Mobile home parks are permitted planned unit developments provided they are in conformance with all state statutes and regulations governing mobile home parks, including the Mobile Home Commission Act (MCL § 125.2301 et seq.) and this chapter.

Each mobile home park shall be owned and operated as one entity or on a condominium basis. Each mobile home park shall contain a minimum of 50 mobile home lots at first occupancy.

All mobile home parks shall provide and maintain as a minimum, a seventy-five-foot landscaped setback from any street right-of-way line that borders the park and a fifty-foot landscaped buffer zone where the park boundary is adjacent to neighboring properties. The Township Board may require that an additional landscaped setback be provided. The landscaping shall consist of deciduous or evergreen trees that reach a minimum of five feet in height and five feet in width in one growing season. Such trees shall be spaced so they provide a continuous screen from adjacent streets. Alternative screening devices may be utilized if they conceal the mobile home park as effectively as the required landscaping described in this section.

Each mobile home lot shall have a minimum lot area of 4,750 square feet and a minimum width of 50 feet at the front setback line.

No mobile home in any mobile home park shall contain less than 600 square feet of living area nor have outside dimensions of less than 12 feet in width and 50 feet in length.

The front yard of each mobile home lot shall be no less than 20 feet as measured from the nearest edge of the street pavement to the nearest wall of the mobile home. The rear yard of each lot shall be no less than 10 feet. The nonentry side of a mobile home shall have a side yard of no less than 10 feet and the entry side shall have a side yard of no less than 26 feet. In the case of a double wide mobile home, side yard requirements shall be met by the provision of larger lots sufficient in width to meet these requirements.

Where a mobile home is bounded by two streets, the front yard requirement shall be met for each street. No fence, structure, or planting over 30 inches in height shall be located on any corner lot within the required front yards.

If two-way traffic is to be accommodated, the street pavement width shall be no less than 22 feet. If only one-way traffic is to be accommodated, the street pavement width shall be no less than 20 feet.

Parking shall be provided in off-street parking bays with two parking bays for each mobile home. Each parking bay shall be no less than 200 square feet in area. Each parking bay shall be conveniently located in relation to the mobile home for which it is provided. In addition to the two required off-street parking bays, one additional parking space is permitted on the mobile home lot, provided it is a hard surface area containing at least 200 square feet of area.

Each mobile home park shall have a minimum of two access streets that enter from a primary or secondary arterial street as designated in the Township general land use and circulation plan, as amended, and provide a continuous route of travel throughout the park. No ingress or egress shall be provided via collector streets as designed in the Township general land use and circulation plan, as amended.

A maximum of one identification sign is allowed at each access point to the mobile home park. Each such sign shall not exceed 30 square feet in area and shall not be illuminated by any light source other than a continuous indirect white light. In those cases where signs are intended to be read from both sides, the combined total area of both signs when combined shall not exceed 30 square feet.

The business of selling new and/or used mobile homes as a commercial operation in connection with the operation of a mobile home park is prohibited. Mobile homes located on the lots within the mobile home park may be sold by the owner or operator of the park provided no more than five are offered for sale at any one time. This section shall not prohibit the sale of a new or used mobile home by a resident of a mobile home park.

All public and private utilities shall be installed underground.

Each mobile home shall be provided with a continuous pad of four-inch-thick concrete running the full length and width of the mobile home. In lieu of a continuous concrete pad, concrete piers four inches thick may be provided if they run the full length of the mobile home. Each pad shall be equipped with hurricane anchors or tie down equipment capable of being connected to the mobile home to secure the home during high winds. Decorative skirting which is ascetically pleasing shall be installed along the base of each mobile home sufficient to hide the under carriage and supports from view.

Paved sidewalks shall be provided throughout each mobile home park. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of four feet in width, be adjacent to each street, and be laid out such that they connect the recreation area, common open spaces and the community building with mobile home sites.

All streets and parking areas in a mobile home park shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete.

Each mobile home park shall provide an effective system of garbage and rubbish storage, collection, and disposal.

Each mobile home park shall be provided with sufficient lighting to illuminate all parking bays, streets and sidewalks.

Each mobile home park shall have a master underground television antenna system. Exterior television antennas shall not be permitted on individual mobile homes.

All exposed ground surfaces in the mobile home park must be sodden, seeded or covered with ornamental stone. One shade tree at least 10 feet in height when planted shall be provided for each two mobile home sites.

Each mobile home lot shall be equipped with a storage building with a length of no less than eight feet and no more than 12 feet and a width of no less than eight feet and no more than 10 feet, or, in lieu thereof, a minimum of 350 cubic feet of storage area in a central storage building. The height of such storage building shall not exceed eight feet. Such storage building shall be placed or constructed within the required rear or entry side yard. No storage building shall be located closer than five feet to any lot line or closer than three feet to the mobile home. All storage buildings shall be erected, constructed and secured in conformance with all state construction codes and other ordinances.

All mobile home parks shall contain a storage area for the storage of campers, trailers, motor homes, boats, snowmobiles and other vehicles ordinarily towed or driven for a special purpose. The storage of these vehicles in the mobile home park is specifically prohibited except in the storage area. The storage area shall be screened by a solid type fence five feet in height around its perimeter or by some other screening device that is approved by the Township Board as part of its approval of the planned unit development.

Each mobile home park shall include a recreation area or areas equal in size to no less than 10% of the total gross usable park area. Required setbacks or buffer zones may not be used for the required recreation areas. All recreation areas shall be centrally located, well drained, accessible to all residents of the mobile home park, and improved with playground equipment and other facilities for all age groups. In no case shall any intensive use playground equipment be located closer than 50 feet to any mobile home.

Each mobile home park shall have a community building to provide a tornado shelter of sufficient size to provide a safe refuge for all mobile home park residents. Such a building may also house offices and other facilities that are necessary for the management of a mobile home park.