Chapter 17.74
RMH, TRAILERS AND TRAILER PARKS
Sections:
17.74.010 State statutes adopted.
17.74.020 State plumbing, building and electrical standards adopted.
17.74.040 Camping sites prohibited.
17.74.060 Division of Housing defined.
17.74.070 Use permit—Building permit—Time limits.
17.74.080 Parking on private land.
17.74.090 Driveway requirements.
17.74.110 Establishment, expansion standards.
17.74.120 Construction standards.
17.74.130 Mobilehome installation.
17.74.010 State statutes adopted.
The Mobilehome Park Act of the state, contained in Part 2 of the Health and Safety Code, is adopted as the primary code for the city and such shall constitute the laws regulating mobilehomes and mobilehome parks within the city except as modified by this chapter. The fee schedule set forth by the state as it may be amended from time to time is also adopted as the fees charged by the city as it pertains to mobilehomes and mobilehome parks. (Ord. 323 § 23, 1975: Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.020 State plumbing, building and electrical standards adopted.
Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Chapter 5 of the California Administrative Code, as now existing or as hereafter may be amended by the Division of Housing of the Department of the Industrial Relations of the state, are adopted as a primary code of the city, and shall constitute the rules and regulations concerning plumbing installations in mobilehome parks, rules and regulations for structures in mobilehome parks, and rules and regulations for electrical standards in mobilehome parks in the city. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.030 Definition.
Section 18,200 of the Mobilehome Park Act shall read as follows:
“Mobilehome park as used in this part, means any tract of land where space is rented or held out for rent to one or more owners of mobilehomes. Mobilehome parks shall be located in residential mobilehome zone known as RMH Zone and shall be subject to issuance of a Use Permit.”
(Ord. 262 § 1, 1970: Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.040 Camping sites prohibited.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Mobilehome Park Act, no camping sites, or tent sites, or tent houses shall be maintained within the city. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.050 Enforcement.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by such city employee as the city council may, from time to time, determine. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.060 Division of housing defined.
Reference to the Division of Housing in Chapter 4 of the Mobilehome Park Act, shall be construed to mean the city. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.070 Use permit—Building permit—Time limits.
All use permits issued in conformance with this chapter shall expire six months from the date of issuance if work of construction is not commenced under such permit within such time. Any building permit issued for the construction of a mobilehome park shall expire sixty days from the date of issuance if work is not commenced pursuant to such building permit. Either permit may be renewed at any time within one year from date of issuance, without further public hearing upon a showing of due diligence by the owner of the land. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.080 Parking on private land.
No mobilehome shall be parked on private land outside a regularly established mobilehome park for a period of more than forty-eight hours except as provided under Section 17.58.055. Trailers eighteen feet in length or less may be kept in rear yards within set back lines if such trailer is uninhabited and not visible from a front street. (Ord. 445 Exh. A (part), 1981; Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.090 Driveway requirements.
Section 18,278 of the Mobilehome Park Act shall be construed to read:
“Each mobilehome site shall front upon a driveway of not less than thirty feet in clear width. All driveways shall have clear and unobstructed access to a public thoroughfare.”
(Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.100 Violation—Penalty.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the code incorporated in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.110 Establishment, expansion standards.
No mobilehome park shall be established nor shall any extension or expansion of a mobilehome park be approved unless it meets one of the following two standards:
1. The mobilehome park is developed to contain a maximum average of seven mobilehome sites per gross acre. (EXAMPLE: a seventeen acre development could have a maximum of seven by seventeen equals one hundred nineteen mobilehome sites); or
2. Each mobilehome site has the following dimensions:
a. Forty-two feet by seventy feet for twelve feet wide mobilehomes,
b. An additional one foot in width for each additional foot in width of the mobilehome. (Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.120 Construction standards.
