Nixa City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
MANUFACTURED HOUSING
§ 117-127 Definitions.
[Prior Code, § 23-412; Ord. No. 2414, 11-25-2025]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
FACTORY-BUILT HOUSING
Means a structure designed for long-term residential use. For the purpose of these regulations, factory-built housing consists of three types: manufactured, mobile, and modular homes.
MANUFACTURED HOME
Means a factory-built structure which bears the seal of the state public service commission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or its agent, and which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, contains 320 or more square feet, equipped with the necessary service connections and made as so to be readily moveable as a unit on its own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation.
MOBILE HOME
Means a transportable factory-built home, designed to be used for yearround residential occupancy and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 16, 1976.
MODULAR HOME
Means a factory-built transportable structure transported in modules and constructed or assembled on site, which does not have its own running gear or chassis and bears the seal of the state public service commission or is constructed in accordance with all building codes adopted by the city and is designed to be used for residential occupancy when attached to a permanent foundation and connected to required utilities.
§ 117-128 Purpose.
[Prior Code, § 23-411]
The purpose of this article is to provide regulations pertaining to the placement of pre-manufactured housing. These regulations are intended to provide compliance with the goals, policies, and objectives of the city's adopted comprehensive plan by promoting the public health, safety and welfare, lessening traffic congestion, preventing undue concentration of population and facilitating the adequate provision of utility infrastructure.
§ 117-129 Compliance.
[Prior Code, § 23-413]
This article is intended to be a supplement to the requirements and regulations of this subpart, working in conjunction with other city ordinances. Development applications submitted under this article must also comply with all requirements of this subpart and other applicable city ordinances.
§ 117-130 Zoning district established.
[Prior Code, § 23-414; Ord. No. 2414, 11-25-2025]
The following zoning district is established for the placement of factory-built housing:
R-MHC (residential manufactured home community). The residential manufactured home community zoning district is established to accommodate the placement of manufactured and mobile homes intended for residential occupancy under the guidelines established in this article. Subdivision design and review are subject to procedures established in article III of chapter 101 and this chapter.
§ 117-191 District regulations.
[Prior Code, § 23-418]
This division applies to the R-MHC Residential Zoning District. Such district is established to accommodate manufactured and mobile single-family housing in a park-like atmosphere. The intent of the R-MHP district is to provide for the orderly and unified planning and development of manufactured and mobile home communities, to assure the provision of facilities and amenities appropriate to the needs of residents of mobile home communities and to ensure a harmonious relationship between manufactured and mobile home communities and adjoining land uses.
§ 117-192 Use limitations.
[Prior Code, § 23-419]
The following limitations apply to uses in the R-MHC Residential District:
(1)
Recreational vehicles shall not be setup or occupied as a dwelling unit.
(2)
Manufactured home sales lot shall not be permitted.
(3)
Separate city utilities shall be provided per lot.
(4)
One principal structure per lot.
§ 117-193 General requirements.
[Prior Code, § 23-420]
In addition to the subdivision requirements found in article III of chapter 101 and in chapter 115, development applications submitted for a mobile home park must comply with the following requirements:
(1)
The minimum size of tract of land to be subdivided as a manufactured home community shall not be less than two acres.
(2)
A minimum of 15 percent of the gross area of the manufactured home community shall be provided as park area.
(3)
A minimum of 30 percent of the gross area of each mobile home lot shall be provided as usable livable open space.
(4)
The minimum lot size shall be 4,000 square feet.
(5)
The minimum lot width shall be 40 feet.
(6)
The minimum separation between homes in the R-MHC district shall be ten feet.
(7)
There shall be no private streets. All streets in the R-MHC district shall be public streets dedicated to the city. All streets shall meet the requirements of division 4 of article III of chapter 101.
(8)
For sites over five acres, a clubhouse and/or other common recreation facilities shall be provided. Plans for recreational facilities shall be submitted at the time of preliminary plat for review and recommendation by the planning and zoning commission and review and approval by the city council.
(9)
All mobile and manufactured homes shall have tie downs in accordance with applicable provisions of the IRC building code as adopted by the city.
(10)
When adjacent to or across the street from a residential use other than R-MHC, or when required by the city council due to location, opaque screening consisting of a decorative fence, wall, landscaping or earth mounds of six feet in height shall be provided around the perimeter of the site to screen the manufactured home community from view.
(11)
Parking shall be provided according to the single-family requirements found in article V of chapter 111. All off-street parking spaces provided shall be hard-surfaced with material meeting the definition of paving. At a minimum, a required off-street parking space shall be at least nine feet in width and at least 20 feet in length.
§ 117-194 Additional design requirements.
[Prior Code, § 23-421]
If, in the course of reviewing the application for a manufactured home community, the planning and zoning commission or the city council deem it necessary to apply other conditions of approval more restrictive than those outlined herein, such conditions may be required to make the development compatible with either the existing or proposed environment.
