Lower Pottsgrove Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
MHP Mobile Home Park District
§ 250-82 Declaration of legislative intent.
In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in § 250-3 of this chapter and the community development objectives contained in § 250-5 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to MHP Mobile Home Park District to establish standards of performance and promote the desirable benefits which planned mobile home parks may have upon the community. It is further the intent of this article to ensure the interdependency and compatibility of proposed mobile home park developments with essential public sewer and water facilities and surrounding land uses in the Township.
§ 250-83 Use regulations.
[Amended 6-3-1974 by Ord. No. 137; 8-21-1980 by Ord. No. 127-I; 12-3-2007 by Ord. No. 276]
With respect to single-family mobile home dwelling units or a mobile home park development, as defined in this chapter, the following use regulations shall apply:
A.
Mobile home requirements. A single mobile home shall be permitted on a single lot in all residential districts, provided the applicable requirements for single-family dwellings are met.
B.
Mobile home park requirements. Mobile home parks are a permitted use only in the R-3 Residential District, provided that the requirements for mobile home park developments as set forth in this article are met.
C.
Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to the maintenance, servicing and well-being of mobile home park residents shall be permitted only as part of an approved development plan for the mobile home park site.
D.
Commercial uses prohibited. No portion of any mobile home park subsequently proposed under the terms of this chapter shall be used for commercial purposes. However, nothing in this chapter shall be deemed as prohibiting the sale or resale of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand and connected to the pertinent utilities.
§ 250-84 Development regulations.
[Amended 6-3-1974 by Ord. No. 135]
The following density, area, width and yard regulations shall apply to any proposed mobile home park development:
A.
Minimum acreage. A proposed mobile home park development site shall have a minimum lot area of 10 acres before a development proposal can be submitted to the Planning Commission for review.
B.
Density. The proposed mobile home park development shall have a maximum density of eight dwelling units per developable acre.
C.
Area, width and yard regulations. The following regulations shall apply while subject to Subsection B above:
(1)
Lot size. No mobile home lot shall be less than 5,000 square feet in area.
(2)
Lot width. No mobile home lot shall be less than 50 feet wide.
(3)
Front or rear yard. No mobile home lot shall have a front or rear yard of less than 20 feet measured form the street ultimate right-of-way line.
(4)
Side yard. No mobile home lot shall have either side yard less than 15 feet.
(5)
Building coverage. Building coverage shall not exceed 25% of the total lot area.
D.
Distance between buildings. For proposed developments where the individual lot requirements are not applicable under Subsection B above, and in the case of two or more mobile home units, the horizontal distance between any two units shall not be less than:
(1)
In all cases where the applicant can demonstrate to the Lower Pottsgrove Township Planning Commission that superior site and land planning techniques are being utilized in the proposed mobile home park development, the rigid lot requirements in Subsection B may be waived in favor of those in Subsection D above.
(2)
For any two mobile home walls, the units of which are oriented front to front, front to rear or rear to rear, the minimum distance apart shall be equal to 1 1/2 times the height of the mobile home.
E.
Setbacks. The following setbacks shall be required for proposed mobile home park developments.
F.
Height of units. No mobile home shall exceed the height of 25 feet.
G.
Parking.
(1)
Not less than two off-street automobile parking spaces shall be required for each mobile home dwelling unit.
(2)
The mobile home park developer shall supply visitor parking area(s) of not less than 1/2 space per mobile home unit in the park.
(3)
Any parking area of five or more cars shall not be located closer than 15 feet from the R-3 District boundary line or 25 feet from a street ultimate right-of-way line.
(4)
For parking areas storing 10 or more cars, not less than 10% of the area devoted to parking facilities shall consist of interior parking lot landscaping.
§ 250-85 General requirements.
In the proposed mobile home park, the following general requirements shall apply:
A.
Utilities. All dwelling units within the mobile home park development shall be served by a public sanitary sewage disposal system and by public water supply facilities. All utility lines (electric, telephone, etc.) serving the mobile home park subsequent to the enactment of this chapter shall be placed underground.[1]
B.
Access. Provision shall be made for safe and efficient ingress and egress to and from public streets and highways serving the mobile home park development without causing undue interference or confusion with the normal traffic flow. The Planning Commission shall satisfy itself concerning the adequacy of the thoroughfare to carry the additional traffic generated by the proposed development, as well as to the street frontage of the development.
C.
Provision of open space and recreation area. Provision shall be made for on-site open space and recreation areas according to the following standards:
D.
Common areas and facilities. The provision of certain facilities serving the entire development, such as parking lots, interior pedestrianways, driveways, lighting facilities, landscaped planting areas, buffers and open space and recreation facilities, etc., are hereby encouraged and may be located either on individual lots or in common areas. In cases where they are provided in common areas, provisions satisfactory to the Board of Commissioners must be made for their perpetual maintenance and care. Use of these facilities may be restricted to the residents of the development, where practical, and they may be maintained by the developer, a homeowners' association or a similar instrument. Any common area shall be first offered to the Township; however, the Township need not accept dedication of the open space but shall maintain first option to purchase, which may be executed at any time with 12 months' notice.
E.
Lighting facilities. Lighting facilities shall be provided as needed and arranged in a manner which will protect the mobile home park residents, neighboring properties and adjacent highways from unreasonable direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind. Lighting facilities shall be required where deemed necessary for the safety and convenience of the mobile home park development and shall be installed by the developer in areas developed subsequent to the enactment of this chapter.
F.
Landscaped planting areas. Shade trees shall be provided along street frontage occupied by a mobile home park development developed subsequent to the enactment of this chapter. The use of landscaped planting areas by the mobile home park developer throughout the proposed mobile home park is encouraged.
G.
Buffer area. A mobile home park development developed subsequent to the enactment of this chapter shall provide a landscaped, planted buffer area of at least 15 feet in depth, designed for screening from view any residential, commercial and industrial uses which are adjoining and contiguous to the development.