Planned Mobile Home Residential (PMR) Zoning08/2022
Planned Mobile Home
Residential Park (PMR)
Planned Mobile Home Residential Park (PMR): This district is established in order to provide opportunities for affordable
housing alternatives and to recognize that selected locations in the community may be appropriately developed as areas of
moderate population density properly related to the existing and potential development character in the vicinity. It is the county’s
purpose, with respect to location of new and expansion of existing planned mobile home residential park, respect to location of
new and expansion of existing planned mobile home residential park, to avoid undue concentrations of such development by
allowing the development or expansion of PMRs in association with other types of uses by achieving a balance of housing types
and by not overcrowding community facilities. It is also the county’s purpose, with respect to establishment of new and expansion
of existing PMRs, to protect the health, safety, and welfare by fostering standards of development commensurate with other forms
of residential development.
The establishment or expansion of PMRs will recognize the density and base residential needs of mobile homes by addressing the
following community development standards:
• Health of residents as protected by water and sewer
systems and service equal to other forms of residential
development.
• Safety of residents as protected by accessibility for fire,
rescue, and police vehicles equal to other forms of
residential development.
• Safety of residents as protected by accessibility of utility
maintenance vehicles of snow and ice removal
equipment and of school buses transporting children.
• Safety of residents as protected by accessibility provided
by sidewalks separated from streets and streets which
have traffic controls and adequate geometric design.
• Health and safety of residents as protected by
prohibition of new use and discouragement of continued
use of mobile homes constructed prior to 1976.
• Accessibility of residents as provided by roads where
service providers are willing to move household
furnishings, collect solid waste and deliver mail or parcel
post.
Lands qualifying for inclusion in the PMR district shall be mapped as residential transition, village expansion, urban expansion, or
urban development area in the Comprehensive Plan which are served by or planned for connection to public water and sewer
service. New PMRs shall be serviced by connections to public sewer and water. Expanded PMRs shall have (1) water and sewer
as for new PMR, or (2) have water and sewer service meeting current VDH and DEQ standards encompassing both established
and expansion portions of the PMR. The minimum area required to create a district shall be six (6) acres of total contiguous land.
What can I do by right in a PMR district?
There are uses that are designated as "by right" which means you do not have to apply for a special use permit. The uses do,
however, have to comply with all approved plans and permits, development standards, and performance standards included in
the Montgomery County Zoning Ordinance and with all other applicable regulations. The "by right" uses include:
• Accessory structures, subject to the requirements of
Sec. 10-41 (1)
• PMR management office
• Mobile home, class A or class B
• Pet, household
• Public use/public facility
What uses require a Special Use Permit?
Other use types that are not listed above and that are determined to be appropriate and compatible with the proposed
development and surrounding uses may be specifically approved in concurrent rezoning and special use permit applications or in
a subsequent special use permit application.
• New planned mobile home residential park.
• Existing planned mobile home residential park.
• Amateur radio tower
• Park and ride lot
• Retail convenience sales subject to additional restrictions
• Service facilities such as laundries, storage areas,
recreation facilities
• Expansion of existing PMR may be permitted when both
existing and expansion portions comply with subsection
10-36(2).
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Building & Lot Requirements
Each zoning district has different lot and building requirements; which are meant to insure the compatibility of new development
with the existing development in the surrounding area.
Length to Width Ratio:
The width or depth of the mobile home space shall not be
more than four (4) times the other.
Buffer:
Buffer standards shall be determined in the landscape/buffer
matrix in section 10-43.
Minimum Mobile Home Space Area:
Three thousand (3,000) square feet, provided that the
maximum net density shall be in accordance with the density
requirements of 10-36(5)(d).
Density:
Eight (8) mobile homes per acre devoted to residential use
for new PMRs or for expansion of existing PMRs where:
Existing and expansion areas comply with 10-36(2) and
roads in expansion area and existing private roads are to
VDOT standards for subdivisions. Four (4) mobile homes per
acre in expansion area devoted to residential use for
expansion of existing PMRs where: Expansion areas comply
with 10-36(2) and roads in expansion area are to VDOT
standards for subdivisions and where a continuous, direct
connection to a VDOT road via VDOT standard roads is
provided for all expansion area units. Two (2) mobile homes
per acre devoted to residential use in expansion area where
expansion does not meet standards in either of above.
Minimum mobile home space width:
Fifty (50) feet.
Lot access:
New PMRs shall be developed to current VDOT access
standards for subdivisions. Expansion of existing PMRs shall
be developed to either VDOT access standards or to county
standards for private road according to densities prescribed
in subsection 10-36(5)(d).
Maximum coverage by buildings:
Forty (40) percent of mobile home space or site.
Minimum frontage:
Twenty (20) feet.
Minimum setbacks:
Ten (10) feet between mobile home foundation and PMR
property line.
Minimum yards:
• Side: Thirty (30) feet between mobile home units.
• Rear: Ten (10) feet between mobile home units.
Maximum building height:
Thirty five (35) feet.
Refer to Section 10-36(7) for additional use limitations.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Montgomery County Planning & GIS Services
755 Roanoke Street Suite 2A, Christiansburg, VA 24073
CALL 540-394-2148 | EMAIL mcplan@montgomerycountyva.gov
VISIT www.MontgomeryCountyVA.gov/Planning
A zoning permit and/or site plan may be required to proceed with the uses listed on this data sheet. See section 10-53 of the Montgomery County Code,
or call the Planning Department, to determine the required development approvals.
This sheet is intended to only be a guide for development regulations in this zoning district. Please see Chapter 10 of the Montgomery County Code for
the specific regulations. The full texts of the zoning and subdivision ordinances are available at the Planning Department Webpage or at
www.municode.com.