Chapter 7.55

(MHP) MANUFACTURED HOME PARK ZONE 

7.55.010 Purpose.  The Manufactured Home Park (MHP) zone is intended to provide minimum standards for manufactured home parks in areas where community services are, or can become available, for moderate population concentrations. 

7.55.020 Permitted Uses.  In the MHP zone, only the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright:              

A.  Registered day care home defined by ORS 657A; 

B.  Residential care home; 

C.  Home occupation (Type I) subject to Chapter 7.104; 

D.  Manufactured home parks, including meeting and recreation facilities for residents,  subject to Chapter 7.94 and 7.120; 

E.  Minor impact utility; 

F.  Public park and recreation facility; 

G.  Accessory structures, less than 120 square feet and used for storage purposes only, when located in side or rear yards of approved manufactured home parks. 

7.55.030 Conditional Uses.  The following uses and their accessory uses may be permitted in the MHP zone when authorized by the Planning Commission in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 7.130, other relevant sections of this Ordinance and any conditions imposed by the Planning Commission: 

A.  Church, provided all structures are set back a minimum of 35 feet from any property line that is not adjacent to a public right-of-way and setbacks adjacent to residential uses are screened and buffered in accordance with Chapter 7.96; 

B.  Fire station, provided all structures are set back a minimum of 35 feet from any property line that is not adjacent to a public right-of-way and setbacks adjacent to residential uses are screened and buffered in accordance with Chapter 7.96; 

C.  Community meeting building, provided all structures are set back a minimum of 35 feet from any property line that is not adjacent to a public right-of-way and setbacks adjacent to residential uses are screened and buffered in accordance with Chapter 7.96; 

D.  Home occupation (Type II) subject to Chapter 7.104; 

E.  Schools, public or private, limited to pre-kindergarten through 8^th grade provided all structures are set back a minimum of 35 feet from any property line that is not adjacent to a public right-of-way and setbacks adjacent to residential uses are screened and buffered in accordance with Chapter 7.96;

F.  Museum; 

G.  Bed and Breakfast establishments; 

H.  Private park; 

E.     Greenhouse having more than 160 square feet; 

J.   Membrane RV structures. 

7.55.040 Development Standards.  

A.     The design for the manufactured home park shall conform to all applicable state standards established by the state of Oregon, Department of Commercial Mobile Home Park standards and the requirements of Section 7.94.040. 

B.     The minimum acreage for a manufactured home park shall be one acre with a minimum frontage of one hundred (100) feet and minimum depth of one hundred fifty (150) feet. 

C.     The front and rear yard setback shall be twenty (20) feet and side yard setback shall be ten (10) feet, except on a corner lot the street side yards shall be twenty (20) feet. 

D.     The minimum area for a manufactured home space within a park shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet with a minimum width of thirty (30) feet in width and a minimum depth of forty (40) feet.  

E.      Density in a manufactured home park shall not exceed eight (8) manufactured homes per acre. 

F.      For each manufactured home space, one hundred (100) square feet shall be provided for a recreational play area, group or community activities.  No recreational area shall be less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. 

G.  No building height in an MHP zone shall exceed twenty-four (24) feet.  “Building Height” means the vertical distance from the "building grade" to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof. (See requirements given in the Oregon State Building Code.) 

H. Impervious surfaces shall not cover more than 80% of the lot or parcel.           

I.      I.  Parking requirements shall be in accordance with Chapter 7.100 and Section 7.94.040. 

J.  Landscaping requirements shall be in accordance with Chapter 7.94.040. 

K. Additional requirements shall include any applicable section of this Ordinance. 

[Amended by Ordinance No. 03-589-O 9/18/03]

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