McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.128 M-P Mobile Home Park Zone

The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in the M-P mobile home park zone unless otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 154 § 2 (part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.00(C), 1969)

Only the following uses shall be permitted in the M-P zone:

A. Licensed mobile home parks.

B. A travel trailer park may be made a part of an approved mobile home park as a secondary use, provided that such mobile home park abuts and gains entrance from a major highway, as designated on the city circulation plan, and further provided that the area of the travel trailer park does not exceed twenty-five percent of the combined area of the mobile home park and the secondary travel trailer park. However, any area designated on the development plan for use as a travel trailer area shall thereafter be used for mobile homes unless such area conforms to all applicable regulations for mobile home use.

C. Accessory uses which are clearly incidental to the operation of the park, and which are for the exclusive use of the residents of the park, including, but not limited to, such typical uses as recreation and laundry buildings, swimming pools, saunas, storage areas for recreational vehicles, boats and trailers, and vending machines.

(Ord. 154 § 2 (part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.01(C), 1969)

The following uses are expressly prohibited in the M-P zone:

A. Home occupations or quasi-home occupations.

B. Business or commercial activities of any type.

C. Any conventional building used for or intended for use as a dwelling.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.02(C), 1969)

Building height shall not exceed two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.03(C), 1969)

There shall be a front yard of not less than ten feet; provided, however, that where a mobile home abuts any property classified in an R, E or A zone, the depth of the front yard shall correspond with the required front yard of the abutting zone.

B. No building, structure or mobile home shall occupy a required front yard area.

C. The required front yard shall be measured from the front property line, except that where an official plan line has been adopted under the circulation plan, the required front yard shall be measured from such plan line.

D. Along any major or secondary highway as designated on the circulation plan, the required front yard shall be measured from the property line established under Section 17.128.100.

E. Along any planned local street alignment the required front yard shall be measured from a point which is thirty feet from the planned centerline of such local street.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.04(C), 1969)

A. There shall be a side yard on each side of a mobile home park of not less than five feet.

B. There shall be a rear yard on each side of a mobile home site of not less than five feet.

C. No building, structure or mobile home shall occupy a required side yard or rear yard.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.05(C), 1969)

A. There shall be a minimum distance of ten feet between each building.

B. There shall be a minimum distance of ten feet between each mobile home and any building, excepting mobile home accessory structures as defined in the Mobile Home Parks Act of the state.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.06(C), 1969)

The minimum distance required for the separation of a mobile home from any other mobile home shall be ten feet from side to side and rear to side and six feet from rear to rear.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.07(C), 1969)

A. Parking shall be provided as required in Section 17.144.020.

B. All access drives within a mobile home park shall be not less than twenty-five feet.

C. All mobile home spaces shall have a frontage on internal private drives. No mobile home space shall have direct access to a public street or public alley.

D. All mobile home park sites shall gain access from an abutting, improved and dedicated city street or highway.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.08(C), 1969)

A. For the protection of the public health, safety and welfare it is necessary, in the development of mobile home parks, that streets and highways of adequate width be provided adjacent thereto, and that the same be properly improved, relative to implementation of the city's circulation plan and protection of planned local streets.

B. Street and highway dedication shall be provided adjacent to mobile home parks when the same should be required in the reasonable judgment of the city engineer in accordance with the following standards:

1. When the park is adjacent to a major highway, as shown on the city's circulation plan, the owner shall dedicate, or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all property lying within fifty-five feet of such highway for public highway purposes, at no cost to the city.

2. When the park is adjacent to a secondary highway, as shown on the city's circulation plan, the owner shall dedicate, or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all property lying within forty-five feet of such highway for public highway purposes, at no cost to the city.

3. When the subject park lies adjacent to the projected alignment of a planned local street which is necessary for circulation with the general area or neighborhood, the owner shall dedicate, or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all property lying within thirty feet of such street for public highway purposes, at no cost to the city.

C. Street and highway improvements shall be provided when the same should be required in the reasonable judgment of the city engineer, and shall be furnished by the owner and as a part of the required mobile home park improvements, without cost to the city, with respect to any adjacent street or highway as may be dedicated or offered for dedication in conformity with standards on file in the office of the city clerk and the office of the city engineer. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, installation of curb, gutter, sidewalks, concrete driveway approach and asphaltic concrete roadway.

