Mountain House Municipal Code § 9-10-908 Screening and Landscaping

The intent of this Chapter is to establish minimum standards for the location and development of mobile home parks. The criteria and standards set forth herein are intended to supplement applicable zone regulations and provisions of state law.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

No new mobile home park approved pursuant to this Title shall accommodate any mobile home which does not comply with current state standards for such homes.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The density of mobile homes in any mobile home park shall comply with the density set forth in the General Plan for the area in which the mobile home park is located, but shall not exceed ten (10) mobile homes per net acre.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Mobile home sites shall comply with the provisions of this Section.

(a) Area. Each site shall contain two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. However, an individual site may contain less area provided the average area of all sites in the mobile home park is at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

(b) Width. Sites shall average no less than forty (40) feet in width.

(c) Frontage. Sites shall have at least twenty-five (25) feet of frontage on a road servicing the interior of the mobile home park.

(d) Yards and Setbacks. Yards and setbacks for each mobile home park shall be those required for main buildings by the zone in which the mobile home park is located.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Roads servicing mobile home parks shall comply with the provisions of this Section.

(a) Entrance Roads. Roads which service entrances to mobile home parks shall provide two-way access and shall be located no less than one hundred fifty (150) feet from any intersection of public streets. The minimum number of entrances and exits to and from mobile home parks shall be determined by the Director.

(b) Internal Roads.

(1) All mobile home parks shall be serviced by at least one (1) interior road of continuous two-way circulation.

(2) No road which does not provide for continuous circulation shall exceed six hundred (600) feet in length. Such roads shall be terminated by cul-de-sacs of no less than fifty (50) feet in radius.

(c) Road Widths. Minimum road widths shall be as follows:

(1) Twenty-four (24) feet for roads on which parking is prohibited;

(2) Thirty-two (32) feet for roads on which parking is allowed on one side only; and

(3) Forty (40) feet for roads on which parking is permitted on both sides.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Walkways and bikeways shall be provided as required by this Section.

(a) General Requirement. All mobile home parks shall provide internal walkways which connect each mobile home site provide access to all common areas and a public street.

(b) Driveway Crossings. Driveway crossings shall be held to a minimum on walkways, shall be located and designed to provide safety, and shall be appropriately marked and otherwise safeguarded.

(c) Walkways Used by Children. Walkways to be used by children as routes to school, bus stops, or other destinations shall be located and safeguarded to minimize contacts with automobile traffic.

(d) Bikeways. Bikeways shall be incorporated into the walkway system if there are more than two hundred (200) spaces proposed.

(e) Combined with Easements. Walkways and bikeways may be combined with other easements and used by emergency, maintenance, or service vehicles, but shall not be used by other vehicle traffic.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in this Section.

(a) On-site Parking. There shall be a minimum of one (1) parking space provided at each mobile home site.

(b) Guest Parking. Additional parking areas shall be established and maintained for the use of guests and shall conform to the following standards:

(1) Guest parking areas shall be provided at the rate of one-half (½) space per unit.

(2) Guest parking areas shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of the mobile home site.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Screening and landscaping for mobile home parks shall comply with the provisions of this Section.

(a) Screening.

(1) A six (6) foot high masonry wall shall be provided along all mobile home park rear and side property lines.

(2) All common storage areas and common areas for garbage or rubbish shall be screened from mobile home park residents by a screen not less than seven (7) feet in height.

(3) All required screening shall conform to the standards set forth in Section 9-10-604 (Screening Standards) of this Title.

(b) Landscaping.

(1) A ten (10) foot wide landscaped strip shall be provided along all mobile home park property lines abutting roads.

(2) All landscaping and fencing required for approval of the Use Permit for the mobile home park shall conform to the standards set forth in Section 9-10-602 (Planting Standards) and Section 9-10-604 (Screening Standards) of this Title.

(3) All required plantings shall conform to the standards set forth in Section 9-10-602 (Planting Standards) of this Title. All areas not used for buildings, mobile homes, parking, driveways, walkways, recreational facilities, or other permanent facilities shall be landscaped.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

All mobile home parks with more than ten (10) mobile home sites shall provide recreation and open space areas as set forth in this Section.

(a) Minimum Area. Required recreation and open space areas shall contain a minimum of five thousand (5,000) square feet.

(1) An additional one hundred (100) square feet shall be provided for each mobile home site over fifty (50) sites.

(2) Not more than thirty (30) percent of said areas shall be paved.

(3) The required recreation and open space area shall be landscaped.

(b) Locational Criteria. Recreation and open space areas shall be centrally located, free of traffic hazards, accessible to all park residents, and available on a year-round basis.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Common storage areas shall be provided for the residents of the mobile home park for the storage of recreational vehicles, trailers, travel trailers, and other licensed or unlicensed vehicles. This area shall total not less than fifty (50) square feet for each mobile home site.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Each mobile home park shall comply with the same requirements for sewage disposal and water facilities as is applied to a standard residential development project.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

A mobile home park shall have no conventionally constructed buildings other than the following:

(a) Recreational buildings;

(b) Accessory structures, as specified in Title 25 of the California Administrative Code; and

(c) One (1) dwelling unit for the use of a caretaker or manager.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)