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MANATEE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
Effective Date: 9/1 0/62 - 5/11 /64 Book 6A
. MANATEE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
Effective date
May 11, 1964
(This rev~s~on includes all Amendments through Z-115, adopted November 8, 1979) .
T-1 MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT
A. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT: The T- 1 Mobile Home Park District is intended to apply to mobile home parks in which spaces are rented or leased for the placement of mobile homes for occupancy as living quarters.
B. HSES PERMITTED: No mobile home, building or structure, or . _part thereof, shall be erected, altered, placed or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than one or more of the following specified uses: 1. Mobile Home Parks, which may include;
(a) · Mobile Home residences (one per mobile home site). (b) Motels. (c) Accessory uses and structures customary in mobile
home parks, which are established only for the use of the occupants of the mobile home park, provided that no sign or display advertising accessory commercial services shall be visible from outside the Mobile Home Park.
(d) Travel Trailer Parks exclusive of tents and/or tenting operations.
(e) Family care homes and emergency shelter homes in accordance with Section VI, Paragraph 35 of this Ordinance.
C. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS: The following uses may be permitted by the Governing Body after a public hearing with due public notice has been held by the Planning Commission and a recommendation from said Commission has been submitted to said Governing Body: 1. Non-public piers, docks, boat liveries, boat-launching
areas, marinas; golf, country, yacht and fraternal clubs, and other appropriate recreational areas and facilities.
2. Civic, cultural or community centers. 3. Schools, colleges and churches.
· 4. Child care centers and nursing homes. 5. Public utilities and public buildings. 6. Cemeteries. (Graves shall not be closer than 25 feet to
any property line). 7. Historical museums or landmarks, botanical gardens. 8 . Plant nurseries, field crops, citrus and fruit, cattle
grazing, and similar agricultural activities. 9. Group Care homes. 10. Emergency shelters. 11. Recovery homes. 12. Residential treatment facilities .
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D. REQUIRED BUFFERS: 1. Mobile Home Parks shall be surrounded by buffer strips
at least 15 feet in depth on the sides and rear, and 50 feet in depth along the front; provided, however, that no side or rear buffer is required between adjacent mobile home developments.
2. Buffers shall be attractively landscaped and neatly maintained, and shall otherwise be unoccupied except for per
. mitted utility facilities, signs, or entrance ornamentation, and except for the inside 35 feet of a 50-foot front buffer which may be used for street right of way.
3. Where the engineering plans make it necessary that roads be constructed on the sides or rear of mobile home parks, the outside unpaved portion of the required right of way may be considered as part of the 15-foot buffer area.
E. REQUIRED UTILITIES: Each mobile home site shall. be connected to an approved central water supply and central sewerage system.
F. . REQUIRED RECREATION AREA: A minimum of 5% of gross land area.
G. MAXIMUM LOT DENSITY: Seven (7) lots per gross acre (Gross acreage includes all area within the approved mobile home park other than navigable water).
H. MINIMUM SIZE OF MOBILE HOME SITES: Fifty (50) feet in width at the building line and 3,000 square feet in area.
I. MINIMUM YARDS REQUIRED: 1. Front yard: 5 feet. 2. Side yard: 5 feet. 3. Rear yard: 5 feet.
J. YARD ENCROACHMENTS: Structures less than 30 inches in height are not considered yard encroachments. Every part of every required .yard shall be open and unobstructed from 30 inches above the ground to t he sky, except as hereinafter provided, or as otherwise permitted in the Zoning Ordinance. This requirement shall not apply to horticultural growths, or to structures governed by Sec t ion 6.21. 1. Cornices, overhangs, eaves and gutters may not project
into any required yard over 18 inches. · . 2. Planters, poles, radio and T.V. ~eceiving antennae, play
equipment, wires, lights, mail boxes, fences and walls shall not be deemed to be encroachments in required yards.
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K. FENCES AND WALLS: Fences and walls located on or within 5 ft. of .lot lines shall not exceed a height of six ft., except that such fences or walls shall not exceed a height of 3 ft. 6 inches when located in a required front yard, excluding chain link or wire fences with 100 percent see-through visibiiity.
