§ 10-4. Development standards and requirements of manufactured home parks or courts.

(a)

Preparation of site plans. The site plan to be recorded shall be prepared by a professional engineer and/or land surveyor licensed in the State of Virginia.

(b)

Permitted uses. Planned manufactured home parks or courts shall be for residential purposes only, except those uses required for the direct servicing and well-being of the residents and for professional management and maintenance of the development.

(c)

Setback from state roads. No manufactured home or accessory structure shall be located within thirty-five (35) feet of the edge of the right-of-way of any state road.

(d)

Front yard. The minimum front yard for each manufactured home shall be twenty (20) feet, such distance to be measured between the lot line and the front of the manufactured home.

(e)

Area requirement. Each manufactured home lot within a manufactured home park or court shall not be less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet. The minimum lot width shall be fifty (50) feet. Greater lot areas may be required where individual septic [tanks] or wells are used if the health department officials determine that there are factors of drainage, soil conditions, or other conditions to cause potential health problems.

(f)

Spacing requirements. Manufactured homes shall be placed on manufactured home lots so that, at the nearest point, they shall be eight (8) feet from detached enclosed carports (garages) and twenty (20) feet from any other manufactured home, or attachment thereto, or other buildings. Setback on private roads must be as follows: Right-of-ways of thirty (30) feet require that the manufactured home setback be thirty-five (35) feet from the center of the road. For the purpose of the spacing requirements, a manufactured home includes any attached, enclosed structure. Detached enclosed carports (garages) and storage structures are not considered to be part of manufactured home nor are attached enclosed awnings, porches and carports.

(g)

Recreation and open space. Not less than five (5) percent of the gross area of the manufactured home development shall be reserved as common open space and recreation facilities, exclusive of required exterior boundary setback areas, pedestrian ways, parking bays, public or private streets and community storage facilities.

(h)

Parking. At least two (2) off-road parking spaces (ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet) shall be provided for each manufactured home space on, or adjacent to, or in a consolidated parking area within sixty (60) feet of the manufactured home lot.

(i)

Streets. The base and surface treatment shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width, with a minimum thirty-foot right-of-way, a maximum of twelve (12) percent grade and shall be properly graded and ditched to ensure adequate drainage. All streets shall be of gravel construction or better. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the park to maintain the streets.

(j)

Refuse disposal. The storage and collection of refuse shall be so managed as to not create a health or fire hazard. All refuse shall be stored in flyproof, watertight and rodentproof containers, which shall be provided in sufficient capacity, and the park management shall be responsible for the collection and proper disposal of such refuse, unless rental agreement shall supersede.

(k)

Manufactured home lot. The limits of each manufactured home lot should be marked on the ground by suitable means by a professional engineer or land surveyor licensed in the State of Virginia. Location of limits on the ground shall be the same as shown on accepted plans. The manufactured home shall be mounted and anchored on the pad in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code of the State of Virginia prior to the electrical hookup approval by the building inspector and by the standards or guidelines drafted by the building inspector. Each manufactured home shall have skirting, with proper ventilation, around its perimeter to screen its wheels, undercarriage and tongue. Steps at all doors of all manufactured homes must be constructed to meet the regulations of the Uniform Statewide Building Code of the State of Virginia. Each manufactured home lot shall be numbered and the same shall be shown on the final plat. In addition, each lot shall have a numbered metal sign not less than six (6) inches by eight (8) inches in size erected approximately two (2) feet from the manufactured home parking area. This sign must be visible at least eighteen (18) inches above the ground level at all times and should have no sharp edges for purposes of safety.

(l)

Suitability of manufactured home park for installation of subsurface sewage disposal systems. An opinion is required from the county health department regarding the suitability or unsuitability of each lot within a manufactured home park for installation of subsurface sewage disposal systems where such method of sewage disposal is to be utilized in the development of a manufactured home park.

(m)

Oil tanks. All oil tanks shall be placed at the rear of the manufactured home. The tanks shall be a minimum of two hundred seventy-five (275) gallons.

(n)

Sign: Each manufactured home park shall, at all times, have a sign at its entrance designating the name of the manufactured home park or court, the owner, and the telephone number of the owner or renting agent. The sign and markings shall be visible from a distance of forty (40) feet in either direction; minimum letter size shall be six (6) inches.

(o)

Compliance with Chapter 22, water and sewer systems.

(1)

Each new manufactured home park established after November 19, 1996 shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 22 of the Franklin County Code.

(2)

Every expansion or addition of every manufactured home park, no matter when established, shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 22 of the Franklin County Code.

(3)

No new manufactured home shall be located in any new or existing manufactured home park unless and until the water and sewer system serving the lot where the dwelling will be located meets the requirements of Chapter 22.

(Res. No. 20-10-94, 10-18-94; Res. No. 18-12-2001, 12-18-01)

Cross reference— Sewers and sewage disposal, Ch. 17.

(Res. No. 20-10-94, 10-18-94; Res. No. 18-12-2001, 12-18-01)

Cross reference

Sewers and sewage disposal, Ch. 17.