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Muscatine City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

23 MOBILE HOME REGULATIONS

10-23-1 General Provisions

Regulations regarding mobile homes shall be as follows:

  1. All inhabited mobile homes shall be located in a mobile home court which has received a conditional use permit and which conforms with the requirements of this chapter.
  2. No mobile home outside of an approved mobile home court shall be connected to utilities, except those mobile homes being offered for sale and not inhabited.

10-23-2 Mobile Home Court Standards

Mobile home courts shall meet the following minimum standards:

  1. Each lot provided for the occupancy of a single mobile home unit shall have an area of not less than four thousand (4,000) square feet and a width of not less than forty-five feet (45’).
  2. No court shall be permitted an average density of mobile home lots of more than nine (9) per acre.
  3. Each mobile home court shall provide an area of not less than ten (10) acres.
  4. Each lot shall have provisions for at least two (2) frame ties and two (2) over-the-top tiedowns equal to or better than the specifications outlined in Booklet TR-75 published by the Department of Defense.
  5. All mobile home courts shall provide lots sufficient in size that no mobile home or any structure, addition, or appurtenance thereto is located less than ten feet (10’) from the nearest adjacent court boundary.
  6. Space between mobile homes may be used for the parking of motor vehicles if the space is clearly designated and the vehicle is parked at least ten feet (10’) from the nearest adjacent buildings.
  7. Each mobile home site shall abut or face a clear unoccupied space, driveway, roadway, or street of not less than twenty feet (20’) in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a public highway, street, or alley.
  8. The mobile home court shall be surrounded by a landscaped strip of open space fifty feet (50’) wide along the street frontage of a major street and twenty-five feet (25’) wide along all other lot lines or street frontage.