L. SIGNS: As permitted in Section 6.20.
M. OFF-STREET PARKING: As required in Section 6.19.
N. REQUIRED STREET . IMPROVEMENTS: Right-of-way, pavement and drainage structures shall comply with the standards set forth in the Manatee County Subdivision Regulations; however, street dedication is not required.
o. PLANS REQUIRED: Plans for mobilehome parks shall be submitted and processed in the same manner as subdivision plans, except that final plans shall not be recorded in a plat book.
1. The area and dimensions of the proposed mobilehome park. 2. The street and mobilehome site layout. 3. The location of water and sewer lines, water
supply, and sewage disposal areas. 4. A preliminary drainage plan for the mobilehome
park prepared by a registered engineer. s. Location and dimensions of all buffers, office
structures, recreation areas, etc. 6. Where street, drainage and other required improvements
are being made in accordance with preliminary Mobilehome Park approval and prior to final plan approval, zoning clearance will be issued for placement of mobilehomes on sites to be served by the streets under --construction. However, no occupancy of said mobilehomes is permitted until final plans have been approved by the Governing Body.
P. FINAL PLANS: Finai approval of the mobilehome park plans by the Governing Body shall be conditional upon compliance with all the requirements of this Section and the conditions of the preliminary plans. The final approval, when granted, shall bear the signature of the Planning Director or the Planning Commission Chairman, and the Chairman of the Governing Body. Two copies of the approved final plans shall be filed with the Commission.
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EXPANSION OF EXISTING MlBILEHOME PARKS: Whenever the owner of a Mobilehome Park proposes expansion, plans for such expansion shall be submitted and approved in the same manner as plans for new parks. Mobilehome park expansion plans shall comply with new park requirements unless sueh compliance is found 'to be impracticable by the Governing Body, after recotmne.ndation by the Planniil.g Commission, in which case .minor variations from new park standards may be approved. Such variations need not be considered by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Permitted variations shall result from peeuliar shapes of land, the necessity of extending existing streets, or other unusual circUmstances, but shall not be permitted simply because the existing mobilehome spaces~ streets, buffers, etc. , do not meet new park standards. Improvement of substandard conditions in existing parks may be required as a precedent to expansion of such parks.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS: (1) The mininnlDl area for ·a travel trailer park shall be
8 acres •. (2) Each travel trailer site or space Shall be at least
1200 square fee~ in area. . (3) Streets in travel trailer parks may be private and
shall be paved as follows:
One-way vehicular travel . Two-way vehicular travel
12 feet of paving 22 feet of paving
(4) There shall be an open unobstructed landscaped buffer strip not less than 50 feet in depth along major street abutting a travel trailer park, and a landscaped buffer strip not less than 15 feet in depth along other travel trailer park district boundaries. ·
(5) -Each travel trailer site shall contain -a stabilized vehicular parki.ilg pad composed of shell, marl, paving or other suitable material.
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(6) A m~n~um of 5% of the gross site area for the travel trailer park shall be set aside as common use area for open or enclosed recreation facilities. The area shall be exclusive of travel trailer sites, buffer strips, street right-of-way, storage areas, or utilities sites.
(7) Sanitary facilities for travel trailer parks shall be. in accordance with requirements of Ftorida state Board of Health and the County Health Departnlent.
(8) (a) New travel trailer parks shall be processed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this district for Mobilehome Parks. The same information and data shall be furnished at each stage of plan approval as is required in final approval of plans for Mobilehome Park.
(b) In the case of a rev~s~on, extension, or conversion of travel trailer facilities in an existing or approved Mobilehome Park, the petitioner shall be required to submit a hand drawn sketch, sufficient in detail to clearly indicate his needs. The Planning Director may reduce items (1), (5), and (6) in this sub-paragraph if their fulfilLment would be impractical or unreasonable due to the existing or app~oved plans for roads, drainage, and public facilities and open space.
(9) No part of a travel trailer placed on a travel trailer site shall be closer than 5 feet to a site line~ No permanent external appurtenances such as carports, cabanas, or patios may be attached to a travel trailer, and the removal of wheels and the placement of the unit on a permanent foundation is prohibited.
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(10) Travel trailer sites may be occupied by travel trailers not exceeding 8 feet in width, and not exceeding 30 feet in length; pickup coaches,
1notor homes, camping trailers, and other vehicular accommodations suitable for temporary habitation, used for travel, vacation, and recreation purposes.
