in the Municipality except in a mobile home park in an R-3 Residence District.

   (b)   A mobile home park shall conform to the following requirements:

      (1)   It shall contain a minimum of four acres.

      (2)   It shall provide an adequate supply of Municipal water.

      (3)   It shall provide an adequate system of collective sanitary sewers, sewage treatment and disposal.

      (4)   It shall provide a clearly defined minimum lot area of 4,500 square feet, with a minimum lot width of forty-five feet and 400 square feet of floor area for each mobile home or trailer.

      (5)   It shall provide a minimum of twenty feet of clearance between the individual mobile homes or trailers and a fifty-foot setback from any property line bounding the mobile home park.

      (6)   All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a water-bound macadam driveway having a total depth of six inches and not less than twenty-five feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a private or public street.

      (7)   A safe, usable recreation area shall be conveniently located in each mobile home park and shall not be less than twenty percent of the gross area of the tract, or three acres, whichever is the least.

      (8)   It shall conform to all County and State Health Department requirements.

      (9)   Skirts shall be provided to screen space beneath mobile homes.

      (10)   It shall be landscaped with lawns and plantings, including appropriate trees.

      (11)   Mobile home parks shall be effectively screened on all sides by means of walls, fences or plantings, except where the area is sufficiently removed from other urban uses as determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Walls or fences shall be a minimum of four feet in height without advertising thereon. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than ten feet in width and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet in height may be substituted.

(Ord. 1466. Passed 4-11-94; Am. Ord. 1905. Passed 12-13-11.)

   (a)   The parking of a mobile home, house trailer or similar portable residence structure in any Residential District, other than an R-3 District, for ten days or a longer period of time, shall be prohibited.

   (b)   The parking of camping or vacation trailers, boats and utility or boat trailers shall be prohibited in any “R” District for forty-eight hours or a longer period of time, except that such trailers and boats may be stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building or parked in the rear yard of a residential property, provided that:

      (1)   In all cases, no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted while the trailer or boat is stored or parked.

      (2)   The trailer or boat is intended and used for the sole benefit and enjoyment of the resident occupants of the property on which it is stored or parked.

      (3)   The trailer or boat shall not be parked closer than five feet to the side or rear lot lines of the property on which it is stored or parked.

(Ord. 1466. Passed 4-11-94; Am. Ord. 1905. Passed 12-13-11.)

   No swimming pool shall be located in front or side yards.

(Ord. 1466. Passed 4-11-94; Am. Ord. 1905. Passed 12-13-11.)

   Fences, plant material and similar screening devices, up to three feet in height, are permitted in yards fronting on the public street. These same screening devices up to eight feet in height are permitted in the remaining yards. Exceptions to these height limitations may be permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals upon submission of appropriate plans and reasons thereof.

   (a)   No fence shall be constructed that will obstruct the view of other property pedestrians, vehicular traffic or obstruct the view to the detriment of the public safety.

   (b)   Barbed wire or above-ground electrically charged fences shall be prohibited.

   (c)   Each application for permit (see Section 1162.05) shall have an attached drawing showing driveways, alleys, sidewalks, buildings, trees and other screening and property boundary lines.

(Ord. 1466. Passed 4-11-94; Am. Ord. 1905. Passed 12-13-11.)