81-8851 Mobile Home DistrictORDINANCE NUMBER 81-8851
(Published in The Salina Journal �0_1V1__ ,2 , 1981)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 36-6o6 OF THE
SALINA CODE, AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 36-606 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 36-606. MH Mobile Home District.
The MH District is designed to provide a district in
which the density of development will remain relatively low.
Two sub -districts are created within the mobile home district,
"MH -S" (Mobile Home - Subdivision) and "MH -P" (Mobile Home -
Park). In the "MH -S" District all mobile homes are to be
placed on owner occupied zoning lots. The "MH -P" District
does not allow individual mobile homes to be placed on
individual zoning lots. No mobile home subdivision or park
shall be permitted, except when served by an approved sanitary
sewer and water supply system.
Sec. 36-606(1). AIH -S MobiZe Home Subdivisions.
A. Permitted uses.
1. Mobile homes.
2. Single-family detached dwellings.
3. Family -care facilities.
4. Golf Courses, but not including accessory clubhouse,
or golf driving range, pitch and putt or miniature
golf courses.
5. Home occupations.
6. Accessory and temporary uses as permitted by
Article IV.
7. Signs, as permitted by Article IX.
8. Off-street parking and loading as required by
Article X.
B. Conditional uses.
1.
Swimming clubs, tennis clubs and clubhouses accessory
to golf courses.
2.
Public utility uses, as follows: provided that the
location is first approved by the Planning Commission,
and provided further, that a landscape plan or
screening plan, if necessary, is first approved by
the Planning Commission:
(a) Substations.
(b) Gas regulator stations.
(c) Police and fire stations.
(d) Pumping stations.
3.
(e) Ambulance services.
YMCA, YWCA, and other similar uses as defined in
this chapter.
4.
Hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes and nursing
homes.
5.
Group care facilities.
6.
Group day care facilities.
7.
Churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, cathedrals
and shrines.
8.
Schools: Primary, intermediate and secondary.
C. Use Regulations
1. The tract to be used for a mobile home subdivision
shall not be less than four (4) acres in area,
unless it is an extension or addition to an existing
mobile home subdivision.
2. All mobile homes shall comply with the following
requirements:
(a) Each mobile home shall be placed on a full
perimeter, permanent foundation with running
gear and tongue removed.
(b) Each mobile home shall be secured with over -
the -top tie -downs spaced per Kansas Statutes.
(c) Permanent connections shall be made to all
utilities.
(d) Each mobile home placed within the district
shall be in compliance with the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards.
D. Lot Size Requirements.
Minimum lot area:
(a) Single-family detached dwellings and mobile
homes: Six thousand (6,000) square feet.
(b) All other permitted and conditional uses:
Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
2. Minimum lot width:
(a) Single-family detached dwellings and mobile
homes: Sixty (60) feet.
(b) All other permitted and conditional uses:
One hundred (100) feet.
3. Minimum lot depth: Eighty (80) feet.
E. Bulk Regulations.
1. Maximum structure height: Thirty-five (35) feet.
2. Yard requirements:
(a) Front yard:
(1) Property located adjacent to the following
various types of streets shall maintain
the following yard requirements regardless
of whether it is a front, side, or rear
yard, or any combination thereof:
(i) Residential street: Twenty-five
(25) feet from the property line or
fifty-five (55) feet from the
center line, whichever is greater.
(ii) Collector street: Twenty-five (25)
feet from the property line or
sixty-five (65) feet from the
center line, whichever is greater.
(iii) Arterial street: Twenty-five (25)
feet from the property line or
seventy-five (75) feet from the
center line, whichever is greater.
(2) Where not less than seventy (70) percent
of the zoning lots between two (2)
intersecting public street rights-of-way
have developed, any newly constructed
single-family dwelling or mobile home
may maintain the same front yard setback
of either adjacent existing dwelling,
provided that all of the following
conditions exist:
(i) The adjacent property to be matched
has not been granted a variance for
front yard setback.
(ii) Neither adjacent land use is used
for nonresidential purposes.
See. 36-606(2). MH -P HobiZe Home Parks.
A. Permitted uses.
1. Mobile homes.
2. Customary accessory uses, such as laundry facilities,
manager's office, clubhouse, community buildings,
etc.