(11) After all required improvements have been completed for a park or an approved construction unit of the park, the Zoning Administrator shall certify the completed sites as being approved for occupancy. Until a site is approved for occupancy, no travel trailer shall be placed thereon.
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T-2 FAMILY MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT
A. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT: The T- 2 Family Mobile Home Park District is intended to provide mobile home rental parks in which spaces are rented or leased for the placement of mobile homes for occupancy as living quarters by families having minor children in the family unit:
B. · USES PERMITTED: No mobile home, building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, placed or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than one or more of the following specified uses: 1. Family Mobile Home Parks, which may include:
(a) ·Mobile home residences (one per mobile home site) . . (b) Accessory uses and structures customary in family
mobile home parks, which are established only for the use of the occupants of the mobile home park, · provided that no sign or display advertising accessory commercial services shall be visible from outside the Mobile Heme Park.
(c) Family care homes and emergency shelter homes in accordance with Section VI, Paragraph 35 of this Ordinance.
C. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONs : The following uses may be .permitted by the Governing Body after a public hear1ng with due public notice has beeri .held by the Planning Commission and a recommendation from said Commission has been submitted to said Governing Body: 1. Non-public piers, docks, boat liveries, boat-launching
areas, marinas; golf, country, yacht and fraternal clubs, and other appropriate recreational areas and facilities.
2. Civic, cultural or community centers. 3. Schools, colleges and churche.s. 4. Child care centers, nursing homes. 5. Public utilities and public buildings. 6. Historical museums ·or landmarks, botanical gardens. 7. Group care homes. B. Emergency shelters. 9. Recovery homes. 10. Residential treatment facilities.
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D. REQUIRED BUFFERS:
1 . . Family Mobilehome Parks shall be surrounded by buffer strips at least 15 feet in 9epth on the sides and rear, and 50 feet in depth along the front; provided, however, that no side or rear buffer is required between adjacent mobilehome. developments.
2. Buffers shall be attractively landscaped and neatly maintained, and shall otherwise be unoccupied except for permitted utility facilities, signs, or entrance ornamentation, and except for the inside 35 feet of a 50 foot front buffer which may be used for street right of way.
3. Where the engineering plans make it necessary that roads be construc.ted on the sides or rear of Family Mobilehome Parks, the outside unpaved portion of the required rightof-way may be considered as part of the 15 foot buffer area.
E. REQUIRED UTILITIES:
Each Family Mobilehome site shall be connected to an approved central water supply and central sewage system.
F. REQUIRED RECREATION AREA:
A minimum of 5% of gross land area of which a minimum .~of one(l) acre of land shall be set aside, developed, and maintained as a childrens play area and shall include the following minimum equipment (but may include more):
One (1) 6' high stationary slide One (1) 10' high stationary slide One (1) Six Swing Set (10 feet high) One (1) Eight Swing Set (12 feet high) One (1) Merry-Go-Round (capacity 8 or 9) One· (1) See Saw (four board set) Oile (1) Senior Model Climbing Tower (8 ft. high)
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G. MAXIMUM LOT DENSITY:
Seven (7) lots per gross acre (Gross acreage includes all area within the approved Family Mobilehome Park other than navigable water.)
H . . MINIMUM SIZE OF MOBILEHOME SITES:
Fifty (50) feet in width at the building line and 3,000 square feet in area. ·
I. MINIMUM YARDS REQUIRED:
1. Front yard: 2. · Side yard: 3. Rear yard:
J. YARD ENCROACHMENTS:
5 feet 5 feet 5 feet
Structures less than 30 inches in height are not considered yard encroachments. Every part of every required yard shall be open and unobstructed from 30 inches above the ground to the sky, except as hereinafter provided, or as otherwiae permitted in the Zoning Ordinartce. This requirement shall not apply to horticultural growths, or to structures governed by Section 6.21.
1. Cornices, overhangs, eaves, and gutters may not project into any required yard over 18 inches.
2. Planters, poles, radio and T.V. receiving antennae, play equipment, wires, lights, mail boxes, fences and walls shall not be deemed to be encroachments in required yards.
