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ORDINANCE NO. 51
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH ORLANDO,
FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 44; PROVIDING
FOR THE ADDITION OF A NEW ZONING CLASSIFICATION,
R-T, TRAILER PARK DISTRICT; LISTING OF USES PER-
MITTED WITHIN DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING ENGINEERING
REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING SPECIAL ACCESSORY USES;
PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES; PROVIDING VARIOUS SITE
REQUIREMENTS: ESTABLISHING HEALTH AND SANITATION
STANDARDS: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF NORTH ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE: This Ordinance shall become ARTICLE XVI,
R-T Trailer Park District of Ordinance No. 44, of the Village
of North Orlando.
SECTION TWO: Definition of Terms - For the purpose
of Article XVI, Mobile Home Park R-T District Regulations, the
following definitions shall apply:
1. A trailer coach over twenty-eight (28) feet in
overall length shall be classified as a mobile home.
SECTION THREE: Description of District - The R-T
Mobile Home Park District is intended to apply to areas to
be used for the parking or placement of mobile homes for
occupancy as living quarters, wherein the park is owned or
operated as a unit and individual spaces are occupied on a
rental basis.
SECTION FOUR: Uses Permitted - No building or
structure or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used,
or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than
one or more of the following specified uses:
1. Mobile Home parks for rental of sites for occupancy
by mobile homes as living quarters, wherein the mobile home
park is owned and/or operated as a unit.
2. Accessory uses and structures, not including the
conduct of any business, occupation or profession except as
permitted under Section Five below.
3. The sale, by its owner or licensed dealer, of
used mobile homes on sites presently or previously occupied
by the owner of such mobile home.
4. Storage or parking of mobile homes on sites prepa-
tory to occupancy or between periods of occupancy.
5. Park and recreational uses as required in Section
Nine.
SECTION FIVE: Special Accessory Uses - A mobile
home park providing space for forty (40) or more mobile homes
may have retail stores and personal service shops for the care
or treatment of the occupants or their clothing, subject to
the following limitations and requirements.
1. Such uses are wholly conducted within a completely
enclosed building.
2. There are no signs or displays visible from any
street, indicating such uses.
3. Such uses are conducted for the convenience of
occupants of the mobile home park and not normally made available
to other persons.
SECTION SIX: Prohibited Uses - The permissible uses
enumerated in Sections FOUR and FIVE shall not be construed to
include, either as a principal or accessory use, any of the
following, which are listed for emphasis:
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1. Display or sale of new or used mobile homes except
for an occupied mobile home, or an unoccupied mobile home previ-
ously occupied on the same site, which may be sold on that site
by its owner or licensed dealer.
2. Any service station, service or repair garage.
3. No second-hand or used merchandise shall be offered
for sale, displayed or stored on the premises except as inci-
dental to the bona fide sale of a mobile home.
4. Dwelling unite or living quarters except in a
mobile home or as an accessory use.
5. Occupancy of a site by a mobile home for living
quarters except on a rental basis.
6. A separate utility building on any mobile home site,
except for a demountable, code-approved storage closet.
7. No cooking or sanitary facilities shall be installed
or maintained on any mobile home site in any building or structure
other than in the mobile home.
8. Storage or parking of mobile homes except when a
mobile home is located on a site preparatory to occupancy or
between periods of occupancy.
SECTION SEVEN: Application for Rezoning - An appli-
cation for rezoning to trailer park R-T District shall be sub-
mitted to the Village Clerk, Village Manager, or Mayor, and shall
be accompanied by a check in the amount of TWENTY DOLLARS ($20)
payable to the Village to partially cover the cost of advertising,
handling, and review of the application. An application for re-
zoning shall also include the following:
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1. An overall trailer park development plan including
any staged development for the future construction of the tract
in sections and including lot and block layout to scale with
approximate dimensions.
2. Typical cross-section describing proposed street
improvements.
3. Description by written word or suitable drawing of
proposed storm drainage system, water supply and distribution
facilities, sanitary sewage collection and treatment facilities,
and other improvements such as, sidewalks, street lighting,
electrical power system, filling of land, etc.
4. Lands to be utilized for recreational purposes or
reserved and/or dedicated for public use, shall be shown on the
development plan and described in writing.
