Permitted uses:

a.

Single-family manufactured homes and travel trailers.

Conditional uses:

a.

Public facilities or structures.

General requirements: All manufactured home parks located within Mitchell County shall meet the following general requirements:

A.

Establishment of manufactured home parks.

1.

A person, firm, or corporation desiring to develop a manufactured home park within Mitchell County, shall provide appropriate copies of a sketch plan of the proposed layout which shall conform to the minimum requirements stated herein and shall file said copies of said sketch plan with the planning commission for review.

2.

No private construction or public improvements shall commence on any land to be used as a manufactured home park prior to the approval and certification of the required development plans.

B.

Design. The design of a manufactured home park shall conform to the following design requirements:

a.

Minimum area of tract. A manufactured home park shall have a minimum size of 25 acres.

b.

Setback. The manufactured home park shall be so designed that manufactured homes (and travel trailers) and their accessory structures shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet from adjoining property lines, 20 feet from internal park streets, and at least 30 feet from any publicly dedicated street. Manufactured home stands shall be designed so as to provide a distance of at least 30 feet between manufactured homes.

c.

Access. The manufactured home shall have an entrance drive from a public street. Each manufactured home site and its parking area shall have direct access to the internal street system, with no direct access to public streets. The width and design of the entrance drive and access drives shall be adequate to accommodate fire protection vehicles and equipment.

d.

Streets. Streets within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned, privately constructed, and privately maintained. Such private streets shall be well drained and paved to county specifications, with a minimum surface of ten feet for one-way streets and 20 feet for two-way streets.

e.

Parking. Each manufactured home stand shall be provided with a minimum of two off-street parking spaces. One additional parking space must be provided for every five dwelling units to accommodate guests. Parking on interior streets within a park is hereby prohibited. The required front yard may be used for the minimum parking; however, required side and rear yards may not be utilized for the minimum parking.

f.

Minimum number of spaces. A manufactured home park shall have a minimum of ten spaces prepared with all utilities in place prior to its approval for occupancy.

g.

Length of residential occupancy. No space within a manufactured home park shall be rented for residential use of a manufactured home except for periods of 30 days or longer.

h.

Manufactured home inspection. It shall be the initial responsibility of each manufactured home or trailer park operator to notify the building official to inspect manufactured homes being placed within the confines of any park under this jurisdiction, control or supervision, for compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, prior to the placement of any such manufactured home on its stand and within such park and to the connection of utility services to and occupancy of the manufactured home.

C.

Expansion of manufactured home parks. A person, firm, or corporation desiring to expand a manufactured home park to include more manufactured homes or manufactured home sites, shall submit plans and specifications for such improvements to the planning commission for review prior to initiating construction and improvements.

Manufactured home parks constructed or reconstructed within Mitchell County shall be provided with the following minimum improvements:

a.

Sewage: The manufactured home park shall be provided with an approved sewage collection system.

b.

Water: A potable water supply shall be provided.

c.

Easement: Publicly dedicated easements shall be provided within the park if individual manufactured home stands and accessory park uses are to be serviced by a public utility system.

d.

Lighting: All recreation areas, (required for developments of 25 units or more) park entrances, park streets, and pedestrian easements shall be illuminated to provide at least 0.3 footcandles of lighting.

e.

Garbage and refuse: Garbage and refuse service areas (fenced and paved) shall be reserved within the park and shall conform to all applicable county ordinances.

f.

Walks:

(1)

General requirements: All manufactured home developments shall be provided with safe and convenient, pedestrian accesses of adequate width for their intended use and shall be durable and convenient to maintain.

(2)

Common walk system: A common walk system (paved) shall be provided and maintain between locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated. Such common walks shall have a minimum width of 3½ feet.

(3)

Individual walks: All manufactured home stands (paved) shall be connected to common walks, or to streets, or to driveways or to parking spaces. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width of two feet.

g.

Manufactured home stands: Each manufactured home stand shall be required to be provided with the following minimum accommodations:

(1)

Interior street access: Each stand shall be provided with access frontage of at least 20 feet.

(2)

Electric power supply: Each stand shall be provided with a properly sized over-current device, and shall meet the NEC standards.

(3)

Stand identification: A property and street number designation or other appropriate numbering device properly identifying each manufactured home stand shall be placed on lot and/or home. Such device shall be clearly visible from the street and shall be at least 2½ inches in height.

h.

Recreation: Manufactured home parks of 20 units or more must reserve an appropriate area for park recreation use.

The following establishments, of a commercial nature, may be permitted as customary accessory uses in a manufactured home park, provided such uses do not occupy more than ten percent of the area of the park, are located a minimum distance of 100 feet from any adjoining property line or street or highway right-of-way, and are primarily intended for the convenience of and service to the occupants of the park:

a.

Coin-operated laundry.

b.

Coin-operated vending machines of types allowed under applicable Mitchell County codes.

c.

One or more signs identifying the name of the park and the service provided therein; signs regulating traffic or provided for the convenience and welfare of park residents.

([See] section 9.01 subsection B., Design.)

1.

Additions. Any additions to a manufactured home or accessory buildings constructed on a lot shall comply with the requirements of the Mitchell County building ordinance.

2.

[Permits and inspections.] Before a certificate of occupancy is issued, the required permits and inspections must be obtained from the building department.

3.

Foundations. All main buildings shall be placed on a properly engineered foundation that meets the manufactured home's installation requirements and applicable state and local requirements.

4.

Siding material. All manufactured homes shall have exterior siding materials consisting of wood, vinyl, masonry, concrete, stucco, hard board siding, or metal lap.

5.

Skirting. All manufactured homes are required to be skirted within 30 days of placement. [See] article V, section 5.16.