· K. SIGNS: As permitted in Section 6.20.
L. OFFSTREET PARKING: As required in Section 6.19.
M. REQUIRED STREET· IMPROVEMENTS: Right-of-way, pavement; sidewalks and drainage structures shall comply with the standards set forth in the Manatee County Subdivision Regulations, however, street dedication is not required.
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N. PLANS REQUIRED : Plans for family mobilehome parks shall be submitted and processed in the same manner as subdivision plans, except that final plans shall not be recorded in a plat book.
1. The area and dimensions of the proposed mobilehome park.
2. - The street and mobilehome site layout. 3. The location of water and sewer lines,
.water supply, and sewage disposal areas. 4. A preliminary drainage plan for the mobilehome
park prepared by a registered engineer. 5. Location and dimensions of all buffers, office
-structures, recreation areas, etc. 6. Where street, drainage and other required improvements
are being made in accordance with preliminary family mobilehome park approval and prior to final plan approval, zoning clearance will be issued for placement of mobilehomes on sites to be served by the streets under construction. However, no occupancy of said mobilehomes is permitted until final plans have been approved by the Governing Body.
0. FINAL PLANS: Final approval of the family mobilehome park plans by the Governing Body shall be conditional upon compliance with all the requirements of this section and the conditions of the preliminary plans. The final approval, when granted, shall bear the signature of the Planning Director or the Planning Commission Chairman, and the Chairman of the Governing Body. TWo copies of the approved final plans shall be filed with the Commission.
P. EXPANSION OF EXISTING FAMILY MOBILEHOME PARKS: Whenever the owner of a Family Mobilehome Park proposes expansion, plans for such expansion shall be submitted and approved in the same manner as plans for new parks. Family Mobilehome Park expansion plans sh~ll comply with new park requirements unless such compliance is found to be impracticable by the Governing Body, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, in which case minor variations from new park standards may be approved. Such variations need not be considered by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Permitted variations shall result from peculiar shapes of land, the necessity of extending existing streets, or other unusual circumstances, but shall not be permitted simply because the existing mobilehome spaces, streets, buffers, etc., do not meet new park standards. Improvement of substandard conditions in existing parks may be required as a preceaent to expansion of such parks.
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MANATEE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
Effective date
May 11, 1964
(This . rev~s~on includes all Amendments through Z-115, adopted November 8, 1979)
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SECTION I.
SECTION II.
SECTION III.
SECTION IV.
SECTION V.
SECTION VI.
CONTENTS
Page
ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS: PROVISION FOR OFFICIAL ZONING MAP ................ . .... . 1
RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES . .... ... . . ........ . . . . . ....... . 1
APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS .. . .. . 2
NON-CONFORMING LOTS, NON-CONFORMING USES OF LAND OR STRUCTURES, NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES AND PREMISES .. ... . . .......... .
DISTRICT REGULATIONS:
R & R-3 Multiple Family Residential and
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Resort Districts............. . ............ 7 R-1 One Family Dwelling Dist-ric-t:- ......... 10 R-lAB One Family Dwelling District... . .... 10 R-lA One Family Dwelling District......... 10 R-lB One Family Dwelling District......... 10 R-lC One Family Dwelling District........ . 10 R-lD One Family Dwelling District......... 10 R-lAA One and Two Family Dwelling District 10 R-2 One and Two Family Dwelling District.. 10 R-lH One Family Dwelling District....... . . 13 E. Suburban Estates District......... . .... 17 T Mobile Home Subdivision District..... . .. 19 T-1 Mobile Home Park District. . ........... 22 T-2 Family Mobile Home Park District...... 28 T-3 Travel Trailer Park District.......... 32 PR Professional District.................. 35 C Neighborhood Commercial District........ 37 C-lA Highway Business District............ 41 C-1 Commercial District................... 44 C-2 Heavy Commercial District............. 49 M-1 Light Industrial District............. 52 M-2 Heavy Industrial District............. 55 A-2 Agricultural Fringe District.......... 58-1 A-1 Suburban Agricultural District. . .. . ... 59 A General Agricultural District........ . .. 62 V-lA Myakka City Village District..... . ... 69-1 Conservation District..................... 70 P.U.D. (Planned Unit Development)......... 71
SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS: 1. Outstanding Building Permits ......... . 2. Time Limit for Special Exceptions .... . 3. Erroneously Issued Permits ........... . 4 . Approved Access Required for all Lots
or Parcels of Land ............. . ..... .
