In a MHP Mobile Home Park District, a building
may be erected, altered or used, and a lot may be used or occupied,
for any of the following purposes and no other:
A.
Mobile home park.
B.
Mobile home for residential use.
C.
Office for sale of mobile homes, as well as the sale
of fixtures and structures customarily incidental to the use, maintenance,
servicing and well-being of mobile homes located on the same site.
Retail sales, including sales of bottled gas, are prohibited. The
area devoted to such sale shall not exceed one acre of the site area,
and any area devoted to such use shall be deducted from the site area
for computation of the residential density for the mobile home park.
D.
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental
to the use, maintenance, servicing and well-being of mobile home park
residents, including but not limited to storage sheds and enclosed
porches.
The total number of lots in a mobile home park shall not exceed a maximum density of five mobile homes per acre. If for any reason this maximum density is not attainable on a given site due to the need to conform to the requirements of § 116-88, the maximum permissible density shall be reduced accordingly.
A.
Setback from site boundary. No mobile home, accessory
structure or other primary building may be located closer than 40
feet to any boundary of a mobile home park regardless of whether that
boundary abuts a lot, water body, street or other right-of-way. No
paved area shall be permitted within said forty-foot setback except
for approved access to a street. A Class B-type buffer, as described
in the Whitemarsh Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance,[1] shall be provided along the entire length of the site
boundary.
B.
Setback from streets. In no case shall the long side
of a mobile home, or any side of another primary building or accessory
use, be located closer than 25 feet to the ultimate right-of-way line
of any public interior street or to the edge of any common pedestrian
walkway within a mobile home park; provided, however, that the short
side of a mobile home may be located no closer to these facilities
than 20 feet. No more than four mobile homes in a row shall have the
same setback; where varied setbacks are utilized, the setback variance
shall be at least four feet.
C.
Setback from common parking facilities. No mobile
home or accessory use shall be located within 25 feet of any common
parking area.
D.
Lot size. All mobile home lots within a mobile home
park shall have a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet when on-lot
parking is provided, except that a mobile home lot may be reduced
to no less than 4,500 square feet when parking for such lot is provided
in a common parking area.
E.
Lot width. No individual mobile home lot shall be less than 55 feet in width at the building setback line, although this may be reduced to 45 feet where roofed additions are prohibited or where the applicant can demonstrate that roofed additions can be added without violating the provisions of Subsections F and G herein. No individual mobile home lot shall be less than 25 feet in width at the right-of-way line of a street.
F.
Side and rear setbacks. No mobile home or accessory building may be located closer than four feet to any side or rear lot line of an individual mobile home lot; provided, however, that all minimum requirements of Subsection G herein must be met, and provided further that accessory buildings may be located on the lot line if physically joined to each other with a common wall located on the lot line.
G.
Distance between structures. Mobile homes and roofed
structures or areas attached thereto shall be separated from each
other and from other buildings and structures, other than accessory
structures, at their closest points by a minimum of 20 feet; provided,
however, that whenever two mobile homes have their longer sides parallel
or essentially parallel to each other for more than 25% of the length
of either, the minimum distance between the two mobile homes shall
be considered essentially parallel if they form an angle of less than
45° when extended to intersect.
H.
Lot coverage. The maximum coverage of any individual
mobile home lot by all primary and accessory buildings and structures,
including covered patios or decks, shall be no more than 25% of the
total lot area. Impervious ground cover shall be no greater than 45%
of the total lot area.
[Amended 9-9-2004 by Ord. No. 794]
I.
Height. No structure built in a mobile home park shall
exceed a height of one story nor be more than 20 feet in height.
J.
Travel trailers and motor homes shall be expressly
prohibited from having permanent or temporary occupancy within a mobile
home park.
K.
Minimum required green space area: 55% of the total
lot area.
[Added 9-9-2004 by Ord. No. 794]
At least 20% of the site area of the mobile
home park shall be in common open space, no more than 1/3 of which
may be required setback area, pursuant to § 116-38D.
