Dorris Municipal Code Ch. 18.16 Mobile Home Residential, M-H
Dorris Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Dorris
Cite as: Dorris Municipal Code Chapter 18.16 · Text as of 2026-10-02
Sections:
- 18.16.010
- Purpose.
- 18.16.020
- General plan consistency.
- 18.16.030
- Density/intensity.
- 18.16.040
- Site development
- standards.
- 18.16.050
- Permitted uses.
- 18.16.060
- Accessory uses.
- 18.16.070
- Conditional uses.
18.16.010 Purpose.¶
The M-H zone district is intended to provide areas for higher density apartment develop- ment and mobile home development. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
18.16.020 General plan consistency.¶
This zone district is consistent with the mobile home park land use designation. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
18.16.030 Density/intensity.¶
A. One to twenty (20) housing units per gross acre. B. Minimum parcel size: eight thousand (8,000) square feet interior, nine thousand (9,000) square feet corner lot. Additional two thousand (2,000) square feet for each unit over four. C. Maximum lot coverage: sixty-five (65) percent. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
18.16.040 Site development standards.¶
All mobile home parks shall be subject to the following requirements, plus other require- ments that may be made conditions of use per- mit approval: A. Minimum lot area: two acres. B. Minimum recreation space: one hun- dred (100) square feet of outdoor or indoor rec- reation area (exclusive of required yards or vehicle parking areas). The minimum size for any single outdoor recreation area shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. C. Minimum setbacks around the perime- ter of the parks: 1. Front (abutting any street): twenty (20) feet landscaped. 2. Side and rear: ten (10) feet, suitably landscaped. 3. No mobile home space or dwelling unit shall be located in a front, side or rear yard required of the zoning district within which it may be located. 4. Not less than five feet of yard adjoining a property line of a mobile home park shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. The city council shall require additional landscap- ing and fences or walls where necessary to ensure privacy, protect adjoining property, insulate against wind, noise or glare, or screen unsightliness. D. All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, recreation or services shall be com- pletely and permanently landscaped, and the entire site shall be maintained in a neat, clean and sanitary condition. E. Mobile home parks shall be located on or have direct access to a major street or high- way, except that mobile home parks may have indirect access to a major street or highway from another street where access to such other street is provided not less than three hundred (300) feet from the intersection of such street and the major street or highway. F. Each mobile home site shall have a min- imum of three thousand (3,000) square feet of area for each mobile home space located on the site.
179-32 (Revised 5-17) G. The minimum distance between mobile homes shall be ten (10) feet. The minimum dis- tance between an accessory structure on one site and a mobile home on an adjacent site shall be ten (10) feet. H. No accessory structure other than a car- port, garden structure, storage building, sun or wind shelter shall be erected within a mobile home space for the use of the occupants of an individual mobile home. I. Not less than four off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each three mobile home spaces. J. Signs. A single sign on each street front- age providing the name of the multifamily proj- ect, not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in accordance with Section 18.32.170. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
18.16.050 Permitted uses.¶
The following uses are permitted in the M- H zone district subject to issuance of a building permit, business license or other required per- mit(s): A. All uses permitted in the R-1 district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.10. B. All uses permitted in the R-2 district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.12. C. All uses permitted in the R-3 district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.14. D. Mobile home projects with four or fewer units. (A permit from the California Depart- ment of Housing and Community Develop- ment may be required.) E. Group care home of clients pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code subject to review for overconcentration. F. Small family daycare facilities. G. Parks, picnic areas and playgrounds not associated with approved development. H. Supportive housing. I. Transitional housing. (Ord. 219 § 6, 2014; Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
18.16.060 Accessory uses.¶
The following uses are permitted in the M- H zone district as an accessory to the primary permitted or conditionally permitted use. A. Garage or carport. B. Swimming pool. C. Fences, walls consistent with provisions of Section 18.32.050. D. Home occupations consistent with the provisions of Section 18.32.030. E. Usual and customary structures associ- ated with a residence. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
18.16.070 Conditional uses.¶
The following uses are permitted in the M- H zone district upon approval and validation of a conditional use permit, in addition to any other permits or licenses required for the use. Setbacks and development criteria may be amended during the conditional use permit. A. Mobile home projects of more than four units. (An approved permit will also be required from the California Department of Housing and Community Development.) B. Multiple-family apartments. C. Professional offices. D. Large family daycare facilities. E. Places of assembly or learning: 1. Church, place of worship or spiritual assembly. 2. Grange halls, community centers, meet- ing halls. 3. Schools, public or private. F. Public and quasi-public facilities. G. Second dwelling units pursuant to Sec- tion 18.32.180. H. Other uses similar to those listed in this section. (Ord. 210 § 3 (Exh. A) (part), 2007)
179-33 (Revised 8-11) 179-33 (Revised 8-11)
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