A. Site Requirements:
1. All mobile homes shall be set back at least ten feet (10') from all internal private roads.
2. The minimum distance required for the separation of a mobile home from any other mobile home or other building shall be fifteen feet (15').
3. An RMH development shall include landscaped open space of two hundred (200) square feet for each dwelling unit in the proposed project. Landscaped buffers required under section 15.4.1.6 of this title may be counted toward half the required open space, but at least half the required open space shall be designed for use by residents of the project as active or passive recreation space separate from the buffers. Required open space shall be deed restricted to maintain its character as open space which shall not be paved or covered in any way except as allowed by this section. Play equipment for children with pervious, safe ground cover may be allowed in the open space and shall not be considered cover. Up to twenty percent (20%) of the required open space for a project may be covered by tennis courts, swimming pools or other hard surfaces designed for recreational use. All other required open space shall be landscaped in accordance with section 15.4.1.3 of this title. All utilities such as sewer, water, electricity, gas, oil, telephone, and cable television, shall be placed underground.
4. A six foot (6') ornamental wall, chainlink fence with slats, or other ornamental fence, dense evergreen hedges (to have attained a height of 6 feet in not more than 3 years) or a combination of the above shall be constructed along property lines contiguous to areas of existing conventional residential construction and subject to the provision of architectural review by the planning services division.
5. A landscaping plan of the proposed park, including at least one tree per mobile home lot of at least one and one-half inch (11/2") diameter measured three feet (3') aboveground, shall be submitted for approval by the administrative official. No more than thirty percent (30%) of the landscaped area may be maintained in ornamental rock or gravel.
B. Access And Street Requirements:
1. All mobile home lots must be served from internal private streets within the mobile home park and there shall be no direct access from a mobile home lot to a public street or alley.
2. The minimum number of required parking spaces shall conform with section 15.4.8 of this title.
3. All interior private streets shall be a minimum of twenty four feet (24') in width which may include parking areas. However, a minimum of ten feet (10') for a one-way street or twenty feet (20') for a two-way street shall be reserved for traffic lanes and shall not contain any parking. All streets and parking areas shall be paved with hot mix asphalt, concrete, or the equivalent thereof surfacing which shall be durable and well drained under normal use and weather conditions.
4. No internal private street access to public streets shall be located closer than one hundred twenty five feet (125') to any public street intersection.
5. All interior cul-de-sac streets shall have a minimum outside turning radius of thirty eight feet (38').
6. All interior private street corners shall have a minimum fifteen foot (15') radius.
7. All streets shall be lighted in accordance with the standards of the city and the state for mobile home parks.
8. Stop signs shall be placed at all intersections involving public streets and yield signs placed appropriately on internal private streets.
C. Additional Facilities:
1. Each mobile home park shall provide screened areas for refuse disposal of an adequate size for the number of units served, and shall provide for the collection of such refuse on a regularly scheduled basis. The location of such trash collection points shall not be more than two hundred feet (200') from any mobile home measured along an all weather surface.
2. Each mobile home park shall be responsible to ensure that storage area is provided containing a minimum of two hundred (200) cubic feet of space capable of being locked for each rental mobile home. Such facilities shall be provided on each individual lot or in centralized locations not more than one hundred feet (100') from each lot served. Such storage facilities shall be designed in a manner that will not detract from the appearance of the development and shall be constructed of a suitable weatherproof material. (Ord. 2013-20)