In addition to the area and use restrictions for the various districts contained in Article
III of this chapter, the following regulations apply throughout the City of Norwich.
Mobile home parks are allowed by special permit
in R-2 Districts, subject to the following regulations:
A. Park size and capacity. Each mobile home park shall
have a minimum of 175,000 square feet and shall contain no more than
one mobile home for each 3,500 square feet of gross area, including
land use for access roads, recreation and service facilities and screen
planting.
B. Size of lot. No mobile home lot in a park shall be
less than 2,000 square feet in area and have less than 18 feet in
frontage on an access road.
C. Clearances.
(1) Mobile homes shall be located on the lot with the
following minimum clearances:
(a) Sides: 25 feet from adjacent mobile homes or access roads.
(b) Ends: 20 feet from adjacent mobile homes and 15 feet from access
roads.
(c) Thirty feet from exterior lot lines.
(2) In computing these clearances, lean-tos, auxiliary
rooms and similar accessories connected to the mobile home, but not
including temporary porches and canopies which are open on two sides,
shall be considered as part of the mobile home.
D. Automobile parking. There shall be at least one off-street
parking space for each mobile home within 50 feet of the mobile home.
In addition, there shall be one off-road parking space for each five
homes within the park located at places of public congregation.
E. Recreation area. A usable area set aside exclusively
for recreation shall be provided within the mobile home park and shall
be equal in area to 200 square feet for each mobile home lot in the
park.
F. Screening. Each mobile home park shall have no more
than one entrance road on any one street frontage and shall have a
landscaped area at least 20 feet wide along exterior lot lines and
street frontages, suitably planted and maintained to provide visual
screening from adjacent properties.
Accessory structures may be erected, replaced
or enlarged between the side or rear yard setback lines and lot lines
of any residential lot, provided that the applicant provides sufficient
documentation that:
A. The accessory structure to be erected, replaced or
enlarged is used as an incidental and complementary use to the residential
building on the lot on which it is situated; and
B. Accessory structures shall not be built between the
building line and the street.