§ 60.541. R-6 manufactured homes (mobile homes)/modular homes district requirements.
(a)
District size. Manufactured homes (mobile homes) may only be located in manufactured home (mobile home) developments which are not less than 25 acres in size. Such developments shall be subject to review, compliance and approval under the provisions of the village subdivision ordinance.
(b)
Height. The maximum height of any manufactured home (mobile home) and all accessory structures located in a manufactured home (mobile home) development shall be 15 feet or one story, whichever is less.
(c)
Area. Each manufactured home (mobile home) site shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet.
(d)
Width. Each manufactured home (mobile home) site shall have a minimum width of 50 feet.
(e)
Site coverage. Each manufactured home (mobile home) site shall have a site coverage which shall not exceed 35 percent. Site coverage shall be calculated by dividing the total ground floor area in the manufactured home (mobile home) unit, plus the total ground floor area of any other enclosed structure attached to the manufactured home (mobile home) unit by the total site area.
(f)
Yard requirements. Each manufactured home (mobile home) site shall have a front and rear yard of not less than eight feet each and the sum of both front and rear yards shall not be less than 20 feet. Each manufactured home (mobile home) site shall have a side yard of a minimum of five feet on each side. Yard widths shall be determined by measurement from the face (side) of the manufactured home (mobile home) to the manufactured home (mobile home) site boundary with every point being not less than the minimum distance provided. Open patios and carport facilities shall be disregarded in determining yard widths, but enclosed all weather patios and individual storage facilities shall be included in determining yard widths. The front yard is that yard which runs from the hitch end of the home to the nearest street line. The rear yard is at the opposite end of the home and side yards are at right angles to the front and rear ends.
(g)
Buffer requirements. Each manufactured home (mobile home) development shall have an approved buffer of not less than 30 feet in width between the development and any adjacent usage. Each manufactured home (mobile home) development shall also have a 30-foot wide buffer between the development and any public right-of-way on which the development is located.
(h)
Water and sewer. All manufactured home (mobile home) developments shall be served by public water and public sewer facilities.
(i)
Parking requirements. All manufactured home (mobile home) developments shall provide off-street parking for all vehicles of persons occupying the premises on a regular basis. A minimum of one off-street parking space shall be provided for each manufactured home (mobile home) site. The following requirements shall be applicable to parking:
(1)
Access to off-street parking areas (driveway) in an R-6 district shall be a minimum of ten feet wide.
(2)
Curb cuts in public streets or highways for access to off-street parking areas in an R-6 district shall be subject to any additional requirements of any agency with jurisdiction over such access, including the Department of Public Works of the Village of Godfrey, the Madison County Highway Department, or the Illinois Department of Transportation.
(3)
Driveways and off-street parking areas in an R-6 district shall be paved, properly graded for drainage, maintained in a good condition and improved with:
(A)
A compacted stone base a minimum of four inches thick, surfaced with a minimum of three inches of bituminous concrete surface course; or
(B)
A minimum of five inches of Portland cement concrete; or
(C)
A minimum of four inches bituminous concrete binder course and two inches of bituminous concrete surface course.
(D)
Exceptions from the application of the foregoing paving requirements may be approved as a variance in circumstances where such application is shown by the zoning lot owner to be unnecessary or unduly burdensome. Such variance may provide for the deferral of paving requirements for a limited period of time or may require that paving be accomplished upon a specified change in conditions existing at the time the variance is granted.
(j)
Access to public street. See section 60.203 for access requirements.
(k)
Slope. See section 60.204 for slope requirements.
(l)
Lot requirements. See section 60.205 for general lot requirements.
(m)
Fencing, walls and similar structures. See section 60.207 for fence requirements.
(n)
Illumination and outdoor lighting. See section 60.208 for illumination and outdoor lighting requirements.
(o)
Storm drainage. See section 60.209 for storm drainage requirements.
(p)
Signage. See section 60.210 for signage requirements.
(q)
Swimming pools. See section 60.211 for swimming pool requirements.
(r)
Prohibition against nuisance. See section 60.212 for requirements prohibiting nuisances.
(s)
Temporary structures. See section 60.213 for requirements concerning temporary structures.
(t)
Screening and buffering. See section 60.216 regarding the applicability of screening and buffering.
(u)
Amateur radio/citizens band radio antennae. See section 60.219 for requirements concerning amateur radio/citizens band radio antennae.
(v)
Residential television, radio receiving antennae and satellite receiving dishes. See section 60.220 for requirements concerning residential television and radio receiving antennae and satellite receiving dishes.
(w)
All manufactured housing (mobile homes) and modular homes shall comply with the provisions of the Illinois Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Safety Act (430 ILCS 115) and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
(Ord. No. 07-2009, 3-3-2009)