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<br />THE ZONING REPORT
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<br />board, are sufficient to meet the needs of tenants. It is located centrally within reasonable
<br />walking distance by all occupants, with larger mobile home parks required to have more
<br />than one service b.uilding so that any such building is within reasonable walking distance of
<br />tenants. The most common service facility is a multi-purpose community building, containing
<br />a coin-operated laundry for tenants, management offices, game rooms, reading and TV
<br />rooms, exercise rooms, social and recreation rooms, hobby shops, with playground and totiot
<br />facilities nearby. Toilets, sinks and lavatories must be provided and buildings heated to a
<br />comfortable temperature between specified dates in cold weather months. Daycare facilities
<br />for children and adults, for occupants of the project, are permissible by right, subject to
<br />local and state daycare regulations.
<br />(e). Common centralized storage areas for travel trailers~ RVs~ boats and campers of ten-
<br />ants. might be required by codes, at 50-10(] sq ft per unit in the park. These areas must be
<br />fenced and have a lockable gate, be lighted at night for security and be screened from
<br />view by landscaping. A nominal monthly rental user fee can be charged for tenants to store
<br />their vehicles in these areas.
<br />(f). Commercial .convenience uses are aIlowed by right as ancillary uses by some codes in
<br />larger projects, available primarily to tenants for their use and not located, advertised or
<br />intended for use by the general public. These facilities include coin-operated and other
<br />laundry facilities, retail sale of convenience sundries and groceries, gasoline but no auto
<br />repair facilities, and sale of refreshments, snack foods and sandwiches, heated only by mi-
<br />crowave.
<br />(g). Storm shelters are required by a few codes in mobile home parks and manufactured
<br />home subdivisions larger than 20 units, meeting Civil Defense regulations as emergency
<br />temporary shelter facilities for refuge from severe weather, with the area in sq ft deter-
<br />mined by a formula such as 4 sq ft per person at 2.5 persons per living unit. These facili-
<br />ties can be multi-use, designed as part of the community building and other permanent
<br />service buildings on the site.
<br />(h). Public and institutional uses: such as schools, churches, public park service/recrea-
<br />tional buildings and libraries are allowed subject to location on site plans on separate par-
<br />cels or outlots conforming to zoning requirements for setbacks, height, minimum width, lot
<br />coverage and off-street parking usually required in single-family zones.
<br />(i). Golf courses, hiking and riding trails, stables~ tennis and racquetball courts~ swimming
<br />pools and barbecue pits are allowed primarily for the use of residents. These recreational
<br />fgcilities can be counted toward the amount of common open space required by the project.
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<br />Accessory uses and structures.
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<br />(a). "Add-ons" to mobile homes and manufactured homes as carports, screened porches, ra-
<br />madas, Florida rooms, cabanas, covered patios, storage rooms and sheds, and fences and
<br />waits, which can be attached to the living unit. If these structures have a roof, they re-
<br />quire a building permit. As private structures on a mobile home space or on a lot in a man-
<br />ufactured home subdivision, they require prior approval of the park operator or subdivision
<br />homeowners association. Many codes specify that carports and patios be open on two sides;
<br />porches can be screened, can be sited on a concrete slab, can be limited to a maximum
<br />floor area, and cannot be enclosed as a habitable room; storage sheds or cabinets must
<br />have sides that are fire resistant or are constructed with durable walls and roof attractive
<br />and compatible in appearance, and can have a maximum floor area of 20-80 sq ft or 100-
<br />500 cubic fi, for use on individual mobile home spaces or provided in Iockable private cubi-
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