(A) Access. A park shall not be established or expanded on any site that does not have frontage on or and access to a publicly owned and maintained street which has a minimum right-of-way width of sixty feet.
(B) Park street. A park street shall connect each home site to a public street or road. The park street shall be a minimum of 30 feet in width, with a surface width of at least 20 feet if no parking is allowed, and 30 feet if parking is allowed on one side only.
(C) Walkways. Walkways of not less than three feet in width shall be provided from each home site to any service building or recreational area.
(D) Paving. Parks streets and walkways shall be paved with a crushed rock base and asphalt or concrete surfacing.
(E) Off-street parking.
(1) Two parking spaces shall be provided for each home site, either on the site or within 200 feet thereof in the park, which shall be not less than nine by 18 feet in size and paved with asphalt macadam or concrete surfacing.
(2) Guest parking shall also be provided in every park, based on a ratio of one parking space for each four home sites. Such parking shall be paved with asphalt macadam or concrete surfacing, and shall be clearly defined and identified.
(F) Signs. Signs may be installed as follows:
(1) One sign not to exceed 18 square feet in area to designate the name of the park. The sign may be indirectly lighted, but shall have no flashing lights or moving parts.
(2) Incidental signs for the information and convenience of tenants and the public, relative to parking, traffic movement, office, lavatories and the like, are allowed, provided such signs do not exceed three square feet in size.
(3) No advertising signs shall be permitted.
(G) Fencing and landscaping.
(1) Every park shall provide a sight-obscuring fence, wall, evergreen or other suitable screening/planting along all boundaries of the park site abutting public roads or property lines that are common to other owners or property, except for points of ingress and egress.
(2) Wall or fences shall be six feet in height. Evergreen planting shall not be less than five feet in height, and shall be maintained in a healthy, living condition for the life of the park.
(3) Suitable landscaping shall be provided within the front and side yard setback areas, and all open areas in the park not otherwise used.
(H) Area.
(1) Size of park site. No park shall be created on a lot or parcel of land of less than the minimum lot size of the zone.
(2) Home sites. The average area of all home sites within a park shall not be less than 2,750 square feet per site, and in no case shall any one home site be less than 2,500 square feet. In the R-1, R2 and RR-3 Zone home sites shall be at or above the density of the underlying zone.
(3) Setbacks. No home or access thereto shall be located any closer than 25 feet from a park property line abutting on a public street or road, five feet from all other park property lines and ten feet from any such areas as a park street, a common parking area or a common walkway.
(4) Overnight spaces. Not more than 5% of the total park area may be used to accommodate persons wishing to park mobile homes or recreational vehicles overnight.
(I) Floodplain or floodway. All mobile home and manufactured dwelling parks must comply with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Flood Insurance Program requirements.
(J) Other site requirements.
(1) Recreational area. An average of 200 square feet of recreational area shall be provided for each home site. This area may be in one or more locations in the park, and shall be suitably improved and maintained for recreational purposes.
(2) Pad improvements. Home pads or stands shall be paved with asphaltic or concrete surfacing, or with crushed rock.
(3) Accessories. Accessory structures located on a 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 home, and no home shall support any building in any manner.
(4) State requirements. Rules and regulations governing mobile home and manufactured home facilities as contained in O.R.S. Chapter 446 and the implementing regulations, shall be applicable in the development and operation of a park, provided that the provisions of this subchapter shall prevail where said provisions are more stringent than those imposed by state law, rules or regulations.
(Ord. 385, passed 9-10-2001)