(a)

Intent. The "RMT" district, mobile home or trailer coach parks, is for areas of the city suitable for mobile home or trailer coach parks. Such districts shall provide adequate space and facilities for healthful living conditions for occupants of such mobile home parks. All such districts shall have access to a collector or arterial road for easy accessibility. Public water and sewer facilities shall be provided in accordance with state, county and city health regulations, and any such parks shall be constructed and operated in compliance with all applicable statutes, ordinances and regulations.

(b)

Principal use. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this chapter, no building or part thereof in an "RMT" district, mobile home or trailer coach parks, shall be used, erected, altered or converted or land used, in whole or in part, except for trailer coach or mobile home parks.

(c)

Permitted accessory uses to principal use. The following uses accessory to the principal use are permitted in the "RMT" district:

(1)

Recreation facilities for the exclusive use of the residents of the trailer coach or mobile home park and personal guests.

(2)

Storage facilities for residents.

(3)

Office and residence for manager of the mobile home park.

(4)

Utility facilities.

(5)

Laundry facility for the exclusive use of the residents of the trailer coach or mobile home park, to be heated in winter, and to have provisions for furnishing an adequate supply of hot and cold water if such facility is provided.

(d)

Special uses permitted after review and approval by the planning commission. The uses specified by article V as special uses within the "A" district, may be permitted as special uses within the "RMT" district if approved by the planning commission as provided by section [94-18.09].

(e)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirements. The area, height, bulk and placement requirements of the "RMT" district are contained in the tabular summary of the schedule of district regulations.

(f)

Additional requirements. Before a permit for a trailer park or mobile home park in an "RMT" district is issued, the following requirements must be met:

(1)

Layout plan. There shall be submitted to the building inspector a layout plan of the trailer park or mobile home park in three copies and in sufficient detail to show compliance with the requirements of this article and showing a plat of all of the lots, location of the trailer coach or mobile home thereon, drainage courses, water and sewer lines, fire hydrants, lights, storm drainage facilities, streets, parking areas and buffer or screening zone.

(2)

Streets and street plan. There must be submitted to the building inspector plans of a street system and assurance of the satisfactory construction thereof in accordance with the following:

(g)

All streets within the project shall be private but shall be paved with asphalt or concrete meeting city public street construction specifications except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(h)

The interior street improvements shall extend continuously from the existing improved public street system to provide suitable access to the mobile home stands and other important facilities on the property, to provide adequate connections to existing or future streets at the boundaries of the property, and to provide convenient circulation for vehicles.

(i)

The street system shall afford two means of entrance and exit to a primary road or state highway, such entranceways to be not less than 300 feet apart and not less than 100 feet from the property boundary lines.

(j)

The street system shall be designed with blocks of proper size and shape to provide desirable trailer coach or mobile home lots and shall provide convenient circulation by means of minor streets and properly located collector streets. Street intersections shall generally be at right angles. All culs-de-sac which are longer than 180 feet shall have an unobstructed width of 20 feet exclusive of parking areas and at the closed end shall have an unobstructed turning circle at least 80 feet in diameter exclusive of parking areas.

(k)

Pavements shall be of adequate widths to accommodate the contemplated parking and traffic load in accordance with the type of street, with ten-foot minimum moving lanes for streets and an eight-foot minimum lane for parallel guest parking, in accordance with the following requirements:

(1)

All entrance streets and other collector streets with parking on both sides shall have a minimum width of 36 feet.

(2)

Any collector street with no parking shall have a minimum width of 22 feet.

(3)

A minor or cul-de-sac street without parking shall have a minimum width of 20 feet.

(4)

Streets shall be adapted to the topography and shall have suitable alignment and gradient for safety of traffic, satisfactory surface and groundwater drainage, and proper functioning of sanitary and storm sewer systems. In addition, details must be submitted showing that storm sewers will be installed which are adequate to dispose of storm and surface drainage and which will connect to established storm sewers or suitable natural drainage courses together with any easements necessary therefor.

(5)

Paved sidewalks having a minimum width of three feet shall be provided on both sides of each street.

(l)

Lot area per trailer. There shall be a minimum lot area for each trailer, which lot area shall not be less than 5,000 square feet; provided that in any mobile home or trailer coach park at least 20 percent of the lots shall have a minimum area of 6,000 square feet. Areas used for streets, sidewalks and on-street parking shall not be considered part of the lot area.

(m)

Proximity to other property. In no case may a mobile home or trailer coach be placed closer than 50 feet to another property outside the mobile home or trailer coach park.

(n)

Parking spaces. The space between trailers may be used for the parking of motor vehicles, provided that such vehicles are to be parked at least ten feet from the nearest lot line. Car parking spaces shall be provided in sufficient number to meet the needs of the occupants of the property and their guests without interference with normal movement of traffic and in accordance with the following requirements:

(1)

Parking space shall be provided at the rate of at least one car space for each mobile home lot plus an additional car space for each three lots to provide for guest parking, for two car tenants and for delivery and service vehicles.

(2)

Required car parking spaces shall be located for convenient access to the mobile home stand, and insofar as practicable one car space shall be located on each lot and the remainder located in adjacent parking bays.

(3)

Each parking space on a mobile home or trailer coach lot shall have a minimum width of nine feet and minimum length of 20 feet and be set back 15 feet from the street.

(4)

off-street parking bays shall be constructed to meet the following requirements:

*Perpendicular to curb line.

(o)

Utilities.

(1)

Every mobile home or trailer coach park shall provide a sanitary sewer system connected to the public sewer system and shall provide for connection of every mobile home or trailer coach to such sanitary system.

(2)

Every mobile home park shall provide water service to every mobile home or trailer coach from the public water system.

