Seagoville City Zoning Code

The city council may authorize the establishment of a mobile home park in any “MHP” zoning district in accordance with the provisions of this article. The sanitary regulations prescribed by the authority having jurisdiction, and as may be otherwise required by law, shall be complied with, in addition to the following regulations.

Mobile home parks shall have a minimum land area of 20 acres and a maximum of 30 acres.

All areas used for automobile access and parking shall comply with the applicable provisions of this article, provided that there shall be at least two off-street parking spaces for each three lots to accommodate guests.

No vehicular entrance to or exit from any mobile home park shall be within 200 feet along the street(s) from any school, public playground, hospital, or church, except where such property is in another block or another street which the premises in question do not abut.

All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, buildings, and service shall be completely and permanently landscaped and the entire site maintained in good condition by the mobile home park manager.

Screening shall be provided by the property owner according to the following requirements:

No enlargement or extensions to any mobile home park shall be permitted unless the existing facility is made to conform with all the requirements for a new construction for such an establishment.

No person shall park or occupy any mobile home or manufactured home on any premises in any district outside an approved mobile home park. The parking of any unoccupied recreational trailer or recreational vehicle in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard shall be permitted in any district, provided no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted in such trailer or recreational vehicle while so parked or stored.

Application for the establishment of a mobile home park shall be filed with the city Planner and must be accompanied by a plat, drawn to scale and certified by a licensed land surveyor, civil engineer, landscape architect, or architect. The city Planner shall check the plat and if he finds it to be in compliance with requirements of this section, shall forward the proposed plat to the planning and zoning commission. The city Planner shall also advise the commission of the pending application. The planning and zoning commission shall review the plat for the mobile home park and submit a recommendation to the city council. The plat shall contain the following information:

The minimum requirements for mobile home and manufactured home lots and living area are as follows:

The maximum building height for a permanent structure in a mobile home park shall be 2-1/2 standard stories.

Each mobile home lot shall be equipped with a concrete slab of sufficient size to support the wheels and front parking jack. Said slab shall have minimum thickness of four inches.

A municipal sanitary sewer and municipal water system shall be installed in accordance with city specifications to every lot. Fire hydrants shall be located in accordance with the specifications of the fire marshal.

There shall be provided within each mobile home park an adequate site or sites for recreation for the exclusive use of the park occupants. Such recreational site or sites shall have a minimum area of at least five percent of the gross land area of the mobile home park.

No mobile home or manufactured home shall remain in a mobile home park a period exceeding ten days without connection to the permanent water and sanitary sewer system of the park.

A storage area must be provided within each mobile home park for the parking and storage of boats and recreational vehicles. This storage area shall have a minimum area of the aggregate of 100 square feet for each mobile home lot and [be] enclosed with a six-foot chain-link fence.

Tie-down anchors shall be provided for each mobile home and manufactured home to secure the structure from uplift, sliding, rotating, or overturning. Tie-down [anchors] shall be installed according to state mobile home standards within ten days of location of mobile home or manufactured home in park.

Skirting around all mobile homes and manufactured homes within the park shall be installed within ten days and maintained. The design, color, and materials shall be of like characteristics as the mobile home or manufactured home.

In addition to the foregoing, the city council may impose such other conditions, requirements, or limitations concerning the design, development, and operation of such mobile home park as it shall seem necessary for the protection of adjacent properties and public interest.

Each application for a mobile home park shall be $20.00 per acre payable to the city; said payment required to accompany each application.