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T-1 MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT
A. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT: The T-1 Mobile Home Park District is intended to apply to mobile home parks in which spaces are rented or leased for the placement of mobile homes for occupancy as living quarters.
B. USES PERMITTED: No mobile home, building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, placed or used, or land or water used , in whole or in part, for other than one ot more of the fo l lowing specified uses: 1. Mobile Home Parks, which may include;
(a) Mobile Home residences (one per mobile home site). (b) Motels. (c) Accessory uses and structures customary in mobile
home parks, which are established only for the use of the occupants of the mobile home park, provided that no sign or display advertising accessory commercial services shall be visible from outside the Mobile Home Park.
(d) Travel Trailer Parks exclusive of tents and/or tenting operations.
(e) Family care homes and emergency shelter homes · in accordance with Section VI, Paragraph 35 of this Ordinance .
C. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS: The following uses may be permitted by the Governing Body after a public hearing with due public notice has been held by the Planning Corrnnission and a recommendation from said Commission has been submitted to said Governing Body: 1. Non-public piers, docks, boat liveries, boat-launching
areas, marinas; golf, country, yacht and fraternal clubs, and other appropriate recreational areas and facilities.
2. Civic, cultural or community centers. 3. Schools, colleges and churches. 4. Child care centers and nursing homes. 5. Public utilities and public buildings. 6. Cemeteries. (Graves shall not be closer than 25 feet to
any property line). 7. Historical museums or landmarks, botanical gardens. 8. Plant nurseries, field crops, citrus and fruit, cattle
grazing, and similar agricultural activities . 9. Group Care homes. 10. Emergency shelters. 11. Recovery homes . 12. Residential treatment facilities.
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2. Planters, poles, radio and T.V. receiving antennae, play equipment, wires, lights, mail boxes, fences, and walls shall not be deemed to be encroachments in required yards.
K. FENCES AND WALLS: Fences and walls located on or within 5 feet of lot lines shall not exceed a height of six feet, except that such fences or walls shall not exceed a height of 3 feet 6 inches when located in a required front yard.
L. SIGNS: As permitted in Section 6.20.
M. OFFSTREET PARKING: As required in Section 6.19.
N. PLAT APPROVAL : In addition to the standards set forth herein, mobile horne subdivisions shall comply with and be processed i n accordance with the Manatee County Subdivision Regulations.
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D. REQUIRED BUFFERS: 1. Mobile Horne Parks shall be surrounded by buffer strips
at least 15 feet in depth on the sides and rear, and 50 feet in depth along the front; provided, however, that no side or rear buffer is required between adjacent mobile home developments.
2 . Buffers shall be attractively landscaped and neatly maintained, and shall otherwise be unoccupied except for permitted u t ility facilities, signs, or entrance ornamentation, an d e xcept for the inside 35 feet of a 50-foot fron t buffer which may be used for street right of way.
3. Where the engineering plans make it necessary that roads be constructed on the sides or rear of mobile home parks, the outside unpaved portion of the required right of way may be considered as part of the 15-foot buffer area.
E. REQUIRED UTILITIES: Each mobile home site shall be connected to an approved central water supply and central sewerage system.
F. REQUIRED RECREATION AREA: A minimum of 5% of gross land area.
G. MAXIMUM LOT DENSITY: Seven (7) lots per gross acre (Gross acreage includes all area within the approved mobile home park other than navigable water).
H. MINIMUM SIZE OF MOBILE HOME SITES: Fifty (50) feet in width at the building line and 3,000 square feet in area.
I. MINIMUM YARDS REQUIRED: 1. Front yard: 5 feet. 2. Side yard : 5 feet. 3. Rear yard: 5 feet.
J. YARD ENCROACHMENTS: Structures less than 30 inches in height are not considered yard encroachments. Every part of every required yard shall be open and unobstructed from 30 inches above the ground to the sky, except as hereinafter provided, or as otherwise permitted in the Zoning Ordinance. This requirement shall not apply to horticultural growths, or to structures governed by Section 6.21. 1. Cornices, overhangs, eaves and gutters may not project
into any required yard over 18 inches. 2. Planters, poles, radio and T.V. £eceiving antennae, play
equipment, wires, lights, mail boxes, fences and walls shall not be deemed to be encroachments in required yards.
