Chapter 17.415 — Mobile Home Parks and Mobile Home Subdivisions

This chapter provides regulations for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions, where allowed by Article 2 (Zones, Allowable Land Uses, and Zone-Specific Standards). The intent is to encourage moderately priced housing and provide standards that will adequately protect residents of the parks and the City as a whole. Standards for mobile homes located outside of a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision are located in Section 17.430.220 (Mobile/Manufactured Homes). (Ord. 24-13, 10/1/2024)

The laws governing the establishment, maintenance, and operation of mobile home parks in the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Health and Safety Code Section 18000 et seq.) and the related implementing regulations in Title 25 of the Code of Regulations are made a part of this section by reference. State laws and regulations shall supersede the provisions of this chapter, unless the provisions of this chapter are more restrictive in which case the provisions of this chapter shall control.

(Ord. 24-13, 10/1/2024)

• A. Conditional use permit. A conditional use permit shall be required for any of the following:

  1. Establishment of a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision;

  2. Expansion of a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision;

• B. Site plan and design review. A new or expanded mobile home park shall require site plan and design review in compliance with Chapter 17.630 (Site Plan and Design Review) and landscape and irrigation review in compliance with Chapter 17.325 (Water Efficient Landscape and Irrigation).

• (Ord. 24-13, 10/1/2024)

This section provides standards applicable to mobile home parks.

• A. Authority to enforce. In compliance with The City of San Jacinto Ordinance 15-2 the California Department of Housing and Community Development shall enforce the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Health and Safety Code Section 18000 et seq.as it applies to established mobile home parks (MHP), including:

  1. The construction, alteration, and modification of all structures, plumbing, electrical wiring, sewage disposal construction, and gas piping in mobile home parks; and

  2. The maintenance, operation, safety, sanitation, and occupancy of mobile home parks.

• B. Allowable accessory features and structures. A mobile home park may include the following accessory features and structures only where explicitly authorized by the conditional use permit:

  1. Private mobile home spaces. Accessory structures and uses on private mobile home spaces shall be limited to:

     • a. Awnings.

     • b. Cabanas.

     • c. Carports (portable, removable, or permanent).

     • d. Fences.

     • e. Garages.

     • f. Patios.

     • g. Porches.

     • h. Ramada. i. Storage cabinets.

  2. Common facilities. Accessory structures and uses that are designed for and limited to use by residents of the mobile home park and their guests and are not allowed on the private mobile home spaces shall be limited to:

     • a. Accessory retail and service uses in compliance with Section 17.405.020 (Accessory Retail and Service Uses).

     • b. Clubhouses, community centers.

     • c. Common laundry facilities.

     • d. Park areas.

     • e. Playground.

     • f. Storage area(s) for recreational vehicles.

     • g. Swimming pools.

  • h. Washroom structures.

  • 3. Public facilities. Public utility and public service uses and structures.

• C. Mobile home park development standards.

  1. Development standards. Each mobile home park shall comply with the requirements in Table 4-2:

Notes:

• (1) The maximum density allowed within a mobile home park shall be indicated by the General Plan land use designation of the property. A density bonus may be granted in compliance with Chapter 17.310 (Affordable Housing – Density Bonuses).

• (2) See Section 17.405.040 for allowable accessory structures. Awnings may be installed to a lot line when a three-foot clearance is maintained between structures on an adjoining lot.

• (3) Exclusive of required setback areas.

• (4) Review Appendix 1 of the Landscape Design Guidelines for possible greater setback requirements on certain streets.

  2. Access.

     • a. Access to mobile home parking spaces shall be from private streets within the mobile home park only.

     • b. A street divided into separate traffic lanes by a curbed divider or similar obstacle shall be not less than 15 feet in clear width on each side of the divider.

     • c. Access from a mobile home space to a street shall be continually maintained so that the movement of a mobile home to and from the driveway is not permanently obstructed.

• d. Access from a mobile home space to a street shall be not less than 15 feet in width. Mobile home spaces shall be arranged so that it shall not be necessary to trespass on another lot.

  - e. A minimum five-foot-wide sidewalk shall be installed along the exterior street where the main entrance is located. 
  

  3. Mobile home space improvements. The following improvements shall be installed on each mobile home space:

     • a. A landscaped yard, patio, or deck of at least 300 square feet for recreation purposes. These features may be combined to meet the required 300 square feet.

     • b. The area between the ground level and the floor of a mobile home shall be screened from view by an opaque skirt entirely around the mobile home.

  4. Parking.

     • a. An occupied travel trailer, camper, motor coach, motor home, trailer coach, or any similar recreational vehicle not certified under the National Mobile Home Construction Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 4401 et seq.) shall not be allowed to be used as a dwelling within a mobile home park.

     • b. Mobile homes shall not be parked overnight on any streets, whether attached or separated from a tractor vehicle.

  5. Screening and buffering.

     • a. Decorative masonry block walls six feet high shall be erected along all exterior boundary lines of the park except that along the front boundary of the main entrance the wall shall be limited to four feet in height.

     • b. Laundry handling and drying areas shall be screened from view from outside of the park.

  6. Utilities.

     • a. Utility distribution facilities (including cable television, communication and electric lines and boxes) within a mobile home park shall be installed underground.

     • b. Mobile home parks and all mobile homes sites within parks shall be served by an approved sewer system.

     • c. Facilities for sanitation, garbage, sewage and trash disposal, and water supply shall comply with the requirements of the Building Official.

     • d. The location and size of water mains shall comply with requirements of the City Engineer.

     • e. The location and size of gas mains shall comply with the requirements of the Building Official.

D. Subdivisions in existing mobile home parks. Existing mobile home parks may be subdivided in compliance with applicable state laws and regulations.

(Ord. 24-13, 10/1/2024)

This section provides standards applicable to mobile home subdivisions.

• A. Allowable uses. In addition to the allowable features and structures listed in Section 17.415.040B , above, a mobile home subdivision may also include a temporary real estate tract office. The office shall be used only for and during the original sale of the subdivision but not to exceed a period of two years.

• B. Mobile home subdivision development standards.

  1. Dimensional standards. Each mobile home subdivision shall comply with the requirements in Table 4-2 (Development Standards for Mobile Home Parks and Subdivisions).

  2. Compliance with standards. Mobile home subdivisions shall comply with applicable design standards established by this chapter, Municipal Code Title 16 (Subdivisions), and state subdivision requirements.

  3. Community association. A community association, composed of the individual space owners, or other legal entity providing for participation by the individual space owners shall be formed for the purposes of maintaining the common areas of the subdivision, including the landscaping and recreational facilities. The association shall have the right to place a lien upon the individual spaces for all necessary costs and expenses of maintaining the area and facilities.

  4. Open space.

     • a. Mobile home subdivisions shall reserve and maintain common areas and facilities for the enjoyment of the residents of the mobile home subdivision.

• b. Each space owner shall be granted an undivided interest in the common open space in the subdivision.

• (Ord. 24-13, 10/1/2024)