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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-10.35

MHP Mobile Home Parks Zone.

[Added 12-22-1987 by Ord. No. 2533-87]
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Mobile homes occupied for dwelling purposes in accordance with Article XI of this chapter.
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 2881-91]
(2) 
Recreation, cultural and medical facilities for the sole use of residents of the community and their guests, including but not limited to the following:
(a) 
Lake.
(b) 
Clubhouse.
(c) 
Picnic grounds.
(d) 
Shuffleboard court.
(e) 
Horseshoe court.
(3) 
Essential services.
(4) 
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community shelters for victims of domestic violence, community residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons with head injuries and adult family care homes for elderly persons and physically disabled adults.
[Added 11-26-2002 by Ord. No. 3748-02]
(5) 
Single-family dwellings subject to the area, yard and building requirements in the R-100 Residential Zone (§ 348-10.11E).
[Added 12-9-2003 by Ord. No. 3843-03; amended 6-22-2004 by Ord. No. 3882-04]
B. 
Required accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking subject to the provisions of § 348-8.20.
C. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Necessary accessory buildings and uses, including facilities for maintenance and administration, streets and off-street parking facilities.
D. 
Conditional uses subject to the provision of Article IX of this chapter.
(1) 
Public utilities (See § 348-9.6).
(2) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D(2), Community residences for the developmentally disabled, was repealed 11-26-2002 by Ord. No. 3748-02.
E. 
Area, yard and building requirements. No building, structure or land shall be used or erected, altered, enlarged or maintained except for a mobile home park within the area which is in accordance with a site development plan approved by the Planning Board. Such site development plan shall meet at least the following minimum requirements:
(1) 
Minimum park area. The minimum area for a mobile home park shall be 10 acres, provided that an area of less than 10 acres may be added to an existing mobile home park if contiguous thereto and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) 
Minimum mobile home space area: 2,800 square feet.
(3) 
Minimum space width: 35 feet
(4) 
Minimum clearance between units: 20 feet.
[Amended 8-12-1997 by Ord. No. 3276-97]
(5) 
Minimum distance of unit from dwelling: 50 feet.
(6) 
Minimum distance of unit from property line: 10 feet.
(7) 
Minimum distance of unit from public right-of-way: 100 feet.
(8) 
Minimum side and rear buffer: 10 feet.
(9) 
Off-street parking.
(a) 
At least the following number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided: two spaces for each mobile home space.
(b) 
Off-street parking for any other purposes shall be in accordance with § 348-8.20.
(10) 
Water and sewage facilities. No individual wells or individual sewage disposal systems shall be permitted, and each building shall be serviced with said utilities by a central supply or disposal system which is approved by the Township Board of Health, Sewerage Authority and other controlling agencies. No building permit shall be issued unless and until plans for such facilities have been submitted to the proper authorities for approval and adequate provisions are made to ensure that such necessary facilities shall be installed.
(11) 
Roadways, streams, lakes, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and walkways. The developer shall provide for the ownership and maintenance of all roadways, streams, lakes, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and walkways. Such responsibility shall remain with the developer, except that it may be transferred to an organization conceived and established to own and maintain the roadways, streams, lakes, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and walkways for the benefit of such development.
(12) 
All residential mobile home spaces shall front on private roadways in accordance with a site development plan and subdivision plat approval by the Toms River Township Planning Board. The requirement of § 348-5.4A shall not be applicable within this zone.
(13) 
Recreation areas. At least 250 square feet per mobile home space shall be made available in one or more areas for recreation uses. These areas shall be located so as to be free of traffic hazards.