This MHP district is intended to accommodate high-density, single-family, residential mobile home parks. Regulations for this MHP district are designed to promote an appropriate residential environment for family life; to establish minimum standards governing the construction and maintenance of mobile home parks; to establish minimum standards governing utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions to make mobile home parks safe, sanitary and fit for human habitation, and to fix the responsibilities and the duties of the owners of mobile home parks.

(Code 1999, § 9-136)

(a)

Any agricultural use in the MHP district, nonconforming or otherwise shall:

(1)

Utilize best management practices whenever possible.

(2)

Maintain a five-foot wide grass strip on-site along all rights-of-way and streams to slow down runoff waters and filter out sediment.

(b)

All forestal uses in the MHP district, whether nonconforming or otherwise, shall conform to the following: In order to maintain a rural environment in those areas of the county designated for residential and commercial development, no commercial timbering of lands zoned MHP shall commence until a plan for development (subdivision or site or reforestation plan) has been approved by the planning commission or the zoning administrator as the case may be. Any plan for reforestation shall require a posting of a bond in an amount sufficient to reforest the area based on current per acre estimate of reforestation by the state department of forestry. No commercial timbering shall be allowed in any development once any lot in the development has been sold.

(Code 1999, § 9-137)

In the mobile home parks MHP district, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses:

(1)

Community centers with an approved site plan.

(2)

Construction trailers and/or portable or temporary buildings for offices, storage facilities, public and semipublic uses, and such use shall be in conjunction with a bona fide construction project for which a building permit has been issued, the development of an approved subdivision, or highway or public works construction projects. In addition, the following conditions shall apply:

a.

The temporary structure shall be located in conformance with all applicable requirements of this chapter.

b.

The temporary structure shall not be used as temporary living quarters at any time.

c.

The use shall be allowed for a period of one year or 30 days beyond the date of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the permanent structure, whichever occurs first.

d.

Upon evidence that the completion of construction is imminent, the zoning administrator may grant one 30-day time extension.

e.

The zoning administrator retains the right to have the use removed if, at any time, the applicant violates the conditions set forth in this section.

f.

The zoning administrator retains the right to require a site plan.

(3)

Mobile home parks with an approved site plan.

(4)

Parks and playgrounds with an approved site plan.

(5)

Public utilities not requiring a conditional use permit under the provisions of section 98-444 with an approved site plan.

(6)

Radio, television or communication towers not exceeding 50 feet in height and satellite dishes, provided that any of these uses are located in the rear yard of a principal permitted use.

(7)

See section 98-10 for permitted accessory uses.

(Code 1999, § 9-138)

In the MHP mobile home parks district, structures to be erected or land to be used for one or more of the following uses shall be permitted only after the issuance of a conditional use permit by the board of supervisors or its agent:

(1)

Public or private electrical generation facilities, electrical substations with a capacity of 5,000 kilovolt amperes or more, and electrical transmission lines capable of transmitting 69 kilovolts or more.

(2)

Public or private transmission pipelines, including pumping stations and accessory storage for natural gas, propane gas, petroleum products, chemicals, slurry coal and any other gases, liquids or solids, with an approved site plan, except that private connections to existing pipelines, which are intended to serve individual residential or commercial customers and which are accessory to existing or proposed development, are permitted generally and without a conditional use permit.

(3)

Public or private water and sewer facilities including, but not limited to, treatment plants, pumping stations, storage facilities and transmission mains, with an approved site plan, except that private connections to existing mains which are intended to serve an individual residential or commercial customer and which are accessory to existing or proposed development, are permitted generally and without a conditional use permit.

(4)

Railroad facilities including tracks, bridges, switching yards and stations, with an approved site plan, except that spur lines which are to serve and are accessory to existing or proposed development adjacent to existing railroad rights-of-way, and track and safety improvements in existing railroad rights-of-way, are permitted generally and without a conditional use permit.

(Code 1999, § 9-139)

The minimum area of a mobile home park shall be five acres.

(Code 1999, § 9-140)

Intensity of development in the MHP district shall be limited to no more than four mobile homes per acre of gross park area. Each site or space for an individual mobile home shall not be less than 10,000 square feet in area and 60 feet wide; except that a space for a double-wide mobile home shall not be less than 75 feet wide.

(Code 1999, § 9-141)

Mobile home parks shall be located 50 feet or more from any state-maintained street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width or 75 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width. This shall be known as the setback line.

(Code 1999, § 9-142)

Each mobile home park shall have a minimum frontage of 200 feet on a state-maintained road.

(Code 1999, § 9-143)

No mobile home lot line in the MHP district shall be nearer than 50 feet from the exterior boundary line of the zoning district. The greenbelt planting strip required by section 98-451 may be included within this 50 feet.