3. Parks and playgrounds.
B. Conditional uses.
1. Campgrounds, subject to the regulations specified
in Sec. 36-606(2)(C) 2 and 3 below.
2. Churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, cathedrals
and shrines.
3. Schools: Primary, intermediate and secondary.
C. Use regulations.
The applicant for a mobile home park shall prepare,
or cause to be prepared, a mobile home park plan,
(iii) The proposed dwelling is not to be
which shall accompany the application for amendment
placed on a corner lot.
a scale of not less than one inch equals one
(iv) The structure is proposed to be
hundred feet, (1" = 100') and two (2) copies of
placed no closer than fifteen (15)
plans shall comply with the following minimum
feet from the front property line.
requirements:
(b) Minimum side yard:
shall not be less than two (2) acres in area,
(1) Residential buildings: Ten (10) feet on
unless it is an extension or addition to an
each side of the zoning lot.
(2) All other permitted and conditional
when served by a sanitary sewer and water
uses: Twenty-five (25) feet on each
supply system approved in accordance with
side of the zoning lot, except accessory
(b) A mobile home park shall not be used for
uses which shall be permitted and
other than residential purposes.
governed by Article IV.
site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage
(c) Minimum rear yard: Twenty-five (25) percent
and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
of the depth of the lot but need not exceed
have a minimum area of five thousand (5,000)
thirty (30) feet.
square feet per mobile home, exclusive of
3. Maximum lot coverage: Thirty (30) percent.
See. 36-606(2). MH -P HobiZe Home Parks.
A. Permitted uses.
1. Mobile homes.
2. Customary accessory uses, such as laundry facilities,
manager's office, clubhouse, community buildings,
etc.
3. Parks and playgrounds.
B. Conditional uses.
1. Campgrounds, subject to the regulations specified
in Sec. 36-606(2)(C) 2 and 3 below.
2. Churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, cathedrals
and shrines.
3. Schools: Primary, intermediate and secondary.
C. Use regulations.
The applicant for a mobile home park shall prepare,
or cause to be prepared, a mobile home park plan,
which shall accompany the application for amendment
to the MH -P District. Said plan shall be drawn to
a scale of not less than one inch equals one
hundred feet, (1" = 100') and two (2) copies of
the plan shall accompany the application. Such
plans shall comply with the following minimum
requirements:
(a) The tract to be used for a mobile home part:
shall not be less than two (2) acres in area,
unless it is an extension or addition to an
existing park, and shall be permitted only
when served by a sanitary sewer and water
supply system approved in accordance with
city health regulations.
(b) A mobile home park shall not be used for
other than residential purposes.
(c) Contours shall be indicated on the plan.
(d) The park shall be located on a well -drained
site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage
and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
(e) Mobile home parks hereafter approved shall
have a minimum area of five thousand (5,000)
square feet per mobile home, exclusive of
streets and rights-of-way. Each mobile home
space shall provide a minimum area of four
thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet.
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(f) Each mobile home park shall devote a minimum
of five hundred (500) square feet per mobile
home space for recreational or open area.
This recreational or open area may be included
in each mobile home space or may be developed
separately. Separate recreational or open
areas shall not be less than three thousand
five hundred (3,500) square feet and required
setbacks, roadways, rights-of-way, and off-
street parking spaces shall not be considered
as recreational or open areas. A minimum of
fifty (50) per cent of the separate recreational
or open space area shall be constructed or
provided prior to the development of one-half
(1/2) of the project, and all recreational
facilities or open areas shall be constructed
or provided by the time the project is seventy-
five (75) percent developed.
(g) Each mobile home space shall be at least forty
(40) feet wide and one hundred (100) feet in
depth, except in the case of corner lots which
shall provide a minimum width of forty-five
(45) feet.
(h) All structures shall maintain the following
minimum setbacks:
(1) Residential or private streets: Twenty-
five (25) feet from the property line or
fifty-five (55) feet from the center
line, whichever is greater.
(2) Collector street: Twenty-five (25) feet
from the property line or sixty-five (65)
feet from the center line, whichever is
greater.
(3) Arterial street: Twenty-five (25) feet
from the property line or seventy-five
(75) feet from the center line, whichever
is greater.
