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Minerva City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1147

R-4 Mobile Home Park District

1147.01 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of the R-4 District is to provide for logical and well-planned locations for mobile homes. Trailers or mobile homes shall be located only in a mobile home park located in a Mobile Home Park District.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
 

1147.02 PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES.

   Within an R-4 Mobile Home Park District no building structure or premises shall be used except for one or more of the following uses:
   (a)   Permitted Uses.
      (1)   Mobile home (trailer) in a park only, as permitted and regulated in Section 1147.05.
      (2)   Accessory buildings incidental to the principal use which do not include any activity conducted as a business.
      (3)   Signs as permitted and regulated in Section 1157.01. (Ord. 16-11. Passed 6-14-11.)
   (b)   Conditionally Permitted Uses. The Board of Zoning Appeals may issue conditional zoning certificates for uses listed herein subject to the general requirements of Chapter 1139 and to the specific requirements of Section 1139.01 (a), referred to below:
      (1)   Private or governmentally owned and/or operated picnic areas, playgrounds, private parks, swimming facilities, golf courses, tennis clubs, country clubs, riding academies and other similar recreational facilities and/or uses, but excluding such commercial recreational uses as drive-in theaters, miniature golf courses, golf-driving ranges, rifle ranges, skeet-shooting ranges, pistol ranges, or other ranges for the use of firearms.
      (2)   Governmentally or privately owned and/or operated parks, recreational areas and campgrounds where camping in tents, trailers and other vehicles, cabins or lodges is permitted by fee, membership or otherwise, and for overnight or longer periods of time, and day camps, summer camps, health camps and other types of outdoors and/or recreationally oriented uses which involve facilities for group activities and accommodations.
      (3)   Home occupation subject to Section 1141.01(b)(4) and (5).
         (Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
 

1147.03 LOT REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)   Minimum Area.
      Mobile home park - twelve acres.
      Mobile home lot - 5,000 square feet.
 
   (b)   Minimum Lot Width at Building Line.
      Mobile home park - 200 feet.
      Mobile home lot - fifty feet.
 
   (c)   Minimum Side Yard Depth.
      Mobile home park - twenty-five feet.
 
   (d)   Mobile Homes. A minimum of twenty-five feet clearance between individual mobile homes or trailers, both at the sides and ends. The front setback line for each mobile home located on the mobile park roadway shall be twenty feet.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
 

1147.04 BUILDING HEIGHT.

   The maximum building height shall be thirty-five feet.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
 

1147.05 SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

   All mobile parks permitted under Section 1147.02 shall be permitted only after the following requirements have been met:
   (a)   The applicant shall have permission, in writing, from the State and County Health Departments, approving the site and plans for the proposed mobile home park.
   (b)   A mobile home park shall consist of a minimum of ten units or more.
   (c)   Each trailer unit shall have a minimum of 500 square feet of living space per family for each mobile home.
   (d)   All mobile home lots shall abut upon a road of not less than twenty-five feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a public street. On-street parking shall be permitted on one side only.
   (e)   All trailers shall be parked on a concrete slab area of minimum size of fourteen by fifty feet.
   (f)   Each mobile home lot shall provide underground services and utilities for each mobile home and service center.
   (g)   Every mobile home lot shall provide a minimum of two automobile parking spaces, contained on the individual mobile home lot, and in addition the operator of the park shall provide a separate parking lot, providing a minimum of one parking space for every two individual mobile home lots. The parking lot shall conform to all yard requirements and shall be suitably paved to eliminate dust and dirt.
   (h)   A safe, usable recreation area shall be conveniently located in every mobile home park and shall be not less than twenty percent of the total area of the trailer park.
   (i)   All mobile homes must be enclosed from the ground to the floor level of the mobile home with a solid or lattice type enclosure in order to eliminate any unsightly storage areas.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)