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Home My WebLink About1989-12-27 90-28 ORDINANCEDate 12-2]-89 o Item No. 90-28 Item/Subject. Amending Chapter XI of the Ordinances of the City of Bangor -- Mobile Home Ordinance Responsible Department: Legal COmmenGry: The attached amendment to the City's Mobile Home Ordinance is intended to bring the City of Bangor into compliance with the State of Maine's manufactured housing law, as amended May 4, 1989, by the Legislature. The new law significantly reduces the requirements a local municipality may impose in its review and approval of mobile home (manufactured housing) developments. For example, under the new law, the City may not require a minimum number of spaces, above 3, inmobile home park; may not require underground installation of electrical utilities, and may not require privately-owned roadways within the park to be in excess of 23 feet in width. As a trade -off to these new limitations on the City's authority, we may now inour requirements in certain other areas. For example, theaminimum size for individual lots has been increased to 6500 square feet, from 6000. The draft amendments are intended to take advantage of these new provisions as well. Theproposed amendments have been reviewed by the City's Planning b Legal Departments, who recommend their adoption. A copy of the current State law provisions (30-A M.R.S.A.,g., q}5��-]j{s is attached.) nepn Hent Manager's Comments: c eiry,swnayer Associated Information: dsgia.,Z; . f Wdget Approval: N,4, Fiwntt Oimou, Legal Approval owswM. .;,a, Introduced For MMINtG First Heading ^ &�� n m Fa9e of ['y�Heferral `�^—,,.—,"•`•�. X00+4 90-28 Aaipud b Councilor Sullivan. December 27, 1989 CITY OF BANGOR MILL) Mn Amenamg,cn pier XI olrthe.Ordinancesaf the City of Bangor -- Mobile Home Ordinance Be to ordained bythe CRY Ce of the IXty of Bony», w(blow: (1) THAT Chapter XI, Article 2, Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor be Amended to read, as follows: 1.1 Mobile Home. A structure which conforms to all standards of construction, design, and performance adopted pursuant to the National Mobile How Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. SS 5401 at seq.), the State of Maine Manufactured Housing Act (10 M.R.S.A. SS 9001 at seg.), or the State of Mine Industrialised Housing Law (30 M.R.S.A. SS 4771 at seq.), or any successive legislation or standards. 1.2 Mobile Home park. A parcel or adjoining parcels. of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the place- ment of 2 .1 or more mobile human per parcel; (2) THAT Chapter X1, Article 3 of the Laws antl Ordinances of the City of Bangor be amended by adoption of Section 1.2.1, as follows: Sec. 1 General Prohibitions. 1.2.1 For purposes of this Ordinance. "modular homes" as that term is defined in Title 30-A MRS A c 4358M. are not considered mobile homes and, therefore. are not regulated by the o oviatons of this ordinance. placement of modular hone a within the Citv of Bangor Is aoverned by, and ahall be consistent With. provisions of the City's Zoning Ordinance. Building and Housing Codes. (3) THAT Chapter XI, Article 5 0£ the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor be amended in part, to read, in part, as £ollOwaz 1.3 A mobile home park shall be located on a single parcel of land having a-m#a#mem-area-a€-}g_aeeae sufficient overall area to accommodate, in addition to the individual mobile home lots, all road rights- of-way and all buffer strips, open space. and other areas required under this Ordinance or under any other applicable law. rule or regulation. 1.4 All mobile homes shall be located at least 30 5,1 feet from all mobile home park boundary lines and shall be screened from adjacent properties and public streets in accordance with Section 1.11 of 1.4.1 No structures. streets or utilities may he placed in any buffer strip required under this Ordinance. except that utilities may be permitted to crQas a buffer stripto Provide services to the mobile home nark. 1.7.1 Each mobile home lot shall be not less than 6800 6500 square feet in area, and shall be not lees than 50 feet wide and 330 1�2 ,, feet deep. 1.7.3 No mobile home shall be located lees than 20 30 feet from the right-of-way line of any street, or less than 40 feet from a service building, within the park. 1.8.1 All mobile home parka shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each mobile home lot. All park streets shall be well drained, paved, maintained in good condition, and at night adequately lighted. All streets within the park shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 50 feet. Pave- ment width shall be no less than 36 feet where parking is permitted on both sides of the street. where parking is permitted on only one aide of a street the minimum pave- ment width shall be 28 feet and where all on -street parking is prohibited the minimum pavement width shall be 20 feet. Provided, that any roads within mobile how to remain in private ownership shall be not lase than 23 feet in width of which 20 feet must be suitably caved. 1.8.2 All Anv streets to be dedicated as Public streets within a mobile home park shall be constructed to standards specified in this the Subdivision Ordinance. All other roads or streets within a mobile home park shall be constructed in accordance with accepted enoineerino standards under a Professional englneers' seal as required by the Maine --"'Manufactured Housing Board. 1.11.3 Screen planting, providing a dense visual barrier at all timea, shall be provided around the boundaries of the park and around laundry drying yards, garbage and trash collection stations, non-residential uses, and along rear lot linea of all mobile home lots. Screens shall consist of shrubs or trees at least five feet wide and, at the time of planting, at least four feet in height, and eventually reaching a mature height of at least six feet. The Screen planting sone extending along boundary lines shall have a mature height of at least six feet. Thescreen planting zone extending along boundary linea shall have a minimum width of 16 2_� feet. 1.12 Recreation areas shall be provided for the use of mobile home park residents. The site of such areas -shall be based upon a minimum of Egg 650 square feet for each awhile home lot in the development, noun areas sroii De easiiy accessxDie to aii pari residents, located so as to be free of traffic hazards and, where topography permits, centrally located. Any buildings provided for recreation areas shall contain adequate toilet facilities. The number and location of such facilities shall be determined by the Planning Board and the Director of Code Enforcement and Fire Prevention. (4) TEAT Chapter EI, Article 6, Section 3 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor be amended to read, as follows: Sec. 3 Electrical Distribution Bvatem. 3.1 Every mobile home park shall contain an electrical wiring system consisting of wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances -which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with all applicable State of Maine lava and local codes and regulations governing such systems. All facilities shall be approved by the Director of Code Enforcement and Fire Prevention. d.g--A}}_e}eeEE}ea}_g}Bfe#beE#ea-€ae#}#E#es spa}}_be-}eea6ed-nsdesgreusd. Bo -2e in City mvncil Dia 27,1989 ORDINANCE . Refenad to CaNiunityBmnasic Develc{irent Crnmittee : ( TITIE. )Nrendin9 CNapter ST of the oclinancea RQ mi tat Reading _of the .City of Bangor - Mobile Hare Ordinance /b cje, 'ty ,Clerk Asmgned to IN CITY NCIL 1990 January 8, 1990 8, Passed by the followingyea and n, 9 t,ll ng yea: Councilors voting Baldacci. Elancfie[[e, Cohen Eland. Sawyer, Senl'_Soenaud. Scone a Sullivan. T uim CLERK