17.12.060 General standards for mobile home park development

17.12.060 General standards for mobile home park development.

A. Access. A mobile home park shall be established on a site that has frontage on, or access, approved by the City Engineer, to a publicly owned and maintained street. If the street is not publicly maintained, a maintenance agreement approved by the City Engineer will be required.

B. Park Streets. Construct well drained and paved streets at least twenty (20) feet in width, unobstructed and open to traffic within the mobile home park. The park street width and alignment shall be designed such that it will accommodate the backing and placement of the homes, which may require a larger than twenty (20) foot street. If the owner or operator permits parking of motor vehicles on the park streets, the owner or operator shall construct the park streets at least thirty (30) feet in width.

C. Sidewalks. A paved public sidewalk of not less than four (4) feet in width shall be provided from each mobile home site to public and private streets, common open spaces, recreational areas, and community owned buildings and facilities.

D. Paving. Park streets shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surfacing, according to the structural specifications established by the City Engineer.

1. Two (2) hard surfaced, off street parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home site, either on the site or within 200 feet thereof in the mobile home park.

2. Guest parking shall also be provided in every mobile home park, based on a ratio of one (1) parking space for each four (4) mobile home sites. Such parking shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surface.

F. Fencing and Landscaping. A landscaping plan drawn to scale shall be submitted with the preliminary plan showing the following:

1. Every mobile home park shall provide a visual buffer of evergreen, or other screening/planting, along all boundaries of the mobile home park site abutting public roads or property lines except for points of ingress and egress, with the exception of dwellings fronting and accessing a public dedicated street. Plantings shall not be less than five (5) feet in height at the time of planting and shall be maintained in a healthy, living condition for the life of the mobile home park.

2. Landscaping shall be provided within the front and side yard setback areas, and all open areas in the mobile home park not otherwise used.

3. The landscaping plan shall show the location of all landscaped materials and include plant material, total number of individual plants being used, and proposed watering system. Watering systems shall be installed to assure landscaping success. If plantings fail to survive, it is the responsibility of the property owner to replace them.

1. Acreage: There shall be a one (1) acre minimum and a two (2) acre maximum in the R 1, R 2, and R 3 zones.

2. Density:

R 1: Six (6) unit maximum per acre

R 2: Eight (8) unit maximum per acre

R 3: Ten (10) unit maximum per acre

3. Setbacks:

a. No mobile home shall be located closer than ten (10) feet from a public dedicated street. Garages facing a public dedicated street shall be twenty (20) feet from the property line.

b. No mobile home shall be located closer than ten (10) feet from an interior park property line.

4. Spacing:

a. Mobile homes shall meet all spacing criteria listed in Section 9.5 of the Oregon Manufactured Dwelling Code.

b. A mobile home shall be separated from an adjoining mobile home and its accessories by a minimum of ten (10) feet, end to end or side to side.

c. The distance between non HUD approved mobile homes placed parallel to each other may be ten (10) feet on one side, but must be at least fourteen (14) feet on the other. When not placed parallel to each other, or when parallel if one (1) or more of the units is a tip out, non HUD approved mobile homes may be ten (10) feet apart on both sides, but must be at least fourteen (14) feet apart for half (½) their length. .

d. Adjacent mobile homes in all parks must be placed at least fourteen (14) feet apart where a flammable or combustible fuel storage vessel is located on or between units.

5. Each mobile home shall have 120 square feet of one (1) or more wooden decks or slabs of patios of concrete, flagstone or equivalent material.

6. All mobile homes within the park shall be provided with skirting.

7. New parks shall be placed at least 500 feet from another park excluding parks established prior to the effective date of this ordinance.

Other Site Requirements.

1. Recreational area: Recreation areas for the residents shall be provided with a minimum of 100 square feet for each mobile home site; however, every mobile home park shall have no less than a minimum of 5,000 square feet of common play area, which shall be maintained in a clean, usable, and safe condition.

2. Accessories: Accessory structures located on a mobile home site shall be limited to the normal accessories such as an awning, cabana, ramada, patio, carport, garage, or storage building. No other structural additions shall be built onto or become part of any mobile home, and no mobile home shall support any building in any manner.

3. Utilities: All utilities including sewer, water, power, cable, telephone, and others shall be placed underground. Utilities shall be designed by a State of Oregon licensed engineer and shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer.

4. Drainage: A drainage plan to facilitate storm water runoff shall be prepared by a State of Oregon licensed engineer and shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer.

5. Trash Areas: All mobile home parks shall have shared trash and rubbish facilities and these areas must also contain areas for recycling. These facilities shall be visually screened.

6. Lighting: Artificial lighting shall not glare, deflect, or reflect onto adjacent residential zones and residential uses in the park nor be unnecessarily bright.

7. Addressing: Address identification shall be standardized throughout the park. The park owners shall be required to provide the addresses and maintain them. The numbers must be four (4) inches in size and labeled in the vertical position (reading left to right).

I. State Requirements. Rules and regulations governing mobile home facilities as contained in Oregon Revised Statute, Chapter 446, shall be applicable in the development and operation of a mobile home park, provided that the provision of this Ordinance shall prevail where said provisions are more stringent than those imposed by state law, rules, or regulations.