Consistent with the City's goal to provide a mix of housing styles, types, and densities to accommodate the residential needs of all groups, the Manufactured Home Park District is intended to provide regulations for manufactured home residential developments to permit additional variety in housing opportunities and choices.

Terms not defined herein shall have the definitions set forth in Section 2 of the Mobile Home Commission Act, Act 96 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1987, as amended.

A.

Manufactured homes located in a state-licensed manufactured home park.

B.

Manufactured home parks in accordance with the requirements of Section 20.05 and 20.06.

C.

State licensed residential family care facilities.

D.

Accessory buildings, structures, and uses.

E.

Home occupations.

No land and/or buildings in the MHP District shall be used, except for the following purposes when approved in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 21.

A.

Utility and public service buildings, without storage yards, but not including essential public services such as poles, wires, and underground utility systems.

B.

State licensed residential group home care facilities.

A.

Site Plan Review is required for Manufactured Home Parks and all Special Land Uses in accordance with Chapter 21.

B.

Parking is required in accordance with Chapter 7.

C.

Signs are permitted in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 5.

A.

All manufactured home parks shall comply with the applicable requirements of Public Act 96 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1987, as amended.

B.

The parking of more than one (1) manufactured home on a single parcel of land shall be illegal in City of Newaygo, irrespective of the requirements of any other ordinance of the City, unless such parcel or parcels of land shall have been approved as a licensed manufactured home park under the provisions of this Chapter.

C.

All applications to establish a Manufactured Home Park Zoning District must be approved by the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

D.

The business of selling new and/or used manufactured homes as a commercial operation in connection with the operation of a manufactured home development is prohibited. A licensed dealer and/or broker may sell new or used manufactured homes located on lots within the manufactured home park. This section shall not prohibit the sale of a new or used manufactured home by a resident of the manufactured home development provided the development permits the sale.