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K. FENCES AND WALLS: Fences and walls located on or within 5 ft. of lot lines shall not exceed a height of six ft., except that such fences or walls shall not exceed a height of 3 ft. 6 inches when locnted in a requir ed front yard, excluding chain link or wire fe11ces with 100 per cent see-through visibility.
L. SIGNS : As permitted in Section 6 . 20 .
M. OFF-STREET PARKING: As required in Section 6.19.
N. REQUIRED STREET IMPROVEMENTS : Right-of-way, pavement and rlrainage structures shall comply with the standards set forth in the Manatee County Subdivision Regulations; however, street dedication is not requir ed .
o. PLANS REQUIRED : Plans f or mobilehome parks shall be submitted and processed in the same manner as subdivision plans, except that final plans shall not be recorded in a plat book.
1. The area and dimensions of the proposed mobilehome park. 2. The street and mobilehome site layout. 3. The location of water and sewer lines, water
supply , and sewage disposal areas. 4. A preliminary drainage plan for the mobilehome
park prepared by a registered engineer. 5. Location and dimens i ons of all buffers, office
structures , r ecreati on areas, etc. 6. Where street , drainage and other required improvements
are being made in accordance with preliminary Mobilehome Park approval and prior to final plan approval, zoning clearance will be issued for placement of mobilehomes on sites to be served by the streets under construction. However, no occupancy of said mobilehomes is permitted until final plans have been approved by the Governing Body.
P. FINAL PLANS : Final approval of the mobilehome park plans by the Governing Body shal l be conditional upon compliance with all the requirements of this Section and the conditions of the preliminary plans. The final approval, when granted, shall bear the signature of the Planning Director or the Planning Commission Chairman, and the Chairman of the Governing Body. Two copies of the approved final p l ans shall be filed with the Commission.
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R.
EXPANSION OF EXISTING M)BILEHOME PARKS: Whenever the owner of a MObilehome Park proposes expansion, plans for such expansion shall be submitted and approved in the same manner as plans for new parks. MObilehome park expansion plans shall comply with new park requirements unless such compliance is found to be impracticable by the Governing Body, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, in which case minor variations from new park standards may be approved. Such variations need not be considered by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Permitted variations shall result from peculiar shapes of land, the necessity of extending existing streets, or other unusual circumstances, but shall not be permitted simply because the existing mobilehome spaces, streets, buffers, etc., do not meet new park standards. Improvement of substandard conditions in existing parks may be required as a precedent to expansion of such parks.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS: (1) The minimUm area for a travel trailer park shall be
8 acres. (2) Each travel trailer site or space shall be at least
1200 square feet in area. . (3) Streets in travel trailer parks may be private and
shall be paved as follows:
One-way vehicular travel Two-way vehicular travel
12 feet of paving 22 feet of paving
(4) There shall be an open unobstructed landscaped buffer strip not less than 50 feet in depth along major street abutting a travel trailer park, and a landscaped buffer strip not less than 15 feet in depth along other travel trailer park district boundaries.
(5) Each travel trailer site shall contain a stabilized vehicular parking pad composed of shell, marl, paving or other suitable material.
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(6) A minimum of 5% of the gross site area for the travel trailer park shall be set aside as common use area for open or enclosed recreation facilities. The area shall be exclusive of travel trailer sites, buffer strips, street right-of-way, storage areas, or utilities sites.
(7) Sanitary facilities for travel trailer parks shall be in accordance with requirements of Florida State Board of Health and the County Health Department.
(8) (a) New travel trailer parks shall be processed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this district for Mobilehome Parks. The same information and data shall be furnished at each stage of plan approval as is required i n final approval of plans for Mobilehome Park.
(b) In the case of a revision, extension, or conversion of travel trailer facilities in an existing or approved Mobilehome Park, the petitioner shall be required to submit a hand drawn sketch, sufficient in detail to clearly indicate his needs. The Planning Director may reduce items (1), (5), and (6) in this sub-paragraph if their fulfillment would be impractical or unreasonable due to the existing or approved plans for roads, drainage, and public facilities and open space.
