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Waukon City Zoning Code

165.20 R-5

MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT REGULATIONS.

The R-5 District is established to provide areas for mobile homes which have not been converted to real estate under State law. The location of mobile home districts shall be consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
   1.   Permitted Uses:
      A.   Single-family mobile homes not converted to real estate under State law.
      B.   The home of the mobile home park owner and/or manager which is converted to real estate.
      C.   Accessory uses.
   2.   Conditional Uses:
      A.   Real estate and mobile home sales offices.
      B.   Daycare centers and nursery schools.
   3.   Special Exception Uses: As provided in Section 165.11(3).
   4.   Minimum Performance Standards for Permitted Uses: The standards in this subsection apply only to mobile homes not converted to real estate under State law. Other mobile homes and other single-family dwellings shall comply with the standards of the R-2 District. For purposes of this paragraph, “lot” means the parcel or area designated by the mobile home park owner for the placement of a mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
      A.   Lot area and density: 3,500 square feet.
      B.   Width of each mobile home lot: 35 feet.
      C.   Height: 10 feet.
      D.   Setbacks for mobile home on lot:
         (1)   Front Yard: 10 feet.
         (2)   Rear Yard: five feet.
         (3)   Side Yard: five feet.
      E.   Setbacks on perimeter lots: There shall be a minimum 15 foot setback between each mobile home park property line and all mobile homes located on lots along the perimeter of the mobile home park.
      F.   Street setbacks: There shall be a minimum 25 foot setback between each public street right-of-way line and all mobile homes located on lots which are adjacent to any public street.
      G.   Private road width within mobile home parks: 22 feet.
      H.   Minimum mobile home park size: six mobile home lots.
      I.   Parking requirement: at least one off-street parking space per mobile home unit. No vehicle parking is allowed on the private roads in a mobile home park.
      J.   Each mobile home park owner shall provide to the Clerk two copies of a scaled map of the mobile home park showing lot location and boundaries, roads or drives, the location of all sewer and water service lines, wells, septic systems, the property boundary, and the location of public street access.