5. Major pertinent existing or proposed features, such
as, buildings, roads, railroads, lakes, streams, and water course
and swamps.
6. Description of proposed trailer park protective
covenants or restrictions.
SECTION EIGHT: Application for Construction - An
application for review of the project for construction, shall
be submitted prior to issuance of any permits. The application
shall be accompanied by a check in the amount of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($100) submitted to the Village Clerk, Village Manager,
or Mayor, payable to the Village, to partially cover the cost of
handling, review, and inspections during construction. Ap-
plication shall also be accompanied by the following:
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1. A topographic map of the tract at a scale of
1" -100', including contour lines at one foot intervals,
utilizing U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Datum, and indicating
lands subject to periodic imundation or flooding.
2. Construction plans and specifications for all re-
quired improvements in the trailer park district, including
streets, sidewalks, storm drainage facilities, water supply
and distribution facilities, sewerage collection and treatment
facilities, and plans for excavating, filli ng, and grading lands;
all as prepared by a Florida Registered Engineer and bearing his
professional seal thereon.
If the water distrib ution or sewage collection
system is to be an extension of existing systems, the submittal
need not include complete plans and specifications for the total
existing system, but shall include certification with supporting
data by the developer's engineer or the utility company's
engineer, demonstrating adequate plant and other system capacity
is available.
3. Results of borings or other information depicting
nature of the soils and foundation materials pertinent to the
proposed construction.
4. Landscaping, buffers, fences, and other decorative
and pertinent construction planned.
SECTION NINE: Minimum Development Standards and
Requirements-
1. R-T District Size- Minimum mobile home park size
shall be fifty (50) acres.
2. Park or Recreational Facilities-Each mobile home
park shall have ten percent (10%) of the total area developed
for park or recreational purposes, Such Area may have a swimming
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pool, recreational building and recreation structures thereon.
Toilet facilities for men and women shall be provided as re-
quired by State Board of Health. Construction of recreational
facilities shall be accomplished concurrently with the initial
park development.
3. Building Height - No building or part thereof shall
be errected or altered to a height exceeding two (2) stories
or thirty (30) feet.
4. Mobile Home Residence Space - A mobile home, con-
sisting of one or more units designed as a single dwelling,
shall be placed upon a site not less than FOUR THOUSAND (4,000)
square feet in area and not less than fifty (50) feet in
average width.
5. Mobile Home Setbacks - Minimum setbacks shall be
fifteen (15) feet in front; seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet from
the side site lines; and five (5) feet from the rear site line.
The front setback shall apply on all streets upon
which the site abuts. The setbacks apply to patios as well as
the Mobile Home and no accessory building or structure shall be
placed in any required setback space.
No part or any mobile home or addition or appurtena-
nce thereto shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any
mobile home park common use, service, or accessory building, or
structure.
6. Buffers - A landscaped buffer strip not less than
twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be provided along all park
boundaries and at other appropriate locations. Buffer strips
shall contain a suitable plant or structural sight screen. The
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buffer strip shall be separate from mobile home sites, recre-
at ion areas, street right of ways, etc., but may be utilized
for drainage structures, and utilities systems.
7. Parking of Automobiles - Parking requirements
shall be as specified in Ordinance 44.
8. Streets - Each mobile home site shall abut and
have unobstructed access to a paved street or accessway thirty
(30) feet in width between mobile home site lines and having a
pavement width of not less than twenty (20) feet. In special
cases, with approval of the Village Council, one way streets
utilizing somewhat decreased widths may be utilized. When
increased traffic will be generated because of the layout, the
street or accessway will be classified as an "arterial"
or "collector", and increased widths will be required above
those stated herein.
The asphaltic concrete surface course, base course,
and subgrade stabilization shall be in general accordance with
Ordinance 50. Miami concrete curbs and gutters or the inverted
crown street without concrete curb and gutter will be acceptable
for use in R-T Trailer Park Districts.
Substitute pavement designs will be acceptable for
use if they are equivalent to those specified herein and ap-
proved by the Village Council.
9. Street and Area Lighting - Streets and accessways
and other public areas will be lighted to illumination levels
subject to review and approval by the Village Council.