(9) No part of a travel trailer placed on a travel trailer site shall be closer than 5 feet to a site line. No permanent external appurtenances such as carports, cabanas, or patios may be attached to a travel trailer, and the removal of wheels and the placement of the unit on a permanent foundation is prohibited.
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(10) Travel trailer sites may be occupied by travel trailers not exceeding 8 feet in width, and not exceeding 30 feet in length; pickup coaches, motor homes, camping trailers, and other vehicular accommodations suitable for temporary habitation, used for travel, vacation, and recreation purposes.
{ll) After all required improvements have been completed for a park or an approved construction unit of the park, the Zoning Administrator shall certify the completed sites as being approved for occupancy. Until a site is approved for occupancy, no travel trailer shall be placed thereon.
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B.
T-2 FAMILY MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT
PURPOSE OF DISTRICT: The T-2 Family Mobile Home Park District is intended to provide mobile home rental parks in which spaces are rented or leased for the placement of mobile homes for occupancy as living quarters by families having mino r children in the family unit:
USES PERMITTED: No mobile home, building or structure, or par t thereof , shall be erected, altered, placed or used, or land or water used , i n whole or in part, for other than one or more of the following specified uses: 1. ·Family Mobile Home Parks, which may include:
(a) Mobile home residences (one per mobile home site). (b) Accessory uses and structures customary in family
mobile home parks, which are established only for the use of the occupants of the mobile home park, provided that no sign or display advertising accessory commercial services shall be visible from outside the Mobile Home Park.
(c) Family care homes and emergency shelter homes in accordance with Section VI, Paragraph 35 of this Ordinance.
C. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS: The following us es may be permitted by the Governing Body after a public hearlng wlth due public notice has been held by the Planning Commission and a recommendation from said Commission has been submitted to said Governing Body: 1. Non-public piers, docks, boat liveries, boat-launching
areas, marinas; golf, country, yacht and fraternal clubs, and other appropriate recreational areas and facilities.
2. Civic, cultural or community centers. 3. Schools, colleges and churches. 4. Child care centers, nursing homes . 5 . Public utilities and public buildings . 6. Historical museums or landmarks, botanical gardens. 7 . Group care homes. 8. Emergency shelters. 9. Recovery homes. 10. Residential treatment facilities.
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D. REQUIRED BUFFERS:
1. Family Mobilehome Parks shall be surrounded by buffer strips at least 15 feet in depth on the sides and rear, and 50 feet in depth along the front; provided, however, t hat no side or rear buffer is required between adjacent mobilehome developments.
2 . Buffers shall be attractively landscaped and neatly maintained, and shall otherwise be unoccupied except for permitted utility facilities, signs, or entrance ornamentation, and except for the inside 35 feet of a 50 foot front buffer which may be used for street right of way.
3. Where the engineering plans make it necessary that roads be constructed on the sides or rear of Family Mobilehome Parks, the outside unpaved portion of the required rightof-way may be considered as part of the 15 foot buffer area.
E. REQUIRED UTILITIES:
Each Family Mobilehome site shall be connected to an approved central water supply and central sewage system.
F. REQUIRED RECREATION AREA:
A minimum of 5% of gross land area of which a m1n1mum .of one(l) acre of land shall be set aside, developed, and maintained as a childrens play area and shall include the following minimum equipment (but may include more):
One (1) 6' high stationary slide One (1) 10' high stationary slide One (1) Six Swing Set (10 feet high) One (1) Eight Swing Set (12 feet high) One (1) Merry-Go-Round (capacity 8 or 9) One (1) See Saw (four board set) One (1) Senior Model Climbing Tower (8 ft. high)
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G. MAXIMUM LOT DENSITY:
Seven (7) lots per gross acre (Gross acreage includes all area within the approved Family Mobilehome Park other than navigable water.)
H. MINIMUM SIZE OF MOBILEHOME SITES :
Fifty (50) feet in width at the building line and 3,000 square feet in area.
