A.
All mobile home parks, where permitted, shall conform
to the following standards as well as other applicable standards in
the Subdivision Regulations.
B.
The site for such a use shall be no less than five
gross acres and shall have no less than 50% of the proposed mobile
home spaces available at first occupancy.
C.
All mobile home parks shall be planned as a unit,
and the site shall be in single ownership or under unified control.
The lot and lot lines mentioned hereinafter in regard to mobile homes
do not imply individual ownership of property.
D.
All mobile home parks shall be laid out with due consideration
to slopes and other natural features. Natural drainageways will in
no way be impaired by development. Streets will run, where possible,
with the contours of the land. Efforts will be made to lay out the
park in other than grid patterns so that long sight distances may
be avoided.
E.
Access to mobile home parks shall be designed to minimize
congestion and hazards at the entrance and exit and to allow free
movement of traffic on adjacent public roads. At least two points
of egress shall be provided to each mobile home park. Where existing
roads permit, these points of egress will be no closer to each other
than 100 feet.
F.
In computing the maximum number of mobile home lots
that may be created, any lands located within a floodplain area subject
to periodic flooding or a seasonal high water table, occupied by public
utility easements, having a slope in excess of 15% or having, in the
judgment of the Township Commissioners, other physical features which
severely limit development possibility shall not be counted as part
of the total gross area.
A.
All lots within the mobile home park shall be clearly
laid out in conformance with the standards set out herein:
(1)
Each lot shall contain at least 7,000 square feet.
(2)
The minimum lot width at the building setback line
shall be 70 feet.
(3)
A minimum aggregate of two side yards of 35 feet shall
be required, but in no case shall either side yard be less than 15
feet. For purposes of figuring side yards, expandable sections of
mobile homes or enclosed patios are regarded as portions of the mobile
home, and the side yard and setback is to be figured from the furthermost
point of such extensions.
(4)
A minimum front yard of 25 feet from the pavement
line is required.
(5)
A minimum rear yard of 25 feet from rear lot lines
is required.
B.
Each lot will be provided with a concrete pad wide
enough to accommodate the mobile home. All blocking needed for the
individual mobile home shall be located on the pad.
C.
A concrete or flagstone patio shall be provided adjacent
to the mobile home pad on each lot. The minimum dimensions of such
a patio shall be eight feet by 20 feet, and each such patio shall
contain an electrical outlet into which the electrical system of the
mobile home can be connected. Awnings of a type that are wind- and
hurricane-proof may be installed above the patio space.
D.
Up to two paved parking spaces may be provided on
the mobile home lot, and such parking spaces may be located in the
front yard area.
E.
In areas where wind is a hazard, hooks for tie-downs
for the mobile home shall be placed in the concrete mobile home pad.
Metal skirting shall be required for each mobile home. Storage beneath
the mobile home is prohibited.
F.
No accessory rooms or additions, except an expandable
section of a mobile home or an enclosure of a patio, are permitted,
except that an accessory shed of a size no larger than eight by ten
(8 x 10) feet may be required by the mobile home park management as
a place for storage of garbage cans, tools and lawn mowers.
A.
All mobile home parks shall be provided with safe
and convenient paved and curbed driveways to and from each and every
mobile home lot. Alignment and gradient shall be properly adapted
to topography.
B.
Street widths shall conform to the standards established
herein, except that local and collector streets within the mobile
home park will not be required to provide parking lanes where two
or more off-street parking spaces per mobile home unit are provided.
C.
Where off-street parking areas are provided in mobile
home parks for the use of park occupants and guests, such areas shall
be furnished at the rate of at least two vehicular parking spaces
for each mobile home lot. Each off-street parking space shall contain
at least 200 square feet, not including access and driveway areas.
D.
Major concentrations of activity, such as open space,
recreation areas, community rooms and laundry facilities, shall be
connected to mobile homes by paved walkways no less than 48 inches
in width. Such walkways should have a minimum of contact with roadways.
Similar walkways shall also be constructed between mobile homes and
roadways and/or parking lots.
A.
The portions of the site not covered by mobile home
pads, patios, walkways, parking spaces and accessory sheds shall be
planted in a suitable ground cover. The park developer may be required
to plant or preserve on the site at the time of construction one tree
on each mobile home lot. Such a tree should be of a type and size
agreed upon by the Township Engineers and should be located so as
not to interfere with the placement of the home on its site or the
free access by emergency equipment and utilities.
B.
A minimum of 25% of the total site shall be used for
open space. Up to one-half (1/2) of this requirement (12.5% of the
total site) may be met in areas of floodplains, steep slopes, required
setbacks, buffer areas or other undevelopable areas. The remaining
one-half (1/2) (12.5% of the total site) must be developed in usable
open space, exclusive of required buffers, and may include swimming
facilities, community buildings, tot-lots and other recreational uses
as needed. All open space shall be free of traffic hazards and located
so as to be easily accessible to most residents of the park. It shall
be maintained without extra charge by the park management.
C.
All mobile homes shall be set back at least 50 feet,
measured from the right-of-way line, from any street or highway and
at least 30 feet from all other property lines. The areas so reserved
as buffers may be used to meet total space requirements but may not
be included when figuring individual mobile home lot sizes. A landscape
buffer of 10 feet shall be located along all boundary lines of the
mobile home park.
A.
At least one public telephone or fire alarm box shall
be provided for each mobile home park. Fire extinguishers on wheels
shall also be provided and located so that no mobile home is more
than 150 feet distant.
B.
Provision shall be made by the park operator to have
garbage and rubbish collected as frequently as necessary to ensure
that receptacles shall not overflow. If collection from individual
lots is not provided, at least one waste collection station shall
be provided for every 20 mobile home lots. All stations shall be properly
screened by a hedge or lattice fence and shall be located at least
200 feet from the nearest dwelling unit. Receptacles shall be tightly
covered and shall be of adequate number to permit the disposal of
all garbage and rubbish.
C.
The park management shall be required to plow snow
and otherwise maintain in a safe and usable condition all streets
and common parking areas within the mobile home park.
D.
Lighting of sufficient candlepower to adequately illuminate
the roadways, driveways and waterways within the mobile home park
shall be provided by the park owner between the hours of sunset and
sunrise, but such lighting shall not be of an intensity as to impair
traffic or create a nuisance in or near the site.
E.
If outdoor drying is permitted, it shall be located
in an area approved by the Township Commissioners. All outdoor drying
facilities shall be screened to six feet above the ground. A laundry
building, if provided, shall be a permanent structure complying with
all applicable ordinances, regulations and codes.
F.
Appropriate street direction signs, speed limit signs,
street name signs and other informational signs shall be posted at
each point of egress from the park, the cost of which shall be borne
by the park owner.
G.
Only one nonflashing, indirectly illuminated sign
no greater in area than 24 square feet nor extending more than 10
feet above ground level is permitted. This sign and other structures,
such as an office building, shall be located at least 20 feet from
any property line or street right-of-way line.
It shall be the duty of the management to maintain
a register containing a record of all mobile homes and occupants located
within the park. The record shall contain the name of each occupant.
In addition, the management shall furnish to the Board of Commissioners
and the appropriate fire company a numbered site map showing each
mobile home and the date of arrival and departure of each mobile home.