The following development standards apply to all mobile home parks within the City of Santa Paula.
(A) Minimum site area. A minimum site area of 10 acres, with a minimum street frontage of 250 feet, are required for all new mobile home parks and subdivisions.
(B) Drainage. All mobile home parks must be located on a graded site with no depressions in which surface water will accumulate. The ground must be sloped to provide storm drainage run-off by means of surface or subsurface drainage facilities that connect to public storm drain facilities.
(C) Roadways.
(1) Public roadways are required to conform to standards established by the City Engineer for local streets.
(2) Private roadways within a mobile home park must have a minimum width of 32 feet if car parking is permitted on one side of the roadway, and a minimum width of 40 feet if car parking is permitted on both sides of the roadway. Roadways designed for car parking on one side must have signs or markings prohibiting the parking of vehicles on the traffic flow side of the roadway.
(3) All roadways must have clear and unobstructed access to a public thoroughfare. A roadway may have security gates as may be permitted by other city regulations.
(D) Required common open space and recreation areas.
(1) A minimum area of 200 square feet for common recreation purposes is required for each mobile home space. Such space must be located to be convenient to all residents of the mobile home park.
(2) The required common usable open space must be arranged to provide at least 50% of the space in at least one area. The minimum dimensions of such space must be 25 feet by 25 feet. The remaining required common usable open space may be distributed throughout the Mobile Home Park and need not be in one such area; provided, however, no area containing less than 50 square feet may be considered common usable open space.
(3) All required common usable open space must be improved in a manner appropriate to its intended purposes, and all landscaping must comply with the requirements of § 16.13.060. Natural features of the site reasonably worthy of preservation, as determined by the Planning Director through the design review or other permit review procedure, may be retained in their natural state and need not be improved, but must be maintained. Natural areas may be improved with such items as irrigation lines and additional plant materials to assist in assuring the lasting retention of the natural feature being preserved.
(4) A minimum of 50% of the required common usable open space must be located on those portions of the lot or building site where the slope is no greater than 10%.
(E) Accessory buildings and uses. Accessory buildings and uses that serve the entire mobile home park, including recreation facilities, laundry areas, mobile home park offices, and maintenance or storage buildings, must be located at least 200 feet from the boundary of any mobile home space. All exterior maintenance or storage areas must be enclosed by a masonry wall of at least 6 feet in height.
(F) Perimeter screening. Perimeter screening of the mobile home park must be provided as required through permit approval.
(G) Landscaping. Landscaping must be provided on all areas not used for buildings, parking, roadway, pathways, or recreational facilities. Existing natural landscape features should be retained where possible and integrated into the landscape plan. The landscaping is considered actual planting areas of lawn, trees, planter boxes, shrubs, groundcover, or other decorative material as approved by the Planning Director. Fountains, ponds, sculpture, and decorative screen walls as an integral part of the landscaping scheme are permitted.
(H) Pedestrian walkways. A connected pedestrian walkway system must be provided within the mobile home park providing access to the units, recreation areas, and open space. The walks must be a minimum of four feet in width and constructed of concrete or a similar durable material.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04)