Standards and procedures for the approval of a mobile home park development are as specified in this chapter and Chapter 1264.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)

   (a)   No one may apply for a zoning permit for a mobile home park without first obtaining approval from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

   (b)   No mobile home, travel trailer, boat or house vehicle shall be used as living quarters, except that a mobile home may be so occupied in a mobile home park.

   (c)   A mobile home in a mobile home park must be permanently affixed to the ground. No person shall occupy or sleep in a mobile home unless it meets the requirements of this section and Chapter 1264.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)

   (a)   Size. A tract of land to be developed as a mobile home park shall contain a minimum of ten acres and be served by public water and sanitary sewers.

   (b)   Requirements Prior to Occupancy. Before a mobile home park may be occupied, at least one-third of the mobile home lots in the park must be completed and ready for occupancy, which completion shall include, but not be limited to, the installation of all roadways and drives, sidewalks, lighting, public utilities and service and management buildings serving the sites to be occupied. Before a site may be occupied, all facilities required for serving the site with emergency vehicles shall be completed.

   (c)   Lot Area; Density. Every mobile home placed in a mobile home park shall be on a space or lot having an area of not less than 5,000 square feet, and every mobile home park shall contain a density of not more than six mobile homes per gross acre.

   (d)   Lot Coverage. No mobile home, including accessory buildings, garages and porches, shall cover more than forty percent of the area of the mobile home space or lot on which it is placed.

   (e)   Frontage. Every mobile home placed on a mobile home space or lot shall front upon an interior drive in the mobile home park.

   (f)   Ground Floor Area. Every mobile home on a mobile home space or lot shall have a total ground floor area of not less than 600 square feet measured from the outside exterior walls, including utility rooms but excluding open porches, breezeways and garages.

   (g)   Height. No mobile home or accessory or related use shall exceed one story or fifteen feet in height.

   (h)   Yards. No mobile home shall be placed on a mobile home space or lot unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such mobile home:

      (1)   Front. Each mobile home space or lot shall have a front yard of not less than twenty- five feet.

      (2)   Side. Each mobile home space or lot shall have a side yard on each side of not less than twenty-five feet, except for corner spaces or lots, which shall be not less than thirty feet.

      (3)   Rear. Each mobile home space or lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty feet.

   (i)   Streets, Sidewalks and Parking.

      (1)   Every mobile home park shall provide a main entrance drive not less than thirty-six feet wide. Every other drive shall be of a width and design necessary for the use required as determined by the Zoning Inspector, except that no drive shall have a usable travel width of less than twenty-four feet.

      (2)   Every drive shall be protected at the edges by curbs, gutters or other suitable edging as necessary to provide for the stabilization of the pavement and adequate drainage.

      (3)   Every mobile home space or lot shall abut a driveway.

      (4)   Every mobile home park shall contain, where pedestrian traffic is concentrated, common walkways not less than three feet wide for the safety and convenience of pedestrians. Driveways, not including walks, shall be graded in such a manner that walks can be added later. Individual walks from each mobile home stand to its paved parking shall also be provided.

      (5)   Within the boundary of each mobile home space or lot, there shall be two paved parking spaces not closer than three feet to the mobile home dwelling or closer than ten feet from a mobile home dwelling on an adjoining space or lot.

   (j)   Utilities.

      (1)   Water. Every mobile home park shall be served by public water.

      (2)   Fire protection. For fire protection purposes, there shall be domestic water under adequate pressure in standard fire hydrants approved by the Director of Public Service. Such hydrants shall be located in the mobile home park.

      (3)   Sanitary sewers. Every mobile home park shall be served by the Municipal sanitary sewerage system.

      (4)   Storm drainage. Adequate storm drainage for each mobile home lot shall be provided. Open drainage ditches are prohibited. All drainage systems shall be designed in accordance with Municipal standards.

      (5)   Refuse collection. Where refuse collection is not provided by the Municipality on an individual basis, there shall be refuse disposal receptacles located within 200 feet of each mobile home space or lot. The type, size and location of such receptacles shall be approved by the Municipality.

      (6)   Liquefied petroleum gas or fuel. When liquefied petroleum gas or fuel is used in the mobile home park, the containers for such gas or fuel shall be approved by the Municipality.

      (7)   Fuel oil. When fuel oil systems are used, they shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable State and local codes and regulations. All fuel oil storage containers, barrels, tanks or cylinders and piping to the mobile homes shall be securely fastened in place and protected against physical damage.

      (8)   Natural gas. When natural gas piping systems are used, they shall be installed underground in accordance with applicable codes and regulations and public utility standards. Each mobile home lot provided with piped natural gas shall have an approved manual shut-off valve installed upstream of the gas outlet. The outlet shall be equipped with an approved method to prevent accidental discharge of gas when the outlet is not in use.