D. Required street and highway improvements shall include any necessary tie to existing pavement, and shall be under permit of the city or the State Division of Highways, as appropriate.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.09(C), 1969)

The minimum area which may be zoned and developed into a mobile home park shall be five acres.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.10(C), 1969)

A. In the event a mobile home park contains twenty-five or more mobile home spaces, or in the event a mobile home park combined with a travel trailer park contains a combination of twenty- five or more mobile home spaces and travel trailer spaces, there shall be provided within the park an open area of land, landscaped for and devoted to recreational facilities.

B. The recreational area shall be not less than five thousand square feet, plus an additional one hundred square feet for each space in excess of twenty-five spaces.

C. Required recreational area may be divided into more than one location, provided no single location shall contain less than one thousand square feet.

D. No building or mobile home shall occupy a required recreational area, excepting buildings and structures necessary or used and devoted to recreational uses, such as recreation buildings, swimming pools, swimming pool accessory buildings, saunas and playgrounds with or without equipment or picnic areas.

E. In no event shall the required front yard, side yard or rear yard of the park, not any mobile home space, travel trailer space or storage area be counted as fulfilling the requirement for recreation space.

F. The required recreational space shall be accessible to all occupants of the park and shall not be used for any other purpose than recreational use of the occupants of the park.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.11(C), 1969)

A. Each mobile home park shall be completely enclosed within a solid masonry fence.

B. The enclosure may have driveway or pedestrian way openings, subject to approval of the city planning commission.

C. Within any required front yard, a required enclosure shall be four feet in height.

D. Within any other portion of the park, a required enclosure shall be six feet in height.

E. When deemed necessary in the reasonable judgment of the city planning commission in order to maintain standards compatible with existing development of adjacent properties, specific types of fences may be required to be constructed.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.12(C), 1969)

A. No sign shall be erected in the M-P zone except as approved in the reasonable judgment of the city planner as to design, size, location and height.

B. Signs erected in the M-P zone shall contain information related only to the name of the owner, the mobile home park name, if any, and the address of the premises.

C. No sign shall exceed a maximum height of ten feet, measured from grade to top of sign.

D. No sign allowed by this section shall be erected over any city right-of-way.

E. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this section, in the event a mobile home park is combined with a travel trailer park as a secondary use, one double-faced or single-faced sign may be constructed at the park entrance at a point adjacent to the major highway only. Such sign shall not exceed a total area of fifty square feet, and shall not exceed a maximum height of twenty-four feet, measured from grade to top of sign. Such sign may be illuminated excepting neon lighting and shall comply with the provisions of subsections D and E of this section.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.13(C), 1969)

A. Fire protection equipment shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park, and shall be continuously maintained, the type of facility and location thereof to be approved by the Kern COunty fire department.

B. Required fire protection equipment shall be shown on the development plan.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.14(C), 1969)

A. All public utility transmission lines located within the park shall be placed underground.

B. Utility connections to each mobile home space shall be placed underground.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.15(C), 1969)

A. A drainage system shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park and shall be continuously maintained, in accordance with a plan approved by the city engineer.

B. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following provisions:

1. All drainage originating on the park site shall be contained on the site, unless specific plans for acceptance of such drainage to offsite sumps has been approved by the city council upon recommendation of the city engineer.

2. The method for transporting through a mobile home park of drainage originating outside the site shall be approved by the city engineer.

3. In the event any drainage sump area located within the park has a water holding capacity of more than two feet in depth, the same shall be completely enclosed within a chain link fence six feet in height with vertical redwood slats.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.16(C), 1969)

A. A water distribution system shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park and shall be continuously maintained, in accordance with a plan approved by the city council.

B. A sewage disposal system shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park and shall be continuously maintained, in accordance with a plan approved by the city council.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.17(C), 1969)

A. The park shall be landscaped prior to occupancy, in accordance with a plan approved by the city council.

B. Landscaping shall include sprinklers and bubblers to assure adequate maintenance.

C. Landscaping shall include trees in number not less than a ratio of one tree for each mobile home space within the park. Trees may be grouped for landscape effect.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.18(C), 1969)

The developer of a mobile home park, with or without a travel trailer park as a secondary use, shall submit to the city council a detailed development plan showing compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The development plan shall be in a form and shall contain information as may be necessary for the council to make a determination as to compliance with this chapter and as the council may require.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.19(C), 1969)

The developer, as a condition of occupancy, shall be required to execute an agreement with the city council, binding himself, his heirs, lawful successor, transferee, assignee or future owners of the mobile home park. Such agreement shall be in a form approved by the city attorney.

(Ord. 154 § 2(part), 1976: Ord. 109 § 30.20(C), 1969)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. Every day upon which a violation of this chapter exists or continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. 154 § 5, 1976)