The Manufactured Home Single-Wide (MSW) District provides for individual manufactured home single-wide lots, manufactured home single-wide parks and similar residential development.

(Ord. 789 §18-351, 2006)

Permitted uses in the MSW District are shown on Table 12-3 above.

(Ord. 789 §18-352, 2006)

Special review uses in the MSW District are shown on Table 12-3 above.

(Ord. 789 §18-353, 2006)

Lot area and width requirements for individual manufactured home single-wide lots in the MSW District are shown on Table 12-13 below.

Table 12-13
MSW District Standards

(Ord. 789 §18-354, 2006; Ord. 878 § 8, 2017)

Setback requirements for individual manufactured home single-wide lots in the MSW District are shown on Table 12-13 above and Diagram 12-J below.

Diagram 12-J
MSW District Typical Lot
Diagram

MSW District
Corner Lot Diagram

(Ord. 789 §18-355, 2006; Ord. 811 §1, 2009)

Lot coverage requirements for individual manufactured home single-wide lots in the MSW District are shown on Table 12-13 above. Lot coverage shall be measured to include the footprint of buildings. Only the first floor square footage in structures of two (2) or more stories shall be included when calculating lot coverage.

(Ord. 789 §18-356, 2006)

Building height requirements for individual manufactured home single-wide lots in the MSW District are shown on Table 12-13 above.

(Ord. 789 §18-357, 2006)

Minimum gross floor area requirements in the MSW District are shown in Table 12-13 above.

(Ord. 789 §18-358, 2006)

For vision clearance requirements in the MSW District, see Section 12-17-70 of this Chapter.

(Ord. 789 §18-359, 2006)

(a)

All MSW units shall have a skirting of a rigid type of material manufactured for the purpose of covering the undercarriage of the manufactured home single-wide. Such skirting must be in place within sixty (60) days after the manufactured home single-wide is installed. Skirting shall be fastened according to the manufacturer's instruction and shall provide for adequate ventilation. The frame, axles, wheels, crawl space, storage area and utility connections of all manufactured homes shall be concealed from view by the skirting. The skirting shall be equal to skirting manufactured for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the person to whom the license for the manufactured home single-wide park is issued to see that the skirting is in place in compliance with this Article.

(b)

Prior to occupancy, the wheels must be removed and the home placed and anchored on a suitable foundation.

(c)

Each manufactured home single-wide shall be secured with supports, anchors and tie-downs fastened to the main framing as shown on Table 12-14 below. Supports, anchors and tie-downs shall be placed to resist the design wind pressures and shall be installed in compliance with local codes and the Colorado Manufactured Home Inspection Program.

Table 12-14
Tie-Down Requirements

* Sets are characterized by pairs of tie-downs.

Anchor rods shall be capable of sustaining a load requirement of three thousand one hundred fifty (3,150) pounds.

(Ord. 789 §18-360, 2006)

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain, operate or alter any manufactured home single-wide park, as defined in Section 12-1-10 of this Chapter, within the incorporated area of the City, unless he or she holds a valid license authorized by the City Council in the name of such person for the specific manufactured home single-wide park. All applications for licenses shall be made to the City Manager, who shall issue a permit or license upon compliance by the applicant with provisions of this Chapter, any regulations adopted pursuant thereto and any other applicable legal requirements.

(b)

No manufactured home single-wide park shall be occupied until all improvements have been made as submitted in the approved site plan and until proper inspections by the City Manager have been made.

(Ord. 789 §18-361, 2006)

Existing health regulations must be considered prior to selection of the site for a manufactured home single-wide park. The manufactured home single-wide park shall be on a well-drained site and shall be located so that its drainage will not cause an adverse effect on surrounding areas. Manufactured home single-wide parks shall not be exposed to chronic nuisances such as noise, smoke, fumes or odors. The topography shall be favorable to minimum grading and ease of maintenance.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

The manufactured home single-wide park shall have a gross density of not more than twelve (12) units per acre.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

(a)

Each manufactured home single-wide park shall be landscaped except for those portions used for ingress and egress. The minimum setback requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

Abutting a state or federally designated highway or designated major arterial: fifty (50) feet.

(2)

Abutting any public right-of-way other than Subparagraph a. above, including alleys: twenty-five (25) feet.

(3)

Abutting any exterior boundary other than Subparagraph a. or b. above: fifteen (15) feet.

(b)

All manufactured homes single-wide shall be parked in such spaces so that there will be a minimum of twenty (20) feet on all sides between manufactured homes single-wide. Additions to the manufactured home single-wide structure shall be considered a part of the manufactured home single-wide in measuring required setback.

(c)

It shall be unlawful to allow any manufactured home single-wide to be occupied in a manufactured home single-wide park unless the manufactured home single-wide is situated on a manufactured home single-wide space.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

(a)

The required area for each manufactured home single-wide space does not include additional area required for access roads, off-street parking, service buildings, recreation areas, office and similar manufactured home single-wide park needs.

(b)

The following minimum area requirements shall apply to manufactured home single-wide spaces:

(1)

The minimum area of a manufactured home single-wide space shall be three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet.

