1161.01 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

   The sanitary regulations prescribed by the Ohio Department of Health or other authority having jurisdiction, the regulations of the Building Code and other applicable codes of the City and any other applicable law, shall be complied with, in addition to the following regulations:

   (a)    Entrance to Trailer Parks. No vehicular entrance to, or exit from, any trailer park, wherever the same may be located, shall be within 200 feet, measured along the street right-of-way line, from any school, public playground, church, hospital, library or institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another block, or another street which the premises in question do not abut.

   (b)    Park Area. The minimum trailer park area shall be 40,000 square feet.

   (c)    Lot Area. The minimum lot area per trailer unit site within the trailer park shall be 2,500 square feet.

   (d)    Lot Width. The minimum lot width per trailer unit site within the trailer park shall be thirty feet. Each lot shall be clearly defined by a permanent marker in the ground.

   (e)    Lot Area Occupancy. The buildings, cabins and trailers in any trailer park, together with any nonaccessory buildings already existing within such trailer park, shall not occupy in the aggregate more than twenty-five percent of the total area of such trailer park.

   (f)   Access. Each trailer park shall abut upon a public street and each trailer unit lot shall have direct access to a private hard-surfaced road.

   (g)    Distance Between Trailers. The minimum distance between neighboring trailers shall be not less than twenty feet, such distance applying to awnings, porches, lean-to's or other structures or equipment of a porch character designed to be carried in, on or with the mobile home or travel trailer and installed, assembled or erected as appurtenances to the mobile home or travel trailer when parked.

   (h)    Parking. All areas used for automobile access and parking shall comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter, provided that there shall be at least one off street parking space for each lot to be occupied by a mobile home or travel trailer plus one additional parking space for each four such lots, for the purpose of accommodating guests.

   (i)    Speed Limit and Traffic Regulations. No person shall operate any type of vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of ten miles per hour within any trailer park, except for emergency or public safety vehicles on call. All traffic laws of the State and of the City pertinent to the operation and maintenance of traffic vehicles and traffic safety shall apply within the trailer park, with the consent of the owner of such park.

   (j)    Street Names. All streets within a trailer park shall be named, and appropriate signs erected, in accordance with regulations of the City.

   (k)    Concrete Slab. Each trailer unit lot shall be equipped with a concrete slab of sufficient size to support the wheels and the front parking jack. Such slab shall have a minimum horizontal dimension of eight feet by ten feet and a minimum thickness of four inches.

   (l)    Interior Streets. The minimum roadway width of interior one-way streets with parking permitted on one side shall be twenty-one feet. The minimum roadway width of two-way streets without parking permitted shall be twenty feet. Such streets shall be paved according to City specifications for residential streets, maintained in good condition and lighted at night. All interior streets shall be so arranged as to permit the Fire Division apparatus to approach to within 200 feet of any part of any parking mobile home or trailer unit.

   (m)    Recreation Areas. There shall be provided within each trailer park an adequate site or sites for recreation, for the exclusive use of the park's occupants. Such recreation site or sites shall have a minimum area in the aggregate of seventy-five square feet for each trailer unit space in such park. The recreation sites shall be of appropriate design and provided with appropriate equipment.

   (n)    Landscaping; Unused Areas. All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, buildings and services shall be completely and permanently landscaped and the entire site maintained in good condition. A landscaped strip of land, not less than ten feet in width, shall be established and maintained within the trailer park along its exterior boundaries.

   (o)    Length of Occupancy. No trailer unit shall remain in a trailer park for a period exceeding seven days without connection to the permanent sanitary sewer system of the park.

   (p)    Utilities. A Municipal sanitary sewer and Municipal water system shall be installed in accordance with City specifications. Trailer units not equipped with water and sewer facilities shall be located not more than 200 feet from a community utility building which shall provide separate toilet and shower facilities for each sex. Fire hydrants shall be located within the trailer park in accordance with the specifications of the American Insurance Association and subject to approval by the Fire Chief of the City. Each trailer unit shall be equipped with one electric outlet minimum and it is recommended that each trailer unit be provided with electrical supply as required by National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 501 B, provided that grounding and bonding shall be performed in a good workmanlike manner and shall provide good electrical connections between all grounding members, and provided further that gas piping shall not be used as the ground electrode.

   (q)    Rubbish. All areas around trailer units shall be kept free from an accumulation of rubbish, including paper, leaves and brush. Containers shall be provided for disposing of rubbish and a collection system maintained. Burning of rubbish shall be permitted either in incinerators provided or as determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

   (r)    Permanent Structures. All structures built permanently in place in conjunction with a mobile home or travel trailer unit shall not be considered as part of the mobile home or travel trailer unit. Such structures shall be considered as buildings and thus subject to the provisions of applicable Building Code provisions and other appropriate regulations and requirements.

      (Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)