<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 42-143. - Design standards.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">General requirements.</span>
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               (1)
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               Mobile home park identification signs are required. Signs shall be limited to one
               per park entrance. No sign shall exceed 36 square feet in area. Only nonflashing light
               shall be used for illumination.
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               (2)
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               Within a mobile home park, one mobile home may be used as an administrative office.
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               (3)
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               No living compartment or structure other than a Florida room or other prefabricated
               structure, specifically designed for mobile home extension, shall be added to any
               mobile home. Porches covered with a roof and open on three sides may be permitted
               if space requirements of this article are not violated. Additions must be constructed
               in accordance with the North Carolina Building Code.
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               (4)
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               All mobile homes must be anchored in such a manner to prevent shifting on their foundations
               in event of storms or high winds according to North Carolina Building Code requirements.
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               (5)
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               Every mobile home park shall be located on a well-drained site and shall be graded
               with drainage facilities installed as to prevent the accumulation of ponding water
               on the premises.
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               (6)
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               No mobile home shall be so located that the drainage of the mobile home park will
               endanger any public or private water supply.
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               (7)
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               Convenience establishments of a commercial nature, such as food stores, coin-operated
               laundries and beauty shops, may be permitted if not otherwise prohibited by zoning
               in mobile home parks subject to the following restrictions:
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               a.
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               Such establishments shall be subordinate to the residential and character of the park;
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               b.
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               Such establishments shall be designed to serve the trade and service needs of the
               park residents.
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               (8)
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               Mobile homes connected with a fair, carnival, or circus may be parked for the duration
               of the fair, carnival, or circus but not to exceed 15 days, provided that all sewage
               and solid waste is disposed of in a manner approved by the county solid waste ordinance
               codified in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62SOWA" class="section-link" data-product-id="13953">chapter 62</a>.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Streets and parking.</span>
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               (1)
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               Each mobile home lot shall abut upon an improved street or driveway which shall have
               unobstructed access to a state maintained road. The developer shall be required to
               obtain an approved driveway permit from the state department of transportation for
               any streets or driveways connecting to a state-maintained road.
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               (2)
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               A minimum right-of-way of 40 feet, of which 20 feet shall be graded and drained for
               vehicular circulation, shall be provided within the park. Maintenance of such streets
               and parking areas shall be provided by the owner or operator of the park.
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               (3)
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               Streets in mobile home parks shall be constructed with a minimum four-inch aggregate
               base course and/or paved to state department of transportation standards.
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               (4)
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               Permanent dead-end streets or cul-de-sacs shall not exceed 900 feet in length and
               shall be provided with a turn around of at least 80 feet in diameter.
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               (5)
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               Streets or drives with mobile home parks shall intersect as nearly as possible at
               90 degrees, and no street shall intersect at least than 70 degrees. Where a street
               intersects a public street or road, the design standards of the state department of
               transportation shall apply.
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               (6)
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               New street names or mobile home park names shall not duplicate or be similar to existing
               street names of mobile home park names in the county. The mobile home park developer
               shall be required to provide and erect street name signs to county standards at all
               intersections within the mobile home park.
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               (7)
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               A minimum of two parking spaces surfaced with a minimum of four inches of gravel and/or
               paved shall be provided within each mobile lot.
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               (8)
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               An acceptance letter from the appropriate authority saying an erosion control plan,
               when applicable, has been approved.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Mobile home lots.</span>
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               (1)
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               Each mobile home lot shall be clearly identified by a permanent marker in front of
               the mobile home, separate from the mobile home, readily discernible from the street
               displaying properly sequenced numbers or letters that give each lot a unique address
               within the park. The letters used to identify each lot shall be at least four inches
               high and two inches wide. Markers shall be in place at the time of inspection.
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               (2)
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               Each mobile home lot shall be located on ground not susceptible to a 100-year base
               flood as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and graded so as to prevent
               any water from ponding or accumulating on the premises.
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               (3)
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               Each mobile home shall be located at least 20 feet from any other mobile home, at
               least 25 feet from any property line, and at least 15 feet from the right-of-way of
               any interior street.
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               (4)
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               Accessory buildings may be constructed in the rear yard provided they are no larger
               than 150 square feet and no closer than five feet from any adjoining property line.
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               (5)
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               Mobile home space fronting on existing NC or US numbered roads must be at least 100
               feet wide and have a 60-foot setback from the road right-of-way.
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               (6)
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               Each mobile home lot shall be located so as not to be within 750 feet of any building
               or waste pond on an active swine farm permitted by the state division of water quality.
               In addition, a 150-foot setback shall be maintained between mobile home lots and any
               field permitted for use in the spraying of liquid waste.
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               (Ord. of 4-21-1998, Â§ 501; Ord. of 11-17-2009, Â§ 501)
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