Chapter 9.64 — MOBILE HOME PARK STANDARDS

• A. The uses set forth in this chapter shall be permitted by conditional use permit in those zones where so allowed, subject to the property development standards provided herein.

• B. Allowable uses within a mobile home park shall include:

  1. Mobile home;

  2. Mobile home accessory building or structure;

  3. Trailer coach used as a construction project office during the time of construction; and

  4. Uses which are accessory, including, but not limited to, laundry and restroom facilities, offices and recreational facilities.

• (Ord. 80 Art. V(D)(1), 1984; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)

Standards are as set forth in this section.

• A. Site Area. Not less than ten acres of land area.

• B. Maximum Density. Eight mobile home spaces per gross acre.

• C. Maximum Height for Buildings and Structures. Thirty feet or two stories, whichever is lesser.

• D. Yards. Yard requirements are as follows:

  1. Front Yards. Each mobile home park shall have a front yard extending for the full width of the parcel and devoted to said use. Said front yard shall have an average width of fifteen feet and shall not be less than ten feet at any point.

  2. Side and Rear Yards. Each mobile home park shall have a rear yard of not less than five feet in width and a side yard on each side of said mobile home park not less than five feet in width; provided, however, that if a side or rear yard abuts a street, the rear yard or side street side yard shall have an average width of eight feet and shall not be less than five feet at any point.

• E. Walls, Fences and Landscape, Each mobile home park shall be entirely enclosed at its exterior boundaries by a six-foot screen consisting of solid masonry or other appropriate decorative screening; provided, however, that said screen may be reduced to three feet in height when it is constructed in a front yard at any entrance to the park.

• F. Access from Mobile Home Park to Public Street. Each mobile home park shall have no less than two accessways for firefighting equipment, the location and design of which shall be approved by the city planner and the city's fire marshal.

• (Ord. 80 Art. V(D)(2), 1984; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)

• A. Minimum Area for Mobile Home Space. A mobile home space shall have not less than three thousand five hundred square feet area. In computing such area, no consideration shall be given to interior access drives or recreational areas.

• B. Yards.

  1. Each mobile home space shall have a front yard, and the front yard shall be not less than five feet in width. The front of a mobile home is deemed to be that portion of the mobile home where a tongue or towing device is located or designed to be located. A front yard shall be measured from the tongue or towing device for the mobile home or, if said device is removed from the mobile home, to the front mobile home space line. Said minimum front yard shall extend for the full width of the mobile home space.

  2. Side Yard. Each mobile home space shall have a side yard not less than four feet in width from all side mobile home space lines.

  3. Rear Yard. Each mobile home space shall have a rear yard not less than five feet in width from all rear mobile home space lines.

  4. Special Yards. The body of a coach which sides or rears on an access road, public parking area, or pedway, shall be at least ten feet from the property line; provided, however, that an open patio or awning may be constructed to within five feet of the property line.

• C. Separation Between Mobile Home Units. There shall be a minimum separation between all mobile homes to the distances as indicated herein below:

  1. If the side of a mobile home faces the side of another mobile home or an adjacent vacant lot which is intended for future placement of a mobile home, a twelve-foot distance is required from the body of the coach to the interior side lot line.

  2. If the side of a mobile home faces the rear of another mobile home, the minimum distance shall be nineteen feet.

  3. If the rear of a mobile home faces the rear of another mobile home, the minimum distance shall be ten feet.

• D. Coverage. Lot area coverage by coach and covered outdoor areas and uncovered outdoor areas exceeding twenty-four inches in height shall not exceed seventy-five percent.

• E. Parking Requirements. Parking requirements are as follows:

  1. Each mobile home space shall have at least two paved off-street parking spaces and said spaces may be located in tandem to each other and within the mobile home space.

  2. A mobile home park shall have at least one parking space for each four mobile home spaces or fraction thereof. These spaces shall be interspersed throughout the park in increments of five or less, except that more than five spaces may be grouped immediately adjacent to recreation facilities as long as the total of all such recreation spaces does not exceed twenty-five percent of all spaces in the park, and except that the distance between groups of parking spaces shall not exceed three hundred feet.

3. The applicable provisions of Chapter 9.58 shall apply.

(Ord. 80 Art. V(D)(3), 1984; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)

• A. Sanitary Sewer and Water. Each mobile home space shall be provided with connections to sewer and water services.

• B. Drainage Facilities and Utility Services. All storm drainage facilities, electrical, gas, telephone services and other utilities shall be placed underground in conformance with city standards. The electrical, gas, telephone and cable TV systems shall be constructed in a manner that conforms to the construction methods approved by the applicable state regulatory agencies.

• C. Community Center Parks (Park and Recreational Space). A minimum of one hundred fifty square feet of net usable area per mobile home space shall be provided for a combination of both indoor and outdoor community recreation facilities. Outdoor community recreational facilities shall be consolidated into a usable area of not less than two thousand square feet, any single dimension of which shall not be less than twenty-five feet. Indoor community recreational facilities shall consist of an area of not less than two thousand five hundred square feet or of an area not less than the product of thirty-five square feet times the number of mobile home spaces within the mobile home park, whichever is greater.

• D. Interior Access Drives. Access drives shall meet the following standards:

  1. Interior access drives within a mobile home park shall be paved to a width of not less than twenty-eight feet from a mobile home space line to a mobile home space line.

  2. Interior access drives shall be improved on each side by cement concrete rolled curbs and gutters, as approved by the city engineer.

  3. All dead-end interior access drives shall have a minimum outside turning radius of forty feet.

  4. All corners shall have a minimum fifteen-foot radius.

  5. A mobile home space shall have a frontage of not less than fifteen feet in length on an access drive.

E. Storage Areas.

1. Service vehicles and equipment, supplies and maintenance materials, used for maintenance of a mobile home park, shall be stored in enclosed or fenced areas.

2. Storage areas shall be provided for the benefit of the residents of each mobile home park, in which recreational vehicles, trailers, travel trailers, and other sundry type licensed vehicles may be stored. Said storage area shall contain an area equal to the product of forty square feet times the number of mobile home spaces in said park; provided, however, that said storage area for each mobile home park shall not be less than four thousand square feet. Such a storage area must be thoroughly screened by fencing or otherwise and designed so as to be easily accessible and compatible with the mobile home spaces.

• F. Landscaping. All mobile home park areas not used for interior access drives, parking, circulation, buildings and service areas shall be completely and permanently landscaped, and the entire site shall be maintained in good condition.

• G. Miscellaneous Conditions.

  1. Other reasonable improvements may be required by the planning commission upon review of the application for a mobile home park.

2. Subdivision or lot sales may be allowed subject to compliance with all applicable codes and ordinances.

• (Ord. 80 Art. V(D)(4), 1984; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)