Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 15.68 Mobile Home Parks

Sections: 15.68.010 Conformity to state law. 15.68.020 Definitions. 15.68.030 Permit to locate—Required— Application—Hearing—Issuance. 15.68.040 Permit to locate—Revocation. 15.68.050 Disposition of moneys collected. 15.68.060 Tents and prefabricated awnings of combustible materials. 15.68.070 Dogs, cats, pets and livestock. 15.68.080 Use of mobile home outside licensed park or approved subdivision.

All mobile home parks within the city shall conform to construction and operation requirements of the California Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Parts 2 and 2.1 and the California Administrative Code, Title 8, Part 2. (Prior code § 15.04.010)

For the purpose of this chapter, the general provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the state and the definitions as set forth in Division 13, Parts 2 and 2.1 of the Health and Safety Code of the state and Title 87 Part 2, of the Administrative Code of the state shall apply to this chapter except that the following special definitions shall apply as set forth hereinafter.

“Enforcement agency” is the health department of the county and the Division of Building and Housing Standards of the state. (Ord. 3566 § 1, 1993; prior code § 15.04.020)

Application—Hearing—Issuance.

No mobile home park shall be located within the city until the location thereof is approved by the planning commission of the city in the following manner:

A. The person desiring to locate and operate a mobile home park in the city shall file an application therefor with the planning commission. The application shall be accompanied by:

1. One copy of a true legal description of the grounds upon which the mobile home park is to be
constructed;

2. Plans and elevations showing the exterior architectural design and appearance of all permanent
buildings and structures and plot plans showing locations and dimension of access ways, structures,
landscaping, parking areas and other improvements of the individual mobile home park to be established
shall be subject to the approval of the planning commission in order that the proposed mobile home park will be in harmony with other structures and improvements in the area and will comply with all standards and
requirements as set forth in Section 17.50.080 and this chapter;

3. The application shall pay a filing fee as set by city council resolution.

B. Upon receipt of the application the secretary of the planning commission shall set the matter for consideration by the commission at earliest practicable time.

C. The planning commission shall consider the plans and shall approve or conditionally approve the plans, providing, by a majority vote of its members, the commission determined from the evidence presented all of the following facts to be true

1. That the land is classified in a TT (travel trailer), or MH (mobile home) zone described in Title 17 of this
code;

2. That all of the provisions of this chapter and of Title 17 of this code would be complied with.

D. The planning commission shall disapprove the plans and deny the application if, in its determination, adequate evidence has not been shown that the plans will conform in all respects to the conditions set forth in Title 17 of this code

E. Any person not satisfied with the decision of the planning commission may, within ten days of the date of that decision, appeal to the city council. All procedures for submitting the appeal, notice, and the holding of the public hearing are set forth in Section 17.64.090 in Title 17 of this code.

F. The decision of the planning commission shall be final, subject to appeal to the city council within ten days after the action. (Ord. 4796 § 1, 2014; prior code § 15.04.030)

Any person holding a permit pursuant to this chapter who is convicted of a violation of this chapter under provisions of Section 15.68.150 of this chapter shall have his or her permit suspended or revoked by the court determining the violation in addition to the penalty set out in Section 15.68.150. (Prior code § 15.04.125)

All moneys received under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the city treasury and credited to the general fund. (Prior code § 15.04.040)

No tents may be erected or occupied in any mobile home park nor may any prefabricated awning of combustible materials be erected or occupied in any mobile home park. (Prior code § 15.04.050)

Dogs, cats or other pets shall not be permitted to run at large, and poultry and livestock shall not be permitted in any mobile home park. (Prior code § 15.04.055)

subdivision.

