The R-3 Manufactured Home Park District is to provide areas of such size and location as will encourage good manufactured home park developments served by necessary community services, and capable of protecting the health, safety and welfare of the residents.

(Ord. No. 09-434, § 5.01, 1-20-2009)

Buildings or land shall be not used and buildings shall not be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided for in this ordinance. Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated at the top of table 5.02 may be used for the purposes denoted by the following abbreviations:

(a)

Permitted use (P). Land and/or buildings in this district may be used for the purposes listed by right.

(b)

Special land use (SLU). The following uses may be permitted by obtaining special land use approval when all applicable requirements in article 13, use requirements, and the standards of section 21.04, review standards, are met.

(c)

Additional requirements. Indicates requirements or conditions applicable to the use.

TABLE 5.02. MANUFACTURED HOME PARK DISTRICTS
SCHEDULE OF USES

(Ord. No. 09-434, § 5.02, 1-20-2009)

(a)

All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:

TABLE 5.03. MANUFACTURED HOME PARK DISTRICTS
AREA, HEIGHT AND PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS

(b)

Site plan review of manufactured home parks. See article 19, site plan review, for regulations regarding site plans.

(c)

Off-street parking and loading. Parking within the manufactured home park shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the mobile home commission.

(d)

Lot area. The minimum required lot area for a manufactured home park shall be 15 acres.

(e)

Manufactured home park development requirements.

(1)

The manufactured home park shall be developed with sites averaging 5,500 square feet per manufactured home unit. This 5,500 square feet for any one site may be reduced by 20 percent provided that the individual site shall be equal to at least 4,400 square feet. For each square foot of land gained through the reduction of a site below 5,500 square feet, at least an equal amount of land shall be dedicated as open space. This open space shall be in addition to that required under R125.1946, Rule 946 and R125.1941 and R125.1944, Rules 941 and 944 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

(2)

There shall be not less than 720 square feet of floor area within each manufactured home. The floor area of any porch, sun deck, or other structure shall not be used to meet this requirement.

(3)

The placement of manufactured homes within a manufactured home park shall meet the following internal setback requirements.

a.

Twenty feet from any part of an attached or detached structure or an adjacent manufactured home that is used for living purposes.

b.

Ten feet from an on-site parking space of an adjacent manufactured home site.

c.

Ten feet from an attached or detached structure or accessory building of an adjacent manufactured home which is not used for living purposes.

d.

Fifty feet from a permanent building.

e.

Ten feet from the edge of an internal street.

f.

Seven feet from a parking bay.

g.

Seven feet from a common sidewalk.

(4)

Manufactured home parks shall be landscaped as follows:

a.

If the manufactured home park abuts an existing residential development, the park shall be required to provide landscape screening along the park boundary abutting the residential development.

b.

If the park abuts a nonresidential development, the park need not provide landscape screening.

c.

In all cases, however, a park shall provide landscape screening along the park boundary abutting a public right-of-way.

d.

The landscaping screening shall consist of evergreen trees or shrubs of a minimum three feet in height, which are spaced so they provide a continuous screen at maturity. Alternative screening devices subject to prior approval may be utilized if they conceal the manufactured home park as effectively as the required landscaping described above and provided the screening is kept in good repair.

e.

Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of the manufactured home park shall be paved or covered with stone or other solid material or protected with grass, trees, or shrubs that are capable of preventing soil erosion. The ground surface in all parts of every manufactured home park shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, efficient manner.

(5)

Open space shall be provided as required by Rule 946 of the mobile home commission and shall be designated on the site plan. Should recreational areas also be proposed, these shall also be shown on the plans.

(6)

All streets within the park shall be constructed and paved in accordance with AASHTO (American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials) specifications specified in Rule 922 of the mobile home commission.

(7)

The manufactured home park shall be provided with a walk system in conformance with the requirements of the Rule 928 of the mobile home commission.

(8)

Each manufactured home site shall conform with mobile home commission requirements of Rule 602 for installation of mobile homes.

(9)

The grounds of a manufactured home park shall be graded to drain properly into storm sewers.

a.

If concrete pads are used with a well to receive the wheels of the manufactured home, such well shall be provided with a separate storm sewer connection which shall be adequate to drain any stormwater which might enter the well into the park's storm sewerage system.

b.

All storm sewers shall be constructed in accordance with the state department of natural resources and environment manufactured home park standards, R325.3342 through R325.3346, by the developer.

(10)

Site built single-family dwellings may be located in a manufactured home park as permitted by the mobile home commission.

(i)

General requirements for manufactured home parks.

(1)

All manufactured home sites and all other buildings shall be connected to the sanitary sewer and water system of the city, if the systems are available within 200 feet of the manufactured home park at the time of preliminary plan approval.

(2)

If public water or sewer is unavailable, the park shall connect to a state approved system.

(3)

There shall be a maximum of two 16-square-foot monument signs per street frontage with an entrance that shall bear only the name of the manufactured home park. Such signs shall be located ten feet from the lot line/right-of-way line and shall comply with article 18, signs, and may be lighted, provided that the source of light is internal and/or shielded downward so as not to interfere with the vision of persons/traffic on adjacent right-of-way or property and is not of the flashing or intermittent type.

(4)

The business of selling or storing new and/or used manufactured homes as a commercial operation in connection with the operation of a manufactured home development is prohibited. New or used manufactured homes located on lots within the manufactured home development to be used and occupied on that site may be sold by a licensed dealer and/or broker. This section shall not prohibit the sale of a used manufactured home by a resident of the manufactured home development provided the development permits the sale.

(5)

All other requirements of Public Act No. 96 of 1987 (MCL 125.2301 et seq.), as amended, and the most recent mobile home commission rules shall apply.

(6)

Two access points shall be provided to a major street to allow a secondary access for emergency vehicles. A boulevard entrance extending to the first intersection of interior park streets shall be interpreted as satisfying this requirement.

(Ord. No. 09-434, § 5.03, 1-20-2009)