§ 21.50.120. Conditional use standards—Mobile home parks.  


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  • A.

    Minimum size of site. The minimum size of a proposed mobile home park shall be two acres, except as otherwise required for the pertinent use district.

    B.

    Traffic access. Proposed sites of five acres or less shall have adequate access to dedicated streets having a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet. All other sites shall have direct access to a collector street.

    C.

    Density. Density for proposed mobile home parks shall not exceed eight units per gross acre.

    D.

    Landscaping.

    1.

    Visual enhancement landscaping. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this subsection, all areas not devoted to mobile home spaces, buildings, structures, drives, walks, off-street parking facilities or other installations shall be planted with visual enhancement landscaping.

    2.

    Screening landscaping. Screening landscaping shall be planted along each boundary of the mobile home park, except for vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress points.

    E.

    Additional standards. All mobile home parks shall meet the standards set forth in chapter 21.70.

    F.

    Sites in flood hazard district. All mobile home parks or mobile home subdivisions of which all or a portion are within the flood hazard district shall meet the following requirements:

    1.

    Over-the-top ties shall be provided at each of the four corners of the mobile home, with two additional ties per side at intermediate locations. Mobile homes more than 50 feet long shall require one additional tie per side (applicable on mobile homes constructed earlier than 1976).

    2.

    Frame ties shall be provided at each corner of the frame, with five additional ties per side at intermediate points. Mobile homes more that 50 feet long shall require four additional ties per side.

    3.

    All components of the anchorage system shall be capable of carrying a force of 4,800 pounds.

    4.

    Any additions to the mobile home shall be similarly anchored.

    5.

    All applications for a conditional use for a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall include an evacuation plan indicating alternate vehicular access and escape routes during times of flooding.

    G.

    Sites in floodplain. No mobile homes shall be placed within the regulatory floodplain, except that mobile home parks existing before September 25, 1979, shall be permitted to place mobile homes within existing unit spaces.

(GAAB 21.05.060.M; AO No. 79-169; AO No. 85-91, 10-1-85)

Cross reference

Business licenses and regulations, tit. 10; mobile home parks, ch. 21.70; mobile home construction standards, ch. 23.35.