It is unlawful to use a mobile home, trailer coach, travel trailer or camp car for human habitation purposes within the city, except when parked within a licensed mobile home park or approved mobile home subdivision; provided, however, that this section shall not be applicable in M-1 and M-2 industrial and A agricultural zones, under the following conditions:

A. No more than one mobile home, trailer coach, travel trailer or camp car shall be permitted in connection with each industrial or agricultural establishment;

B. The mobile home, trailer coach, travel trailer or camp car must be an accessory use to the industrial or agricultural establishment;

C. Occupancy of the mobile home, trailer coach, travel trailer or camp car shall be only by a person or persons employed by the industrial or agricultural establishment. (Prior code § 15.04.060)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.68.080, the use of a mobile home, trailer coach, travel trailer or camp car for temporary purposes not exceeding sixty days may be granted by the chief building inspector upon application by showing good cause for granting such permit and by showing that the health, safety and general welfare of the residents adjacent to the use will not be adversely affected. (Prior code § 15.04.065)

The provisions of this section pertaining to mobile home park design shall apply to new mobile home parks and to the expansion of existing mobile home parks and shall not be applicable to mobile home parks presently in the city or annexed to the city, except to new expansion.

A. Each mobile home park lot shall meet the following minimum standards:

1. Every lot shall be of a size and shape which will provide reasonable area for private use and
development and for convenient placement of one trailer;

2. In no case shall the area of a trailer lot occupied by a trailer, cabana, carport, ramada, or any accessory
structure or awning or combination thereof, exceed sixty percent of the total area;

3. No minimum site area is stipulated, however, the total number of sites provided in any trailer park shall
conform to the maximum density of nine lots per acre;

4. Each mobile home lot shall be identified with an individual number in logical sequence and shown on the
plot plan for the park.

B. A six-foot masonry wall, or approved equivalent fencing, shall be constructed on the side and rear property lines where required to protect the existing or future use of the adjacent property.

C. Access ways shall not be used for parking of vehicles, excepting that parallel parking shall be permitted on one side of an access way that is constructed to city standards for commercial alleys or in compliance with Section 18612(a)(b) of the Health and Safety Code of the state.

D. All mobile home parks shall have at least two means of ingress or egress leading to a public thoroughfare.

E. Each mobile home park shall contain one off-street automobile parking space, including approach from street, consisting of approved fully hard-surfaced asphaltic concrete or any other recognized street surfacing material of minimum thickness of two inches over adequate subbase material of minimum thickness of three inches, for each mobile home lot within the mobile home park. In addition to parking spaces for tenants, there shall be established and maintained within each mobile home park an off-street automobile parking area for use of guests. The number of the spaces within this parking area shall be equal to one space for every eight mobile home lots or fraction thereof within the mobile home park, each space to be no less than eight and one-half feet by twenty feet, plus the additional area as is necessary to afford adequate ingress and egress. (Prior code § 15.04.080)

The area or tract of land upon which a mobile home park is situated shall be:

A. Equipped with driveways surfaced in accordance with department of public works of the city minimum standards for alley surfacing now on file with the department and the surfacing shall be kept in good repair;

B. Maintained in such a way that all areas, other than landscaped areas or driveways, shall be covered or treated with an oil seal surface or better;

C. If they contain public address systems or loudspeakers the public address systems or loudspeakers shall be installed or maintained in such a way that they cannot be heard beyond the boundaries of the mobile home park. (Prior code § 15.04.090)

A. The provisions of this section shall apply to all new and existing mobile home parks.

B. There shall be in each mobile home park a water system with fire hydrants of sufficient size and delivering sufficient pressure and located within a sufficient distance of one another to provide adequate fire protection for each mobile home lot of the mobile home park. The placement and installation of the fire hydrants must be approved by the chief of the fire department. (Prior code § 15.04.100)

A. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or operating a mobile home park in the city, to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

B. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, maintaining or in control of any mobile home, or the occupant or tenant of any mobile home in whatever capacity, to violate any of the provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 15.04.110)

A. Whenever an enforcement agency determines by inspection that a violation of this chapter exists, the enforcement agency shall order the violation corrected and shall institute proceedings to effect the repair, rehabilitation or vacation of the violation.

B. The enforcement agency shall give a thirty-day written notice to the owner or other responsible person, to make the correction or effect the vacation.

C. The notice shall set forth the violations determined by the inspection. (Prior code § 15.04.115)

A. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished as set forth in Section 1.40.010 of this code.

B. For each day that a violation exists, it shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 3566 § 2, 1993; prior code § 15.04.120)