Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.50 MHP - Planned Mobilehome Parks

• 15.50.010 Purpose 15.50.020 Required Permit

• 15.50.030 Development Standards

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the available housing opportunities for the present and future residents of Glenn County by the establishment of policies and development standards for the planned mobilehome parks. The development standards for the planned mobilehome parks will further encourage the creation of stable, attractive, residential environments within the individual mobilehome parks. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

• Planned mobilehome parks may be permitted in the RZ, RM, RE, RE-NW, C and M zones only if a conditional use permit has first been secured. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Mobilehome Site Requirements. Each mobilehome site shall be plainly marked and numbered for identification and shall meet all requirements of this chapter. 1. Mobilehome Site Area. Each mobilehome site in a mobile home park shall have a minimum of three thousand square feet in area.

   2. Mobilehome Site Width. Each mobilehome site shall have a width of thirty feet plus the width of the mobilehome, unless it can be shown that adequate space for a patio, parking, and side yard(s) will be assured, despite a site of lesser width.

   3. Front Yard. Each mobilehome site shall have a front yard of not less than five feet. The front yard so required shall not be used for vehicle parking, except such paved a portion thereof as is devoted to driveway use.

   4. Side Yard, corner Lot. On corner sites, the side yard adjoining the mobilehome park street shall not be less than five feet.

   5. Side Yards, Interior. Each mobilehome site shall have a side yard on each side of not less than five feet.

   6. Side Yard, Driveway. When used for access to a parking facility, a side yard shall be wide enough for a ten foot wide unobstructed driveway. All such side yard driveways shall be paved with concrete or asphaltic concrete except in the RZ zone.

   7. Rear Yard. Each mobilehome site shall have a rear yard of not less than five feet in depth.

   8. Projection Into Yard. The following structures may be erected or projected into any required yard.

      1. Eaves, stairways and awnings not to exceed one foot;

      2. Landscape elements including trees, shrubs, and other plants, except hedges; provided, that such landscape feature does not hinder the movement of the mobilehome in or out of its space;

      3. Mobilehome hitches;

      4. Necessary appurtenances for utility services.

   9. Distance Between Mobilehomes or Accessory Structures. No portion of a mobilehome or attached accessory structure shall be closer than ten feet to another mobilehome or attached accessory structure.

   10. Mobilehome Site Coverage. The mobilehome and accessory structures shall not cover more than seventy-five percent of the mobilehome site.

2. Population Density. Not more than one single-family mobilehome may be placed on a mobilehome site.

3. Off-street parking.

4. Each mobilehome site shall have a paved space (except in RZ zone) suitable for providing automobile shelter with space for at least two automobiles for each mobilehome (tandem parking is allowed).

5. Recreation and laundry areas shall have sufficient parking facilities to accommodate one automobile for every ten mobilehome sites.

6. Signs. 1. Each mobilehome park shall have a bulletin board for listing each mobilehome site and the name of the occupant thereof. The bulletin board shall be located outside the office and it shall be lighted at night.

   2. Adequate signs and markings indicating directions, parking areas, recreation areas and street names shall be established and maintained in the mobilehome park. Such signs shall not exceed six square feet in area.

7. Signs or name plates not exceeding two square feet in area and displaying only the name and address of one occupant of the mobilehome may be erected at each mobilehome site.

   4. Signs which identify or advertise the mobilehome park may be erected if approved by the planning commission concurrently with its action on the conditional use permit for the mobilehome park. Such signs must be located on the premises and shall not be more than one hundred twenty square feet in area. They shall not be animated or illuminated except by indirect, nonflashing light.

8. Landscaping. The following landscaping provisions shall apply to all mobilehome parks:

9. All open areas except driveways, parking area, walkways, utility areas, improved decks, patios or porches shall be maintained with landscaping as hereinbefore defined.

10. The trees shall be planted along street frontage as may be required by the planning commission.

11. Walls and Fences. Walls and fences on individual mobilehome sites shall not exceed two feet in height. Walls or fences shall be erected around the perimeter of each mobilehome park as required by the planning commission. The height, construction, and type of material for such perimeter walls shall be as specified by the planning commission in the conditional use permit.

12. Mobilehome Park Streets. Mobilehome park streets shall be provided in such a pattern as to provide convenient traffic circulation within the mobilehome park. On-street parking is not permitted. They shall be built to the following standards (except in the RZ zone):

    1. All mobilehome park streets shall have a width of not less than thirty feet including curbs.

    2. There shall be concrete roll curbs on each side of the streets.

    3. The mobilehome park streets shall be paved. Detailed plans shall be submitted to the public works director for review and approval.

13. Park and Recreation Areas. A central recreational area shall be established in each mobilehome park created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The size of such area shall be at least two hundred square feet per mobilehome site. The recreation area may contain community club houses, swimming pools, shuffleboard courts and similar facilities. The planning commission may permit decentralization of the recreation facilities in accordance with principles of good planning provided that the total recreation area meets the above stated minimum size.

14. Mobilehome Park Office. Every mobilehome park shall include a permanent building for office use. Such building may include a single-family dwelling for the exclusive use of the owner or manager.

15. Laundry Rooms. Every mobilehome park shall have one or more laundry rooms. Laundry drying lines shall not be permitted on any mobilehome site.

16. Mail Boxes Provided. Each mobilehome site shall be equipped with a receptacle for mail deliveries in accordance with the standards prescribed by the local postmaster.

17. Telephones. The mobilehome park shall contain at least one public telephone for the use of the park residents.

18. Storage Areas. Areas used for the storage of travel trailers, boats and other such items may be established in a mobilehome park; provided, they are adequately screened from public view.

19. Utilities. Except in the RZ zone, all utility distribution facilities serving individual mobilehome sites shall be placed underground. The owner is responsible for complying with the requirements of this subsection and he shall make the necessary arrangements with each of the serving utilities for the installation of such facilities. Transformers, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, concealed ducts and other necessary appurtenant structures may be placed above ground. Water and sewer distribution facilities shall be installed in conformance with specifications of the utility engineer.

20. Transient Mobilehome Sites. Sites reserved for transient mobilehomes shall be so designated on the plans submitted with the application for the mobilehome park conditional use permit. The site, yard and property development standards of this part shall fully apply to sites reserved for transient mobilehomes.

21. Sales of Mobilehomes at Mobilehome Parks.

22. Operation Subject to Conditional Use Permit. The operation of a business or occupation, either full or part time, for the purpose of mobilehome sales, shall be allowed on the premises of any legally established mobilehome park, subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit.

23. Conditions. Such conditional use permits shall be subject to any conditions imposed by the county.

24. Restrictions. In no event shall the holder of the conditional use permit or any other person maintain or allow to be maintained on the mobilehome park premises for display any mobilehome either assembled or disassembled which is not installed on the site and connected to all utilities sufficient to be legally adequate for immediate occupancy. The maximum number of unoccupied mobilehomes so installed for display shall not exceed three units at any one time.

25. Other Requirements. This section does not affect any other requirements of any agency, board, commission, council or entity at whatever level for any other permit, authorization or approval. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)