Middletown Township Bucks
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
MHP Mobile Home Park District
§ 500-1401 Purpose and intent.
The purpose of this district is to allow for the creation of a planned community of mobile homes or, where this use is not appropriate, for the orderly development of an office campus. Reasonable standards for the size of structures, open space and permitted uses are established for this district.
§ 500-1402 Use regulations.
[Amended 10-2-2001 by Ord. No. 01-13; 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any one of the following principal uses and no other:
A.
Mobile home park.
B.
Accessory buildings, which shall be used solely for facilities directly related to the operation of the mobile home park. Such buildings may include a management office, storage facilities for the residents of the mobile home park, laundry facilities, maintenance buildings and storage for maintenance equipment, a community room and recreational facilities for the use of residents of the mobile home park. Such buildings shall not be commercial in nature.
C.
An office campus development when authorized by the Board of Supervisors as a conditional use, subject to the requirements of the OC Office Campus District.
E.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any permitted use in the district.
§ 500-1403 Mobile home park requirements.
The following requirements shall be applicable to mobile home parks and related accessory uses:
B.
Area and dimensional requirements for mobile home lots.
Minimum Lot Area (square feet) | Minimum Lot Width at Building Setback (feet) | Maximum Impervious Surfaces on Lot (percent) | Minimum Yard (feet) | Minimum Distance Between Units (feet) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Front | Side | Rear | |||||
Single-wide units, 51 feet long: | 5,000 | 50 | 35% | 20 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
Single-wide units, 61 feet long: | 5,450 | 50 | 35% | 20 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
Double-wide units: | 7,000 | 60 | 35% | 20 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
C.
All mobile homes shall be set back from existing abutting public streets or roads not less than the following distances. These setback lines shall be measured from the street line.
D.
No mobile home shall be erected on a mobile home lot except upon a mobile home pad. Each mobile home unit shall have its own separate pad.
(1)
Each mobile home pad shall be at least equal in length and width to the dimensions of the mobile home to be placed thereon.
(2)
The pad, at least six inches in thickness, shall be constructed from either concrete, asphalt concrete or other material adequate to support the mobile home and to prevent abnormal settling or heaving under the weight of the home. The corners of the mobile home shall be secured to prevent wind overturn and rocking with at least six tie-downs, such as concrete "dead men," screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices suitable to withstand a tension of at least 2,800 pounds.
(3)
Each mobile home shall be set level on sturdy and substantial supports.
(4)
The area between the ground level and the perimeter of the mobile home shall be enclosed by means of a suitable skirting.
(5)
The hitch which is employed for the normal movement of the unit shall be removed.
E.
Accessory buildings as defined in § 500-1402B shall be subject to the following standards:
(1)
A maximum of 25% of the base site area shall be used for accessory buildings and uses. In computing this, all buildings, parking areas and required setbacks shall be included.
(2)
All buildings shall be set back at least 50 feet from adjacent mobile homes and interior streets in the mobile home park.
(3)
All buildings shall comply with the buffer yard requirements.
F.
Buffer yard requirements. A fifty-foot-wide buffer yard shall be provided along the perimeter of the mobile home park. The buffer yard shall be in compliance with the provisions of § 500-2605 of this chapter.
[Amended 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
G.
Off-street parking. A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home lot. An additional one parking space per 10 mobile home lots shall be provided in a common parking area for visitors. Parking shall be prohibited on internal roads. It shall be the duty of the owner or operator of the mobile home park to enforce this provision.