(3)

Every mobile home park shall include fire hydrants connected to the public water supply having at least the capacity of 500 gallons flow per minute. Such fire hydrants shall be so located that the maximum distance between any mobile home and the closest hydrant shall be 250 feet measured along the centerline of the street or streets between two fixed points on such centerline determined by projecting straight lines, at right angles to such centerline, from the location of the hydrant and the mobile home.

(p)

Storm shelter. Every mobile home or trailer coach park shall provide one or more storm shelters of such size and capacity as to accommodate the residents of the park. Each such shelter shall be of construction approved to withstand tornadoes and shall have at least the south and west wall thereof entirely below grade and a roof of poured, reinforced concrete.

(q)

Occupancy of park.

(1)

No mobile homes or trailer coaches shall be permitted within the "RMT" district except when located in a mobile home or trailer coach park on single or full multiple sites for which a certificate of occupancy has been issued. Such sites shall be permanently designated according to the dimensions on the plans submitted pursuant to this chapter.

(2)

No certificate of occupancy shall be given for the entire mobile home or trailer coach park until the work is fully completed according to the plan for the entire park submitted pursuant to this chapter and until a license has been granted by the state. If the work on a mobile home or trailer coach park has not been fully completed according to the plan submitted, but at least 25 percent of the sites shown on that plan have been completed and the roads, utilities and facilities serving those sites and the recreation area, common facilities and other facilities required by this chapter have been completed, a certificate of occupancy limited to a number of sites completed at the time of application may be issued. If an additional 25 percent or more of the sites in the original plan are completed at any time, a new certificate of occupancy for such sites may be issued in the same manner. Provided, that it shall not be necessary to complete the greenbelt required by section 94-15.18 in order to obtain a certificate of occupancy. Such greenbelt shall be planted within six months after the issuance of the certificate of occupancy.

(3)

Prior to the issuance of any permit for a mobile home or trailer coach park, the owner shall post a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in the state running to the city, or shall deposit cash in lieu thereof, such bond or deposit to be in the amount of $10,000.00 conditioned upon the fulfillment of the requirements of this chapter and shall be in addition to the bond or cash deposit for greenbelt required by section 94-15.18.

(r)

Mobile home requirements.

(1)

No mobile home or trailer coach shall be occupied until it is inspected by the building inspector and approved for occupancy. If the mobile home or trailer coach, and the park in which it is located, comply with all ordinances of the city and statutes of the state, the mobile home or trailer coach shall be approved for occupancy.

(2)

No mobile home or trailer coach shall be permitted in any mobile home or trailer coach park unless it shall have a minimum of one flush toilet, lavatory, and shower or tub. The mobile home or trailer coach shall be connected to the sanitary disposal system, water system, electrical system and other utilities in accordance with the statutes of the state and the ordinances of the city.

(3)

No mobile home or trailer coach shall be permitted in any mobile home or trailer coach park unless within 30 days after the mobile home or trailer coach is moved into the park, it is completely enclosed between the ground and its bottom edge with solid aluminum skirting.

(4)

No equipment or other material shall be stored under any mobile home or trailer coach.

(5)

No mobile home or trailer coach shall be permitted in any mobile home or trailer coach park unless it is located on a pad of concrete at least four inches thick having dimensions at least equal to the exterior dimensions of the mobile home or trailer coach to be located on it. No mobile home or trailer coach shall extend beyond the edge of the pad on which it is located.

(s)

Sale of mobile homes or trailer coaches. No sales of mobile homes or trailer coaches shall be permitted within a mobile home or trailer coach park except sales of mobile homes or trailer coaches which have been skirted and are occupied or approved for occupancy. Provided, that mobile homes or trailer coaches which have been skirted are approved for occupancy and are on a site or sites which have been landscaped, may be used as models for the sale of similar mobile homes or trailer coaches to be located in that mobile home or trailer coach park. No mobile home or trailer coach being used as a model shall be sold unless the purchaser, simultaneous with such purchase, also purchases the site on which it is located or enters into a written lease of such site for a period of at least one year. In no event shall any mobile home or trailer coach be sold within a mobile home or trailer coach park unless it is to be located within that park. No more than three signs relating to or used in connection with the sale of mobile homes or trailer coaches shall be permitted in any mobile home or trailer coach park. All signs used shall conform to the provisions of article XIV.

(t)

Required recreation area. Every mobile home or trailer coach park shall provide a recreational area of at least eight percent of the total space occupied by the park. For purposes of this section, no lake, pond or unusable land shall be included as part of the required recreational area.

(u)

Inspection fees. Each and every time a mobile home or trailer coach is located or relocated on a mobile home site within any mobile home park, and prior to the occupancy thereof, it shall be the duty of the owner of the mobile home park to notify the building inspector for the city and request an inspection. The building inspector shall promptly inspect or arrange for inspection of such mobile home as located or relocated for compliance with construction and safety standards established under the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act (42 USC section 5401 et seq.), and to the extent applicable, the electrical code, mechanical code, building code and other laws and ordinances. To defray the costs of the inspection provided for in this subsection, there shall be levied against the mobile home park owner an inspection fee in the amount established by resolution of the city commission. Failure of the owner of any mobile home park to comply with the requirements of subsection (g) shall constitute a misdemeanor and render him liable to a criminal penalty for each such failure by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(v)

The requirements of the Mobile Home Commission Act, being Act No. 96 of 1987 (MCL 125.2303) as amended, applicable to mobile home parks, are made part of this division the same as if set out herein, and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until such requirements have been met. All provisions of the Walker Zoning Ordinance not in conflict with the Mobile Home Commission Act, shall apply to mobile home or trailer coach parks.

(Ord. No. 24-674, § 2(Exh. A), 1-22-24)