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Sanger City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XIV

T-P TRAILER PARK DISTRICT

Sec. 90-501.- Purpose.

The T-P district is intended to provide for the accommodation of residential mobile homes in unified parks of not less than 1½ acres in area. The district is herein deemed to be a multiple-family residential district, and a mobile home is herein deemed to be a dwelling.

Sec. 90-502. - Uses permitted.

The following uses only shall be permitted in the T-P district: None.

Sec. 90-503. - Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit.

The following uses only shall be permitted in the T-P district subject to first securing a conditional use permit as provided in sections 90-1009 through 90-1014:

(1)

Residential mobile home parks.

(2)

Reserved.

(Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07)

Sec. 90-504. - Property development standards—Park area and dimensions; lot area and dimensions; population density; building height; yard requirements; space between structures; lot coverage.

The following property development standards for park area and dimensions, lot area and dimensions, population density, building height, yard requirements, space between structures and lot coverage, together with the property development standards in the general conditions, section 90-881 et seq., shall apply to all land and structures in the T-P district:

(1)

Mobile home park area and dimensions.

a.

Mobile home park area. Each mobile home park shall have a minimum area of 1½ acres.

b.

Mobile home park dimensions. No requirements.

(2)

Mobile home, travel trailer and recreational vehicle lot area and dimensions. The mobile home shall be parked on a portion of the lot with a minimum width of 30 feet and a minimum area of 1,500 square feet.

(3)

Population density.

a.

There shall be a minimum of 2,400 square feet of mobile home park area for each mobile home lot in a mobile home park.

b.

Mobile home park area shall include automobile parking, access, outbuilding spaces, recreational areas and other similar uses.

(4)

Building height. The provisions of the R-1-6 district, subsection 90-294(4), shall apply.

(5)

Mobile home park yard requirements.

a.

All required yards shall extend the full width or depth of the lot and shall be open from the ground to the sky, provided that the exceptions specified for the R-1-6 district, subsection 90-295(5), shall apply.

b.

Each mobile home park which abuts a dedicated street shall have a front yard of not less than 15 feet extending for the full width of the lot or parcel devoted to said use. The yard shall be landscaped and maintained with evergreen materials.

c.

Each mobile home park shall have a side yard on both sides of the lot or parcel devoted to such use of not less than five feet, except for corner and reversed corner lots, in which case the side yard on the street side shall be not less than ten feet and shall be landscaped and maintained with evergreen materials.

d.

Each mobile home park shall have a rear yard extending across the full width of the lot or parcel devoted to such use of not less than ten feet. The rear yard may be used for access or parking.

(6)

Space between mobile homes or other permitted buildings or structures.

a.

Where mobile home units are located side by side, end to side, or end to end, there shall be a minimum distance of ten feet between mobile home units, except where mobile homes abut a roadway which serves as access to and within the mobile home park the minimum distance shall be 30 feet.

b.

The minimum distance between any structure and a mobile home shall be ten feet.

(7)

Lot coverage. The maximum mobile home park coverage by buildings and structures shall not exceed 55 percent of the total park area. A mobile home and its parking space shall be considered as covered area.

Sec. 90-505. - Same—Fences, hedges and walls; off-street parking; access; outdoor advertising; loading spaces; special standards and regulations.

The following property development standards for fences, hedges and walls, off-street parking, access, outdoor advertising, loading spaces, and special standards and regulations, together with the property development standards in the general provisions, section 90-881 et seq., shall apply to all land and structures in the T-P district.

(1)

Fences, hedges and walls.

a.

The provisions of the R-1-6 district, subsection 90-296(3), shall apply, except as described in subsection (1)b of this section.

b.

A mobile home park shall be entirely enclosed with a solid masonry wall six feet in height, with the exception of the area defined as the front yard, wherein the wall shall not be higher than three feet when adjacent to any R district.

c.

No wall over six feet in height shall be located on any lot in a T-P district.

(2)

Off-street parking. The following provisions shall apply, subject to the general conditions of sections 90-884 through 90-889.

a.

There shall be one off-street parking space for each mobile home lot.

b.

Guest parking. There shall be one additional off-street parking space for each mobile home lot. The space shall not be provided on an individual mobile home lot.

(3)

Access. The provisions of the R-1-6 district, subsection 90-297(2), shall apply.

(4)

Outdoor advertising. The provisions of section 90-891 (Signs) shall apply.

(5)

Loading spaces. No requirements.

(6)

Special standards and regulations.

a.

Each mobile home shall be connected to the city sanitary sewer system.

b.

Structures or accessory buildings shall not be constructed as a permanent part of a mobile home.

c.

Arbors, pergolas, cabanas, ramadas, and other similar structures may be erected in conjunction with a mobile home space, provided that said structures shall be considered a part of the mobile home, even though they shall not be permitted to be permanently attached thereto.

d.

Each lot within a mobile home park shall be designed to accommodate a specific sized mobile home: single-wide, double-wide, etc.

(Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07)

Sec. 90-506. - Site plan review.

A site plan shall be submitted to the planning commission for approval pursuant to the provisions of sections 90-1009 through 90-1013 before any mobile home park or any buildings for mobile home park purposes are erected. In addition to the information specified in sections 90-1009 through 90-1013, the site plan shall show:

(1)

Location of all mobile home, travel trailer and recreational vehicle lots.

(2)

Lighting for all interior accessways.

(3)

Any such architectural and engineering data as may be necessary to permit the planning director to make a finding that the provisions of this chapter will be complied with.

(4)

The dimensions of each mobile home lot.