[The following principal uses shall be allowed in the MHP, Mobile Home Park Residential District:]

(1)

Mobile home park for mobile home dwellings, subject to the requirements of Act 243, Public Acts of 1959 as amended, and the requirements of this district. See the definition of Dwelling, mobile home, [in section 3902].

(a)

Utilities. All mobile home sites shall be furnished with connections to public water and public sanitary sewer systems, or to city approved community water and community sanitary sewer systems. Each mobile home site shall be located within 300 feet of a fire hydrant along a roadway. Electrical and telephone distribution lines shall be placed underground. Each mobile home park shall have a master underground television antenna system, exterior television antennas shall not be permitted on individual mobile homes. All fuel tanks shall be underground. The mobile home park shall provide a system of garbage and rubbish storage, collection, and disposal, subject to the approval of the city.

(b)

Building height. No mobile home shall exceed one story or 12 feet building height, and no other building or structure shall exceed 1½ stories or 25 feet building height.

(c)

Lot standards. Each mobile home site shall have a minimum of 5,000 square feet land area and shall only be occupied by one mobile home. The minimum lot depth shall be 90 feet. There shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet at the rear end of the site and a front yard of not less than 15 feet at the front of the site. Appurtenances and utilities, such as sewer, water, and electricity hookups, shall be placed on the site to permit the above setbacks. The sum of the side yards at the entry side and non-entry side of the mobile home site shall be not less than 30 feet: provided, however, that there shall be a side yard of not less than 15 feet at the entry side and a side yard of not less than ten feet at the non-entry side. For irregularly shaped yards, the sum of the side yards is determined as the sum of the average width of each side yard, provided that the required minimums are maintained at all points in the side yard. Street rights-of-way described in subsection (k) of this section shall not be counted as part of the required mobile home site.

(d)

Canopies or awnings may be located only on the entry side, but not closer than ten feet to any lot line of the mobile home site. Any such canopy or awning area shall not be used for bedroom or sleeping quarters, and shall not be enclosed except by screens on the three exposed sides.

(e)

Each mobile home site shall be provided with an apron not less than 14 feet by 65 feet, constructed of solid concrete of at least five inches thickness, and shall consist of 3,000-pound concrete. Each mobile home shall be placed on and tied to such an apron. Each mobile home shall be equipped with a fire extinguisher and with a smoke sensor of a size and type approved by the building inspector.

(f)

An outdoor patio area of not less than 180 square feet shall be provided on each trailer site, conveniently located to the entrance of the mobile home and appropriately related to open areas of the lot and other facilities, for the purpose of providing suitable outdoor living space to supplement the interior space of mobile home.

(g)

The occupancy load of any mobile home shall be limited to provide no less than 600 cubic feet of air space per occupancy, exclusive of the cubic air space of toilet rooms and closets.

(h)

Each mobile home may be provided with one metal utility cabinet, which shall not exceed four feet in width, three feet in depth, and five feet in height, which shall be uniform as to size and location throughout the mobile home park. All cabinets shall be kept clean and shall be maintained in a good condition.

(i)

Concrete walkways shall be provided from each mobile home entrance area to roadway sidewalks.

(j)

Each mobile home shall be jacked up on a uniform jack or uniform block which shall be supplied by the mobile home park management. Skirts are required on any mobile home, subject to uniform skirting approved by the mobile home park management.

(k)

Roadway standards.

(1)

Streets. The mobile home park shall have direct access to a thoroughfare or highway. Streets shall be provided in the mobile home park for convenient access to every mobile home site and to other facilities in the mobile home park. The street system shall provide convenient circulation by means of minor streets and properly located collector and arterial streets. Closed ends of dead-end streets shall be provided with turning circle of not less than 40 feet outside radius.

(2)

[Rights-of-way.] The rights-of-way of streets shall be adequate to accommodate the planned widths of pavements, sidewalks, and planting strips, but shall not be less than 60 feet for main drives or entrance drives, and not less than 50 feet for minor or secondary streets. All streets shall be paved and satisfy the construction standards of the City of Rochester for paved streets. No parking shall be permitted on any roadway except as specifically provided for in the approved site plan. All mobile home lots shall abut a roadway or paved maneuvering lane. All streets shall have enclosed storm drainage separated from sanitary sewers. All streets shall be lighted and curbed. Entrance road pavements separated by an island or planting area shall have a minimum pavement width of 20 feet in each direction. All local roadways within the mobile home park, excluding any portion to be used for parking, shall have a minimum pavement width of 24 feet. A system of paved sidewalks shall be provided throughout the mobile home park, and shall include walkways along main drives and secondary streets. These paved walkways shall be not less than three feet in width and not less than four inches in thickness. The secondary walkways, including walks from each mobile home entrance to the primary walk system, shall be not less than 30 inches wide and not less than four inches thick. All walks shall consist of 3,000-pound concrete.

