§ 109-10. R-M/d Planned Mobile Home District.

The regulations set forth in this part shall apply in the R-M/d Planned Mobile Home District. The intent of the R-M/d district is to provide sites only for the location of mobile homes which will allow the maximum amount of freedom possible in the design of mobile home parks and will provide for the related recreational, commercial, and other service facilities for the planned mobile home residential developments.

(1)

Principal permitted uses.

a.

Single- and double-wide mobile homes.

b.

Non-commercial community recreational facilities which are intended exclusively for the use of the residents of the mobile home development and their guests.

c.

Pedestrian oriented personal service facilities which are intended exclusively for the use of the residents of the mobile home development, provided that such personal service facilities occupy not more than ten square feet of gross floor area for each mobile home in the development.

d.

Buildings used for the management and maintenance of the development.

(2)

Accessory uses.

a.

Buildings and uses customarily accessory to mobile homes such as garages and storage buildings.

b.

One indirectly lighted, non-flashing sign not to exceed one square foot for each five feet of frontage of said mobile home park.

(3)

Height regulations. No building shall exceed two stories or 25 feet in height, whichever is less, from the average natural grade level. No accessory structure shall exceed the height of the primary structure, and the maximum sidewall height will not exceed ten feet.

(4)

Design procedure. The owner of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than five acres shall submit to the commission a plan for the use and development of the entire tract of land. This plan shall include the site location and uses of all buildings, the location of each single-wide and double-wide mobile home stand, the locations and types of all community and recreational facilities; open spaces, including developed open spaces and those to be preserved in their existing state; points of access to the site, principal pedestrian and vehicular circulation ways, parking facilities, and other principal elements of the vehicular and pedestrian transportation system. The commission shall review the conformity of the proposed development with the standards of the comprehensive plan, and with recognized principals of civic design, land use planning, and landscape architecture. The commission may after holding a public hearing and reviewing the development plan, recommend to the council, approval, approval with modifications, or disapproval of the development plan which accompanies the application. The commission shall forward its written recommendations to the council which shall, after notice and public hearing, approve or disapprove the application and plan, or may require such changes thereto as it deems necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this chapter.

(5)

Design standards. The land usage, minimum lot area, yard, height, and accessory uses shall be determined by the requirements set out as follows, which shall prevail over conflicting requirements of this chapter or the subdivision chapter.

a.

Uses along the project boundary lines shall not be in conflict with those allowed in adjoining or opposite property. To this end, the commission may require, in the absence of an appropriate physical barrier, that uses of least intensity or a buffer of open space or screening be arranged along the borders of the project.

b.

A plat of the development shall be recorded, showing building locations, common land, streets, easements, and other applicable items required by chapter 107.

c.

No building permits shall be issued until the final plat of the development is approved and recorded and the applicant shall file with the administrator, proof of compliance with all requirements of the state department of public health.

d.

In all mobile home developments, tie-downs are required.

(6)

Deed restrictions. In its review of the plan, the commission or council may consider any deed restrictions or covenants entered into or contracted for by the developer concerning the use of common land or permanent open space. The term "common land," as herein contained, shall refer to land dedicated to the public use and to land retained in private ownership but intended for the use of the residents of the development unit or the general public.

(7)

Land use and density requirements.

a.

Five mobile home stands shall be permitted for each acre of land contained in the usable area of the plan.

b.

No part of any mobile home or other structure shall be located within 30 feet of any public road shown on the official major street plan, nor within 20 feet of any exterior boundary of the planned mobile home development.

c.

Parking spaces shall be provided within the development at the rate of two off-street spaces per mobile home.

d.

Mobile home sales and accessory uses within the R-M/d district shall not consume more than 15 percent of the total district.

e.

No permit for the commercial structure or building shall be issued until at least 25 percent of the mobile home site is developed for residential uses.

(Prior Code, § 121.10)