§ 28-150. Manufactured housing standards.

(a)

Mobile home park regulations. All mobile home parks developed in the R-5 mobile home residence district shall comply with the Mobile Home Act of 1987 (MCL 125.2301 et seq.), as amended. In addition, the following standards shall apply:

(1)

No minimum area is required for a mobile home park development.

(2)

Mobile home sites shall be at least three thousand two hundred thirty (3,230) square feet in area. Setback requirements are determined by Rules 941 and 944 of the Mobile Home Code.

(3)

Minimum widths of roadway within the park shall be as follows:

Motor Vehicle Parking	Traffic Use	Minimum Pavement Width
Parking prohibited	1-way road	13 feet
Parking prohibited	2-way road	21 feet
Parallel parking, 1 side only	1-way road	23 feet
Parallel parking, 2 sides	1-way road	33 feet
Parallel parking, 1 side only	2-way road	31 feet
Parallel parking, 2 sides	2-way road	41 feet

 

(b)

Procedure for obtaining mobile home park approval.

(1)

Preapplication conferences are held with the chief building inspector and the city engineer to obtain information and guidance in preparing the application.

(2)

Applications for the mobile home park are submitted with the preliminary site plans and descriptive statement to the city clerk.

(3)

The city clerk shall distribute the copies to appropriate departments for review.

(4)

A public hearing on the preliminary site plan before the planning commission is scheduled and held.

(5)

The planning commission recommendation is sent to the city council for its consideration.

(6)

A public hearing on the preliminary site plan before the city council is scheduled and held.

(7)

Following the approval of the preliminary site plan, the applicant shall submit four (4) copies of a final site plan of the mobile home park project to the city clerk who shall forward the copies to the chief building inspector.

(8)

The chief building inspector shall determine if the site plan, as approved by the planning commission, conforms to the provisions of this chapter. A site plan certificate shall be issued if the site plan conforms to the provisions of this chapter as approved by the planning commission.

(9)

Construction of the mobile home park shall commence within five (5) years following approval by the state department of commerce.

(Ord. No. 2012.16, § 5, 7-17-12)