The intent of the MHP Zone is to establish a zone for planned manufactured housing parks. Such a park may be either a "complex" which shall be under single ownership or control with no geographic division of the site; or a "subdivision" in which individuals may own the lots on which their manufactured homes are located. Both complexes and subdivisions may contain common areas for management or recreation facilities, open space, or for other uses or structures customarily incidental to manufactured housing parks. No manufactured housing park complex or subdivision shall be permitted on a site of less than ten (10) acres in size. The developer may be permitted to develop the site in stages as long as he complies with the overall plan for the entire tract and initially has a minimum of ten (10) manufactured home spaces or lots developed for use.

Application for a manufactured housing park shall be made to the OMPC. A development plan is required.

11.21.

MHP-Zoned Site. If the proposed site is already zoned MHP, a Final Development Plan shall be required. Content of the plan shall be as stated in Section 16.22 plus dimensions, location and number of all lots, and a large-scale plan for one typical manufactured home lot showing home location, automobile parking spaces, walks, etc. Section 16.5 describes the review procedure. Application for a manufactured housing park subdivision shall include a proposed plat for the horizontal division of land within the park. Said plat shall be deemed a subdivision plat and susceptible to the requirements of KRS 100.273 and 100.277, and applicable requirements of the Owensboro Metropolitan Subdivision Regulations.

11.22.

Non-MHP-Zoned Site. If a Zoning Map Amendment to the MHP Zone is needed, application shall be made as per Article VI. Plan content shall be as stated in Section 16.21 and 16.22 plus dimensions, location and number of all lots, and a large-scale plan for one typical manufactured home lot showing home location, automobile parking spaces, walks, etc. Section 16.4 describes the review procedure. Application for a manufactured housing park subdivision shall include a proposed plat for the horizontal division of land within the park. Said plat shall be deemed a subdivision plat and susceptible to the requirements of KRS 100.273 and 100.277, and applicable requirements of the Owensboro Metropolitan Subdivision Regulations.

11.31.

Zoning. The proposed site shall be located in an MHP Manufactured Housing Park Zone.

11.32.

Uses Permitted. Principally permitted uses shall be single-family detached manufactured homes which are approved as safe and fit for residential occupancy, along with accessory structures, such as awnings, carports, porches, storage buildings and similar structures; community open space and recreation areas with accessory outdoor recreational equipment. Management headquarters, indoor recreational facilities, coin-operated laundry facilities, and other uses and structures customarily incidental to the operation of a manufactured housing park shall be permitted as accessory uses. Such accessory community facilities shall be for the convenience of the occupants of the park, and shall present no visible evidence of a commercial character which would attract customers other than the occupants of the park. Such community facility buildings shall be permitted one identification sign per building attached in a flat manner to the building, and shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area. Proposed community facilities of unclear conformity with the hereinabove provisions, shall be reviewed by the OMBA to determine if such facility shall be permitted or prohibited.

11.33.

Maximum Density. The number of manufactured homes permitted in a park shall not exceed a density of eight (8) homes per gross acre.

11.34.

Minimum Floor Area. In the MHP Zone, every manufactured home shall have a minimum of 400 square feet of usable floor area within the principal structure in park complexes, and a minimum of six hundred (600) square feet in park subdivisions.

11.35.

Park Setbacks. All manufactured homes and accessory structures shall meet setback requirements as for single-family detached residential zones (see Article VIII herein) from any park property line abutting upon a public street or highway and at least fifteen (15) feet from other park property boundary lines. No structure shall be closer than ten (10) feet to private streets within the park.

11.36.

Landscape Buffers. Manufactured housing parks shall meet the requirements of Article XVII, Landscape and Land Use Buffers, of this Zoning Ordinance.

11.37.

Streets, Spillover Parking. A manufactured housing park shall have access to an existing street and/or road. All manufactured homes shall have access to an interior private street within the park, which shall be curbed, hard-surfaced, lighted, clean, and maintained in good repair according to standards of the City or County Engineer.

