(A) It shall be unlawful to maintain or operate a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park without providing shelters for its inhabitants after 9-1-2004.
(B) Mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks shall be defined as having five or more spaces for rent or occupancy.
(C) General requirements of shelters shall be as follows.
(1) Requirements for above-grade or below-grade storm shelters. Every mobile home park or recreational vehicle park, of five or more mobile home spaces, which is constructed after 9-1-2004 (all mobile home parks in operation before 9-1-2004 are grandfathered in), shall provide above-grade or below-grade storm shelters which shall:
(a) Have a minimum floor area of ten square feet for each mobile home space in said mobile home park;
(b) Be designed by a licensed structural engineer or architect and built in accordance with plans signed by said structural engineer or architect;
(c) Be designed and constructed to meet all Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements and guidelines, if the shelter is located in a floodplain;
(d) Be designed and constructed to meet the minimum lighting, ventilation and exiting requirements of the city’s currently adopted editions of the Uniform Building Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, Uniform Plumbing Code and National Electrical Code where applicable;
(e) Be designed and constructed to meet all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA);
(f) Be located no farther than 1,320 linear feet from the furthest mobile home space in the mobile home park;
(g) Be designed with a perimeter drainage tile system and sub-pump to remove water from the storm shelter (below grade shelter only); and
(h) Be designed with an electrical service for lighting with emergency lights. All 125-volt electrical receptacles shall have ground fault circuit interrupter protection, except single outlet receptacles for sump pump or specified equipment are not required to have ground fault circuit interrupter protection.
(2) Additions to existing parks.
(a) For any addition of five or more mobile home spaces to any existing mobile home park, a storm shelter that complies with the general requirements of division (C)(1) above shall be provided to serve such additional spaces.
(b) For any addition of fewer than five mobile home spaces to an existing mobile home park which otherwise complies with the requirements of divisions (C)(1)(a) through (C)(1)(h) above, there is no requirement that an additional shelter be provided to serve such additional spaces. However, when two or more additions of fewer than five mobile home spaces results in a cumulative addition of five or more mobile home spaces to a mobile home park, which otherwise complies with the requirements of divisions (C)(1)(a) through (C)(1)(h) above, a storm shelter which complies with the general requirements of division (C)(1) above shall be provided to serve such additional spaces.
(3) Restroom facilities. Restroom facilities in required storm shelters shall be optional. Toilets may be either flush-type operating from normal water supply, chemical or other types as approved by the county’s Health Department.
(4) Access to shelters. The mobile home park owner, or such owner’s designated agent or representative, shall be responsible for making the storm shelter accessible and usable in times of need. It is unlawful for any required storm shelter to be used for storage purposes if such storage reduces the minimum floor area available for shelter of persons below the requirements of division (C)(1) above.
(5) Existing non-conforming mobile home parks. Any mobile home park of five or more mobile home spaces which has an existing above-grade or below-grade storm shelter as of 9-1-2004, which does not conform with the requirements of this section shall be deemed a non-conforming mobile home park with regard to the requirements for storm shelters and may continue to exist as a non-conforming mobile home park for so long as said existing shelter remains in place and usable; provided, however, that, any mobile home spaces added to such park after 9-1-2004, shall require storm shelters as provided in divisions (C)(1)(a) through (C)(1)(h) above.
(6) Registration of existing shelters. By 1-1-2005, every owner or operator of any mobile home park or recreational vehicle park of five or more spaces shall submit a site plan and a written statement setting out the number of mobile home spaces in such park and a description of any storm shelters which existed on-site prior to 1-1-2005. This submission shall be made on forms provided by the office of the Mayor and shall be annually updated with the mobile home park license renewal to show changes in the number of mobile home spaces and a description of any storm shelters constructed to serve such park.
(Ord. 004-637, passed --2004) Penalty, see § 153.99