§ 20.10.340. Manufactured home parks.  


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  • A.

    Each manufactured home space shall have a minimum area of at least three thousand square feet, with a minimum width of thirty feet and minimum depth of ninety feet.

    B.

    Minimum distance between structures:

    1.

    The minimum distance between manufactured home structures, including a garage or carport, shall be ten feet;

    2.

    The minimum distance between manufactured home structures, including a garage or carport, and manufactured home park community buildings shall be ten feet;

    3.

    The minimum distance between a structure and interior access roads shall be ten feet.

    C.

    Open space consisting of at least fifty percent of the lot area of an interior lot or forty percent of the lot area for a corner lot shall be provided.

    D.

    A minimum of five percent of the gross site area of the park shall be devoted to recreational facilities and located in a central location. Community buildings and community use facilities, including adult recreation and child play areas, swimming pools, may be included in computing the area of recreational facilities. However, vehicle-parking areas shall not be used in such computation.

    E.

    Screening. There shall be a screening wall complying with Chapter 20.16 at the perimeter of the manufactured home park. This wall shall be six feet in height at the rear property line and any interior side property lines, and forty-two inches in height at the front property line and any side property lines abutting a side street, except for necessary ingress and egress and except within twenty feet of an intersection, where the maximum height is thirty-six inches.

    F.

    There shall be a minimum of two hundred cubic feet of storage space per manufactured home unit located either in community accessory buildings accessible to all manufactured home park units or in individual accessory buildings at each manufactured home stand.

    G.

    Accessory buildings may be attached to the manufactured home or if separate shall be not less than five feet away from the manufactured home. All additions to manufactured homes shall be engineered and built to comply with currently applicable manufactured home construction standards and must be of such design that the structural components could be disassembled upon removal of the manufactured home unit.

    H.

    One off-street parking space for each manufactured home unit and one off-street parking space for guest parking for each three manufactured home units shall be provided within the manufactured home park in accordance with the standards provided in Chapter 20.14 (Off-Street Parking and Loading).

    I.

    The height limit for any structure intended for occupancy in the manufactured home park shall be thirty-five feet.

    J.

    Internal streets and all traffic control devices and street name signs within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned, built, and maintained. Internal streets shall be designed for safe and convenient access to all spaces and to common facilities.

    1.

    Internal streets shall be kept open and free of obstruction to allow emergency vehicles to have access to all spaces and to common facilities;

    2.

    Internal streets in a manufactured home park shall be constructed and maintained to city standards. They shall be kept free of cracks, holes, and other hazards;

    3.

    An internal street roadway shall have a minimum width of thirty-five feet;

    4.

    All internal streets shall be named and all manufactured homes shall be numbered to conform to block numbers on adjacent public streets. Street name signs shall be of a color and size contrasting with those used for public streets. Street name signs and address numbers shall comply with city code requirements;

    5.

    Each internal street shall be provided with street lighting.

    K.

    Tenant Responsibilities. Each park tenant shall maintain the tenant's manufactured home and lot in compliance with the following:

    1.

    The manufactured home shall be properly placed on its stand and anchored in a manner approved by the city and state. All utilities shall be properly installed in accordance with the instructions of the park's owner or operator, and in accordance with the city code. The building official has the right to refuse to issue permits to connect a manufactured home up to utilities until the tenant or owner or operator of the park shows proof that the manufactured home has been anchored in accordance with city and state regulations;

    2.

    A noncombustible skirting shall be installed around the manufactured home. Such skirting may include any vents, screens, and/or openings necessary for utility and mechanical system hookups;

    3.

    The skirting, and any porches, stairways, awnings and other additions shall be constructed and installed per city code requirements, and maintained in good repair. All requirements of the building code pertaining to single-family dwellings for like structures or additions shall be applicable;

    4.

    The space beneath a mobile shall not be used for storage of flammable or combustible items;

    5.

    A person commits an offense if the person is a park tenant and knowingly fails to maintain the person's manufactured home and lot in compliance with this section;

    6.

    A person commits an offense if the person owns or operates a park and knowingly allows a violation of this section by a tenant.

    L.

    Utilities. All utilities shall be installed in compliance with applicable code requirements.

    M.

    Recreational Vehicles in Parks.

    1.

    A maximum of five percent of the gross area of a park may be dedicated to overnight or short-term use (no longer than fourteen consecutive days) by recreational vehicles.

    2.

    Such portion of the park shall be clearly delineated and shall comply with all requirements of Title 20 for recreational vehicle parks except the requirement for a minimum number of spaces.

    3.

    A person commits an offense if the person owns or operates a park knowingly allows a violation of this section by another person.

(Ord. 16653 § 2 (part), 2007)