I. MINIMUM YARDS REQUIRED:
1. Front yard: 2. Side yard: 3 . Rear yard:
J. YARD ENCROACHMENTS:
5 feet 5 feet 5 feet
Structures less than 30 inches in height are not considered yard encroachments. Every part of every required yard shall be open and unobstructed from 30 inches above the ground to the sky, except as hereinafter provided, or as otherwiae permitted in the Zoning Ordinance. This requirement shall not apply to horticultural growths, or to structures governed by Section 6.21.
1. Cornices, overhangs, eaves, and gutters may not project into any required yard over 18 inches.
2. Planters, poles, radio and T.V. receiving antennae, play equipment, wires, lights, mail boxes, fences and walls shall not be deemed to be encroachments in required yards.
K. SIGNS: As permitted in Section 6.20.
L. OFFSTREET PARKING: As required in Section 6.19.
M. REQUIRED STREET IMPROVEMENTS: Right-of-way, pavement, sidewalks and drainage structures shall comply with the standards set forth in the Manatee County Subdivision Regulations; however, street dedication is not required.
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N. PLANS REQUIRED: Plans for family mob~lehome parks shall be submitted and processed in the same manner as subdivision plans, except that final plans shall not be recorded in a plat book.
1. The area and dimensions of the proposed mobilehome park.
2 . The street and mobilehome site layout . 3. The location of water and sewer lines,
water supply, and sewage disposal areas. 4 . A preliminary drainage plan for the mobilehome
park prepared by a registered engineer. 5. Location and dimensions of all buffers, office
structures, recreation areas, etc. 6. Where street, drainage and other required improvements
are being made in accordance with preliminary family mobilehome park approval and prior to final plan approval, zoning clearance will be issued for placement of mobilehomes on sites to be served by the streets under construction. However, no occupancy of said mobilehomes is permitted until final plans have been approved by the Governing Body.
0. FINAL PLANS: Final approval of the family mobilehome park plans by the Governing Body shall be conditional upon compliance with all the requirements of this section and the conditions of the preliminary plans. The final approval, when granted, shall bear the signature of the Planning Director or the Planning Commission Chairman, and the Chairman of the Governing Body. Two copies of the approved final plans shall be filed with the Commission.
P. EXPANSION OF EXISTING FAMILY MOBILEHOME PARKS: Whenever the owner of a Family Mobilehome Park proposes expansion, plans for such expansion shall be submitted and approved in the same manner as plans for new parks. Family Mobilehome Park expansion plans shall comply with new park requirements unless such compliance is found to be impracticable by the Governing Body, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, in which case minor variations from new park standards may be approved. Such variations need not be considered by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Permitted variations shall result from peculiar shapes of land, the necessity of extending existing streets, or other unusual circumstances, but shall not be permitted simply because the existing mobilehome spaces streets, buffers, etc., do not meet new park standards. Improvement of substandard conditions in existing parks may be required as a prececlent to expansion of such parks.
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T-3 TRAVEL TRAILER PARK DISTRICT
A. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT: The T-3 Travel Trailer District is intended to provide over~ight accommodations for Travel Trailers in transit for periods of s _lort duration not exceeding thirty (30) days in length.
B. USES PERMITTED:
(a . ) Overnight residence in a travel trailer, pick-up coach, motor horne, and/or camping trailer (folding tent trailer)
(b.) Tents (within an area specifically designated for same, exclusive of area used for (a.) above. Such area shall be used exclusively for tents and/or camping trailers (folding tent trailers).
(c.) Related commercial facilities developed as integral components of the travel trailer park facility. Such facilities shall be for the exclusive use of the tenants of the park and may not be advertised outside the limits of the park property or in a manner which attracts or promotes their use by nontenants of the park.
(d.) Mobile Homes for the use of the Travel Trailer Park Management or caretaker. (Not to exceed 3 mobile homes per park).
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS:
1. The minimum area for a travel trailer park shall be 8 acres.
2. The maximum density of a travel trailer park shall be twenty (20) lots per acre of usable land exclusive of that land set aside for common use area for open space or enclosed recreation facilities, buffer strips, street right-of-way, storage areas or utility sites.
3. Streets in travel trailer parks will be private and properly stabilized. Private streets may be paved as follows:
one-way vehicular travel two-way vehicular travel
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12 ft. of paving 20 ft. of paving