(2)

Groups or clusters of manufactured homes single-wide may be placed on a combined lot where the area of the combined lot is equal to the minimum lot area required for an equal number of manufactured homes single-wide on standard lots and where the minimum setbacks are honored on the combined lots perimeter line and minimum spacing requirements are complied with.

(3)

Manufactured home single-wide size, parking and storage shall be considered in sizing lots.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

(a)

The site shall have at least one (1) direct access to a public street by a roadway at least forty (40) feet in width, which meets City standards.

(b)

Access shall be provided to each manufactured home single-wide space by interior roadways not less than thirty-two (32) feet in width and which meet City standards.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

All walkways within the park shall be hard-surfaced with asphalt or concrete. All roadways and walkways within a manufactured home single-wide park shall be well-lighted at night.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

A manufactured home single-wide park shall provide an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the gross manufactured home single-wide park area for private recreational area or areas. The area allowed for recreation shall not include any area designated as a roadway, manufactured home single-wide space or storage area or any area required for setbacks.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

Areas shall be provided for the parking of motor vehicles:

(1)

A minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces for each manufactured home single-wide shall be provided for each manufactured home single-wide space. The minimum size of each such off-street parking space shall be eight (8) feet by twenty (20) feet. Off-street parking spaces shall be surfaced with gravel, asphalt, concrete or similar substance.

(2)

On-street parking may be permitted in addition to required off-street parking by widening roadways an additional ten (10) feet.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

(a)

An outdoor storage area surfaced with gravel, asphalt, concrete or similar substance for boats, boat trailers, camping units and horse trailers shall be provided for within the manufactured home single-wide park in an amount equal to fifty (50) square feet per manufactured home single-wide space.

(b)

An indoor storage area, either individual or common, for the personal use of manufactured home single-wide occupants shall be provided in an amount equal to fifty (50) square feet per manufactured home single-wide space. Space beneath the manufactured home single-wide shall not fulfill this requirement.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

Camping units shall not be allowed in manufactured home single-wide parks unless bath and toilet facilities are provided by the manufactured home single-wide park.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

Every manufactured home single-wide park shall have adequate fire hydrants in good working order of such type, size and number and so located within the park as prescribed by the City Fire Department or Fire Protection District, to conform to the Fire Code as adopted by the City.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006; Ord. 811 §1, 2009)

(a)

Water and sewer systems. All manufactured home single-wide parks shall be responsible for installing water distribution and sewage collection systems in conformance with City standards. All such systems shall be connected to the City utility system.

(b)

Plumbing standards.

(1)

All plumbing in the manufactured home single-wide park shall comply with the City Building Code. Each manufactured home single-wide space shall be provided with a sewer connection which shall be closed when not linked to a manufactured home single-wide and shall be capped so as to prevent any escape of odors.

(2)

The manufactured home single-wide drain shall be watertight and self-draining. This drain shall be constructed of smooth plastic pipe or of other material conforming to state manufactured home single-wide regulations.

(c)

Electricity. An electrical outlet supplying at least one hundred ten (110) volts or one hundred ten/two hundred twenty (110/220) volts shall be provided for each manufactured home single-wide space. All installations shall comply with all state electrical regulations.

(d)

Refuse disposal. The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the manufactured home single-wide park shall be so managed as to conform to the City ordinances regarding refuse, trash and nuisances. Satisfactory container racks or trash bins shall be provided at permanent locations convenient to manufactured home single-wide spaces in areas screened by appropriate landscaping features.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

(a)

It shall be the duty of each licensee to keep a register containing a record of all manufactured home single-wide owners and occupants located within the park. The register shall contain the following information:

(1)

The name and address of the owner of each manufactured home single-wide.

(2)

The name and address of the occupant of each manufactured home single-wide, if different from the owner.

(3)

The make, model, year and current license number of each manufactured home single-wide.

(4)

The state, territory or country issuing such license.

(5)

The date of arrival and of departure of each manufactured home single-wide.

(b)

The manufactured home single-wide park shall keep the register available for inspection at all times by law enforcement officers, public health officials and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained in the register. The register record for each occupant registered shall not be destroyed for a period of one (1) year following the departure of the registrant from the manufactured home single-wide park.

(Ord. 789 §18-362, 2006)

(a)

Procedures for approval for a new manufactured home single-wide park.

(1)

Application for approval for a new manufactured home single-wide park shall be made to the City Manager prior to the parking, storage or commencement of any construction of a new manufactured home single-wide park, and shall be accompanied by the following:

a.

A site plan at a scale of one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet.

b.

Typical plot plans for individual manufactured home single-wide spaces or camping unit spaces at a scale of one (1) inch equals ten (10) feet.

c.

Typical street and walk cross-sections.

d.

Grading and drainage plans.

e.

The number, location and size of all manufactured home single-wide spaces; and the maximum manufactured home single-wide size for each space.

f.

The location and width of roadways, sidewalks and pedestrian ways.

g.

The location and size of vehicle parking lots and recreation areas.

h.

