This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Manufactured
Home Park Ordinance of Carroll County, Virginia." It is enacted under
the authority granted by Act of the General Assembly of Virginia as
provided in Title 15.2, § 15.2-2247, Code of Virginia 1950,
and amendments thereto.
This chapter establishes regulations to assure the orderly development
of manufactured home parks and the placement of individual manufactured
homes in Carroll County, Virginia, to protect the general public and
to provide for the administration and enforcement thereof.
In the construction of this chapter, the rules contained in
this section shall be observed and applied, except when the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
A.Â
Words used in the present tense shall include the future, and words
used in the singular number shall include the plural number, and the
plural the singular;
B.Â
The word "lot" includes the words "plot" and "parcel";
C.Â
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary;
D.Â
The word "may" is permissive;
E.Â
The word "approve" shall be considered to be followed by the words
"or disapprove";
F.Â
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter;
G.Â
Any reference to this chapter includes all ordinances amending or
supplementing the same;
H.Â
All distances and areas refer to measurement in a horizontal plane.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms are
defined as follows. Words used in the present tense include the future.
Words in the singular include the plural, and the plural includes
the singular.
The Carroll County Planning Commission having been appointed
to serve as the agent of the Board in administering all provisions
of this chapter.
A representative of the administrator and the Board of Supervisors
designated to serve as the agent of the administrator and the Board
in approving and disapproving manufactured home park plats and charged
with enforcement of this chapter. The agent may approve manufactured
home parks containing four or less lots and have other such duties
as delegated by the administrator and/or the Board of Supervisors.
A public or private right-of-way primarily designed to serve
as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose
principal frontage and access is on a street.
The Board of Supervisors of Carroll County, Virginia.
Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure
of persons, animals, chattel or movable property of any kind and which
is permanently affixed to the land and any structure which, pursuant
to the Virginia Uniform Building Code, requires a building permit
in order to be placed or erected.
The Planning Commission of Carroll County, Virginia
Carroll County, Virginia.
A street with only one outlet and having an appropriate turnaround
for safe and convenient traffic movement. Such streets shall not be
longer than 500 feet, exclusive of the turnaround. The turnaround
shall have a minimum right-of-way diameter of 100 feet.
The act of planning, constructing, and maintaining a manufactured
home park.
An owner of property where a proposed manufactured home park
is to be located, whether or not represented by an agent.
An individual, corporation or registered partnership owning
any tract, lot or parcel of land to be developed or a group of two
or more persons owning any tract, lot or parcel to be developed under
this chapter who have given their power of attorney to one of their
group or to another individual to act on their behalf in planning,
negotiating for, representing or executing the legal requirements
of the manufactured home park.
A grant by the property owner of the use of land for a specific
purpose or purposes.
An engineer licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A control program or state program administered by the Virginia
Soil and Water Conservation Board pursuant to the Code of Virginia,
§ 10.1-560,[1] including regulations designed to minimize erosion and
sedimentation.
Any person who is a natural or legally defined offspring,
spouse, sibling, grandchild, grandparent or parent of the owner.
A map or plan of a manufactured home park which meets all
requirements of this chapter, including any accompanying material.
The length of the property line of any lot, lots or tracts
of land measured at the front setback line along a street, road or
highway against which land abuts.
The Board of Supervisors of Carroll County, Virginia.
The Director of the Carroll County Health Department or his
designated representative.
A written permit issued by the Health Officer authorizing
the operation of manufactured home lot or manufactured home park.
The Virginia Department of Transportation.
The engineer employed by the Highway Department serving Carroll
County.
All public utilities and facilities, including but not limited
to streets, storm and sanitary sewer systems, curbs and cutters, culverts,
catch basins and other drainage structures, waterlines and fire hydrants,
sidewalks and street signs.
The area or territory subject to the legislative control
of the Board of Supervisors.
