§ 38-578. R-T mobile home park district.

(a)

This district is composed of certain lands suitable for the development of a low-medium density residential area under single ownership consisting of rental mobile home spaces.

(b)

The following regulations shall apply to each R-T mobile home park district:

(1)

A use shall be permitted in the R-T district if the use is identified by the letter "P" in the use table set forth in section 38-77. A use shall be prohibited in the R-T district if the space for that use is blank in the use table set forth in section 38-77. A customary accessory use may include, among other things, the sale of mobile homes on the following conditions:

(Ord. No. 95-16, § 19A, 6-27-95)

a.

The mobile home must have all of the facilities and utility connections for use as a dwelling.

b.

The buyer of a new mobile home which is purchased from a mobile home park owner or operator must be offered a six (6) months' lease with an option to renew for six (6) months for the mobile home space on which the mobile home is located at the time of purchase.

c.

The seller and buyer of a new mobile home must intend that the buyer live in the mobile home on the space where it is situated at the time of the sale.

d.

The number of mobile homes for sale shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the total number of approved mobile home spaces in a mobile home park at any one (1) time.

e.

Mobile homes for sale shall be located only on mobile home spaces in the mobile home park and subject to the same setbacks and yard requirements as occupied mobile homes.

(2)

A land use permit shall be required to establish a mobile home park before building permits are issued. A land use permit application shall include a site plan drawn to scale showing property lines, rights-of-way, locations of buildings, parking areas, curb cuts, driveways, cross section of pavement, a landscape plan, streetlights, fire hydrants and fire extinguishers. In addition, the following requirements shall be incorporated:

a.

Each mobile home park shall contain at least five (5) acres, shall be limited to seven (7) mobile home spaces per gross acre, and shall have not less than ten (10) mobile home spaces completed and available at first occupancy. The park shall have unobstructed access to a publicly maintained street or road.

b.

No mobile home space shall contain less than three thousand (3,000) square feet in area.

c.

Minimum separation between mobile homes shall be fifteen (15) feet. Certain additions to mobile homes are permitted, provided minimum separation between the addition and any other mobile home, or addition thereto, shall be ten (10) feet. Such additions are limited to screened rooms, carports, accessory buildings to store personal items and gardening equipment. Any other addition shall provide a minimum of fifteen (15) feet separation.

d.

Landscaping, buffering and open space requirements shall be as provided for in Orange County Code, chapter 24.

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 13, 12-15-92)

e.

All porches, rooms and additions to a mobile home shall comply with these regulations and the county building department's codes and regulations.

f.

A recreation area shall be provided equivalent to two hundred (200) square feet of area for each mobile home space; however, in no case shall such recreation area be less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area. Such recreation area shall be no longer than twice its width. This area shall remain in a clean and presentable condition, and shall be adequately lighted. Such recreation area shall not be located in an area where such use will adversely affect surrounding property.

g.

Each mobile home space shall have a minimum of fifteen (15) feet of frontage on a street or lane within the boundary of the park. Such streets or lanes shall have an unobstructed right-of-way of thirty (30) feet in width and a hard surface of not less than twenty (20) feet in width for two-way drives, or twenty (20) feet in width and a hard surface of not less than twelve (12) feet in width for one-way drives. Hard surfacing shall consist of a base at least six (6) inches thick of lime rock or soil cement or an equivalent material and a top of at least one (1) inch thick made of asphaltic concrete or an equivalent material. Such streets shall be lighted by a system which consists of a one-hundred-watt mercury light for every one hundred twenty (120) linear feet of roadway or a two-hundred-watt incandescent light for every one hundred twenty (120) linear feet of roadway or shall with some other system supply two-tenths lumen per square foot of roadway.

h.

There shall be a minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces for each mobile home space. Each mobile home space shall be equipped with at least one (1) paved parked space; the remainder of the required spaces may be located either on mobile home spaces or in common parking lots.

i.

Paved driveways shall be provided to each parking space on each individual mobile home space. Driveways shall be at least nine (9) feet wide. Common driveways may be used to serve more than one (1) mobile home space, but shall serve no more than four (4) mobile home spaces.

j.

Common walks shall be provided around recreation, management, and service areas. Common walks shall be at least four (4) feet wide except where such walks are adjacent to an arterial street, then such walks shall be at least five (5) feet wide. No walk required herein shall be used as a drainageway.

k.

Each mobile home space shall be provided with a concrete patio at least eight (8) feet wide and ten (10) feet long. Such patio shall conform to the setback provisions outlined in paragraph (2)c. above. Double-wide mobile homes need not have a patio. Each mobile home space shall be landscaped with turf, shrubs, trees, or other plantings.

l.

Each mobile home space shall be connected with a water system and sewage treatment and disposal system approved by the county and state health department.

m.

It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile home park within the county without a license.

(P & Z Res., art. IX, § 3)