(A) Application. In order to obtain approval for a mobile home or manufactured home park, the property owner shall first apply, in writing, to the City Administrator on such form as the City Administrator may, from time to time, designate. The application shall include a development plan and a plat plan prepared by and bearing the seal of a state-registered surveyor or engineer, showing the following:
(1) Name and address of owner and developer(s);
(2) The existing plat or a proposed preliminary plat of the site;
(3) Location and size of all individual lots, storage areas, recreation areas, laundry drying areas, roadways, parking sites, central office and shelters;
(4) Location and size of all streets abutting the park and all proposed driveways from such streets to the park;
(5) Street construction and surfacing plans and specifications;
(6) Plans for sanitary sewage disposal, surface water drainage, water supply systems, electrical service and gas service;
(7) Setback dimensions;
(8) Plans for any and all structures;
(9) Detailed landscaping plans and specifications;
(10) Lighting plans and specifications;
(11) Location and width of sidewalks;
(12) Description of the method of disposing of garbage and refuse;
(13) Detailed description of maintenance procedures and grounds supervision;
(14) Proposed development schedule, including proposed deadlines for completion of each stage; and
(15) Such other information as required by the City Council or Planning Commission.
(B) Design standards. All mobile home or manufactured home park site plans shall conform to the following standards:
(1) Park site:
(a) Shall be drained and properly graded and meet criteria set out in the municipal code for storm or other waters; and
(b) Shall have at least two points of ingress and egress for vehicles.
(2) Individual lots:
(a) Each home lot shall contain at least 4,950 square feet of land area for the exclusive use of the occupant:
1. Width: no less than 45 feet; and
2. Depth: no less than 110 feet.
(b) Each mobile home lot shall have frontage on an approved roadway, and the corner of each mobile home lot shall be marked, and each site shall be numbered.
(c) A concrete slab or surface patio shall be constructed on the ground beside each parking space. The slab or patio shall be not less than 160 square feet and shall be a minimum of four inches thick.
(3) Setbacks:
(a) A mobile home or manufactured home park site shall have a minimum setback from adjacent properties of at least 30 feet, and this area shall be landscaped. Screening and buffer zones shall be established on the perimeter of the mobile home park in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) There shall be an unused area not less than 30 feet in depth along each street or roadway, and this area shall be sodded and landscaped.
(c) No mobile home or manufactured home shall be parked closer than five feet to the side lot lines nor closer than 20 feet to the front lot line or within ten feet of the rear lot line.
(d) There shall be an open space of at least ten feet between the side of adjacent mobile or manufactured homes.
(e) Off-street automobile parking spaces shall not be nearer than five feet from any lot line.
(4) Off-street automobile parking:
(a) Each lot shall have off-street parking space for one automobile;
(b) Each park shall maintain a hard surfaced off-street parking lot for guests of occupants in the amount of one space for each five sites; and
(c) Access drives from roadways to all parking spaces and sites shall be hard surfaced.
(5) Utilities:
(a) All mobile or manufactured homes shall be connected to a public water and sanitary sewer system or a private water and sewer system approved by the state’s Department of Health and the Director of Public Works/Parks and Recreation;
(b) Disposal of surface storm water shall conform to the city’s Storm Water Management Plan and shall be approved by the City Council;
(c) All utility connections shall be approved by the city;
(d) The source of fuel for cooking, heating or other purposes at each site shall be as approved by the city;
(e) All utilities shall be underground, including those for street and exterior lighting purposes. There shall be no overhead wires or supporting poles;
(f) No obstruction shall be permitted that impedes the inspection of plumbing, electrical facilities and related mobile and manufactured home equipment.
(g) The method of garbage, waste and trash disposal must be approved by the city;
(h) Owner shall pay all required sewer connection fees to the city; and
(i) Fire hydrants shall be installed throughout the park in such locations and to such specifications as required by the Fire Chief.
(6) Internal roadways, streets and sidewalks:
(a) Roadways shall be hard surfaced to meet the standards for at least a seven-ton street;
(b) All roads shall have hard surfaced, mountable, roll type curbs and gutters;
(c) All streets shall have a roadbed of not less than 30 feet in width. No parking shall be permitted on the street unless the roadbed shall be at least 40 feet in width;
(d) All streets and ways are hereby declared public to the extent that they shall be under the supervision and control of the police enforcement powers of the city with respect to traffic laws and such other laws as shall be applicable to public ways and places; and
(e) A cement sidewalk, not less than 30 inches wide shall be constructed adjacent to the concrete curb of all streets. This sidewalk shall be connected to each lot patio by a cement walk not less than 24 inches in width.
(7) Landscaping:
(a) Each individual lot shall be properly landscaped with hedges, grass sodding, fences, windbreaks and at least one tree of two inches in diameter;
(b) A compact hedge, privacy fence or landscaped area conforming to the provisions of § 160.030 of this chapter shall be installed around each mobile home or manufactured home park and be maintained at all times; and
(c) All areas shall be landscaped in accordance with a plan approved by the Council.
(8) Recreation: the owner(s) of all mobile or manufactured home parks shall improve, for the use of occupants, at least 10% of the park’s total land areas for recreational use (tennis courts, children’s play equipment, swimming pool, golf green and the like).
(9) Lighting:
(a) Artificial light shall be maintained during all hours of darkness in all public or community buildings; and
(b) The park grounds shall be lighted as approved by the City Council from sunset to sunrise.
(10) Shelters: each park shall include suitable storm and disaster shelter facilities constructed below ground to accommodate the number of people established by the following formula:
Shelter space (number of people) = 0.75 x number of lots x 2.5
(Prior Code, § 1110.05) (Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010)