A receipt issued by the Carroll County Treasurer to the owner
of each manufactured home in the County. This receipt is to be suitable
for display on each manufactured home.
An industrialized building unit constructed on a chassis
for towing to the point of use and designed to be used without a permanent
foundation for continuous year-round occupancy as a dwelling; or two
or more such units separately towable, but designed to be joined together
at the point of use to form a single dwelling, and which are designed
for removal to and installation or erection on other sites.
A unit of land designed, constructed, and equipped for the
placement of a single manufactured home and for the exclusive use
of its occupants.
An area or tract of land designed, constructed, and equipped
to accommodate two or more manufactured homes.
A manufactured home stand is that portion of the manufactured
home lot designated for the placement of a manufactured home.
A portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation,
and vacation and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled
vehicle.
Network service access point.
Any person, group of persons, firm, corporation or any other
legal entity having legal title to the land sought to be developed
under this chapter.
The Planning Commission of Carroll County, Virginia.
Includes the terms "map," "plan," "plot," "replat" or "replot";
a map or plan of a tract or parcel of land which is to be or which
has been developed as a manufactured home park. When used as a verb,
"plat" is synonymous with "develop."
Any place, tract, lot, parcel of land or several of the same
collected together for the purpose of developing a manufactured home
park.
Carroll County Public Service Authority.
A piece or strip of land set aside for use as a street, crosswalk,
railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main,
sanitary or storm sewer main or for another public use.
That portion of a street used by vehicular traffic.
That distance from a street right-of-way or boundary of adjacent
property or adjacent manufactured home lot upon which a building or
other structure may be built.
A manufactured home park containing four or less manufactured
home lots or spaces.
A public right-of-way which offers a means of vehicular access
to properties or provides for through traffic, whether designated
as a highway, parkway, turnpike, street, avenue, road, boulevard,
throughway, lane, place, alley or any other thoroughfare. A street
shall be deemed the total length and width of the strip of land dedicated
for public travel, including such improvements as may be required.
A transportable temporary dwelling with a maximum body length
of 36 feet to be used for recreation and vacation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now § 62.1-44.15:51 et seq.,
Code of Virginia.
A.Â
The provisions
of this chapter shall be interpreted to constitute the minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare.
Such provisions as are contained herein are intended to protect the
public and to serve the following purposes:
(1)Â
To provide for convenience of access and safety from fire, flood,
and other dangers;
(2)Â
To reduce or prevent congestion in the public streets;
(3)Â
To facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive, and harmonious
community;
(4)Â
To expedite the provision of adequate police and fire protection,
transportation, water, sewerage, parks, playgrounds, recreational
facilities, and other public requirements; and
(5)Â
To protect against overcrowding of land and undue density of population
in relation to the community facilities existing or available.
B.Â
It is not
intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul, or in any way
impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws or ordinances,
except those specifically repealed by this chapter, or with private
restrictions placed upon property by covenants turning with the land
to which the County is a party. Where this chapter imposes a greater
restriction upon land than that imposed or required by such existing
provisions of law, ordinance, contract, or deed, the provisions of
this chapter shall control.
A.Â
The Carroll County Planning Commission and the agent are hereby delegated
the authority to administer this chapter and shall perform all duties
regarding manufactured home parks in accordance with this chapter
and applicable state authority.
B.Â
In the performance of his duties, the Planning Commission and the
agent may call for written opinions or decisions from County officials
in considering details of any proposed manufactured home park.
C.Â
In addition to the regulations herein contained for the development
of manufactured home parks, the Planning Commission may, from time
to time, establish any reasonable administrative procedures deemed
necessary for the proper administration of this chapter or such other
authority as the Board of Supervisors might delegate.
D.Â
Plats to be considered at the next meeting of the Planning Commission
shall be submitted in the agent's office at least 14 business
days prior to the Planning Commission meeting.
E.Â
The Planning Commission shall meet on such days and at such times
as the Planning Commission shall, by resolution duly adopted, direct.
