Lower Swatara Township
City Zoning Code

The purpose of the Residential Mobile Home District is to provide an area specifically for the location of manufactured/mobile home dwellings within the Township, to provide reasonable standards to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of manufactured/mobile home dwellings as single-family dwellings and manufactured/mobile home parks/communities; to provide standards which will encourage the installation of public facilities and preservation of public open space; to provide for the public convenience; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purpose of this chapter.

A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes:

The Board may authorize as a special exception the following uses:

The lot area per single-family dwelling unit shall be not less than 10,000 square feet and the lot width measured at the building setback line shall be not less than 80 feet, provided that public water and sanitary sewer services are provided.

Total coverage shall not exceed 40% of the area of the lot.

Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than the depth or width indicated below.

The height of a principal building shall not exceed 35 feet. The height of an accessory building shall not exceed 14 feet.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Part 24 of this chapter.

Signs shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Part 23 of this chapter.

All manufactured/mobile home dwellings used as single-family dwellings must have towing tongues removed and be placed on permanent foundations approved by the Township.