(4) "MH -P" District boundary: Fifty (50)
feet from the boundary of any other
zoning district unless:
(i) The boundary is common to a public
street, in which case the setbacks
specified in Section 36-606(2)C.l.(h)(1),
(2), and (3), above shall apply; or
unless
(ii) Sight obscuring screening of not
less than six (6) feet in height is
provided along the district boundary,
in which case a setback of twenty-
five (25) feet is required.
(i) All mobile homes shall be located so as to
maintain a clearance of not less than twenty
(20) feet from another mobile home or appurtenance
thereto, except when placed end-to-end there
shall be a minimum separation of twelve (12)
feet. No mobile home shall be located closer
than twenty-five (25) feet from any building
within the park, other than accessory buildings
located on the same space.
(j) All mobile home spaces shall front upon an
improved roadway of not less than twenty-four
(24) feet in width, provided, however, that if
parking is permitted on the street, the minimum
improved width shall be increased to thirty-
two (32) feet.
(k) All roadways shall be surfaced with asphalt,
concrete, rock, gravel, or suitable substitute
and adequately lighted.
(1)
All weather -surfaced walks shall be provided
between required parking areas and the structure
each area serves.
(m)
Vented storm shelters shall be provided in a
central or other convenient location at a rate
of eighteen (18) square feet per mobile home
space.
(n)
Structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35)
feet in height.
2. The
applicant for a campground shall prepare or
cause
to be prepared a preliminary campground plan,
drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals
one
hundred feet, (1" = 100') and three (3) copies
of said
plan shall be submitted to the Board of
Zoning
Appeals for its review and recommendations.
Such
plan shall comply with the following minimum
requirements:
(a)
The tract to be used as a campground shall not
be less than two (2) acres in area and shall
be permitted only when served by a sanitary
sewer and water supply system approved in
accordance with city health regulations.
(b)
Campgrounds shall, under no circumstances, be
utilized for the occupancy of mobile homes.
(c)
Contours shall be indicated on the plan.
(d)
The campground shall be located on a well -
drained site, properly graded, where necessary,
to insure rapid drainage and freedom from
stagnant pools of water.
(e)
Sight obscuring screening of not less than six
(6) feet in height shall be provided between
the campground and any other use or zoning
district other than "A-1". The suitability of
said screening shall be determined by the
Board of Zoning Appeals.
(f)
A minimum setback of fifty (50) feet must be
maintained along all boundaries of the campground
unless the boundary is common to a public
street.
(g)
Service buildings shall be provided at a rate
of one for each one hundred (100) camping
spaces. Each service building shall:
(1) Be located in a reasonably central location
within the campground.
(2) Be of permanent construction.
(3) Have one flush -type toilet, one lavatory,
and one shower or bathtub for females;
and one flush -type toilet, one lavatory,
and one shower or bathtub for males for
each thirty (30) camping spaces. All
lavatories, bathtubs, and showers shall
be connected with both hot and cold
running water.
(4) Have an accessible, adequate, safe and
potable supply of cold water.
(5) Comply with all applicable chapters of
the building code regarding the construction
of buildings and the installation of
electrical, plumbing, heating, and air
conditioning systems.
(6) Be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition
and kept free of any condition that will
menace the health of any occupants or the
public or will constitute a menace.
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(h) Vented storm shelters shall be provided in a
central or other convenient location at the
rate of twelve (12) square feet per designated
or intended camping space.
(i) Structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35)
feet in height.
3. Upon approval of the preliminary campground plan by
the Board of Zoning Appeals, the applicant shall
prepare and submit three (3) copies of a final
campground plan, which shall incorporate any changes
or alterations requested, to the secretary of the
Board of Zoning Appeals. Upon determination by the
secretary that the final campground plan accurately
reflects the desires of the Board of Zoning Appeals,
an approved copy shall be forwarded, within seven
(7) days, to the Zoning Administrator, who may
issue the required permits upon proper application.
D. Compliance.
The mobile home subdivision, park or campground shall be
in compliance with these regulations and all other
applicable regulations of the city or the State of
Kansas.
E. Unused mobile home park.
Whenever a property, zoned "MH -P", ceases to be used for
such purposes for a period of two (2) years, the Planning
Commission may initiate action and hold a public hearing
to rezoning said property back to a more appropriate
zoning district."
Section 2. That the existing Section 36-606 of the Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Introduced: June 1, 1981
Passed: June 8, 1981
Merle A. Hodges, M. ., Mayor