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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 647 ORDINANCE N0. 647 BEING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING Tl3E RESIllENTIAL MOBILE HOME ZONE FOR THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA. wfiEREAS, it is in the public interest and necessity that the City of Laurel adopt the Residential Mobile Home Zone. BE IT ORDAINDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, bIONTANA: Section 1. That from and after the effective date of passage of this Ordinance the City of Laurel, shall be in conformance with the R.M.H. Zone set up for the City of Laurel, Montana. Section 2. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage. Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on November 15, 1977, by Alderman Meyers. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, /~_ Montana, this LP day o c~.~~~ 1977. CITY OF LAUREL _ i -' j' Mayor c ,~" ATTEST: Dorothy P. Bundy, City Clerk li,ao,elo Chapter 17,40 S~ctioas: 17,40.v"10 Intent 17,40,020- Definition 17,40,030 Uses permitted 17,40,040 Density 17,40,050 Lat Dimensions 17,40,060 Lot Coverage 17.40.070 D'.obile Home Park Requirements 17,40,080 Mobile iIome Park !'.estrictirnu 17,40,0?0 idobile !tome Requirements 17,40,010 latent The Pt'H residential district is established as a'district in tiihich the Principal-use of land is for single-family mobile home dwellings located wi±hin mobile home parks, For the P,i`II! residential district the specific intent of t:;is section is: P.. To enceurace the placement of, 2nd the continued use of the land for single-famiL,v mobile home dwcllinrs lccated ti•;ithin mebile home nar!;s, S, Te Prohi:+it cor^~ercial and industrial uses of tt;e land, C, ":o ancoura~e suitable and Proper develonmeat of mobile home Parks. (~rd, 647 17,40,020 Dc-fini*_ioa For tiie Purposes of this section "-~oUile hor,~ .gar;:" shall also mean "n~:obile home court", (nrd. 647 ) 17,40,03;) ilses permitted The follo:ains; use is permitted: ;inRle-family mobile ilcme dwellin,s when located wit!iin mobile home earls, (Ord, 647 ) 17,40,03) Rev, ~ /77 17.40,040 17,40.040 Density The maximum allowable density for all mc~ile home Paris shall be nine (9) mobile homes per net acre, (Ord, 6!<~ ) 17,40,050 Lot dimensions A, POr single-iaide mobile home dwelling units, minimum site dimensions shall be forty (40) feet wide and one hundred (100) feet deep with a minimum site area of four thousand (4,000) square feet, , Por double-tside mobile home dwelling units., minimum site dimensions shall be fifty (50) feet snide and one hundred (100) teat deep with a minimum site area of five thousand (5,000) square feet, (Ord. 6117 ) 17,40,Oti0 hot coves^e ^., '}ae ground ?rea occupied by a mobile :dome, attached storm shed, patio, storage buildino and off-street parking spaces shall not exceed °ifty {S O) per cent o£ the total area of the site, In COA1DUtln^ tte ground coverage, foux hundred (400) square feet shall be added to actual area of the mobile Home and the accessory buildings for the two (2) required off-street parking spaces. This T~rOV151 GI1 limits to one storm shed, not over ten (10) feet by twelve (12) £eet or one }umdred tzcenty (120) square foot i.n area per site ar.d said utility building shall Ue placed oa a proper fotutdation, 17,4CI,0!D P. Rev,' / /77 17,4D,osa B B, "o mobile home, storm shed or other legal attachments to said mobile home shall be located less than seven (7) feet six (6) inches from tae side site line, Detad:ed tool- sheds stall ~e located not less than five (5) feet £rom the side or rear site lines, The ends of the mobile homes shall Le at least ten (10) feet apart when opposing rear walls are staggered, otherwise fifteen (1~) feet apart, No portion of a mobile home, or attach- ment thereto, or toolshed, cr a::y other structure shall be located less than fifteen (15) feet away from any site or property line adjacent to a public right-of-way, (nrd,6h7 } 17,40,070 '~obile home nark requirements A, The minimum total area of a mobile home Bark shall be a*_ Ic:a t one ninety thousand (90,000) square feet, including alleys gad/or roadways, B, Tire minimum street or roadway shall conform to tie requirements. found in the Laurel City- Count}' Subdivision Regulations, 17,•10,070 B ^ev, / /77 17,ao,o7a c C, All entrances, exits, lanes, and driveways be- t~veen rows of mobile homes shall be lighted to provide an intensity of five (5) foetcaadles, !Mobile }come par}a shall be provided with, at r..inimum, t;vo (Z) ual}:ways at least three and one-half (3?;) 'feet ;vide between the mobile home sites and each service building; roachvays and side,valks within the parts shall be hard-surfaced, either concrete or bituminized; and shall conform to the requirements found in the Laurel City- County Stiudivision !?egulations, D, AlI provisions of water supply, laundry, sewage and fire protection to be provided in any mobile home ~ar'r, shall Nava been approved by the appro- rriate city department. E, of°-street parking areas shall be provided in all mobile home naris at a ratio of at least tug (.'.) car spaces per mobile home site, At loan: to:o (2) car spaces shall be provided on eac:~ mobile home site, The area per one car space shall be at least ter. (10) feet wide and twent;~ (ZO) feet deep, plus ingress and egress, 17,040,070 ~ P.ev, / /77 17,40.070 F, "ecreation areas, There shall be provided, IIlllecS previously provided by a part; dedication. as regczired by the subdivision regulations, zcitzi.n eac; mobile <<or::e par': an adequate site or sites for recreati.on`.or the exclusive uses of the ,ark occupants, Such recreation site or sites small have a minimum area in size aggre- ~ate e` foar thousand (4,000) square feet plus .one :zundred (I00) square feet for eacL mobile home site in said par'.--:. The recreation sites shall oe or appropriate design and provided witiz adequate equipment; and may be used to meet the I/9 minimum area requirement of the subdivision renulations, f;, All mcbile home pars must provide a completely and permanently landscaped setback area of at Ieast fifteen (15) feet in width around those portions of t:ze ^ark perimeter whic;z herder goalie right-of-~:•ay, Suciz areas may contain trees, szrubbery, grass, beaches, fences, land- scaped water resources and the li}:e, Set'uac aTe a ~ nOt bOrderi.nQ nUh 11C rl ~htS-Of-i}'a}' maV be used to fulfill the recreation area reauirements of the preceding paraeraph, 17.40.07:1 r. Rev, / /77 .; 17.40,070 Fi lI, :',11 mnbile home par'a shall have near their main entxar.ce, a marquee or sign on i:-hich t:ere shall Ue an un-to-date list of the addresses and a diagram of the park layout, I, All mobile home narks si~zll ??rovide one additional narking scace for every five sites as a main narking area to ha used by visitors or in the storage of recreztional vehicles. (nrd, 6117 ) 17,40,OS0 "•fobile home nark restrictions Existing mobile home narks shall not be enlarge or extensivel~~ altered unless such alteration commies with the previsions of this article, (Ord. 6117 17;40,090 Mobile home requirements A, x.17 mobile i~om~:~s shall be enuinned with co- ordinating skirts to enclose cormletely the underside of tiie mobile home, 9, For each mobile home shall be anchored to the ground for purposes of withstanding ~:i.nd Pressures specified for such mobile homes by the city building inspection department Prior to occupancy of the unit, (~rd, 647 ) 17,40,090 nev. / /77