Part 7 — R-MH—Residential Manufactured Home Park District

The R-MH Overlay District is intended to implement Policy 1.5 of Watsonville’s 2015—2023 Housing Element of adopting “mobile home park exclusive use zoning” as a method to “preserve the existing stock of affordable housing, including mobile home parks through City regulations and land use and development controls” and Goal 1.0 to “improve, conserve and preserve both the safe con-

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dition and the continued availability of Watsonville’s existing affordable housing stock in order to meet the needs of all economic segments of the community.” It is also intended to meet the Housing Element’s Five-Year Objective No. 4 to “enact mobile home exclusive use zoning” in order to “preserve the continued availability and affordability of the current affordable housing stock located in the city’s mobile home parks.”

(§ 1, Ord. 1376-19 (CM), eff. March 14, 2019)

The following uses are permitted in the R-MH Overlay District with approval of an administrative review permit:

(a) Mobile home park or manufactured home park.

• (b) Small family day care homes. (c) Parks, trails, open spaces, and other recre-

• ational uses.

(d) Supportive housing. (e) Transitional housing.

(§ 1, Ord. 1376-19 (CM), eff. March 14, 2019, as amended by § 2(3) (Exh. A), Ord. 1481-25 (CM), eff. October 9, 2025)

The following uses may be permitted in the R-MH Overlay District subject to approval of a special use permit:

• (a) Churches;

• (b) Wireless communication facilities; (c) Cemeteries;

• (d) Child day care centers; (e) Schools;

• (f) Neighborhood community centers; (g) Emergency communication towers; (h) Group foster homes; (i) Bed-and-breakfast establishments;

• (j) Farmworker housing.

(§ 1, Ord. 1376-19 (CM), eff. March 14, 2019, as amended by § 2(3) (Exh. A), Ord. 1481-25 (CM), eff. October 9, 2025)

The City Council may approve the property owner’s request for a use exception if the property owner demonstrates either of the following:

(a) That they do not have reasonable use of their property under the R-MH zoning.

(b) That the uses authorized by the R-MH zoning are not economically viable at the property’s location.

(§ 1, Ord. 1376-19 (CM), eff. March 14, 2019)

(a) Any use not specifically authorized. (§ 1, Ord. 1376-19 (CM), eff. March 14, 2019)

Mobile homes and mobile home parks shall conform to the property development standards set forth in Chapter 1 (Local Standards and Regulations for Mobile Homes and Parks) of Title 11 (Mobile Homes and Parks). Mobile homes on single-family residential lots shall conform to the property development standards set forth in Chapter 2 (Mobile Homes on Single-Family Residential Lots) of Title 11 (Mobile Homes and Parks). A design review permit shall be required for any new development in the R-MH Overlay District. A minor design review permit shall be required for any remodels or additions to existing facilities so long as the existing density is not increased or the number of mobile home spaces reduced. Mobile homes proposed for conversion or closure shall be subject to the standards set forth in Chapter 4 (Mobile Home Park Conversions or Closures) of Title 11 (Mobile Homes and Parks). (§ 1, Ord. 1376-19 (CM), eff. March 14, 2019, amended by § 3 (Exh. A), Ord. 1468-24 (CM), eff. November 7, 2024)