Mobile home, when used in this chapter, means a movable or portable dwelling exceeding eight feet in width by 33 feet in length constructed to be towed on its own chassis and connected to utilities and designed without a permanent foundation for year-round living.

(Ord. No. 523, § 1, 3-25-74)

The parking or storage of a mobile home is specifically prohibited in the city except in a licensed mobile home park.

(Ord. No. 523, § 1, 3-25-74)

Mobile home parks shall comply with Act No. 243, Public Acts of 1959, as amended, being MSA 5.278(31) et seq.

(Code 1958, § 6-1600; Ord. No. 335, § 1, 4-29-68)

Entrances and exists of a mobile home park shall be from a major street and if from county or state highways shall have the prior written approval of the highway authority having jurisdiction within the city.

(Code 1958, § 6-1605; Ord. No. 335, § 1, 4-29-68)

So as to maintain yard space for the difference in sizes of mobile homes or trailers, the following minimums shall be required:

(1)

An open area shall be provided on each mobile home lot for all new parks or additions to mobile home parks, existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section was derived, to insure privacy, adequate natural light and ventilation to each home and to provide sufficient area for outdoor uses essential to the mobile home. Each mobile home lot shall contain 3,000 square feet, except that not more than ten per cent of the mobile home lots in any one mobile home park shall be allowed a minimum of 2,700 square feet.

(2)

In all new mobile home parks or additions to old parks the sum of the side yards at the entry side and nonentry side of a mobile home shall not be less than 20 feet as measured from the lot line. Provided, however, there shall be a side yard of not less than 15 feet at the entry side of the mobile home and a side yard of not less than five feet at the nonentry side of the mobile home. There shall be a rear yard of not less than five feet at the rear end of the mobile home and a front yard of not less than ten feet at the front end of the mobile home as measured from the lot line. Provided, however, that where the mobile home contains an enclosure, the provisions of subsection (5) of this section shall control.

(3)

No mobile home shall be located closer than 50 feet to the right-of-way line of a public street, or 20 feet to the mobile home park property line, or ten feet to any mobile home park masonry wall.

(4)

(a)

New mobile home lots shall be provided with a minimum stand consisting of a solid concrete apron ten feet by 50 feet in size having a minimum of four inches in thickness.

(b)

On mobile homes equipped with full skirting, concrete piers extending from grade to three feet six inches below finished grade and to solid undisturbed earth may be substituted for the 10 × 50-foot apron, provided that provision be made so that water may not accumulate under the mobile home.

(5)

Enclosed canopies or skirtings may be permitted on any mobile home. Said skirtings, aluminum or fiberglass shall be properly vented and installed with access and inspection doors, and each mobile home shall be jacked up on concrete blocks in sufficient number and adequate height. No mobile home shall have its wheels removed, except for repair, or placed on posts, walls or any other temporary or permanent foundation, and no other building or structure shall be attached to it. This shall not prevent the use of an awning of aluminum, canvas or fiberglass, which space may be screened in with mesh screen or glassed in. Such screened or glassed in area shall not be greater than nine feet in width, shall not be permanently enclosed and shall not be located within the required front or rear setback area. An unobstructed open space of at least ten feet between enclosure and adjacent mobile home is required.

(Code 1958, § 6-1602; Ord. No. 335, § 1, 4-29-68; Ord. No. 415, § 1, 3-26-70)

In order that a mobile home park may be more harmonious within itself and with the surrounding neighborhood, the following conditions shall apply and a permit for construction of any facilities in the park shall not be issued until the site plan of the entire project has been reviewed and approved by the plan commission in accordance with section 10.514 of the zoning ordinance.

(1)

Streets shall be provided on the site where necessary to furnish principal trafficways for convenient access to the mobile home site, and other important facilities on the property. The street system shall provide convenient circulation by means of minor streets and properly located collector streets. Closed ends of dead-end streets shall be provided with a turning circle of not less than 40 feet outside radius. The rights-of-way shall conform to the standards of the city and shall not be less than 50 feet for minor streets. Streets shall be paved and curbed and such pavement shall have adequate widths to accommodate the contemplated parking and traffic load in accordance with the type of streets, but shall not be less than 27 feet in width.

(2)

The mobile home park primary walkway system, including walks along main streets, shall be not less than four feet in width and not less than four inches thick. The secondary walk system, including walks from each mobile home entrance to facilities on the lot and connections to the primary walk system shall be not less than 30 inches wide and not less than four inches thick.

