New Franklin "Rm" Mobile Home Residential District ordinance (§ 405.100)

A. General.

1. A Mobile Home District shall be for the purpose of permitting the establishment of attractive and well located mobile home courts in the City of New Franklin. The intent is to promote the development of sound and well planned mobile home courts that will not cause a depreciation of adjacent values, create congestion, over crowding of the land or in any manner be contrary to the basic intent and purposes of this Title.

2. A Mobile Home Residential District shall have a minimum area of five (5) acres and shall abut and have access to a public highway or street. A Mobile Home Residential District may be located in any area or district in the City of New Franklin subject to rezoning and City approval of the final mobile home development plan.

B. Procedure For Rezoning Property To A Mobile Home Residential District-Minimum Design Standards.

1. The procedure for the rezoning of property to a Mobile Home Residential District shall be the same procedure as is required for rezoning of property to an "R-P" Planned Residential District Section 405.140. Prior to the rezoning and approval of the final mobile home development plan, the Commission and Board of Aldermen must find that the plan provides for meeting the following minimum design standards:

a. Lot area and density. Each lot within the mobile home court shall have a minimum area of three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet. The maximum density of mobile home units shall not exceed eight (8) units per gross acre.

b. Spacing of mobile homes. There shall be a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet between each mobile home.

c. Front yard. No mobile home shall be located closer than thirty (30) feet to the public highway or street right-of-way line on which the mobile home park abuts.

d. Parking space. One (1) off-street parking space shall be located on each mobile home lot.

e. Interior streets. All interior streets shall have a minimum paved driving surface width of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. Interior streets, as a minimum, shall have a six (6) inch rock base covered with double sealed asphaltic top.

f. Public access easement. A public access easement extending twenty-five (25) feet on each side of the centerline of all interior streets shall be granted to the City for fire protection, police protection and for the provision of other municipal services. No mobile home nor any other type of building shall be located within the public access easement. Sidewalks and off-street parking spaces may be located within the public access easement.

g. Sewer and water. All mobile home units shall be connected to the municipal sewer and water systems.

h. Fire hydrants. In every mobile home park the hydrants shall be located in accordance with the current specifications of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. In no case shall any mobile home be located further than six hundred (600) feet from a fire hydrant.

i. At least three hundred fifty (350) square feet of recreation space for each mobile home space shall be reserved within each mobile home court as common recreation space for residents of the mobile home court.

j. All mobile homes shall be equipped with skirting.

k. All mobile homes shall be equipped with tie-down as required by the laws of Missouri.

2. No mobile home shall be placed in a mobile home court until the final mobile home development plan has been approved by the Board of Aldermen and until the streets and other physical improvements as shown on the final mobile home development plan have been installed.

C. Permitted Accessory Uses. All uses and accessory uses permitted in the "RS-2" Single-Family Residential District shall be permitted accessory uses in the "RM" Mobile Home Residential District. In addition, the following accessory uses shall be permitted in the "RM" District.

1. Central laundry and washroom facilities.

2. Mobile home court office and maintenance buildings.

D. Phase Development. The owner of the mobile home court may submit a phase development plan for approval to the Board of Aldermen. After securing the approval of the Board of Aldermen, the owner of the mobile home court may complete the construction of one (1) section of the mobile home court and place mobile homes in this completed section provided that the construction is in accordance with the design standards and the approved phase development plan.