To provide a zone for the development of mobile home parks in an urban setting. 9.13.2 Principal Uses
a) community gardens and greenhouses b) mobile home parks
c) parks 9.13.3 Secondary Uses
a) accessory building/structure b) family day homes
c) home based businesses, minor 9.13.4 Conditional Uses
a) child care centres 9.13.5 Development Regulations
a) the minimum area of a mobile home park is 2.0 ha.
b) the maximum number of mobile home sites in a mobile home park shall not exceed 15 mobile home sites per hectare.
c) the minimum setback from a park boundary to the placement of a mobile home, recreation or service areas (except for waterfront recreation), any accessory building or structure (except signs), garbage disposal area, part of any private sewage disposal system (except those placed underground), is 7.5 m.
9.13.6 Mobile Home Sites
For the purposes of this section, “mobile home site” means an area of land within a mobile home park leased or rented from the owner of a mobile home park for the placement of a mobile home, including accessory structures and parking.
a) each mobile home site in a mobile home park shall be monumented and defined by survey and depicted on a plan of field notes prepared by a Canada Lands Surveyor and recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records.
b) the minimum area of a mobile home site shall be 462 m2. c) the minimum width of a mobile home site shall be 14.0 m.
d) the minimum side yard setback of a mobile home site shall be 3.0 m on one side and 1.5 m on the other side.
e) the minimum front yard setback of a mobile home site shall be 6.0 m. f) the minimum rear yard setback of a mobile home site shall be 3.0 m.
9.13.7 Accessory Buildings
a) On each mobile home site, only one accessory building (such as a storage shed) may be installed, subject to the following regulations:
(1) the accessory building shall not exceed 4.0 m in height and not exceeding 12.0 m2 in area.
(2) the accessory building shall not be located in the front yard of the mobile home site and not closer than 0.6 m from a mobile home site boundary and not closer than 1.0 m from the mobile home.
9.13.8 Additions to Mobile Homes
a) The following additions to mobile homes are permitted on each mobile home site, provided that the means of egress from the mobile home is not restricted or diminished by any part of the addition:
(1) skirting, provided that an easily removable access panel of a minimum width of 1.2 m provides access to the area enclosed by the skirting;
(2) carports;
(3) shelters against sun or rain; (4) decks, patios and landings;
(5) vestibules or arctic entries of a maximum size of 6.0 m2 ;
(6) sun rooms (unheated rooms) added to a mobile home; provided that any such added room shall have an exit or access to an exit other than through the mobile home, and further, that any such additional room is not used as an exit or access to exit from any mobile home;
(7) roof additions that are designed to be independently supported by the mobile home.
b) All foundations for the support of mobile homes or additions to a mobile home shall be designed and installed in accordance with the City of Whitehorse Building and Plumbing Bylaw. No permanent foundations shall be permitted.
c) Additions to a mobile home shall:
(1) not exceed in floor area, the plan area of the mobile home to which they are attached;
(2) not exceed the height of the mobile home, except for roof replacements to the mobile home not exceeding a 4/12 pitch; (3) be constructed and finished in durable, weather-resistant materials
similar in quality to those used in the construction and finishing of the principal unit to which they are attached; and
(4) not be commenced until the tenant first obtains a letter of permission from the park owner and obtains a City Building Permit, prior to construction or placement of additions, including separate buildings or structures on a mobile home site.
d) The following alterations to a mobile home are permitted: (1) replacement of exterior siding;
(2) addition of exterior insulation;
(3) interior renovations that do not alter the structural components of the mobile home;
(4) replacement of windows and/or doors 9.13.9 Other Regulations
a) No part of the mobile home park shall be used for non-residential purposes except as required by section 9.13 for the direct servicing and well-being of residents of the mobile home park and for the management and maintenance of the mobile home park.
b) One single detached dwelling is permitted in a mobile home park on a mobile home site for use by the mobile home park owner or manager as a residence and office for management of the park.
c) The mobile home park owner shall provide one or more playground areas having a total area of not less than five percent (5%) of the total area of the mobile home park. Each playground area shall be suitably landscaped and maintained, equipped with appropriate play equipment, and located conveniently to the mobile home lots and footpaths.
d) The playground area shall be contiguous except where the playground area exceeds 1000 m2. Where the area required exceeds 1000 m2, more than one playground area may be provided, but in no case shall a playground area be less than 500 m2.
e) All playground areas shall be entirely enclosed by a fence. The fence shall be a minimum of 1.2 m high and shall be of a material that permits visual observation of the interior of the playground area from outside the playground area.
f) For mobile homes parks that commenced operation prior to this bylaw and that have been operating:
(1) mobile homes located in the park at the time this bylaw is enacted, may be replaced at the discretion of their owners and the mobile home park owner, subject to all applicable laws (including the Act); (2) additions to mobile home sites constructed or substantially
constructed at the time this bylaw is enacted, provided such additions were constructed in compliance with all applicable laws and bylaws and pursuant to a valid development permit, may remain in the mobile home park without requiring an additional development permit; and
(3) any new additions to mobile homes existing at the time this bylaw is enacted will require a development permit in accordance with this
9.13.10 Special Modifications (Added by Bylaw 2016-37 passed October 24, 2016)
a) The trailer park portion of Lots 1206 and 1207, Quad 105 D/11, Plan 2005- 0035 LTO, located at 200 Lobird Road, is designated RPx(a), the special modifications being:
(1) Mobile Home Site #221 is permitted to contain a mobile home with a heated room addition; and
(2) The heated room addition must conform to the provisions contained within section 9.13.8 c) of this bylaw; and
(3) The special modification associated with Mobile Home Site #221 is specific to the first mobile home placed on Site #221 after the adoption of Bylaw 2016-37 and is not transferrable to future mobile homes. Future mobile homes placed on Site #221 must conform to zoning regulations in effect at the time of placement on the site (Bylaw 2016-37 passed October 24, 2016)