(Code 1999, § 9-144)

All buildings in the MHP district, not otherwise exempt, shall be limited to one-story structures not exceeding 15 feet in height. Television antennas and radio aerials are not exempt in the MHP district.

(Code 1999, § 9-145)

A mobile home park shall have a greenbelt planting strip not less than 20 feet along all park boundaries.

(Code 1999, § 9-146)

Mobile homes in the MHP district shall be placed in spaces so that, at the nearest point, they shall be at least 20 feet from all internal streets, any other mobile home, or attachment thereto, and any accessory structure.

(Code 1999, § 9-147)

Mobile home parks shall provide open space area for recreational purposes having an area equal to ten percent of the mobile home park.

(Code 1999, § 9-148)

Where off-street parking is provided, the minimum width of internal streets on which an individual mobile home lot fronts shall be 26 feet and have an all-weather surface. Where off-street parking is not provided, the minimum internal street shall be 50 feet in width and have an all-weather surface. In cases when internal streets dead-end, there shall be constructed a cul-de-sac with a minimum turning radius of 35 feet. No cul-de-sac shall exceed 500 feet in length.

(Code 1999, § 9-149)

The owner of a mobile home park shall post in a prominent location a sign limiting the speed on all internal streets to not more than 15 miles per hour.

(Code 1999, § 9-150)

Any part of each lot not used for buildings or other structures in the MHP district, or off-street parking, recreation use, drives and pedestrian walks, central laundry drying yards, garbage and trash collection stations, shall be planted or screened with appropriate planted ground cover, trees, flowers, shrub and grass lawns, all of which shall be properly maintained.

(Code 1999, § 9-151)

The owner of the mobile home park shall provide for the central location of and collection of trash and garbage containers which shall be emptied at least two times per week.

(Code 1999, § 9-152)

Lot corners shall be clearly defined by permanent ground markers in the MHP district corresponding to the approved site plan.

(Code 1999, § 9-153)

All utilities in the MHP district shall be underground, except control instrumentation and substations which must be screened by planting or ornamental walls. No overhead wires are permitted within the park.

(Code 1999, § 9-154)

The owner of the mobile home park shall provide each mobile home space with individual water and sewage connections. A privately-owned central water and/or sewage disposal plant may be provided for an entire mobile home park. Septic tanks shall be adequate so long as there are not more than two mobile home spaces connected to each septic tank. Installation of water and sewage systems and installation of septic tanks shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the county health inspector.

(Code 1999, § 9-155)

The owner of the mobile home park shall provide each mobile home space with suitable electrical outlets installed in accordance with the BOCA and NEA Codes. Installation of such electrical outlets shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the county code official.

(Code 1999, § 9-156)

It shall be the responsibility of the mobile home park owner to see that all mobile homes within his park are blocked and tied in accordance with the Uniform Statewide Building Code.

(Code 1999, § 9-157)

It shall be the responsibility of the mobile home park owner to see that all mobile homes are completely skirted with a fire-resistant material approved by the code official.

(Code 1999, § 9-158)

No mobile home located within a mobile home park shall be occupied without a certificate of occupancy issued by the code official of the county.

(Code 1999, § 9-159)

To construct, operate and maintain a mobile home park in the county, a site plan must be approved by the zoning administrator. All applications for site plans shall be made to the zoning administrator in triplicate and shall include, at a minimum, the following: a scale plan or drawing of the proposed mobile home park, including street layout and easements; area and dimensions of the site; the number, location, and size of all mobile home spaces; the location and width of roadways and walkways; the location of service buildings and any other proposed structures; the location of water and sewer lines, source of water supply and method of sewage disposal; a vicinity sketch showing location in reference to nearest road intersection and magisterial district in which the site is located, a sketch showing recreational and parking areas, and their dimensions; the name and address of the applicant; and such further information as may be requested by the health director or the zoning administrator to enable them to determine that the proposed mobile home park will comply with legal requirements. Each application shall be accompanied by the required fee.

(Code 1999, § 9-160)

Every mobile home park owner shall maintain a register containing a record of all mobile homes and occupants using the mobile home park. Such register shall be available to any authorized person inspecting the park including the zoning administrator and code official, to the commissioner of the revenue of the county, and any law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties, and shall be preserved for a period of not less than three years. Such register shall contain the following information:

(1)

Name and address of each occupant with ages of all occupants under 18 years of age.

(2)

Mobile home license number, if any, serial number and manufacturer's name, length and width.

(3)

Mobile home space to which assigned.

(4)

Last place of location.

(5)

Date of arrival.

(6)

Date of departure.

(Code 1999, § 9-161)

All mobile home parks existing at the date of passage of this chapter are designated as nonconforming uses and shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter regulating nonconforming uses. Nothing in this section shall eliminate the necessity for compliance with sections 98-450, 98-455, 98-457, 98-460—98-464 and 98-466.

(Code 1999, § 9-162)