§ 17.38.060. Site development standards.

The following site development standards apply in the MHP district:

A.

New Mobile Home Parks or Expansions. All new mobile home parks or expansions to existing mobile home parks shall be developed to the standards set forth in this section, unless a use permit is issued which provides an exception to the standards.

B.

Minimum Lot Size. Each mobile home park shall be at least one acre in size.

C.

Minimum Mobile Home Space Size. The minimum space size for each mobile home shall be three thousand square feet.

D.

Maximum Residential Density. The maximum residential density is as provided by the general plan land use designation.

E.

Yards. The following yard requirements shall apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020:

1.

Mobile home park exterior:

a.

Front yard, ten feet,

b.

Street side yard, ten feet,

c.

Interior side and rear yard, none required;

2.

Mobile home spaces (park interior) — no mobile homes shall front on a public street:

a.

Front yard, ten feet,

b.

Side yard, five feet on one side and twelve feet on the other side,

c.

Rear yard, ten feet;

F.

Maximum Structural Height. The maximum structural height is thirty feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030.

G.

Walls and Landscaping. A solid masonry wall, concrete wall or block posts supporting solid wood inserts, six feet in height, shall be erected completely around the park. The wall shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from all abutting exterior streets. The exterior yard areas shall be landscaped, as specified in Section 17.84.040.

H.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050.

I.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86.

J.

Recreational Vehicle Parking. The requirement for recreational vehicle parking is one space per four mobile home spaces, located in a fenced and gated area.

K.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.

L.

Vehicular Access and Circulation. Vehicle access and circulation requirements are as follows:

1.

Main Entrance. The main vehicular entrance to a mobile home park shall consist of two ten-foot travel lanes for ingress and two ten-foot travel lanes for egress, separated by a landscaped median a minimum of ten feet in width. This entrance will extend to the intersection with the first cross street that connects with the park's internal circulation network. If a twenty-foot-wide secondary access is provided, the main access may be reduced to not less than a twenty-four-foot-wide undivided access.

2.

Vehicular Circulation.

a.

Except as provided in subsection (L)(1), all streets shall be a minimum of forty feet in width, curb-to-curb, if guest parking is allowed on one side of the street; or a minimum of twenty-eight feet in width, curb-to-curb, if no parking is allowed on the street.

b.

All turning and cul-de-sac radii shall meet the county fire safety standards.

c.

All streets shall be constructed and paved in accordance with county standards.

d.

No fencing, landscaping or other material impediment to visibility more than two-and-one-half feet above curb level shall be installed or maintained at the intersection of any street.

M.

Open Space and Recreation.

1.

Common landscaped open space and recreation land shall be provided in the park as follows:

a.

Common open space shall comprise sixteen percent of the gross mobile home park acreage, if the park provides a common recreation center which possesses a total floor area of not less than twenty-five square feet per lot for the first one hundred fifty lots and fifteen square feet per lot thereafter, but in no case less than two thousand square feet.

b.

Common open space shall be twenty percent of the gross mobile home park acreage, if the park does not provide a common recreation center as described in subparagraph (a) of subsection (M)(1).

2.

Park walkways, at least ten feet wide and leading to open space and recreation facilities, may count as part of the recreation area.

3.

Recreation areas shall be provided at locations convenient to park residents and the park service centers.

4.

Recreation areas may include space for common buildings and common use facilities, such as indoor recreation areas, swimming pools, outdoor courts for games and similar recreation facilities.

N.

Other Standards. The mobile home park standards of the California Department of Housing and Community Development shall be met, except where the standards of the ordinance codified in this section are more restrictive.

O.

Development Plan. An applicant for either a building permit or use permit shall submit a site plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section or in the use permit conditions will be met. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the director of resource management. If only a building permit is required for the use, then the director's approval shall be obtained prior to issuance of the permit. If a use permit is required, then the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Prior code § 5.02.180 (F))