§ 50-730. Mobile home parks.

(a)

The following provisions apply to mobile home parks when such mobile home park is allowed as a special exception use:

(1)

A site plan shall be submitted as provided in section 50-775. For all mobile home parks, a state-approved site plan and permit is required prior to county consideration, unless permitting is waived by the state.

(2)

Each mobile home space shall contain a minimum of 4,000 square feet of land area, provided that spaces of 3,500 square feet may be approved if for each such space other space containing 4,500 square feet is provided.

(3)

No mobile home may be placed within 40 feet of any F/RR, A/RR or RR zoning district boundary.

(4)

A minimum 15-foot side yard shall be provided for each mobile home.

(5)

Access shall be directly to a paved highway designated as a "collector" or "arterial" by the county comprehensive plan.

(6)

All mobile homes, regardless of size and including travel trailers, shall be tied down and permitted as for a conventional mobile home.

(7)

A user-oriented recreation facility shall be provided, meeting or exceeding those minimum standards established within the recreation element of the county comprehensive plan.

(8)

Where contiguous properties have been developed for residential purposes, the board of county commissioners may require a landscaped and irrigated buffer area, which may include but shall not be limited to requirements for:

a.

Opaque fencing or walls.

b.

Evergreen vegetation.

c.

Berms.

d.

Minimum standards for the spacing, survival and species selection.

(9)

Mobile home parks shall not be permitted within a designated floodplain and/or coastal high-hazard area. No existing mobile home park may be granted a special exception to increase in size or number of spaces if already located within a designated floodplain and/or coastal high-hazard area.

(10)

Setbacks shall be established in schedule 2 of the district regulations, with no improvements allowed within the required setback area.

(b)

The following provisions apply to mobile home parks when such mobile home park is a permitted use:

(1)

Lot or parcel size and space requirements.

a.

The minimum size of the entire tract shall be five acres.

b.

Mobile home parks shall provide a minimum of 4,000 square feet per space except that 25 percent of the spaces to be provided in such a park may provide a minimum area of 3,500 square feet provided that, for each such space, one space shall be provided with a minimum area of 4,500 square feet.

c.

The minimum space width shall be 40 feet.

d.

The minimum space depth shall be 80 feet.

(2)

Yard size requirements.

a.

There shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet between structures or mobile homes located on adjoining spaces within the park.

b.

There shall be a minimum front yard for each space of ten feet measured from the body of a mobile home or the wall of a structure to the edge of a roadway within the park.

(3)

Sanitary requirements. Surface drainage plans shall be reviewed by the county engineer who shall determine whether the proposed plan will be compatible with the surrounding area and the ultimate county drainage plan, prior to issuance of site plan approval and building permit. No permit shall be issued in such instances where the county engineer finds the plan to be incompatible with surrounding area. Sewage facilities shall be provided as required by the county health department. If a central sewer system is provided, it shall be owned and operated by a municipality, special district, or a community development district.

(4)

Park road requirements. Roadways within the park shall be a minimum of 22 feet in width with a minimum of 18 feet of paved road.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 6.01(G)(21); Ord. No. 05-01, § 10, 5-17-2005; Ord. No. 2007-03, § 22, 7-17-2007)