Rapid City City Zoning Code

17.38 MHR

Mobile Home Residential District

17.38.010 General description.

This district is intended to provide a district in which mobile homes may be located upon individually owned lots without adverse effects upon property values or the safety of the community or the occupants of the mobile homes.

17.38.020 Permitted principal and accessory uses and structures.

Property and buildings in the MHR district shall be used only for the following purposes:

A. Any use permitted in an LDR; and

B. Mobile homes used for single-family dwelling purposes subject to regulations set forth in § 17.38.080.

17.38.030 Conditional uses.

The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses by the Common Council in accordance with provisions contained in § 17.54.030:

A. Churches or similar places of worship, with accessory structures, but not including missions or revival tents;

B. Elementary or high schools, public or private;

C. Private day nurseries and kindergartens, as regulated in § 17.50.150;

D. Home occupations as regulation in § 17.50.350;

E. Public parks, playgrounds and playfields, and neighborhood and municipal buildings and uses in keeping with the character and requirements of the district;

F. Libraries, museums, and historical monuments or structures;

G. Utility substations;

H. Plant nursery in which no building or structure is maintained in connection therewith;

I. Golf courses or country clubs, with adjacent grounds of not less than 60 acres, but not including miniature courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes;

J. Cemeteries;

K. A planned residential development as regulated in §§ 17.50.050 through 17.50.100; and

L. Private residential garage which does not meet the definition of private garage subject to the following:

1. The proposed garage shall maintain the same building material and color scheme of the existing residence located on the property and is consistent with the residential character of the property on which it is located and with the surrounding neighborhood;

2. The proposed garage shall be used only for residential purposes incidental to the principal use of the property;

3. The landscaping or fencing may be required to screen the garage from neighboring properties;

4. The proposed garage shall comply with the land area regulations (setbacks, height, lot coverage) of the underlying zoning district; and

5. The applicant submits a site plan and elevation drawings in addition to information on the types of building materials to be used for the garage.

17.38.040 Area regulations.

All buildings shall be set back from street right-of-way lines and lot lines to comply with the following yard requirements:

a. Dwellings and detached garages shall be set back not less than 25 feet from the front property line.

b. All other main and accessory structures, including churches, shall be set back not less than 35 feet from the front property line.

a. Dwellings and detached garages shall be set back not less than 25 feet from the front property line.

b. Side loaded garages (attached to the dwelling) shall be set back not less than 20 feet from the front property line.

c. All other main and accessory structures, including churches, shall be set back not less than 35 feet from the front property line.

a. Dwellings and detached garages shall be set back not less than 20 feet from the front property line.

b. Side loaded garages (attached to the dwelling) shall be set back not less than 15 feet from the front property line.

c. All other main and accessory structures, including churches, shall be set back not less than 35 feet from the front property line.

1. For a single-story dwelling, located on interior lots, side yards shall be not less than 8 feet in width. For dwellings of 2 stories or more, there shall be a side yard requirement of not less than 12 feet. A 1-story portion of a 2-story dwelling may have an 8-foot side yard setback as long as the 2-story portion of the dwelling is 20 feet from the side lot line. Lots having frontage on more than 1 street shall provide the required front yards along those streets.

2. For unattached buildings of accessory use, there shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet and a side yard of not less than 8 feet; provided, however, that, unattached 1-story buildings of accessory use shall not be required to setback more than 5 feet from an interior side lot line when all parts of the accessory building are located more than 90 feet behind the front lot line.

3. Churches and other main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings, and buildings accessory to dwellings, shall setback from all side lot lines a distance of not less than 35 feet.

1. For main buildings there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet.

2. Unattached buildings of accessory use shall not be located closer to any rear lot line than 5 feet.

D. Setback from section lines. Principal and accessory buildings and structures shall be setback no less than 58 feet from any section line. No setback is required from any legally vacated section line; however, if the vacated section line forms a property line, the applicable side, rear or front yard setbacks shall be observed.

E. Lot width. For all dwellings there shall be a minimum lot width of 50 feet at the front building line, the lot shall abut on a public street for a distance of not less than 25 feet.

1. a. For each dwelling, and building and building accessory thereto, served by a sanitary sewer system, there shall be a lot area of not less than 6,500 square feet.

b. For those dwellings and buildings accessory thereto not served by a sanitary sewer system, there shall be a lot area of not less than 20,000 square feet.

2. For churches and other main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings, and buildings accessory to dwellings, the lot area shall be adequate to provide the yard areas required by this chapter and the off-street parking areas required in § 17.50.270; provided, however, that, the lot area for a church shall not be less than 30,000 square feet.

G. Maximum lot coverage:

1. Dwellings and buildings accessory thereto shall cover not more than 30% of the lot area.

2. Churches and other main and accessory buildings shall cover not more than 25% of the lot area.

17.38.050 Height regulations.

No main building shall exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet in height, except as provided in § 17.50.260. Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height.

17.38.060 Off-street parking.

As regulated in § 17.50.270.

17.38.070 Flood fringe building district.

Any land that is within the flood fringe building district as provided for in Chapter 15.32 of this code must comply with the additional requirements of that district.

17.38.080 District classifications.

Each mobile home in this zoning district shall be classified in 1 of 4 districts that affect the minimum area allowed for the district as follows:

A. Type I. Each manufactured home in this district shall meet the following criteria:

1. Minimum width shall be 22 feet;

2. Siding type shall be of wood, masonite or wood-appearing material;

3. Roof shall be of a pitched nature with either asphalt or wood shingles;

4. Foundation shall be of a permanent nature with footings, foundation, or basement structure and mechanical/electrical meeting the current building codes adopted by the City of Rapid City;

5. Manufactured homes shall meet the manufactured home construction and safety standards promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as of the effective date of the ordinance codified herein;

6. No type I mobile home district shall be created which contains less than 3 acres of adjacent territory.

B. Type II. Each manufactured home for this district shall meet the following criteria:

1. Manufactured homes can be of single or multiple sections;

2. Siding type shall be of wood, masonite or wood-appearing material;

3. Roof shall be of a pitched nature with either asphalt or wood shingles;

4. Foundations can be:

a. Of a permanent nature with footings, foundation, or basement structure and meeting the current electrical, mechanical, and building codes adopted by the City of Rapid City,

b. Provided with skirting of material which is not highly combustible as defined by the fire prevention code, installed and maintained in a workmanlike manner continuous around the perimeter of the mobile home from the bottom of the mobile home to the ground and be anchored to the ground to resist tipping and lateral movement in the manner contemplated by the manufactured design;

6. No type II mobile home district shall be created which contains less than 5 acres of adjacent territory.

C. Type III. Each manufactured home for this district shall meet the following criteria:

1. Shall meet the mobile home construction and safety standards promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as of the effective date of the ordinance codified herein;

2. Type III manufactured homes shall be allowed in areas defined by § 17.50.110C.

D. Type IV. Each manufactured home for this district shall be classified as a structure built before original HUD construction and safety code and shall be regulated insofar as location by § 17.50.110B.

17.38.090 Effect on subdivision regulations.

In no way shall the provisions of this zoning category be construed to preclude the provisions contained in the subdivision regulations as set forth in Title 16 of this code.