Nevada City Municipal Code § 17.68.290 Development standards

A. The purpose of this article is to regulate the use of land for mobile home parks and to establish standards for the development of such parks in order to protect the health and safety of the community. The provisions of this section shall apply to zoning districts designated with the MH combining district.

B. The provisions of this section are in addition to those of the California Health and Safety Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, pertaining to mobile home parks and except where this section imposes more restrictive requirements, the provisions of the state laws and regulations shall be applicable.

(Ord. 87-2 §§ 5.05-01, 5.05-02, 1987)

A. Minimum Park Area and Access. A mobilehome park shall have a minimum of five acres, and shall include sufficient frontage on a public street or road to allow safe ingress and egress.

B. Density and Minimum Lot Size. The maximum density for a mobile home park with a base zoning district of R2 shall be eight units per gross acre, and each mobile home park lot shall contain a minimum of five thousand square feet. In any other base zoning district, the density standards of the base zoning district shall apply. The maximum lot coverage for each mobile home lot shall be sixty percent.

C. Setbacks.

1. No mobile home shall be located closer than ten feet to the boundary line on either side of the mobile home lot, or closer than ten feet to the front boundary of said lot, or closer than fifteen feet to the rear boundary line of said lot.

2. No mobile home shall be located closer than twenty feet to any recreational or commercial building, or laundry or service building.

3. No mobile home shall be located closer than two hundred feet to the right-of-way of any freeway, or closer than one hundred feet to the right-of-way of any other public street or road.

4. No parking space shall be closer than five feet to any lot line.

D. Internal Roadways.

1. Each mobile home lot shall have direct access to a private roadway within a mobile home park.

2. All such roadways shall be at least twenty-two feet wide, and shall be paved not less than sixteen feet, and there shall be no parking on either side of the road.

E. Parking. All parking spaces as required by this section shall measure nine feet in width by eighteen feet in depth and shall be surfaced with PCC or asphaltic concrete with header boards and shall be supported by suitable base materials. Guest parking spaces shall be suitably marked outlining individual parking spaces and traffic flow.

1. On-site parking spaces for a minimum of two cars shall be provided on each mobile home lot. Said spaces may be in tandem.

2. No parking shall be allowed in the front setback area.

3. Off-street parking on the basis of one parking space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor space in the recreational, all-purpose laundry or community building shall be provided. Said spaces shall be adjacent to said facilities or within a one hundred foot radius of the exterior walls of such structure.

4. Off-street parking for guests shall be on the basis of one parking space for each three mobile home lots. Said parking spaces shall be distributed throughout the park in a reasonable manner.

F. Walls and Landscaping.

1. A six-foot wall or screen shall surround the entire perimeter of the mobile home park and shall consist of one or any combination types:

a. Walls. A wall shall consist of concrete, stone, brick, or tile, or similar type of solid masonry material with a minimum thickness of four inches.

b. Screens. A wrought iron, open weave or mesh type fence shall be combined with plant materials to form an opaque screen.

c. Planting. Plant materials, when used as screen, shall consist of compact evergreen plants. Said plant materials shall be of a kind, or used in such a manner, so as to provide opaque screening.

2. The wall or screen adjacent to any street frontage shall be decorative in nature, of a design approved by the planning commission, and shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line. The resulting ten-foot area shall be landscaped.

3. A five-foot wide landscape area shall be provided for inside the six-foot high wall adjacent to the property lines, except street frontage.

4. Trees no less than eight feet in height shall be planted in landscaped areas adjacent to exterior property lines. The planting scheme shall be approved by the commission.

5. Interior areas within the boundaries of the mobile home park surrounding the recreation facility and other miscellaneous common areas shall be landscaped.

6. There shall be at least one street tree provided for each mobile home lot unless there is a tree already on the lot.

7. All required landscape shall be equipped with automatic sprinkler systems and shall be permanently maintained.

G. Recreation Facilities.

1. A minimum of two hundred square feet of area for each mobile home site shall be devoted to recreational uses.

2. No building within the park shall exceed thirty-five feet in height.

3. Concrete sidewalks a minimum of four feet wide shall be provided for foot traffic leading to recreational facilities and shall be designed so as to serve each lot.

H. Storage Yards. Areas designed for storage of travel trailers, campers, boats, etc., shall be provided within the boundary of the mobile home park as per the following standards:

1. One storage space shall be provided for each three mobile home sites.

2. Each storage space shall measure ten feet in width by twenty-five feet in depth.

3. The storage yard shall be paved with asphaltic concrete with suitable base materials.

4. The storage yard shall be located in an unobtrusive manner within the confines of the park, as approved by the city.

5. The storage yard shall be surrounded and screened from view by a six-foot-high opaque screen or wall and shall be equipped with a six-foot-high sight-obscuring gate.

I. Garbage and Trash Receptacles.

1. On-site garbage cans shall be installed below finish grade.

2. Central collection areas shall be established for trash and garbage disposal. Each collection area shall be appropriately screened so as to conceal the use.

J. Clothes Drying Yards. If clothes drying yards are provided, they shall be completely screened from view. Such screening shall be subject to the approval of the planning commission.

K. Utilities, Antennas and Interior Street Lights. All utility service, cable radio or television antennas or service shall be underground. All interior streets shall be lighted with street electrolier-type light standards according to standards approved for street safety.

L. Sewers. Each mobile home lot shall be connected to a city sewer or to a system approved by the proper jurisdiction.

M. Commercial Uses. Commercial uses shall not be permitted in any mobile home park irrespective of the zone in which the park is located, other than those services for the use and convenience of residents of the mobile home park. Additionally, a resident directory, lighted, may be placed inside the park in a position where it is visible from the entry drive.

N. Street Names and Numbers. All street names and the park numbering system shall be approved by the planning commission.

O. Miscellaneous Requirements.

1. Only one mobile home may be placed on a lot.

2. No equipment shall be permitted above the roof line of any mobile home.

3. No mobile home shall be hauled to, or stored within a mobile home park unless it is properly erected on a site approved for such use.

4. Aviaries, poultry, farm animals and horses are prohibited.

5. No storage under a mobile home is permitted except for operating equipment which is a part of the mobile home.

(Ord. 87-2 § 5.05-03, 1987)