The PMH Planned Manufactured and Mobile Home Residential District is intended to permit the development of manufactured and mobile home parks in association with other residential development types, while maintaining a reasonable population density, by providing for the unique requirements for this type of development. The provisions of this District are established to assure that the site design and arrangement in relation to other areas, together with the provision of associated facilities, result in an attractive, orderly and efficient residential environment of sustained desirability in harmony with adjacent areas. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   The following uses are generally permitted in the PMH District:

   (a)   Manufactured home parks.

   (b)   Mobile home parks.

   (1)   Mobile homes (not self-propelled vehicles).

   (2)   Modular or sectional homes. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   The following accessory uses are permitted in the PMH District:

   (a)   Coin-operated laundry, laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations for the use of tenants only. No external sign of any nature whatsoever shall be permitted.

   (b)   Other accessory uses, buildings or other structures customarily incidental to the aforesaid use.

   (c)   On-site manufactured and mobile home sales. Such sales shall be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals as a temporary use having a one-year duration. Said use shall be reviewed at the end of the first year for possible extension for an additional year, in total representing a maximum two-year duration. Areas for such sales shall be well screened from the residential section of the park or subdivision and shall be located at the periphery of the site. All signs used for advertising shall be unobtrusive to the surrounding property.

   (d)   Neighborhood commercial facilities. In manufactured and mobile home parks of fifty acres or more, neighborhood commercial facilities, such as markets, barber shops, beauty shops, doctors' offices, etc., may be planned in conjunction with the park, but may not be physically occupied until the park is seventy-five percent occupied by residents.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   Individual units located within the PMH District shall have a minimum floor area of 600 square feet. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   Each manufactured or mobile home park shall have a minimum gross site area of five acres. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   Gross density for manufactured or mobile home parks shall be six dwelling units per acre. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   (a)   Public Utilities. Manufactured and/or mobile home parks shall be served by public water and sewer systems.

   (b)   Underground Utilities. In manufactured and mobile home parks, all wires, cables and lines providing telecommunication, including cable television and electric utility services and connections of such utility systems to buildings and light poles in such parks, shall be located underground.

   (c)   Sanitation. Manufactured and mobile home parks shall meet the requirements of the Ohio Sanitary Code adopted by the Public Health Council under the authority of Ohio R.C. Section 3733.02.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   (a)   Access. Manufactured and mobile home parks shall have direct access to a principal county, township, City or State highway or arterial street or road.

   (b)   Streets.

   (1)   Streets should be adapted to the topography and should have suitable alignment and gradient for traffic safety, satisfactory surface water and groundwater drainage, and proper functioning of sanitary and storm sewer systems.

   (2)   Street design and construction shall conform to specifications provided by the City Engineer's office.

   (c)   Walks. All manufactured and mobile home parks shall be provided with safe, convenient, all-season sidewalks with a minimum width of three feet, six inches, for the intended use of pedestrian circulation between individual units.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   In all manufactured and mobile home parks, the following landscape provisions shall apply:

   (a)   Along each property line, and within the fifty-foot setback area, there shall be provided screen fencing, landscape planting or a landscaped berm, or a combination thereof, which shall be so designed or planted as to be twenty-five percent or more opaque when viewed horizontally between two feet and eight feet above average ground level. Such screening shall be guided by the provisions of Chapter 1290.

   (b)   Trees of at least one-inch caliper shall be installed on both sides of all streets within the manufactured or mobile home park at a spacing of fifty feet on centers. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   The following setback requirements for all manufactured and mobile homes located in a park shall apply:

   (a)   From all perimeter lot lines - 50 feet.

   (b)   From any housing unit located in the park - 15 feet.

   (c)   From any community building - 50 feet.

   (d)   From any public or private street located within the park - 15 feet.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   A minimum of ten percent of the gross site area shall be set aside and reserved for useable open space. Said open space shall be in one or more parcels, not less than one acre each. The minimum dimensions of said open space shall be 200 feet in any direction. For the purposes of this section, "useable open space" means recreational parks, common open areas, any areas containing a combination of community service buildings (clubhouses, swimming pools, etc.) and outdoor recreation areas.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   Two paved, off-street parking spaces, having a minimum area of 200 square feet each, shall be provided for each home site. Said parking space shall be located either on the home site, behind the front setback area, or in a common parking area within the park. (Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   Signs within the development shall be limited to a nameplate attached to each housing unit, which nameplate is no larger than one square foot, directional signs indicating the location of service buildings, including the management office, parking areas and common recreation areas, and traffic control signs.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)

   (a)   Lighting. Appropriate lighting shall be provided along all interior roadways and along walkways. All lights shall be so positioned and shaded as to avoid a glare on adjoining properties.

   (b)   Drainage. The space of each housing unit shall be so constructed as to provide adequate storm water drainage from ramps, patios and all walls and foundations of the housing unit to the roadway.

   (c)   Fuel Supply. Where fuel is stored in outdoor storage tanks, they shall be supported by a concrete base and screened from view of surrounding housing spaces and the street.

   (d)   Enclosed Undercarriage. All units located in the park shall be enclosed from the bottom of the structure to the ground.

   (e)   Refuse Containers. All refuse containers shall be screened from view of surrounding housing units and the street.

(Ord. 3964. Passed 9-15-87.)