   (k)   Mobile Home Stands and Skirts. Each mobile home shall be placed on, and have its four corners supported by and anchored to, a concrete foundation designed to carry the load placed thereon. Rigid skirts designed to screen and seal the space between the mobile home and its concrete foundation shall be installed within sixty days from the time the mobile home is placed on the space or lot.

   (l)   Communal Facilities. In all mobile home parks, the following facilities shall be provided and available to residents:

      (1)   Management and maintenance offices, including storage facilities for grounds-keeping equipment;

      (2)   Laundry and drying facilities in a permanent structure, which shall be in a convenient, accessible location; and

      (3)   Safe, usable, conveniently located recreation areas to comprise an area equal to eight percent of the gross area of the mobile home park tract.

   (m)   Peripheral Buffers. Every mobile home park tract which is adjacent to a Residential District shall provide a twenty-foot wide planting strip which extends along all outside boundaries contiguous to the District. The strip shall be planted with trees and shrubs that will provide a dense screen at all times, and shall be maintained in good condition by the owner.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)

   The owner or developer shall file a mobile home park plan for the proposed mobile home park with the Planning Board along with an application for a change of zoning district. The mobile home park plan shall include and specify the information required in this section and in Chapter 1264 and shall contain the following information:

   (a)   The proposed location, site size and production schedule of the development and the total number of mobile home sites to be developed;

   (b)   The proposed location, size and use of the nonresidential portions of the tract, including usable open space, parklands, playgrounds and other areas and spaces, including their suggested ownership;

   (c)   The proposed provisions for water, sanitary sewerage, surface drainage and fire protection facilities, including engineering feasibility studies or other pertinent information;

   (d)   The proposed traffic circulation pattern, including the location of public and private streets, walks and other accessways, showing their relationship to existing streets and topographic features;

   (e)   Information on the use or re-use of existing features such as topography, drainageways, tree cover, structures, streets and easements;

   (f)   The names and addresses of the owners of all properties lying within 200 feet of any part of the mobile home park tract proposed for development approval; and

   (g)   The deed restrictions, covenants, easements and encumbrances to be used to control the use, development and/or maintenance of the mobile home park tract.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)

   (a)   The Planning Board shall study the application and the mobile home park plan required in Section 1288.04, and may hold a public hearing within sixty days of the date of filing the application. Notice of the time and date of the public hearing shall be given in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality at least seven days before the date of such hearing.

   (b)   Following the public hearing, if held, the Board shall make a report to Council recommending approval or disapproval of the mobile home park plan and the reasons therefor. The Board may explicitly impose special conditions relating to the mobile home park with regard to the type and extent of public improvements to be installed, circulation, the provision of services or any other pertinent development characteristic. The Board, in making a favorable recommendation to Council, shall ensure that:

      (1)   The proposed development is consistent in all respects with the purpose, intent and applicable standards of this Zoning Code.

      (2)   The proposed development meets all the minimum requirements specified in Chapter 1290.

      (3)   The proposed development is in conformity with the Comprehensive Plan.

      (4)   The proposed development advances the general welfare of the Municipality and the immediate vicinity.

      (5)   The design character and improved site arrangement justify the location and size proposed in the development.

      (6)   The utilities to serve the proposed developments have been approved by the Municipality and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)

   (a)   Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Planning Board provided for in Section 1288.05(b), Council shall hold a public hearing within sixty days of the date of the receipt of the mobile home park plan from the Planning Board. Notice of the time and date of the hearing shall be given, at least thirty days prior to the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality. The Municipality shall also notify, by registered mail and at the applicant's expense, all landowners whose property lies within 200 feet of any point along the boundary of the parcel in question.

   (b)   Within thirty days of the date of the hearing, Council shall act upon the mobile home park plan and zone change application. Approval of the plan shall constitute the creation of a separate MHR-8 Mobile Home Residential District. Council may also, by a vote of at least five members of the members of Council: (1) deny the mobile home park plan; or (2) may recommend approval subject to specified modifications.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82; Ord. 03-12. Passed 6-2-03.)

   Council approval of a mobile home park plan is valid for a period of one year to allow construction to be substantially started in accordance with the mobile home park plan, with evidence that constuction will be completed within a reasonable length of time. Unless construction is initiated within such time limit, the approval shall be voided and the classification of the land shall then revert to the last previous zoning classification, except when an application for a time extension has been submitted and approved by the Planning Board.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)

   Upon approval of the mobile home park plan by Council, the Zoning Inspector may issue a zoning permit to the applicant. The Inspector must subsequently determine that all of the required improvements have been installed prior to permitting the mobile home park to be occupied.

(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)