(A) Site size. A minimum parcel size of five acres is required for development of a manufactured home park.
(B) Vehicular and pedestrian access.
(1) Manufactured home parks shall abut and have direct access to a street.
(2) Access drives shall be provided to each manufactured home space, shall be continuous unless provided with adequate turn-around area or cul-de-sac and shall have a minimum width of 20 feet. The point of principal access to the street shall be at least 36 feet in width.
(3) Walkways, not less than two feet in width, shall be provided from each manufactured home space to service buildings and along both sides of all access drives.
(C) Perimeter treatment. Except as required for vision clearance, the outer perimeter of each park shall be improved with one of the following:
(1) Sight-obscuring fence or wall not less than five, nor more than six, feet in height;
(2) Maintained evergreen landscaping that is at least five feet in depth, will mature within three years, and reach at least five feet in height at maturity; or
(3) Combination of divisions (C)(1) and (C)(2) above.
(D) Occupied area surface treatment.
(1) Unless in conflict with state laws and regulations, all areas covered by manufactured homes and accessory buildings shall be paved with asphalt or concrete, or covered with permanently contained crushed rock.
(2) If required by state statute, each manufactured home space shall be improved with one patio of concrete or other suitable impervious material, having a minimum area of 150 square feet.
(E) Open areas.
(1) All open areas, except as otherwise specified herein, shall be suitably landscaped according to plans and specifications approved by the Planning Commission. Such areas shall be continuously maintained.
(2) If required by state statute, a minimum of 200 square feet of recreation area of each manufactured home space shall be provided in one or more locations within the manufactured home park or subdivision. The minimum size of each required recreation area shall be 5,000 square feet.
(F) Storage area.
(1) A centralized storage area for boats, campers, camping trailers and automobiles shall be provided in each manufactured home park or subdivision. Such storage area shall contain a minimum of 160 square feet for each manufactured home space and shall be enclosed by a sight-obscuring fence.
(2) Storage buildings shall have a maximum floor area of 25 square feet. Carports shall not exceed 800 square feet in area unless designed to serve two adjacent manufactured home spaces in which case they may be 1,600 square feet in area.
(3) Storage structures and carports shall be located not less than six feet from any manufactured home and shall be subject to all of the applicable permits and Building Codes of the city. A storage building and carport shall be provided on each manufactured home space.
(G) Utilities. All utilities (such as, sewer, water, natural gas, electricity, telephone and television cable) shall be installed underground in locations approved by the city.
(H) Age of manufactured home. Prior to location of a manufactured home in a manufactured home park, the owner or occupant shall establish to the satisfaction of the Building Inspector that the manufactured home is constructed in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.), as amended on 8-22-1981.
(I) Signs. Signs are limited to one identification sign with a maximum area on one side of 12 square feet. Such sign may be indirectly illuminated, but shall not contain exposed neon or similar tubing and shall not flash, rotate or move in any way. Design approval of the sign is subject to the review of the Commission to assure that it will be harmonious to the neighborhood.
(Prior Code, § 16.110.010)