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THE ZONING REPORT Page Eight cles for tenants inside common facilities provided by management. Fences and walls are al- lowed along t~e side and rear perimeter of mobile home spaces in mobile home parks if approved by t~e operator, and along side and rear property lines on lots in manufactured home subdivisi(~ns if approved by the homeowners association and meeting zoning code regu- lations for fences. Awnings can be extended from the mobile home unit, permanent or roll- up, over a patl~o area and windows. (b). Uncovered[patios are required to be provided to all living units by some codes and a}- lowed by right~t~'other codes, for the private use of occupants of the unit. They must have a minimum are'a of 80-100 sq ft and a minimum dimension of 6 ft. Codes allow patios to have a roof or!awnings and be screened, subject to approval by park management or home- owners association as an add-on structure. If a code requires a patio, it of.ten does not re- quire any addi{lonal private open space on mobile home spaces and manufactured home sub- division lots. (c). Garages ari. d carports are allowed by right in manufactured home subdivisions with the living unit, attached or unattached or connected to the living unit by a breezeway or patio. A garage or c~.rport can be built by any construction type: factory built, prefabricated or built on the st'..te; designed in appearance to complement the dwelling unit, with a paved floor and positive drainage. (d). Model marulfactured homes as sales units are allowed by some codes in mobile home parks and in m~nufaetured home subdivisions during the start-up of rental and sales in new projects. The ~tlumber of model units is limited, perhaps, to 5-10% of the authorized number of units in the!park or subdivision. Codes limit model homes to 1-3 years from the date of approval of th~ operator's license for mobile home parks and from the date the final plat for a manufactured home subdivision is recorded. Model units must meet mobile home set- back and clearlnce standards. Non-illuminated signs are limited to 6-32 sq it total area for all faces per rr{odel unit, mounted on the unit or within 10-20 ft of the unit, to a maximum height of 6 ftc! One unit can be used as a sales office. Sales of existing units is allowed, located on their site and connected to utilities; in some states, a previous tenant in a mo- bile home parkiis not obligated to remove the unit if it can be sold to another tenant. (e). Other acce~s0ry structures allowed by right with the approval of the park operator in- clude telephon~ booths, ATMs, vending machines, currency change machines, newspaper racks, storage '_~uildings and sheds, common and group parking areas and outdoor carwashing parking spacesilimited to a water spigot and hose for use, without charge of a user fee, by tenants and occupants. These structures are allowed in manufactured home subdivisions in common areas gubject to approval by the homeowners association according to its by-laws. 5. ZONING BULK STANI~ARDS A. Perimeter zone yari:ls, fences, walls and screens for mobile home parks. Most zoning codes re- quire that mobile hom~ parks provide a 6 ft high decorative solid fence or masonry wall along the rear yard and interior iside yards of the tract, with many codes requiring i.t and a landscape screen around the entire per~meter of the park except at entrances. Otherwise, codes allow a 3-1/2 ft fence, wall or hedge ~long street yards. Some codes require a buffer strip or yard of 10-25 ft along side and rear yards for lot lines adjoining R-zoned tracts outside the fence, with some codes requiring landscape sc~'eenlng along side and rear yards in Io6ations 'where mobile homes are sited adjacent to perimeteriboundaries. A setback of 5 to 50 ft is required for mobile home spaces by codes from park tract iboundaries, most commonly, a setback of 10-25 ft. September 9, 1994 i s~ue