88.0315 Standards of Design and Improvements.

(a) Compliance to Standards

Any person desiring to enlarge or establish a mobilehome park shall meet or exceed the design standards set forth in this chapter.

(b) Locations

Mobilehome parks shall be located in accordance with all applicable County and City ordinances and State laws. (c) Minimum Areas

Mobilehome parks shall be developed on a parcel of land at least 10 acres in area.

(d) Drainage and Flood Hazard

A mobilehome park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded to provide for adequate disposition of runoff. Such areas shall be free of flood hazard from external sources. The City Planner may require dedications and improvements which will insure proper protection to the park in accordance with this section.

(e) Streets and Highways

The City Planner may require additional dedication and improvements on streets and highways abutting the proposed mobilehome park in accordance with the Transportation Element of the General Plan and established widths of local and collector streets.

(f) Lot Areas and Dimensions

Each mobilehome lot shall contain a minimum area of 1,200 square feet, with a minimum width of 30 feet fronting on a driveway provided, however, that the following conditions are met.

• (1) Lots larger than the above minimum sizes may be required where it is determined that said lot size will either:

• (A) Be consistent with the general pattern established by mobilehome parks in the vicinity, or

• (B) Be necessary to accommodate manufactured home sizes as stated in the mobilehome park report submitted.

(2) Lots on curved driveways or cul-de-sacs where lot lines are either converging or diverging from the front to the rear of the lot shall have an average width of at least 30 feet, but in no case shall the frontage on a driveway be less than 25 feet.

(g) Clearances

Manufactured homes (mobilehomes) shall be located so they are at least 10 feet apart from side to side, eight feet apart from side to rear, six feet apart from rear to rear, and 10 feet from any building, except for accessory buildings used as

private toilets or baths for the exclusive use of the occupant of the mobilehome site. Mobilehome hitches shall face the access driveway.

(h) Minimum Side and Rear Lot Clearances

There shall be minimum side lot clearances totaling 10 feet in width, provided, however, that no mobilehome shall be closer than three feet to any side or rear lot line. Where lots abut side or rear yards as defined in subsection 88.0315 (j), said yard areas may be included as a part of this requirement.

(i) Occupied Area

The occupied area of each mobilehome space shall not exceed 75% of the total area of such mobilehome lot. The area shall be deemed to be occupied when covered or occupied by a trailer coach, cabana, vehicle, ramada, awning, closet, cupboard, or any other structures.

(j) Yards and Setbacks

The following yards shall be maintained on each mobilehome park.

(1) A front yard of at least 25 feet in depth along the public street upon which the mobilehome park fronts shall be maintained. This yard shall extend across the entire width of the park.

(2) Side yards of not less than five feet in width along each side boundary line of the mobilehome park shall be maintained.

(3) A rear yard of not less than 10 feet in depth along the rear boundary line of the mobilehome park shall be maintained.

(4) Greater yards or setbacks may be required where, in the opinion of the City Planner, such yards or setbacks are necessary due to topographic conditions, grading, drainage, or protection of adjacent property.

(5) No part of any mobilehome shall be located within any yard or required setback area.

(k) Roads within Mobilehome Parks

Roads within mobilehome parks shall be designed to provide reasonable and convenient traffic circulation and shall meet the following standards.

(1) No road shall be less than 32 feet in width if car parking is permitted on one side of the road, and not less than 40 feet in width if car parking is permitted on both sides.

(2) Road widths to provide for parking on one side shall be deemed necessary when lots abut the road on one side only. Road widths to provide for parking on both sides shall be deemed necessary when lots abut the road on both sides.

(3) The entire width of the roads within mobilehome parks shall be surfaced with a minimum of two-inch thick asphalt, concrete, plant mix, or other approved material.

(l) Parking

There shall be provided two parking spaces on each lot. There shall also be established and maintained within each mobilehome park automobile parking area for the use of guests. The number of such spaces shall be equal to one for every 2 mobile home spaces or fraction thereof within the mobilehome park. Each parking space shall be 10’ x 20’ in size, plus such additional area as is necessary to afford adequate ingress and egress.

(m) Walkways

Walkways shall be provided to permit reasonably direct access to all lots, service buildings, and other areas or buildings used by occupants of the trailers. Collector walkways serving utility buildings, playgrounds, and other general areas shall be four feet in width or more, and individual entrance walks to each mobilehome site shall be at least two feet in width. All walkways shall be constructed of asphalt, concrete, plant mix, or other approved materials which will permit all-weather pedestrian movement.

(n) Enclosures of Mobilehome Park

A wall or fence six feet in height shall be erected and maintained along each side and rear boundary of a mobilehome park, except along the portion of such side or rear boundary line which either abuts a public street or is within a front yard or side yard adjacent to the street, in which case, a wall or fence may be required. A wall or fence shall be solid and of concrete, brick, or other masonry construction or of chainlink metal construction with an evergreen hedge planted. Where, in the opinion of the City Planner, it is unreasonable to require the construction of a fence or wall, the City Planner, at his discretion, may waive or modify the requirements as specified in this paragraph.

(o) Service Area (Enclosure)

The City Planner may require fencing or screen planting around areas containing garbage, rubbish, or waste disposal or ground service or recreational areas as a condition of approval of a mobilehome park.

(p) Vehicle Storage

Common storage areas shall be provided with an enclosed fenced area for the residents of the mobilehome park for the storage of recreational vehicles, trailers, travel trailers, and other licensed or unlicensed vehicles. This area shall total not less than 50 square feet for each mobilehome lot. All storage on a mobilehome lot shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title 25 of the California Administrative Code.

(q) Modifications in Design

Where mobilehome parks are submitted for approval which, although not complying with the requirements of design as stated herein, are consistent with the general intent and purpose of this chapter, the Community Development Director may approve such parks with conditions and restrictions which insure that the general purposes are satisfied. (1) Park designs utilizing duplex or cell-type groupings of mobilehome lots or other modified designs may be approved under the provisions of this section.

(2) Modifications of the above standards of design may be approved under the provisions of this section for mobilehome parks, travel trailer parks, recreational trailer parks, temporary trailer parks, and tent camps. However, in no case shall such modifications be in conflict with the minimum requirements of the Mobilehome Parks Act, California Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Part 2.1 and the applicable regulations adopted pursuant thereto by the State Department of Housing and Community Development.