Source of water supply and methods to be used for sewage and refuse disposal.

i.

Plans and specifications of all utilities and other improvements constructed or to be constructed.

j.

Landscaping features.

k.

The type and size of all screening and fencing.

l.

Such further information as may be requested by the City in order to determine that the proposed manufactured home single-wide park will comply with legal requirements.

An original application fee for site approval shall accompany the above. See Land Use Fee Schedule for the application fee.

(2)

The developer must file a plat of the manufactured home single-wide park covering the location of all existing proposed utilities and public lands prior to or at the time of final approval of the manufactured home single-wide park.

(3)

A manufactured home single-wide park applicant shall be responsible for complying with the requirements of this Division and shall present evidence prior to final approval of any plan that necessary arrangements have been made with each of the serving utilities for the installation of facilities in compliance herewith.

(b)

Planning and Zoning Commission review.

(1)

Written notice than an application for a manufactured home single-wide park has been filed (and that it may be reviewed at City Hall during the regular office hours) will be sent to owners of property within three hundred (300) feet of the property in question.

(2)

Within thirty (30) days after the Planning and Zoning Commission receives a completed application (unless a longer time is necessary for consideration of the application for reasons specifically stated by the Planning and Zoning Commission), the Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the application.

a.

A notice of said hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing date.

b.

A written notice of said hearing will be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, with a certificate of mailing, at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing date to property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property as such ownership is available in the City Clerk's office.

c.

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall either approve the application in whole or in part, with or without modification and conditions, or disapprove the application. The decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be transmitted in writing to the City Council and to the applicant.

(c)

City Council review.

(1)

The City Council shall hold a public meeting on the application after receiving the written report of recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The City Council shall either approve the application, in whole or in part, with or without modification and conditions, or disapprove the application. The decision of the City Council shall be transmitted in writing to the Planning and Zoning Commission and to the applicant.

(2)

All approved site plans for the manufactured home single-wide park, including modifications and conditions, shall be certified by the City Council and maintained on file.

(3)

Any person applying to the courts for a review of any decision made under the terms of this Article shall apply for review within thirty (30) days after the date the decision is transmitted to applicant. The applicant shall be required to pay the cost of preparing a transcript of proceedings, and the application for review shall be in the nature of certiorari under Rule 106(a)(4) of the Colorado Rules Of Civil Procedure. The City Council shall be entitled to appeal any decision of the district court under said Rule 106 proceedings.

(Ord. 789 §18-363, 2006; Ord. 811 §1, 2009)

All buildings and utilities to be constructed, altered or repaired in a manufactured home single-wide park shall comply with all applicable regulations of the City. Building permits shall be obtained for the construction of any structures under jurisdiction of the City Building Code.

(Ord. 789 §18-363, 2006)

Any person making application for a manufactured home single-wide park shall obtain the approval of the City Council, and the City Manager shall issue an annual license upon compliance by the person making application with this Article with any regulations adopted pursuant thereto and with any other information as may be requested by the City Council to enable it to determine that the manufactured home single-wide park will comply with all applicable legal requirements. An annual license fee in an amount which is on file in the office of the City Clerk is required.

(Ord. 789 §18-363, 2006)

(a)

License required. In order to operate a manufactured home single-wide park within the incorporated municipal boundary, a manufactured home single-wide park operations license must be secured by the park owner. Any person desiring to operate a manufactured home single-wide park must provide proof that the park complies with the provisions of this Article and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The person to whom a license for a manufactured home single-wide park is issued shall at all times operate the park in compliance with this Article and shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park and its facilities and equipment in good repair and in clean and sanitary condition at all times.

(b)

Application procedures. Any person desiring a manufactured home single-wide park operations license shall submit to the City Clerk an application for such license on a form to be provided by the City. The fee for the annual license is on file in the City Clerk's office.

(c)

Expiration date. All licenses issued shall expire on December 31 of the year of issue. All inspections will be made at the time of application by the City Manager.

(d)

Revocation. The City Council may revoke any license to maintain and operate a manufactured home single-wide park when the licensee has been found violating any provision of this Article. The license may be reissued if the circumstances leading to the violations have been remedied and the park is being maintained and operated in full compliance with the law.

(Ord. 789 §18-364, 2006; Ord. 811 §1, 2009)

A violation of any of the provisions of this Article shall be punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 1-4-20 of this Code. In addition, after a citation has been issued, each day shall constitute a separate violation for the above-described fine. Further, the Municipal Court may enjoin the removal of signs which do not conform to the provisions of this Code.

(Ord. 789 §18-364, 2006; Ord. 811 §1, 2009)

A nonconforming manufactured home single-wide park in existence prior to the adoption date of the ordinance codified herein shall be allowed to continue as a nonconforming manufactured home single-wide park despite transfer of ownership by sale, foreclosure or other means, unless abandoned for one (1) year or more or destroyed by more than fifty percent (50%). Any additions or expansions of nonconforming manufactured home single-wide parks shall conform to the provisions of this Code.

(Ord. 789 §18-365, 2006; Ord. 811 §1, 2009)