Chapter 11.125
MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES
Sections:
11.125.030 Procedures for review and approval.
11.125.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to ensure a suitable living environment for owners of manufactured homes located within manufactured home communities. The following standards are necessary to provide for the health, safety, and convenience as well as to provide affordable, single-family style housing while being compatible with the character and scale of surrounding residential neighborhoods. (Ord. 2041 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 1024 § 11.03.091, 2001).
11.125.020 Standards.
A. Permitted uses shall be single-family residential with accessory uses in conjunction with common areas and open spaces.
B. No manufactured home shall be rented for any purpose other than long-term residence.
C. The minimum site area of a manufactured housing community shall be two acres; the maximum site area for a manufactured housing community, or combination of adjacent parks, shall be 15 acres. Housing communities shall be considered “adjacent” to one another unless they are separated by an unrelated land use, and not merely by a public or private street, easement, or buffer.
D. The number of manufactured housing units within a manufactured housing community may not exceed six units per net acre.
E. Buffering and/or screening shall be required along the exterior boundaries of the project with no housing unit located closer than 20 feet from the outside property line. A landscaped strip with a minimum width of five feet shall adjoin all public rights-of-way and be improved with planting and fencing to screen the manufactured housing units from view while not impeding sight distance requirements for drivers exiting the community. Additionally, the park shall provide visual screening and landscaping as required in perimeter setback areas and open space. Landscaping may consist of suitable groundcover, shrubs and trees; provided, that they are installed prior to the first occupancy of the park, and are of such species and size as would normally fulfill a screening function within five years of being planted. Site development shall be sensitive to the preservation of existing vegetation. All trees, flowers, lawns and other landscaping features shall be maintained by the park management in a healthy, growing condition at all times. The following minimum requirements for landscaping and screening shall apply:
1. Along the exterior site boundary, a minimum 10-foot-wide planting strip of evergreen trees and shrubs.
2. Where abutting a major arterial, the planting strip shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide; provided, that a minimum 10-foot strip may be considered sufficient when it can be demonstrated that with earth sculpturing and contouring, or a sight-obscuring fence, the development is buffered sufficiently.
3. Perimeters of common parking areas and bulk storage areas shall be landscaped to provide visual screening.
F. Manufactured housing communities shall dedicate and improve at least 15 percent of developable site area as common open space with each common open space not smaller than 5,000 square feet in area.
G. Access to manufactured housing communities shall not be from a local or collector street, with no individual lot or residence having access directly to a public right-of-way outside the community boundaries.
H. Streets, drives, and parking areas shall provide safe and convenient access to units and shall be laid out to discourage outside traffic from traversing the community.
I. In addition to occupant parking, guest and service parking shall be provided within the boundaries of the park at a ratio of one parking space for each four manufactured home lots, and shall be distributed for convenient access to all lots and may be provided by a parking lane and/or separate parking areas. Clubhouse and community building parking facilities may account for up to 50 percent of this requirement.
J. Housing units shall conform to the following design standards:
1. The structure shall be placed on a permanent foundation in compliance with all applicable building regulations with its lowest finished floor no higher than 16 inches above grade.
2. The structure shall have a perimeter skirting of masonry or of a material with a masonry appearance.
3. The structure shall have exterior siding and roofing which, in color, material, and appearance is similar to the exterior siding and roofing material commonly used in residential dwellings.
4. If a garage or carport is proposed, the garage or carport shall be constructed of like materials.
K. The following minimum lot standards shall apply, in addition to those stated in subsections (A) through (J) of this section:
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Manufactured Housing Minimum Lot Standards for Subdivisions |
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Minimum lot size |
4,500 square feet |
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Minimum lot width (at building line) |
45 feet |
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Minimum lot depth |
100 feet |
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Minimum front setback |
15 feet |
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Minimum side yard |
5 feet |
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Minimum rear yard |
20 feet |
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Minimum distance between housing units |
15 feet |
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Minimum distance from edge of pavement, street or walkway |
15 feet |
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Roof pitch for every 12 feet of horizontal run |
No less than 3-foot rise |
(Ord. 2041 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 2003 § 2, 2006; Ord. 1024 § 11.03.092, 2001).
11.125.030 Procedures for review and approval.
A. Conditional Use Permit. A manufactured home park shall be allowed in the R-2 and R-3 residential zones only upon the issuance of a conditional use permit by the city. The owner, operator and occupants of a mobile home park shall develop and use the park in strict compliance with the conditions imposed by the use permit. The city shall maintain continuing jurisdiction for the review and enforcement of said conditions. (Reference Conditional Use Permits, Chapter 11.185 RCC.)
B. Binding Site Plan. If a manufactured home park remains completely under single ownership or control, including ownership by a condominium association, compliance with an approved binding site plan shall preclude the necessity to plat the park or comply with any other subdivision laws or ordinances. (Reference Binding Site Plan, Chapter 11.225 RCC.)
C. Plat Map. If a manufactured housing community is to be subdivided with intent to sell lots to individuals who may then locate manufactured housing units on the property, then the manufactured housing community project shall be considered a manufactured housing community subdivision and shall be subject to the platting process.
D. Amendments to an Approved CUP or Binding Site Plan. An approved CUP or binding site plan may be modified or amended at the request of the applicant upon receiving administrative approval by the city; provided, that if said modification or amendment affects the external impacts of the manufactured home park, or is determined by the city to be substantial in nature, then such modification or amendment shall be resubmitted to the planning commission for review. (Ord. 2041 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 1024 § 11.03.093, 2001).