Farm mobile homes shall:
B.
Be limited to one farm mobile home per farm. Additional farm mobile homes shall be allowed on a farm only after a special use exception is granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with § 175-22 of this chapter.
C.
Be located not more than 200 feet from the nearest
farm building and not closer to any County or state road than the
principal farm residence or building. If no buildings are presently
located on the farm, the farm mobile home shall be located at least
200 feet from any County or state road.
D.
Be located at least 100 feet from all property lines.
E.
Be occupied by:
(1)
The owner(s) of the farm;
(2)
A person or persons employed to work an average of
40 hours per week on the farm and who derive more than half their
income from employment on the farm. The farm owner may not receive
any rent or other monetary compensation from the farm mobile home
occupants; or
(3)
A person or persons employed on the farm on a full-time
or part-time basis and who do not derive more than half their income
from employment on the farm, provided that a Special Use Exception
is granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals. The Board of Zoning Appeals
shall make findings that the need for the farm mobile home and the
services to be provided by the occupants are justified for the effective
security, maintenance and/or operation of the farm. The farm owner
may not receive any rent or other monetary compensation from the farm
mobile home occupants.
F.
Be removed when no longer occupied as a residence by persons meeting requirements of Subsection E above or when the mobile home has been unoccupied for a continuous period of six months. The Zoning Administrator shall verify annually, by affidavit, that the occupants of the farm mobile home continue to meet the requirements of Subsection E above.
G.
Have a gross floor area, excluding the hitch and any
other additions not a part of the original main structure unit, of
at least 600 square feet.
Hardship mobile homes may be approved by the
Board of Zoning Appeals as a special use exception, provided that
all of the following conditions are met:
A.
The person in need of care, attention and supervision
is either a great-grandparent of the applicant, a grandparent of the
applicant, a lineal descendant of a grandparent of the applicant or
the spouse of such lineal descendant of a grandparent of the applicant.
B.
The applicant for the special use exception will be
responsible for the required care, attention and supervision.
C.
The applicant has filed a certificate from at least
one physician licensed to practice medicine in the United States who
has examined the person in need of care, attention and supervision
within 30 days prior to the filing of the application. The certificate
shall state the date of the physician's last examination of said person;
the nature of said person's disability; that, in the physician's best
judgment, said person is mentally or physically incapable of self-care;
and the probable duration of said person's disability.
D.
The person in need of care, attention and supervision
for practical reasons, financial or otherwise, cannot reside elsewhere
and receive the same services.
E.
The mobile home shall not be used as a profitable
enterprise, but nothing contained herein shall preclude the applicant
from receiving reimbursement for actual expense in providing the required
care, attention and supervision to the person in need.
F.
The applicant owns, resides or intends to reside on
the premises on which the mobile home is to be located, and either
the applicant or the person in need of care, attention and supervision
may reside in the mobile home.
G.
The mobile home shall be located within 200 feet of
the principal residence on the premises.
H.
The mobile home shall be removed within 60 days after
the person in need of care, attention and supervision dies, permanently
vacates the premises or becomes capable of self-care.
I.
The mobile home shall have a gross floor area, excluding
the hitch and any other additions not a part of the original main
structure unit, of at least 600 square feet.
A.
Approval procedures. The procedure for establishment of a mobile home zoning district shall be the same as the rezoning by application procedure in Article XXII of this chapter, except that the change or mistake rule in § 175-198G of this chapter shall not apply.
(1)
For a proposed mobile home park, a site plan shall
be submitted with the rezoning application. Prior to establishment
of a mobile home zoning district for a mobile home park, a final site
plan shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission.
(2)
For a proposed mobile home subdivision, a preliminary
major subdivision plat, prepared in accordance with the Caroline County
Subdivision Regulations,[1] shall be submitted with the rezoning application. Prior
to establishment of a mobile home zoning district for a mobile home
subdivision, a final major subdivision plat and other documents prepared
in accordance with the Caroline County Subdivision Regulations shall
be submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission and recorded,
when required, in the Caroline County land records.
B.
Mobile home parks. The following specifications shall
apply to mobile home parks only:
(1)
Community water and sewerage systems shall be provided
to all individual mobile home sites and shall be in compliance with
all requirements of the Caroline County Health Department.
(2)
All utilities, including but not limited to electric
and telephone lines, shall be placed underground in accordance with
rules and procedures established by the Maryland Public Service Commission.
(3)
Mobile home parks shall be surrounded by bufferyards
measuring not less than 50 feet in depth on the front and not less
than 25 feet in depth on the side and rear between the mobile home
sites and adjoining property lines.
(4)
Not less than 10% of the total area of a mobile home
park, exclusive of bufferyards and road rights-of-way, shall be devoted
to accessible open space and recreation areas. At least 50% of the
recreational or open space land shall be of a character suitable for
active recreation, such as playgrounds or ballfields.
(5)
Interior access roads shall be at least 50 feet in
width, with a paved surface at least 20 feet in width, and improved
in accordance with specifications of the County Engineer.
(6)
All access roads, parking areas and walkways within
the park shall be illuminated at night so that the roads, areas and
walkways are clearly visible.
(7)
The owner or operator of a mobile home park shall
be responsible for providing adequate refuse collection facilities.
(9)
Mobile home parks containing at least 100 mobile homes
may include laundromats and similar commercial and service establishments
intended to serve only persons within the mobile home park. Such establishments
shall be designed, improved and located to protect the character of
the mobile home park and the surrounding neighborhood and shall occupy,
including a related parking area, not more than 5% of the area of
the development.
