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 Mint Hill
 Code of Ordinances
 Part III. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
 Article 4. ZONING

  § 4.4. Overlay Districts

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  • A.

    Overlay Districts are zoning districts which are applied only in conjunction with the underlying zoning districts and may grant or impose additional use or development requirements upon the underlying zoning districts.

    B.

    The effect is to have both the overlay district and the underlying district controlling the use and development of the lot. Overlay districts may be applied to general or conditional districts.

    C.

    An overlay district may be initiated as a zoning map amendment by the Board of Commissioners, Planning Board or property owner. The establishment, amendment or repeal of the boundaries of any overlay district shall be in accordance with procedures set forth in Article 8 for Zoning Map Amendments.

    4.4.1

    Manufactured Home Overlay District.

    A.

    Manufactured Home Overlay District. The Town of Mint Hill has established Manufactured Home Overlay District(s) as shown on the official zoning map. The purpose and intent of this district is to provide areas in which manufactured homes can be located on individual lots. In order that such homes, when placed on the lot, are compatible with single-family residences, the Manufactured Home (MH) Overlay District provides certain size, construction and aesthetic standards for manufactured homes. The MH Overlay District supplements the range of uses permitted in the underlying zoning district. All other uses and regulations for the underlying district shall continue to remain in effect for properties classified in the MH Overlay District. The MH Overlay District may only be applied in areas which contain a (R) Residential underlying general zoning district.

    B.

    Allowed Uses. All uses permitted in the underlying R (Residential) Zoning District are permitted.

    C.

    Minimum Standards for All Manufactured Homes Located in the Manufactured Home Overlay District on Individual Lots or Tracts. All manufactured homes erected after the effective date of this Ordinance amendment shall conform to the following minimum standards for design:

    1.

    All manufactured homes shall conform to all federal manufactured home construction and safety standards and/or building requirements and/or codes for manufactured homes and bear the required United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tag and/or data plate.

    2.

    All manufactured homes shall be no older than ten (10) years at the time of placement.

    3.

    The manufactured home has a length not exceeding three (3) times its width and the structure must be at least twenty-four (24) feet in width along the majority of its length.

    4.

    Manufactured homes on individual lots and/or tracts shall be oriented lengthwise with no more than a thirty-degree variation, either way, from parallel to the front of the lot and/or property boundary except on corner lots. On corner lots a manufactured home can be oriented lengthwise to be parallel to either street front which will allow the required yard setbacks, or it can be oriented on the diagonal on a corner lot, if setbacks can be met.

    5.

    The structure shall be set up in accordance with the standards set by the North Carolina Department of Insurance, including tie down standards.

    6.

    The structure will have all wheels, axles, transporting lights and towing apparatus removed. If any of these items cannot be removed, they shall be screened from view with landscaping or fencing if it is still visible after the unit is underpinned.

    7.

    The structure shall not be occupied unless it is supported on masonry blocks, provided with continuous skirting from the bottom of the walls to the ground made of continuous brick or other material unpierced except for required ventilation and an access door.

    8.

    Each manufactured home shall have a pitched roof with a minimum vertical rise of three (3) feet for every twelve (12) feet under of horizontal run and must provide an eave projection of no less than six (6) inches, and the roof shall be finished with a type of shingle that is commonly used in standard single-family residential construction.

    9.

    A permanent access of either brick or pressure-treated wood or a deck of pressure-treated wood shall be installed leading into each door. For purposes hereunder, a composite deck product that looks like pressure-treated wood but has a longer life span and requires less maintenance is an acceptable material.

    10.

    All manufactured homes shall otherwise meet all applicable zoning regulations for the zoning district in which it is located as well as all housing standards in the Town of Mint Hill Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12.

    11.

    Each manufactured home shall be for single-family occupancy only.

    4.4.2

    Downtown Overlay District. The Town of Mint Hill has established Downtown Overlay District(s) as shown on the Official Zoning Map. The purpose and intent of the Downtown Overlay District(s) is to implement the Downtown Mint Hill Master Plan and regulate uses within the DO-A and DO-B Overlay Districts while also requiring specific building standards and design requirements. The DO-A Overlay District zone is mixed in function, but principally residential in character. The DO-A Overlay District is the largest area of the downtown. As it is shared by many neighborhoods in the downtown area, the DO-B District (also referred to as "Town Center") shall be the most dense business, service and institutional area and contain the highest concentration of said respective uses. The DO-A and DO-B Districts encourage a greater variety of uses in close proximity to one another. In order to manage this flexibility, a specific set of design guidelines has been established to regulate buildings and their relationship to the public realm of the street and formal open spaces. Buildings in the Town Center are close to the street and off-street parking is generally to the rear to create an active pedestrian environment. Uses within the DO-A and DO-B will be subject to the special requirements ("SR") found in Section 7.4 and as noted in the Table of Permitted Uses in Section 5.2. To the extent any special requirements in Section 7.4 for the DO-A or DO-B are inconsistent with any general zoning requirements in Article 6 (or elsewhere in this UDO), the special requirements of Section 7.4 shall control and govern the development.

(Ord. No. 598, 4-14-2011)