This district is intended to promote orderly planned development of mobile/manufactured home parks to accommodate mobile/manufactured homes and related accessory uses. Regulations are designed to preserve and protect the residential character of the district and ensure compatibility with adjacent districts.

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A.

Mobile/manufactured home parks.

B.

One mobile/manufactured home per space in a mobile/manufactured home park.

C.

Single-family residence for owner or manager of mobile/manufactured home park.

D.

Customary accessory uses and buildings, provided such uses are incidental to the principal use.

E.

Temporary buildings or uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon completion of or abandonment of the construction work.

E.

Home occupations.

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Public utility buildings, structures or appurtenances thereto for public service use. Extension of public service lines in public or private right-of-way is exempt from this requirement.

B.

Any such other uses which are determined by minute order of the planning and zoning commission to be similar to those uses listed above and not detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare.

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A.

Minimum mobile/manufactured home park size: five acres.

B.

Minimum gross site area per mobile/manufactured home: four thousand (4,000) square feet.

C.

Minimum park frontage: one hundred (100) feet.

D.

Minimum setback of any building or mobile/manufactured home from any public property line: twenty (20) feet.

E.

Minimum setback of any building or mobile/manufactured home from mobile/manufactured home park boundary: fifteen (15) feet.

F.

Placement of mobile/manufactured home or building on individual site:

1.

Minimum setback from private access street: ten feet.

2.

Minimum distance between mobile/manufactured homes:

a.

Between two opposing sides, and between a side and an opposing end: twenty-five (25) feet.

b.

Between two opposing ends: twelve (12) feet.

G.

Minimum mobile/manufactured home size: four hundred (400) square feet.

H.

Maximum building height: twenty-five (25) feet, except that heights over twenty-five (25) feet may be allowed with a conditional use permit.

I.

Recreation Area.

1.

Eight hundred (800) square feet of usable open space shall be provided for each home space. Usable open space shall mean space which can be enjoyed by people. This could include landscaped plazas, grass and trees, fountains, sitting areas, etc., which is meant to provide an open garden atmosphere as approved by the planning and zoning commission. Meaningful open space does not include parking areas, vacant or undeveloped lots or any other space which does not contribute to the quality of the environment.

2.

Where a centralized recreation area as approved by the planning and zoning commission is provided, the usable open space may be reduced up to four hundred (400) square feet per mobile/manufactured home at the following ratio:

For each square foot of recreational area, open space requirements may be reduced by three square feet. Recreational areas may include community use facilities, indoor recreational areas, swimming pools, hobby shops, etc.

J.

Screening. All mobile/manufactured home parks shall be screened from any adjacent non-mobile/manufactured home development by a solid masonry or solid wood fence six feet in height, or of a height or material as allowed or required by the planning and zoning commission, subject also to the fence height regulations established in Chapter 17.28 of this title.

K.

Driveways and Vehicular Access.

1.

Mobile/manufactured home/manufactured parks shall be located on or have direct access to a public street, except that no individual mobile/manufactured home space within the mobile/manufactured home park may have direct access to a public street.

2.

Any driveways shall have a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet except when a driveway is located between trailer parking spaces, it shall have a minimum width of thirty (30) feet.

3.

All driveways and interior streets shall be paved in a manner acceptable to the town engineer.

4.

All plans and traffic engineering shall be subject to approval of the town engineer and shall be based upon the spacing and maneuverability requirements for sixty (60) foot long trailers.

L.

Certificate of Occupancy and Business License. No certification of occupancy or business license shall be issued until thirty (30) percent of the mobile/manufactured home spaces planned in any part, or ten such spaces, whichever is greater, have been completely prepared, constructed and equipped for use in all respects.

M.

Public Utilities. Each mobile/manufactured home shall be permanently connected to electric power, water supply, sewage disposal, gas and telephone service lines in compliance with applicable town codes, and all utility distribution and service lines shall be installed underground.

N.

Skirting. All mobile/manufactured homes shall be skirted with fire-resistant material which is not susceptible to rapid weathering.

O.

Structural Requirements. Recently enacted legislation regarding tie-downs, foundations, supports, etc.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.28 shall apply.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.100 shall apply.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.104 shall apply.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.88 shall apply.

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