§ 18.20

The T-P trailer park residential district is created to provide for the accommodation of residential trailers at a standard consistent with the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the community on lots not less than one and one-half acres in area. Such district is herein deemed to be a multiple family residential district, and a trailer is herein deemed to be a dwelling.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218, 1968).

The following uses shall be permitted in the T-P district, plus such other uses as the commission may deem to be similar and not more obnoxious or detrimental to the public subject to the property development standards in Sections 18.20.060 through 18.20.190:

A.

Trailer park;

B.

Temporary or permanent telephone booths;

C.

Outdoor advertising shall be permitted. Signs shall be located on the premises and shall not exceed one hundred square feet in area on one face of the sign on any one property frontage.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.1, 1968).

18.20.030 - Uses permitted—Subject to commission review and approval.

There are no uses permitted subject to commission review and approval in the T-P district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.2, 1968).

18.20.040 - Uses permitted—Subject to conditional use permit.

There are no uses permitted subject to conditional use permit in the T-P district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.3, 1968).

The following are expressly prohibited in the T-P district:

A.

Industrial uses;

B.

Advertising structures;

C.

Commercial uses;

D.

Adult uses.

(Ord. 85-19 §6, 1985; Ord. 68-128 §5-218.4, 1968).

18.20.060 - Property development standards.

The standards codified in Sections 18.20.070 through 18.20.190 shall apply to all land and structures in the T-P trailer park district.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(part), 1968).

18.20.070 - Lot area and dimensions.

Each lot shall have a minimum area of one and one-half acres.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(A), 1968).

18.20.080 - Trailer space.

A.

Each trailer space shall be a minimum of thirty feet in width.

B.

Existing trailer parks may continue to operate after May 4, 1968, if the existing spaces are less than one thousand five hundred square feet, but in no case shall any trailer space have an area of less than one thousand square feet per space.

C.

Trailer parks may provide spaces for vacation trailers which shall have a minimum area of seven hundred fifty square feet. Only twenty percent of the trailer spaces will be used for vacation trailers.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(B), 1968).

18.20.090 - Population density.

A.

Population density standards shall apply to all trailers spaces in the district.

B.

There shall be a minimum of two thousand four hundred square feet of lot area for each trailer space in a trailer park. Lot area shall include automobile parking, access, outbuilding spaces, recreational areas, trailer parking and other similar uses.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(C), 1968).

A.

No structure or building shall have a height greater than two and one-half stories and shall not exceed thirty-five feet.

B.

Exception. Within this district, all buildings hereafter erected or existing buildings altered or moved shall comply with the height regulation, with the following exception:

Roof structures for housing or elevators, to operate and maintain the building; and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, church steeples, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, silos, water tanks, or wireless masts or similar structures, when approved by the commission, may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed, provided that the same may be safely erected and maintained at such height in view of the surrounding conditions and circumstances. No roof structures, or any spaces about the height limit shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional living or floor space.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(D), 1968).

Note: Rear yard may be used for access or parking.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(E), 1968).

18.20.120 - Distance between units or other structures.

A.

Where trailer units are located on the site, side by side, end to side, or end to end there shall be a distance of ten feet between trailer units, except where trailers abut a roadway which serves as access to and within the trailer park the minimum distance shall be thirty feet.

B.

The distance between any structure and a residential trailer shall be ten feet.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(F), 1968).

The maximum lot coverage by buildings and structures shall not exceed fifty percent of the total lot area. The trailer and its parking space shall be considered as covered area.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(G), 1968).

18.20.140 - Hedges, fences and walls.

A.

Provisions of the R-1 district in regard to setbacks, corner cut-off area requirements and swimming pool regulations shall apply to all lots located in the T-P district.

B.

The trailer park shall be enclosed with a solid masonry wall six feet high with exception of the area defined as the front yard, which shall be three feet high. If a trailer park district is next to an agricultural, commercial or manufacturing district a chain link fence with solid screen planting may be used instead of the solid masonry wall. In no case shall the height requirements be changed.

C.

Within the trailer park district, there shall not be located on any lot a fence or wall, of any type, higher than six feet.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(H), 1968).

The following provisions shall apply, subject to the general conditions section 18.32.140:

A.

There shall be one off-street automobile parking space on each lot for each trailer parking space.

B.

Guest parking. There shall be one additional off-street automobile parking space for each ten trailer spaces.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(I), 1968).

A.

The provisions of the R-1 district, Section 18.14.150, shall apply.

B.

Trailer park access ways shall have a minimum paved width of twenty feet.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(J), 1968).

Signs shall be located on the premises and shall not exceed one hundred square feet in area on one face of the sign on any one property frontage.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(K), 1968).

The minimum size of land for the purposes permitted in the T-P district shall be three acres.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(L), 1968).

Each trailer park shall be connected to the city sanitary sewer system and each trailer space shall be provided with a connection to the sanitary sewer.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.5(M), 1968).

A.

Vacation trailers will be permitted within the T-P district. Only ten percent of the trailer spaces will be used for vacation trailers. All trailer toilets, sink or washing facilities will be connected to a sanitary sewer line.

B.

Structures or accessory buildings shall not be constructed as a permanent part of a trailer.

C.

Arbors, pergolas, cabanas and other similar structures may be erected in conjunction with a trailer space, provided the structure be considered as part of the trailer, even though it shall not be permitted to be attached thereto. The minimum spacing between structures has been set forth in Section 18.20.120.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.6, 1968).

A site plan will be submitted to the planning commission for its approval before any trailer park or any buildings for trailer park purposes are erected. The provisions of Chapter 18.40 shall apply. In addition the plans shall show:

A.

Location of all trailer parking sites;

B.

Lighting for all interior access ways;

C.

Any such architectural and engineering data as may be necessary to permit the commission to make a finding that the provisions of this title are being complied with.

(Ord. 68-128 §5-218.7, 1968).

Chapter 18.22 - C-P DISTRICT—ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT

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