11.371.

Spillover parking for guests and accessory uses shall be provided along private streets and/or in off-street parking lots, with the number of spaces to be determined by the OMPC.

11.372.

Private streets within the park shall be of the appropriate width to accommodate the contemplated parking and traffic load. The following shall be considered as optimum widths from back-of-curb to back-of-curb:

11.3721.

Minor Collector Streets serving more than ninety (90) lots: thirty seven (37) feet with spillover parking; twenty six (26) feet with no parking.

11.3722.

Local Subcollector Streets serving more than forty (40) lots, up to ninety (90) lots: thirty four (34) feet with spillover parking; twenty four (24) feet with no parking.

11.3723.

Local Access Streets serving up to forty (40) lots: twenty seven (27) feet with spillover parking; twenty two (22) feet with no parking.

11.3724.

Loop Streets. Any of the above streets that have two (2) ends intersecting the same street of a higher classification may serve twice as many lots as specified above.

11.3725.

Cul-de-sac dimensions and design shall be determined by the OMPC.

11.38.

Manufactured Housing Lots.

11.381.

Minimum Area. Lots shall be a minimum of two thousand (2,000) square feet in area for park complexes, and a minimum of three thousand (3,000) square feet in area for park subdivisions. In no case shall more than one (1) manufactured home, with its accessory structures, be permitted on a single lot.

11.382.

Home Spacing. In a park complex, a manufactured home and its accessory structures shall not be located within ten (10) feet of another manufactured home or structure. In a park subdivision, a manufactured home or attached accessory structure shall not be located within five (5) feet of a side or rear lot line, and detached accessory structures shall be located at least three (3) feet from said lot lines.

11.383.

Lot Coverage. Manufactured homes shall not occupy an area in excess of one-third (1/3) of the respective lot area. The accumulated occupied area of the manufactured home and its accessory structures shall not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the respective lot area.

11.384.

Resident Parking. A minimum of two (2) off-street automobile parking spaces shall be provided for each manufactured home. In park subdivisions, said parking spaces shall be located on the lot they serve.

11.385.

Walks. All manufactured home stands shall be connected to common walks, or to streets, or to driveways or to parking spaces. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width of two (2) feet.

11.386.

Manufactured Home Stands. The home stand shall be improved to provide adequate support for the placement and tie-down of the manufactured home.

11.39.

Common Areas and Facilities. Common areas for recreational, management or service facilities should be of adequate area and configuration to accommodate contemplated structures and uses, and should be conveniently located to all park residents.

11.40.

Management.

11.401.

In Park Complexes. In park complexes, the management and maintenance of all grounds and facilities shall be the responsibility of the park owner, who may or may not delegate responsibility for particular maintenance duties to residents through lease agreements.

11.402.

In Park Subdivisions. In park subdivisions, a park owners association shall be established to manage and maintain the park. The bylaws of the association shall specify the individual and collective responsibilities of lot owners and park residents, for the maintenance of all grounds and facilities and the continuing management of the park subdivision. The bylaws should be so created as to discourage the selling of park lots to individuals who will not be residents of the park subdivision in order to maximize active interest of residents in the maintenance of their park community.

The OMPC may attach reasonable special conditions to its approval of a manufactured housing park and the Zoning Administrator shall not issue a building permit until he has received written authorization from the OMPC and until a valid permit is presented from the state as required by KRS 219.310 through KRS 219.410.

The Zoning Administrator shall not issue a certificate of occupancy until he has received written authorization from the OMPC. Authorization may be obtained by a developer or owner submitting a final development plan and/or final plat for approval to the OMPC. The applicant shall present a valid permit to operate from the State as required by KRS 219.310 through KRS 219.410.

The Zoning Administrator shall insure that all manufactured housing parks maintain valid permits to operate and maintain conformance with all applicable regulations of the Zoning Ordinance and all special conditions.