Chapter 17.68
MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS
Sections:
17.68.030 Park administration.
17.68.010 Purpose and intent.
The purpose of this chapter is to accommodate the placement of manufactured homes in designated park developments. (Ord. 1160 NS § 1, 1997).
17.68.020 Design standards.
The following standards and requirements shall govern the design of a manufactured home park:
A. Minimum lot size: one and one-half acres.
B. Maximum density: 12 units per acre.
C. A minimum of one point of ingress/egress to a dedicated public street shall be provided. The planning commission may require additional access points for safety and emergency access. Dedicated streets inside the park and the frontage streets (lot line to lot line) that adjoin the property to the center of the dedicated right-of-way shall be paved.
D. All utilities including electrical distribution and telephone service systems shall be installed underground except for access terminals.
E. Spaces within a manufactured home park shall contain a minimum of 3,500 square feet in the R-2, R-3, and C-3 districts and a minimum of 5,000 square feet in the R-1-S district, with a maximum building coverage area including the manufactured home of 50 percent of such space. Only one manufactured home shall be permitted on a space. The boundary of each space shall be permanently marked to locate any space line in the field.
F. A minimum of eight percent of the total gross area of the park shall be designated and maintained as a recreational area for occupants of the park.
G. Setbacks in a manufactured home park shall be as follows:
1. Fifteen feet between dwelling units;
2. Twenty feet from the property boundary line abutting a public street or highway and 10 feet from other roadways;
3. Twenty feet from the perimeter of the park.
H. Visitor parking in addition to that required per unit (CMC 17.72.080) shall be provided in parking areas distributed around the park, not to be less than two parking spaces per 10 homes, nor more than one space per home. All off-street parking spaces shall be surfaced with four inches of crushed rock or gravel, or paved with asphalt or concrete.
I. Outdoor lighting shall be provided to adequately illuminate internal roadways and pedestrian walkways as determined by the city street superintendent.
J. Walkways shall be provided to all service buildings and to all recreation, play, and all other areas reserved for general occupant use. The walkways shall be at least five feet wide, of which three feet shall be surfaced.
K. The planning commission may recommend that the park be enclosed on all sides with a permanently maintained sight-obscuring fence, or buffer of trees or shrubs, with a maximum of six feet in height on all sides not fronting on a public right-of-way and a maximum of four feet in height on all sides fronting on a public right-of-way.
L. All open areas of the manufactured home park not otherwise used for park purposes shall be landscaped and maintained.
M. Signs identifying the manufactured home park shall conform to applicable sign ordinances. All manufactured home park spaces shall be numbered either with a sign or other method to facilitate emergency vehicle response. All internal street or drives shall be named and signed to facilitate emergency access.
N. All vehicular ways shall meet or exceed the following minimum requirements:
1. Private Roads.
a. The right-of-way shall be a minimum of 30 feet in width, paved 28 feet curb to curb.
b. All private roadways and dedicated streets shall be designed and maintained to carry emergency vehicles. Maintenance of private roads shall not be the responsibility of the city.
2. Dedicated public rights-of-way which are designed to serve a manufactured home park shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements as specified by the city street superintendent.
O. Support system and stabilizing devices for any manufactured home shall be designed and installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications or when the manufacturer’s installation specifications are not available the adopted standards of a federal or state regulatory agency.
P. Accessory structures installed in a manufactured home park shall meet or exceed the requirements of the Uniform Building Code and other applicable laws. (Ord. 1160 NS § 1, 1997).
17.68.030 Park administration.
A. It is the responsibility of the park owner and manager to assure that the provisions of this title are observed and maintained within the manufactured home park. Violations of this title shall subject both the owner and the manager to the penalties in Chapter 17.124 CMC. The owner, or designated agent, shall be available and responsible for the direct management of the manufactured home park.
B. The manufactured home park shall be maintained free of any flammable materials in amounts which might communicate fires between manufactured homes and other improvements.
C. Refuse shall be collected and disposed of on a regular and sanitary basis. (Ord. 1160 NS § 1, 1997).