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10. Street Names and Markers - Street names and markers
shall be in accordance with Ordinance No. 50.
11. Storm Drainage Facilities - Drainage facilities
shall be designed for rain storms of the intensity as determined
for ten (10) year return periods based on Florida State Road
Department datum, or the latest edition of the U. S. Weather
Bureau Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States. The
drainage facilities shall be subject to approval of the City
Engineer as to design, size, and materials. The drainage
system for each R-T District shall include a sufficient facility
in general accordance with Ordinance No. 50 to remove storm
water without flooding any lot in the proposed district or in
surrounding territory.
12. Utility Easements - Suitable width easements shall
be dedicated to the public for utility purposes for all utility
systems except those utilities remaining under the ownership of
the mobile home park.
13. Driveways - Paved driveways and/or parking areas
shall be provided within the park. Driveways shall be a mini-
mum of ten (10) feet wide with suitable radiuses or widening
at the street. The asphalt driveway shall be one (1) inch
thick of asphalt concrete on six (6) inches of approved base
course up to the trailer site line, both being in accordance
with the requirements of Ordinance No. 50. Beyond the trailer
site line on the site, the driveway should be a minimum of one
(1) inch of asphaltic concrete on four (4) inches of approved
base. The concrete driveway should be a minimum of six (6)
inches of THREE THOUSAND (3,000) psi concrete between the street
and the trailer site line, and four (4) inches beyond the site
line on the site. If an approved wire mesh is used in the
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approaches between the street and the site line, the thickness
can be decreased to five (5) inches. Both concrete and asphaltic
concrete drives shall be constructed on a compacted and reasonably
stable sub-base.
Substitute driveway designs will be acceptable for
use if they are found to be the general equivalent of those
specified herein by the Village Council.
14. Water and Sanitary Sewerage Systems - All R-T
Trailer Home Sites shall have central water and sewerage
service available. Central water and sewerage systems shall be
in accordance with Ordinance No. 50 and the requirements of the
Florida State Board of Health.
SECTION TEN: Special Requirements -
1. All mobile homes shall have permanent skirting
around the bottom in such manner as to prevent the accumulation
of junk or debris from collecting under the mobile home for fire
and health protection.
2. All mobile homes and attached structures shall have
hurricane tiedowns to prevent damages from hurricane force winds.
3. Structures of a permanent nature added or attached
to a mobile home such as enclosed porches, screened enclosures,
storage closets and carports shall conform to all applicable
provisions of the Southern Building Code and restrictions listed
in Article XI. The total combined area of all such additions
or attachments shall not exceed the gross area of the mobile
home itself. Carports are not included in the above limitation
of area, if the dimensions of the mobile home site is adequate
to meet setback requirements.
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4. All portable or demountable awnings, roofs, or
appurtenances which do not meet the requirements of Paragraph 3
above, shall be dismantled and stored either within the mobile
home or in some permanent building during the following circum-
stances:
a) Within one hour after all hurricane alerts by
the U. S. Weather Bureau.
b) If the mobile home is not to be occupied for a
period of thirty (30) days or more. The manager of the trailer
park shall be notified and arrangements made to take care of
the above items.
5. Provisions shall be made for the semi-weekly removal
of all garbage, trash, and refuse from the mobile home park.
6. The number of occupants of a trailer and its
porch or additions shall be limited to the sleeping accommo-
dations for which the trailer was designed.
7. A permit to park a trailer in an R-T Trailer Home
District shall be issued for a fee of FIVE DOLLARS ($5) and
shall be issued subject to inspection by the building inspector.
Any supplemental structures shall be treated as for residential
uses and shall be subject to appropriate permit fees and in-
spections.
SECTION ELEVEN: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and henceforth shall
be held as null and void.
SECTION TWELVE; This Ordinance shall take effect im
mediately upon its adoption and signing by the Village Council
and the Mayor of the Village of North Orlando, Florida.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3 day of August , 1970.
First Reading: July 16, 1970
Second Reading: August 3. 1970
Third Reading: August 3, 1970
Richard Allen
Wayne Miller
Charles Kelley
Pasqualle Delagio
Charles E. Rowell
Clifford Jordan
Mary T. Norton
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