The following standards shall be complied with by all mobilehome parks within the city on which construction is commenced after the effective date of the ordinance codified herein, or to which additions are made after the effective date of the ordinance codified herein:
1. Each mobilehome site shall have at least two improved automobile parking spaces of a minimum size of ten feet by twenty feet. One such space can be provided off the mobilehome site itself. Said parking spaces shall be improved with an adequate base approved by the building department and either two inches of macadam topping or four inches of concrete topping as approved by the building department;
2. Each mobilehome park shall have a minimum entrance of at least thirty-six feet and the radius of each cul-de-sac within such park shall be a minimum of at least thirty feet. Streets shall be a minimum of thirty-three feet where parking is allowed on one side, and shall be a minimum of forty-two feet where parking is allowed on both sides. All mobilehome spaces shall be served from internal park streets within the park and there shall be no direct access from mobilehome spaces to a public street or alley;
3. Each mobilehome parking area shall be provided with a stand area completely paved with cement or asphalt or in a suitable manner to provide drainage, sanitation and prevention of uncontrolled growth in and around each mobilehome parking space with the requirement that the mobilehome be skirted;
4. All roadways within the mobilehome park shall be paved with asphalt or concrete surfacing and shall have adequate concrete curbs and/or gutters to provide proper surface drainage. Such paving shall meet the standards required for city streets;
5. Adequate underground storm drains shall be provided to prevent flooding of the mobilehome sites;
6. Each mobilehome park shall provide a minimum recreation area or areas within the park of not less than two hundred square feet per mobilehome site. This area may include recreational rooms, buffer zones, if developed for recreational purposes, walking paths, playgrounds and other recreational areas, but shall not include roadways, auto parking areas, or the mobilehome site itself;
7. Where mobilehome units are situated adjacent to public roadways, they shall be set back a minimum of twenty-five feet. Setback on roadways inside mobilehome parks shall be a minimum of five feet;
8. Mobilehome sites shall be so situated that no mobilehome shall be closer than ten feet from another mobilehome or permanent structure. Where canopies, awnings or carports are erected between mobilehomes, a minimum of ten feet clearance shall be maintained between structures;
9. All garbage and refuse cans shall be located underground or in an enclosed area and each park shall provide adequate holding facilities for waste materials;
10. Street names within parks shall be approved by the planning commission;
11. Each park shall provide, within the perimeter of the mobilehome park, parking space off the roadways and in addition to other required space, sufficient to store camp and boat trailers, in a ratio of one camp or boat trailer to each five mobilehome sites. If the developer fails to provide such area, no storage of camp or boat trailers shall be permitted within the mobilehome park;
12. Occupancy and/or Utility Hook-up Inspection Fee. A fee of twenty dollars for inspection and fifteen dollars for reinspection shall be charged per space. No occupancy shall occur until inspection has been made for utility hook-ups, set-back requirements and minimum space requirements;
13. Adequate landscaping details and plans shall be approved by the planning commission as a condition of the use permit;
14. 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 mobilehome park shall be placed underground, except as follows:
Equipment appurtenant to underground facilities such as surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts. The developer is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section, and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies involved for the installation of said facilities. The planning commission may waive the requirements of this paragraph if topographical, soil, or any other conditions make underground installation of said facilities unreasonable or impractical;
15. Mobilehome parks that adjoin R-1 or R-2 zoned property must be buffered by one or a combination of the following methods noted below and as approved by the planning commission:
a. An area buffer zone, with controlled usage for recreational purposes containing no storage and no structures. Such buffer zone shall be no less than one hundred feet in width and landscaping plans in detail must be submitted to and approved by the planning commission,
b. A zoned buffer zone, consisting of R-3, R-4, commercial or industrial zoning. A minimum setback of twenty-five feet shall be maintained. Where RMH zoned property adjoins R-1 and R-2 zoned property, a buffer zone will be required on all sides. No buffer zones are required where RMH zoned property adjoins R-3, R-4, commercially or industrially zoned property,
c. A physical buffer zone which consists of a planted buffer zone not less than fifteen feet in width and approved by the planning commission, or natural barriers such as cliffs or hillsides; provided, that such terrain substantially obstructs viewing the property from adjacent property;
16. Areas shall not be considered suitable for use permits for a mobilehome park which do not have direct access to a select major thoroughfare and which contain less than five acres of land. (Ord. 360 § 1, 1977; Ord. 323 § 25, 1975; Ord. 258 § 2 (part), 1970)
17.74.130 Mobilehome installation.
Pursuant to Sections 37039, 18300, 18613 and 18614 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, the city does hereby adopt those certain regulations and amendments thereto contained in Title 25, Chapter 5 of the California Administrative Code, pertaining to mobilehome installation. In accordance therewith, a developer, lessee or individual, must apply to the city building inspector for an installation permit prior to the placing of a mobilehome upon any mobilehome site.
For the issuance of such a permit, the city building inspector will charge the following:
A. Application filing fee, five dollars;
B. Installation permit fee, fifteen dollars;
C. Reinspection fee, fifteen dollars. (Ord. 317 § 1, 1974)