Sec. 54-355. - Rules and regulations for mobile home parks.
Mobile home parks shall be permitted, provided that a site plan is submitted according to the requirements of Article 6, of this Chapter and that the design of the park complies with the following conditions:
a. Access and frontage. A mobile home park shall have direct access onto a road classified as an arterial or collector street and no mobile home park shall have direct access onto a road classified as a local street.
b. Mobile home access: Each mobile home space within a mobile home park shall have direct access to a roadway located within the park site.
c. Off-street parking: A minimum of two (2) paved off-street parking spaces shall be provided for, and be located upon, each mobile home space included in a mobile home park.
d. On-street parking: On-street parking spaces shall be incorporated in the design of a mobile home park only on roadways located within the park having a paved width of 30 feet or more.
e. Drainage: Mobile home parks shall incorporate drainage facilities to comply with the City of Charleston's storm water management system criteria.
f. Natural features: The site plan shall specify the landscaping features as slopes, drainage ways, vegetation and trees, which features shall be incorporated into the design and layout of the mobile home park, and to the extent practicable, shall be utilized as buffers between the park site and adjacent land uses as well as between individual mobile home spaces within the mobile home park. A tree survey shall be submitted to the zoning administrator identifying trees of eight (8) inches or larger in diameter measured at breast height (4½ feet above the ground) which trees, if at all possible, shall be preserved.
g. Mobile home park screening: Each mobile home park shall incorporate screening around its perimeter in the form of a six (6) foot view reducing fence or natural vegetation or such other means in order to mitigate against noise and glare.
h. Mobile home pad setbacks: Mobile home pads on mobile home spaces within a mobile home park shall be set back at least twenty-five (25) feet from the perimeter boundary lines of a mobile home park, and, when a mobile home space abuts an arterial or major collector street, the setback along the arterial or major collector street shall be at least fifty (50) feet.
i. Roadways: Access to, and circulation within, mobile home parks shall be designed to promote the public safety and all rights-of-way within mobile home parks shall comply with the standards set forth in Section 54-821 of this Chapter, and shall be constructed with such materials as are utilized in the construction of standard public rights-of-way within the City of Charleston.
j. Lighting: The site plan shall identify the location of the street lights within the mobile home park and intensity of lighting to be provided thereby.
k. Facilities: Each mobile home space shall be equipped with access to public water and sewerage, as well as electricity.
l. Open space: Each mobile home park containing twenty (20) or more mobile home spaces shall provide at least two hundred (200) square feet of common open space for each mobile home space. Calculation for the common open space shall not include the set back requirements for mobile home parks as set forth in subsection h, above.
m. Storage space: Each mobile home park shall provide a screened area for the storage of boats and trailers, which area shall, in the aggregate, be comprised of at least one hundred (100) square feet for every mobile home space within the park.
n. Accessory buildings: All accessory structures to be located on a mobile home space shall be situated so as not to be visible from a right-of-way within a mobile home park, and shall be situated so as not to encroach on the setback requirements as set forth in subsection h, above.
o. Foundation. All mobile homes situated within a mobile home park shall be supported by a foundation system which meets the building code requirements of the City of Charleston and for which a building permit has been obtained.
p. Identification sign. All mobile home park signage shall be governed by the residential subdivision sign standards as provided in Article 4.
q. Roof over structure. No roof shall be constructed over a mobile home independent of a mobile home structure.
r. Refuse areas: All refuse areas located within a mobile home park shall be screened and enclosed so as to prevent odor and windblown debris.
s. Lot area. All mobile home parks shall contain two (2) or more contiguous acres under single ownership.
t. Mobile home skirting. All mobile homes situated within a mobile home park shall be skirted by manufactured skirting or other materials suitable for exterior use and approved by the Zoning Administrator and the Chief Building Inspector, including corrosion-resistant metal, fiberglass/plastic, wood/wood siding (both must be protected from the elements by water resistant solution/substance), decay-resistant wood/pressure treated lumber, and masonry/concrete/rock. The enclosed crawl space under the mobile home must be ventilated and include access panels in compliance with the building code of the City of Charleston.
