Mobile home parks shall conform to the following requirements.
(A) Location shall be the same as contained in § 11-1116 of this article.
(B) Mobile home spaces shall be provided consisting of a minimum of 4,000 square feet for each space and which shall be clearly defined and marked.
(C) Each mobile home space shall be provided with a storage locker of at least 100 square feet of floor area; and there shall be no open storage.
(D) There shall be no additions made to mobile homes except those additions which shall not be in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter.
(E) Mobile homes shall be harbored on each space so that there shall be at least a 20-foot clearance between mobile homes; provided that, with respect to mobile homes parked end to end, the end to end clearance may be less than 20 feet, but not less than 15 feet. No mobile home shall be located closer than 25 feet from any building within the mobile home park or from any property line bounding the mobile home park. No mobile home shall be located closer than ten feet from the curb line of an interior roadway.
(F) (1) No mobile home shall have direct access to a public right-of-way. Off-street or off-roadway parking spaces shall be maintained on each mobile home space at a minimum ratio of two car parking spaces for each mobile home space. All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a private roadway at least 20 feet in width.
(2) No parking shall be permitted on any such roadway which is less than 30 feet in width.
(3) All such roadways shall have unobstructed access to a public street or highway; provided that, the sole vehicular access shall not be an alley and that all dead end roadways shall include adequate vehicular turning space or cul-de-sac.
(G) All roadways and walks within the mobile home park shall be all weather-surfaced, maintained and adequately lighted as per residential street lighting requirements of the city.
(H) A park and recreation area shall be provided having a minimum of 150 square feet per mobile home space; provided that, this requirement may be waived when the mobile home community is adjacent or within 400 feet of a public park or recreation area.
(I) All electrical distribution systems, plumbing systems and telephone service systems to each mobile home space, except outlets and risers, shall be underground. Each mobile home space shall be provided with a 115-volt and 230-volt service with a minimum of 100 ampere per individual service outlet.
(J) Outdoor laundry drying space of adequate area and suitable location shall be provided and equipped with necessary clothes lines and other essentials.
(K) Whenever master television antenna systems are to be installed, the complete plans and specifications for the system must be approved by the Zoning Administrator. Distribution to individual mobile home spaces shall be underground and shall terminate adjacent to the electrical outlet.
(L) A landscape buffer shall be provided not less than 15 feet in width and said landscape buffer shall be planted with coniferous and deciduous plant material along all edges of the mobile home park so as to provide proper screening for the park. The landscape buffer shall be properly maintained by the owner. A continuous population of deciduous and conifer trees must be maintained on all lots that will provide a 50% or greater overhead canopy when trees are at mature size.
(M) All mobile homes shall be secured to the ground by tie downs and ground anchors in accordance with standards of the state’s Department of Health.
(N) All mobile homes shall be clocked at a maximum of ten-foot centers around the perimeter of each mobile home, and this blocking shall provide 16 inches by 16 inches bearing upon the stand.
(O) Pad requirements shall be a hard surface of PC concrete or asphalt slab capable of carrying the weight and of sufficient length to support all blocking points of the mobile home.
(P) Each mobile home shall be skirted within 30 days after placement in the park by enclosing the open area under the unit with a material that is compatible with the exterior finish of the mobile home and is consistent with the quality of development of the park.
(2005 Code, § 11-1119)