Amending Chapter 40 Zoning Adding Provisions Dealing with Mobile Home Parks

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7. Except at established entrances and exits serving the mobile home park, a dense greenbelt of evergreen trees and /or shrubs, not less than six (6) feet high after one full growing season and which at maturity is not less than twelve (12) feet high, shall be located and effectively maintained at all times along the boundary of said mobile home park. 8. The mobile home park shall be adequately lighted as determined by the South Bend Board of Public Works. a. All lights shall be located and shielded in such a manner as to prevent direct illumination of sleeping areas and any area outside of the mobile home park. 9. The minimum distance between any mobile home and any other mobile home or structure shall be 10 feet at any one point and average at least 20 feet the entire length or width of each mobile home or structure. Each mobile home shall be at least 10 feet back from the edge of the pavement of a private roadway within the park and at least 20 feet from the property line of the mobile home park. 10. Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a foundation designed to support the maximum anticipated loads during all seasons and approved by the Building Commissioner. When solid concrete slabs are not used, the area between the foundation shall be filled with a four (4) inch layer of washed rock. 11. No Mobile Home Park Office, mobile home, service building or structure shall be closer to a public street right -a -way than 40 feet. 12. Off street parking must be provided to accommodate at least 1.5 vehicles per mobile home lot. There shall be conveniently located area(s) for visitor parking at a ratio of .5 spaces per lot with a minimum of 25 spaces provided per park. 13. All roads within a mobile home park must have a concrete or hot or cold bituminous concrete surface of at least 20 feet in width. a. Entrance roads must have a pavement width of at least thirty -four (34) feet. 14. No addition shall be made to a mobile home except a canopy and /or porch open on three sides or an addition made by the mobile home manufacturer. 15. At least two hundred and fifty (250) square feet per mobile home lot, not to include streets, parking areas, park service area and not a part of the mobile home lots, shall be provided in one or more locations on the premises for recreation purposes. The minimum of such a recreation area(s) shall be 20,000 square feet or the above whichever is greater. (4)