Article V — Mobile Home Parks

See Sections 17.70.050 through 17.70.055 for mobile home park provisions.

It is the purpose of this article to provide guidelines and criteria for mobile home parks, to insure their compatibility with other uses and to establish rules and regulations pertaining to their development.

No mobile home shall be used for living or sleeping purposes, or be parked, other than in a mobile home sales yard or in an approved storage area, unless it is located within a licensed mobile home park; provided that a mobile home may also be used as follows:

• A. As an office for a construction project;

• B. As a residence of a watchman on the site of a construction project or an industrial use;

• C. To provide temporary living or office quarters for circus or carnival personnel in accordance with an approved conditional use permit; or

• D. As a single-family dwelling when set on a permanent foundation within any AN, RA, R or RM district.

For purposes of this title, mobile home parks require the same considerations in their location as do residential dwelling units under policies of the general plan. Mobile home parks may be located within all zoning districts zoned for residential land use.

A use permit application shall be required for a mobile home park per the provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

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• A. Site Area and Density.

  1. The site shall contain a minimum of five (5) acres. The first phase of a mobile home development shall be not less than five (5) acres and shall include all required recreational and service amenities.

  2. The maximum number of mobile home lots per gross acre shall not exceed eight.

• B. Lot Area and Width. Every individual mobile home space for single units shall have a minimum lot area of twenty-eight hundred (2,800) square feet and a minimum lot width of twenty-five (5) feet. Every individual mobile home space of expandable or double wide units shall have a minimum lot area of three-thousand, two-hundred (3,200) square feet and a minimum lot width of thirty-five (35) feet.

• C. Lot Coverage. No more than seventy-five (75) percent of any mobile home lot shall be covered by the mobile home, parking area, covered patio area and accessory buildings.

• D. Clearances, Setbacks and Yard Spaces.

  1. Mobile Home Park.

     • a. Front yard, twenty (20) feet;

     • b. Interior side yard, ten (10) feet;

     • c. Street side yard, ten (10) feet;

     • d. Interior rear yard, ten (10) feet;

     • e. Street rear yard, twenty (20) feet.

  2. Mobile Home Sites within the Park.

     • a. Front yard, ten (10) feet;

     • b. Side yard, five (5) feet;

     • c. Rear yard, ten (10) feet.

  3. No mobile home shall be located in any required yard space, except that tow bars may extend into such yard space.

• E. Patios and Pads.

  1. Each mobile home site shall have a hard surfaced patio area of not less than two-hundred (200) square feet. A permanent porch greater than twenty (20) square feet in area may be counted as part of the required patio area.

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2. Each mobile home site shall have a support pad of concrete or asphalt concrete laid over a compacted surface base which, in combination, will be adequate to support the mobile home on a level plane.

• F. Parking.

  1. Not less than two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided within each mobile home site, one of which may be tandem to the other.

  2. Not less than two (2) guest parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home site at a location central to each five (5) contiguous mobile home sites.

  3. Parking shall be provided for central recreation buildings, park offices and other similar buildings at a ratio of one parking space for each four-hundred (400) square feet of gross floor space.

  4. Centralized storage areas shall be provided for recreational vehicles and boats, at a minimum of one (1) space per five (5) mobile home spaces. Individual storage spaces shall measure not less than ten (10) feet by thirty (30) feet, and shall have direct access to a driveway with minimum width of twenty (20) feet.

  5. Storage areas shall be paved and drained in order to be usable year round and shall be completely screened from exterior view by a combination of landscaping, masonry walls, fences or other comparable screening devices six (6)feet in height.

• G. Recreation Areas and Pedestrian Ways.

  1. Common recreation area in an aggregate total equal to five (5) percent of the gross area of the mobile home park shall be provided at a location or locations which are easily accessible and convenient to park residents.

  2. Recreation areas shall be landscaped and maintained, with all landscaped areas to be irrigated by an automatic underground sprinkler system.

  3. Pedestrian ways shall be provided throughout the mobile home park, connecting all mobile home sites with each other and with common recreation areas.

  4. The calculation of common recreation areas shall not include yard areas, pedestrian ways, management offices, laundry and tenant storage areas and parking areas.

H. Utility Installation.

1. Utility lines, including but not limited to, electric, communications, street lighting and cable television, shall be placed underground.

2. Each mobile home space and all interior roads shall be lighted for the safety and convenience of persons using the premises.

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3. All connections for each mobile home shall be placed at the rear of the mobile home space.

• I. Signs for a mobile home park shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 17.72 of this title.

• J. Internal Streets.

  1. All internal streets within a mobile home park shall have a minimum width of twentyfive (25) feet with no parking allowed and shall be developed to city standard specifications.

  2. No direct access shall be allowed from a public street to any mobile home lot. Each mobile home lot shall have direct access only onto a paved interior street with a right-ofway width of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

• K. Landscaping and Screening. Mobile home parks shall provide permanently maintained landscaped areas and site screening as follows:

  1. A landscaped border along the entire street frontage yard area and along the rear yard if such yard is adjacent to a public street;

  2. Ornamental screen wall or fencing, six (6) feet in height, along all interior side property lines and along all rear property lines which do not abut a public street;

  3. Ornamental screen wall or fencing six (6) feet in height along street side yard and street front yard setback lines.

• L. Other Facilities Required. Each mobile home park shall provide the following additional facilities:

  1. A laundry building for clothes washing and drying;

  2. Trash enclosures shall be developed to city standard specifications.

• M. Placement and Sales of Mobile Homes.

  1. At the time of placement on the site, all mobile homes shall be fitted with appropriate skirts to obscure stands, pads and under-carriage equipment.

2. Mobile homes may be displayed and sold within a mobile home park provided that such mobile homes are not sold for delivery to any location other than within the park and that all mobile homes are placed on mobile home sites and connected to all utility services. No more than four mobile homes shall be offered for sale at any one time, and advertising for such sale shall be limited to one non-illuminated sign not exceeding four square feet in area on the site of each mobile home offered for sale.

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