(l)

There shall be provided an area of not less than 500 square feet for recreation for each mobile home lot in the mobile home park. Each recreation area shall have a minimum land area of not less than 5,000 square feet, which shall be no longer than two times its width, and every mobile home lot shall be within at least 500 feet from such recreation area. Recreation areas shall be developed and maintained by the management.

(m)

A 50 foot wide greenbelt shall be located and continually maintained along all exterior boundary lot lines of the mobile home park. See article 28 of this ordinance.

(n)

Reserved.

(o)

Each mobile home site, except for that portion constituting the apron for the mobile home, shall be landscaped with suitable ground cover. No storage of any kind shall be permitted beneath any mobile home, and each mobile home shall be maintained in a clean and presentable condition at all times. Individual mobile homes may have lot line fences that shall be uniform in height not to exceed 30 inches in height, and shall be constructed in such a manner so as not to impede firemen access to all sides of each mobile home.

(p)

Mobile home park land area. A mobile home park shall be constructed on a tract of no less than 20 acres.

(q)

The tract proposed shall have not less than 50 completed home sites available at first occupancy.

(r)

Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of at least two car spaces for each mobile home site. Of this requirement, at least one space per mobile home site shall be provided on each site.

(s)

No unlicensed motor vehicle of any type shall be parked within the park at any time, except within a covered building or enclosed yard. An enclosed yard shall be furnished for the parking of recreational vehicles, boats, or similar equipment. No motorized recreational vehicles or boats shall be parked on mobile home sites.

(t)

Signs.

(1)

For an individual mobile home, one sign displaying the street number and name of the occupant is permitted, not exceeding one square foot in surface area.

(2)

Accessory building of the mobile home park, such as management office, laundry, and so on, may be identified by not more than one sign, with no sign exceeding ten square feet in surface area.

(u)

No nonresidential use of any kind shall be permitted in any mobile home or building or on the premises of the mobile home park, other than the operation of the park and its incidental services.

(v)

Duties of owners and operators. It shall be the duty of the owner and operator of each mobile home park to enforce the following regulations:

(1)

Keeping of all domestic pets shall be in compliance with all city ordinances.

(2)

To report to the Oakland County Health Department and the city manager the existence of any unsanitary condition prevailing within the boundaries of this mobile home park; to notify the county health department of any person who is affected or suspected of being affected with any infections or communicable diseases; to notify the city manager of any ordinance violations; and to furnish the city clerk at one month intervals a statement showing the number of occupied mobile homes in the mobile home park.

(3)

In order to safeguard against the hazards of fire, to prohibit the parking of any mobile home not possessing two exits within such mobile home park. One such exit may be an emergency type, provided that it is capable of being easily operated by small children, and provided approval has been granted by the city or state fire marshal.

(w)

Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate any mobile home park or facility therein unless such person shall first obtain a permit therefor as required by law.

(1)

Contents of permit and application. Application for a mobile home park shall be filed with the city clerk and shall contain the following:

a.

Name and address of applicant.

b.

Legal description and location of mobile home park.

c.

A complete plan showing compliance with the provisions of this ordinance on a topographical survey of the site.

d.

Plans and specifications of all buildings and other improvements constructed within the mobile home park, including location of roads, walkways, off-street parking spaces, individual mobile home units, showing method of providing general utilities. Such other information as may be requested by the city to enable it to determine if the proposed park will comply with all legal requirements.

(2)

Approval required. All applicants for a use permit for a mobile home park shall be first submitted to the city planning commission for its review and comment. After the planning commission has submitted its report and recommendation, or after the lapse of 120 days, the application shall be made to the Michigan Health Commissioner or his representatives.

(3)

Transfer of permit. Transfer of the permit shall be subject to the same application and approval requirements as those for an original permit application.

(x)

Construction and safety standards of mobile home unit. No mobile home shall be moved into a mobile home park which is not in compliance with the then currently applicable Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards of the United States government as promulgated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(y)

Move-in or occupancy inspection. Each mobile home, prior to initial occupancy and to each subsequent occupancy, shall be inspected by the appropriate departments of the city for compliance with all city and state codes [and] city ordinance[s], and compliance with [these] provisions and all city requirements relative to electrical, plumbing, heating, building, and air conditioning requirements. An inspection fee of $25.00 shall be paid to the city, and no occupancy permit shall be issued until said fee is paid and the premises certified for occupancy.

(a)

See section 2108, on public utilities and facilities.