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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 51 Trailer Park District 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: -2- 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: -3- 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: -4- 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 -5- 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 -6- 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. -7- 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 -8- 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. -9- 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. -10- 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 -11-