C.
Mobile home subdivisions. The following specifications
shall apply to mobile home subdivisions only:
D.
Additional requirements and specifications for mobile
home parks and subdivisions. The following specifications shall apply
to both mobile home parks and subdivisions:
(1)
The minimum total required area for a mobile home
park or subdivision shall be 10 acres.
(2)
Where a mobile home zoning district is to contain
both a mobile home park and subdivision, they may be contiguous but
shall be separate from each other and shall each separately contain
the minimum required area.
(3)
All enlargements of or extensions to any existing
mobile home park or subdivision shall meet all requirements of this
section.
(4)
No individual mobile home site or lot shall be designed
for direct access to a County or state road.
(5)
Recreational vehicles shall not be occupied as living
quarters.
(6)
Retail mobile home sales shall not be permitted; however,
mobile homes may be sold on lots they occupy in residential use.
(7)
Outdoor storage areas, including those for recreational
vehicles, shall be designed, improved and located so as to protect
adjoining uses from adverse visual or other effects and shall occupy
not more than 5% of the area of the mobile home development. Use of
such area shall be limited to occupants of the mobile home park or
subdivision.
(8)
Each mobile home shall have a gross floor area, excluding
the hitch and any other additions not a part of the original main
structure unit, of at least 600 square feet.
If an occupied dwelling in any zoning district
is damaged or destroyed by fire, flood or any other sudden catastrophe
to a degree so as to make it unsafe or unhealthy for human occupancy,
the Zoning Administrator may issue a zoning certificate and/or building
permit for the placement of a mobile home on the premises for the
purpose of providing emergency housing for the displaced occupants,
provided that the mobile home shall:
A.
Meet all of the additional requirements and standards for mobile homes as specified in § 175-72 of this chapter.
B.
Be removed from the premises when the damaged dwelling
is habitable or within six months, whichever comes first, unless the
Board of Zoning Appeals shall grant a special use exception to extend
the time limit to a total of not more than 12 months.
Mobile homes for use as temporary dwellings
or offices shall be permitted in any zoning district, provided that
all of the following conditions are met:
A.
The placement of the mobile home is determined to
be incidental to construction to be performed on the premises and
the Zoning Administrator has issued a zoning certificate and/or building
permit for said construction.
B.
For any mobile home to be used as a temporary dwelling:
(1)
The mobile home shall be occupied by the owner(s)
of the property or a security guard.
(2)
The mobile home shall meet all of the additional requirements and standards as specified in § 175-72 of this chapter.
(3)
The Board of Zoning Appeals shall grant a special
use exception for the placement of the temporary mobile home and shall
specify a time limit for removal of the mobile home.
C.
For any mobile home to be used as a temporary office:
(1)
The mobile home shall be in compliance with the County
Health Department's requirements as to water supply and sewage disposal
if sanitary facilities are located with the mobile home.
(2)
The mobile home shall be removed within 30 days following
completion or abandonment of the construction, when the zoning certificate
and/or building permit expires or is revoked or in 24 months from
the date of placement, whichever comes first.
(3)
The Zoning Administrator shall issue a zoning certificate
and/or building permit.
A.
A multisection mobile home shall also be permitted
on any lot approved for a single-family dwelling, provided that all
of the following conditions are met:
(1)
The minimum width of the main structure unit of the
mobile home, as originally manufactured for occupancy, shall be equal
to or greater than 24 feet for a continuous distance of at least 40
feet.
(2)
The mobile home shall have a gross floor area, excluding
the hitch and any other additions not a part of the original main
structure unit, of at least 960 square feet.
(3)
The mobile home shall meet all of the additional requirements and standards for mobile homes as specified in § 175-72 of this chapter.
(4)
The placement of the mobile home shall comply with
minimum required setbacks and any other provisions of this chapter
in the same manner as for a single-family dwelling.
B.
A single-wide mobile home or a multisection mobile home not meeting the floor area or dimension requirements of Subsection A above shall be permitted on any lot approved for a single-family dwelling, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(1)
No property owner whose property line is within 1,000
feet of the applicant's property line objects, in writing, within
30 days of receiving notice. The Zoning Administrator shall send the
notices by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notices shall
be directed to the names and addresses as shown on the most recently
available quarterly subdivision listing for Caroline County published
by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
(a)
If an objection is received, then the applicant
may apply to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a special use exception
within six months of the end of the objection period.
(b)
If no objections are received, then the applicant
must obtain a zoning certificate and/or building permit within one
year of the end of the objection period.
(2)
The minimum width of the main structure unit of the
mobile home, as originally manufactured for occupancy, shall be at
least 12 feet.
(3)
The mobile home shall have a gross floor area, excluding
the hitch and any other additions not a part of the original main
structure unit, of at least 720 square feet.
(4)
The mobile home shall meet all of the additional requirements and standards for mobile homes as specified in § 175-72 of this chapter.
Where required in this chapter, the following
mobile home standards and requirements shall apply:
A.
Mobile homes shall be certified and labeled as meeting
the Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards of the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development or they shall bear the
insignia of the Maryland Department of Economic and Community Development
in accordance with the Industrialized Building and Mobile Homes Act
of 1971.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article 41, § 11-501
et seq., of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
B.
Mobile homes shall be erected, fully enclosed and
finished in conformance with guidelines approved by the Zoning Administrator.
C.
Mobile homes shall be in compliance with the County
Health Department's requirements as to water supply and sewage disposal.
D.
No mobile home shall be used for storage purposes
only.
