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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 201 - Manufactured Home Parks CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 201 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS IN THE CITY OF ANDOVER The City Council of the City of Andover hereby ordains: Section 1. Pm:poses. The purpose of this ordinance is to allow manufactured home parks in permitted zoning districts in the City with appropriate design and site requirements. Section 2. Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings in this ordinance. D'welling Unit - a residential building or portion thereof intended for occupancy by a family. It shall include manufactured homes. Manufactured Home - a dwelling unit, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which is eight (8) feet or more in width, or forty (40) feet or more in length, or when erected on site complies with the minimum floor area requirements as stated in the Zoning. Ordinance, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; except that the term includes any structure which meets all the requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certificate required by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the Minnesota State Uniform Building Code. Manufactured Home Park - Any premises (minimum acreage 20 acres, which is contiguous) which has facilities (public sewer and public water) to accommodate more than one (1) occupied manufactured home on a parcel of land and is properly zoned for such use. Unit - a section of ground in a manufactured home park that meets the minimum lot area per dwelling unit and other minimum requirements as stated in the Zoning Ordinance and complies with all other requirements as stated in this ordinance. No more than one (1) manufactured home shall be placed on any single lot or unit. Section 3. Manufactured Home Park Standards. A manufactured home park plan shall show and comply with the platting ordinance which establishes regulations and procedures for the subdivision and platting of land in the City and all other applicable City ordinances. The manufactured park plan shall also include and comply with the following site requirements and design standards: 1) Additional minimum setback requirements: a) Minimum distance between manufactured homes is 30 feet. b) Where a manufactured home park abuts a commercial, industrial or residential zoning district, there shall be a setback of at least one hundred (100) feet which shall be landscaped and maintained (landscaping and design to be approved by City Council). 2) Decks and Patios a) A concrete patio (four inch thickness) or deck shall be constructed on the ground not less than five (5) feet from each manufactured home. The patio or deck shall not be less than 200 square feet in area. 3) Landscaping a) At least one (1) tree shall be placed and maintained on each lot (tree type and location to be approved by the City). b) Each lot shall be sodded and maintained with grass with the exception of areas covered by the home, patios, sidewalks, decks, parking areas and off-street parking areas. 4) Access, Parking and Garages a) An off-street parking area of at least two hundred and twenty (220) square feet and a garage (minimum 220 square feet) shall be provided for each manufactured home lot. The parking area shall be asphalt or concrete and meet City construction and design standards. b) Two (2) or more parking areas (guest/overflow parking) shall be provided in the manufactured home park. One (1) space for each manufactured home lot shall be provided. c) Each manufactured home shall have driveway access to a street. 5) Refuse containers a) All refuse containers that are shared by the residents in the park shall be screened from view of adjacent properties and roads by wood fence or other material approved by the City. 6) Exterior storage of boats and trailers a) All boats and trailers located in the park shall be stored within an enclosed structure. 7) Parks/Open Space a) A minimum often (10) percent of the total manufactured home park shall be devoted to park and recreation and/or open space. 8) Office, Laundry, Recreational Facilities, Storm Shelter and Civil Defense a) Each manufactured home park shall contain one or more enclosed facility buildings with space devoted to office, storm and civil defense shelter (basement), laundry, sanitary and recreational facilities. The building shall be designed to accommodate at least fifteen (15) square feet of space per manufactured home lot, but in no case shall the building be less than 2,500 square feet. Section 4. Covenants and By-Laws The owner of the manufactured home park shall furnish a copy of covenants, restrictions and by-laws of the manufactured home park to the City. Section 5. Exem,ptions. The provisions contained in this ordinance shall not apply to manufactured homes or travel trailers that are used for office space by construction companies or firms while in the process of working on approved projects by the City. Such units shall not be allowed to be utilized for the purposes of habitation for a period not to exceed six (6) months. Section 6. Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to applicable fines and imprisonment defined by State law. In addition to the penalties imposed by this ordinance, the City may exercise, with or separately from such penalties, all and any other legal and equitable remedies then available to the City by this ordinance, or by statute, or by other ordinance of the City, or by applicable rules or regulations, to enforce this ordinance, including, without limitation, injunction. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 18th day of February, 1997. ATTEST: CITY OF ANDOVER ~tf~ Victoria V olk, City Clerk CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTYOFANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 201A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 201 - REGULATING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS IN THE CITY OF ANDOVER. The City Council of the City of Andover hereby ordains: Section 6. Temporary Mobile Home Permit. The Building Official may issue a permit for a mobile home to be placed on a single family residential zoned lot outside the Metropolitan Urhan Service Area only when the 1;)rincipal structure has been damaged by a disaster. The mobile home shall be used for temporary dwelling pm:poses and shall be removed from the residential lot within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date the permit was issued. All other portions and sections of this ordinance shall be re-numbered and remain as written and adopted by the City Council. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 3rd day of October, 2000. ATTEST: CITY OF ANDOVER ~ (},L;t Victoria V olk, City Clerk f), !, m0J(~ tiE. McKelvey, Mayor