(3)

All electric, telephone and television cables, and transmission lines within the mobile home park shall be underground. When separate electrical meters are installed, each meter shall be located on a uniformly standard post. Wiring shall comply with the standards of the Detroit Edison Company for mobile home parks.

(4)

There shall be provided an area of not less than 50 square feet for recreation for each mobile home lot in the mobile home park, with a minimum area of not less than 5,000 square feet, which shall be no longer than two times its width, located not more than 500 feet from the furthest mobile home lot served. Except that the plan commission, upon application, may in its discretion permit said recreation area to be located a distance of not more than 1,000 feet from the furthest mobile home lot served. Such area shall be developed and maintained by the management so as to provide healthful recreation for the children of the mobile home park.

(5)

A greenbelt planting strip, not less than 20 feet in width, shall be located and continually maintained along all lot lines adjacent or abutting a single-family zoning district and not bordering a street. Such greenbelt shall be composed of one row of deciduous or evergreen trees, spaced not more than 30 feet apart and one row of shrubs, spaced not more than ten feet apart and which grow at least to a height of five feet or more after one full growing season and which shrubs will eventually grow to a height of not less than 12 feet. A six-foot masonry wall shall be provided at each exterior property which is adjacent or abutting a single-family zoning district in all new or additions to existing mobile home parks.

(6)

No business, of any kind other than directly related to the mobile home park, shall be conducted in any mobile home, trailer or building or on the premises of the mobile home park.

(7)

Street and yard lights shall be provided as required by the site plan approval of the plan commission.

(8)

All fuel oil and all gas tanks shall be located on each mobile home lot in a uniform manner. All tanks shall be of an approved type to comply with the building code standards and shall be equipped with vent pipes, and with fused valves. All tanks shall be elevated on noncombustible stands and placed on a concrete base.

(9)

Each mobile home may be provided, on a four inch slab foundation with rat walls or elevated at least six inches off the ground, with one metal utilities cabinet which shall not exceed eight feet in width, five feet in depth and seven feet in height, and which shall be uniform as to location at the rear of the trailers in the mobile home park. Such cabinets shall be kept clean and shall be maintained in a good condition, and not located in the required setback area.

(10)

There shall be no storage underneath any mobile home and each mobile home lot shall be maintained in a clean and presentable condition at all times.

(11)

Internal fencing shall be prohibited in mobile home parks.

(12)

The grounds of the mobile home park shall be graded to drain according to the standards set and approved by the city engineer.

(Code 1958, § 6-1603; Ord. No. 335, § 1, 4-29-68)

Cross reference— Greenbelt area, Ch. 27, Art. IV.

When used in this article "recreational equipment" shall include:

(1)

Boats and boat trailers which shall include boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway;

(2)

Folding tent trailer which is a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel and vacation use;

(3)

Motorized home which is a portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle;

(4)

Pickup camper which is a structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses;

(5)

Travel trailer which is a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified "travel trailer" by the manufacturer or a movable or portable dwelling, eight feet or less in width by 33 feet or less in length constructed to be towed on its own chassis and connected to utilities and designed without a permanent foundation for year-round living;

(6)

Utility trailer which is a device, vehicle, or trailer used to transport materials, goods, motorcycles, automobiles, snowmobiles, go-carts or stock cars, and/or any trailer of any design or purpose whatsoever whether or not it is to be used for transportation of other items and/or motor vehicles.

(Ord. No. 523, § 1, 3-25-74; Ord. No. 972, § 1, 7-13-98)

Any owner of camping and recreational equipment may park or store such equipment on single-family residential property subject to the following conditions:

(1)

Recreational equipment parked or stored shall not have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities, and at no time shall this equipment be used for living or housekeeping purposes.

(2)

If the camping and recreational equipment is parked or stored outside of a garage, it shall be parked or stored to the rear of the front building line of the lot. The setback requirement in the side or rear yard shall be a minimum of two feet.

(3)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, camping and recreational equipment may be parked on the premises except on the front lawn for a period of not more than 72 hours.

(4)

In the event it is physically impossible to park recreational equipment in the side or rear yards of a dwelling, the owner of said recreational equipment may apply to the construction board of appeals for a special permit to park said recreational equipment on the driveway in the front yard of the house. Property owners within 100 feet shall be notified of the construction board of appeals meeting.

(5)

All recreational equipment must be kept in good repair and carry a current year's license or registration.

(Ord. No. 523, § 1, 3-25-74)