CHAPTER 12.72
MHP MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT
SECTION:
12.72.020: Application Of Provisions
12.72.040: Development Standards
12.72.010 INTENT:
A mobile home park (MHP) district is created to accommodate a demonstrated need for the development of mobile home parks and the affordable housing they offer. It is intended that the uses permitted in this district shall be designed and landscaped so as to be in harmony with adjacent residential and other uses. Said MHP zone is created to provide a means of achieving an environment of stable, desirable character not out of harmony with the surrounding neighborhood, and which provides an area or community for mobile home residential uses and other related uses. (Ord. 2000-03, 8-7-2000)
12.72.020 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS:
The MHP district shall apply to property on which a mobile home park is constructed after the effective date of this section. The city may place the MHP district on a park existing prior to the effective date of this section, subject to proper rezoning procedures. (Ord. 2000-03, 8-7-2000)
12.72.030 PERMITTED USES:
The uses listed in the table in section 12.56.040 of this title as permitted uses are allowed. In addition, the following additional uses are allowed:
A. Mobile home parks with a maximum density as determined by the planning commission (see subsection 12.72.040D of this chapter);
B. A one-family mobile home on each designated mobile home lot or space within a mobile home park;
C. Accessory uses; provided however, such uses are limited to awnings, portable, demountable or permanent cabanas, ramadas, storage cabinets, fences or windbreakers, carports, garages and porches; and
D. Parks, playgrounds, trails and other similar recreational buildings, structures and facilities, clubhouses, laundries, community centers and similar uses; provided, that all such uses are designed for and limited to use by residents of the mobile home park and their guests; further provided, that such uses are not authorized on the individual mobile home lots within mobile home parks. (Ord. 2001-13, 11-19-2001)
12.72.040 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:
This chapter sets forth standards for mobile home park development, recognizing the dual need for moderately priced housing, and standards that will adequately protect residents of such parks and the city as a whole.
A. Placement In Park: Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a trailer coach, motor home, motor coach, camper or any similar vehicle not certified under the national mobile home construction safety standards act of 1974 (42 USC section 4401 et seq.), designed or used for human occupancy, shall not be used as a place of human habitation except in a lawfully established mobile home park.
B. Manufactured Housing Excepted: The prohibition contained in subsection A of this section shall not apply to manufactured housing which would otherwise be certifiable under the national mobile home construction and safety standards act of 1974 but for the fact that such housing is designed only for erection or installation on a site built permanent foundation, not designed to be moved once so erected or installed, designed and manufactured to comply with a nationally recognized model building code or an equivalent local code, or with a state or local modular building code recognized as generally equivalent to building codes for site built housing, or with minimum property standards adopted by the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to title II of the national housing act, and to the manufacturer’s knowledge is not intended to be used other than on a site built permanent foundation.
C. Site And Structure Review: All mobile home parks shall be subject to site and structure review.
D. Density: The planning commission shall determine the allowable density for each mobile home park, based on the following criteria:
1. Provision for necessary space for compliance with this section;
2. Individual mobile home sites shall be a minimum of two thousand four hundred (2,400) square feet;
3. In no case shall the density of a mobile home park exceed the maximum density of the general plan designation of the site on which the park is located;
4. Every mobile home shall have a minimum ten foot (10’) clearance in all directions from other structures, excluding storage cabinets, except that when awnings, porches, or cabanas are attached, the minimum clearance shall be six feet (6’).
E. Building Lines: All structures and mobile homes shall have a setback of at least fifteen feet (15’) from all property lines. All structures and mobile homes shall have a setback of at least twenty feet (20’) from the ultimate right of way of any public street adjoining the mobile home park. The setback area shall be landscaped and continually maintained.
F. Recreation: Each mobile home park shall contain a minimum of six hundred (600) square feet of recreation space per mobile home site. The planning commission shall approve the location and design for any single recreation site of five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater.
G. Utilities: All utility distribution facilities (including, but not limited to, electric, communication and cable television lines) installed in and for the purpose of supplying service to any mobile home park shall be placed underground, except for equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and sealed ducts. The developer is responsible for complying with the requirements of this subsection, and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies for the installation of such facilities.
H. Tenant Storage: A minimum seventy five (75) cubic foot cabinet for storage shall be provided on each site; adequate trash enclosures and garbage collection shall be provided.
I. Parking: Parking requirements are specified in chapter 12.120 of this title.
J. Landscaping: Landscaping requirements are specified in chapter 12.124 of this title. (Ord. 2000-03, 8-7-2000)
12.72.050 SPECIAL PROVISIONS:
A. Skirting: Skirting shall be provided along all sides of the mobile home.
B. Awning: An awning, when utilized as a patio or carport, shall have dimensions of not less than ten feet by twenty feet (10’ x 20’).
C. Access: All streets shall be paved to a width of not less than twenty four feet (24’) from shoulder to shoulder. Access streets shall be thirty two feet (32’) in width if car parking is permitted on one side, and forty one feet (41’) if parking is permitted on both sides. Additional access standards to be applied within mobile home parks are as follows:
1. No access driveway shall be located closer than one hundred feet (100’) to any intersection.
2. All cul-de-sac streets shall have a minimum outside turning radius of thirty eight feet (38’).
3. All corners shall have a minimum fifteen foot (15’) radius.
4. Curbs and gutters may be installed on both sides of all streets at the discretion of the planning commission.
5. All streets shall be adequately lighted.
6. Each site shall front on an access street.
7. Stop signs shall be provided at all intersections with all public streets. (Ord. 2000-03, 8-7-2000)
12.72.060 CIRCULATION:
All mobile home park developments shall complement adjoining existing or contemplated vehicle circulation patterns. Mobile home park developments shall dedicate land, where required, adjoining public roads to the city for road widening purposes. Improvements of such land and streets to city standards may be required, as stipulated by the city engineer, to offset the burden placed on the public by the generation of new traffic. (Ord. 2000-03, 8-7-2000)
12.72.070 COORDINATION:
All pertinent state and county regulations concerning the development and operation of mobile home parks shall be observed. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate, void, or minimize such other pertinent regulations. (Ord. 2000-03, 8-7-2000)