Mathews County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 14
Manufactured Home Parks
§ 175-14.1 Area regulations.
A.
Lot size, setback and buffer requirements.
(1)
The developer of a manufactured home park shall reserve 25 feet of open space abutting all the adjoining property owners before establishing lots within the park. An evergreen hedge or screen, a minimum of six feet in height and of sufficient density to adequately screen the site from adjacent properties and roadways, shall be installed at the time of establishment of the park and maintained thereafter in compliance with the intent of this requirement.
(2)
The operator of a manufactured home park shall provide manufactured home lots of not less than 15,000 square feet of ground, with a minimum width of 75 feet, for each manufactured home on the premises. Each manufactured home lot shall front on, but be setback at least 20 feet from, an internal manufactured home park street, road, or right-of-way. Each manufactured home shall be so situated that there is a minimum of 30 feet between manufactured homes. In addition, each manufactured home lot shall be numbered with a suitable marker.
B.
Open space requirements. A minimum of 10% of the gross land area of the manufactured home park shall be reserved for recreational and open space uses. This area may be within or outside of a building, but must be for recreational purposes and is in addition to any other open space areas required by yard or buffer requirements or other sections of this chapter.
§ 175-14.2 Access.
Manufactured home parks shall have access to public street or highway. The design and construction of the interior street system and access road shall be sufficient to adequately serve the size and density of the project or development and shall conform to the requirements of the Department of Highways and Transportation and the County. All interior streets and access roads shall meet the specifications of the Department of Highways and Transportation and shall comply in width with the requirements of said Department of Highways and Transportation.
§ 175-14.3 Off-street parking spaces.
Off-street parking shall comply with the provisions of Article 12 of this chapter for all residential and nonresidential uses within the project or development.
§ 175-14.4 Water and sewer facilities.
The operator of a manufactured home park shall provide water and sewer facilities to all manufactured homes on the premises. These facilities must be approved by the Health Official, and a valid health permit must have been issued as required by state law to the operator of said manufactured home park. Central water systems must have separate cutoffs for each dwelling and office.
§ 175-14.5 Registration of manufactured homes.
A.
The manufactured home park operator shall maintain a register for each manufactured home lot for at least the previous three years; such register shall be available at all times for inspection by law enforcement officers, public health officials, and other state and local officials and representatives whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained in such register.
C.
The license number of each manufactured home and motor vehicle.
§ 175-14.6 Conditional uses; conditional use permits.
A.
The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to consider applications for a conditional use and may grant a conditional use permit for the establishment of manufactured home parks pursuant to all provisions of this chapter. Any expansion or establishment of additional lots in any existing manufactured home park shall also require a conditional use permit from the Board of Supervisors.
B.
A request for the location of a manufactured home in an approved manufactured home park shall not require a conditional use permit from the Board of Supervisors; provided, however, the location of a manufactured home in a manufactured home park shall be subject to all the requirements relating to manufactured homes as set forth in § 175-14.8 of this chapter. The Zoning Administrator or his agent may approve such applications for the location of manufactured homes in approved manufactured home parks, subject to all the provisions of this chapter.
§ 175-14.7 Performance bond.
A.
Before an application for a permit for the construction of a manufactured home park shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors the applicant shall, in lieu of construction, furnish cash escrow or a performance bond in an amount calculated by the Board of Supervisors to secure the required improvements in a workmanlike manner and in accordance with established or approved specifications and construction schedules, which bond shall be payable to and held by the County. The manufactured home park's plans, construction schedule, and amount of bond shall be reevaluated by the Board of Supervisors at least once every year to insure compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
B.
The Board of Supervisors may reduce or increase the amount of bond based upon improvements completed and escalation of costs for pending improvements. Within six months after the completion of construction of the manufactured home park, such bond or cash escrow, or the unexpended or un-obligated portion thereof, shall be refunded to the applicant or terminated, as the case may be.
§ 175-14.8 Special provisions.
A.
There must be tightly covered leak-proof garbage containers with an adequate garbage collection service provided to each manufactured home on the premises.
B.
All manufactured home lots shall be well-drained and kept in a clean and orderly manner by the manufactured home park operator.
C.
The Board of Supervisors shall create a list of manufactured home parks which were in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter. The manufactured home parks on this list and any manufactured home parks which may be approved by the Board of Supervisors in the future will be considered as approved manufactured home parks.
D.
All manufactured homes located in a manufactured home park shall be:
(1)
Located on the site as outlined in this article of this chapter;
(2)
Anchored according to the Building Code;
(3)
Installed with a set of steps at each exit;
(4)
Approved by the Department of Health;
(5)
Completely skirted with some type of durable weatherproof material; and
(6)
Approved by the Building Official by a final inspection with a certificate of occupancy being received by the owner or manufactured home park operator from said Building Official prior to being occupied.
E.
It shall be unlawful to allow any occupied manufactured home to remain in a manufactured home park unless all the provisions of this article have been met.