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§301.16."R-6" Mobile Home Residential District. The "R-6" District is intended
and designed to provide for certain medium density residential areas of the City, which by reason
of their design and location, are suitable for mobile home development and which are compatible
with surrounding residential areas.
A. Principal Permitted Uses.
1. Mobile Home Parks, in accordance with regulations of the State of Iowa
and minimum requirements contained herein, but not including mobile
home sales and display areas. No part of any park shall be used for
non-residential purposes except such uses that are required for the direct
servicing and well being of park residents and for the management and
maintenance of the park. This shall in no way prohibit the sale by a
resident owner of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand and
connected to the pertinent utilities.
B. Accessory Uses.
1. Accessory uses may include garbage and storage buildings and common
facility service buildings which provide laundry facilities, accessory
supplies, vending machines, etc.; also park management buildings,
maintenance buildings, community buildings, and other uses of a similar
nature. Common facility service buildings shall be located within the
central "park" area, and shall be restricted to the use of the park occupants.
C. Height Regulations.
1. Maximum Height: No mobile home shall exceed twenty (20) feet in
height, except that radio communication towers constructed in compliance
with §221.1 of the Waukee Municipal Code may not exceed 45 feet in
height. Accessory building shall not exceed a height of fourteen (14) feet.
D. Plan Submittal. Each petition for a change to the "R-6" zoning classification
shall be accompanied by a mobile home park plan. Said plan shall show each
mobile home space, the water, electrical and sewer lines servicing each mobile
home space, the location of garbage receptacles, water hydrants, service buildings,
driveways, walkways, recreation areas, required yards, existing and proposed
grading, parking facilities, lighting, landscaping, and the location of existing trees,
buildings, or other significant features. The required plan shall be considered by
the Commission and Council, who may approve or disapprove said plan or require
such changes thereto, as are deemed necessary.
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E. Rental Space Area, Frontage and Yard Requirements.
1. The area proposed for a Mobile Home Park shall have a minimum of ten
(10) acres. The maximum density allowed for the gross development area
shall be seven (7) mobile home units per gross acre.
2. All Mobile Home Park perimeter yard requirements shall be not less than
thirty (30) feet.
3. No part of any mobile home space shall be closer to any public street upon
which the park adjoins than seventy-five (75) feet; however, interior park
streets may be located within the setback area.
4. The individual mobile home lot shall contain not less than four thousand
two hundred seventy-five (4,275) square feet and shall measure at least
forty-five (45) by ninety-five (95) feet. Each lot shall have a front yard not
less than fifteen (15) feet in depth measured from the edge of the surfaced
private street to the mobile home. Side yards shall be provided and
maintained so as to provide a minimum separation between mobile homes
of at least ten (10) feet; and a minimum separation of at least six (6) feet
shall be maintained between mobile homes and any other buildings or
structures on the same or adjoining lots. Rear yard separations shall be
maintained so as to provide separation of mobile homes of at least sixteen
(16) feet, provided that the homes are placed no closer than eight (8) feet
to the rear lot line as identified by the posts marking the electrical lines.
Measurements to the mobile homes shall be taken from the closest point
between the paved portion of the street and/or the closest point of the
mobile homes at ground level, provided that no overhang, extension, shall
extend out from the mobile home by more than two (2) feet. Set backs of
neighboring mobile homes shall not differ by more than one (1) or two (2)
feet.
August 7, 1995 – Ordinance No. 2206
5. A minimum of two hundred fifty (250) square feet for each lot shall be
provided for one or more recreational areas which shall be easily
accessible to all park residents. The required recreational area shall be
computed in addition to the minimum lot area specified herein.
F. Streets and Parking.
1. The entrance road connecting the park streets with a public street shall
have a minimum road pavement width of thirty-one (31) feet, measured
back to back of curbs. All interior streets shall be not less than twenty (20)
feet in width measured back to back of curbs. Where parking is permitted
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along side of interior streets, additional six (6) feet for parallel parking and
additional sixteen (16) feet for diagonal parking shall be provided on each
side of the street.
All streets shall be constructed in accordance with appropriate ordinances
and specifications of the City of Waukee. Two off-street parking spaces
shall be provided on each lot.
G. Anchorage and Skirting.
1. Tie-downs or anchors shall be provided on every mobile home stand. Each
tie-down or anchor must be able to sustain a minimum tensile strength as
required by the State Building Code.
2. Skirting of a permanent-type material and construction shall be in stalled
within ninety (90) days to enclose the open space between the bottom of a
mobile home floor and the grade level of the mobile home stand. The
skirting shall be maintained in an attractive manner consistent with the
exterior of the mobile home and to preserve the appearance of the mobile
home park.
H. Utilities.
1. Sewer and water facilities shall be provided for each Mobile Home Park
space in accordance with the requirements of the Iowa State Department of
Health. All mobile home developments must be connected to the
municipal water system. All electrical and telephone lines shall be placed
underground.