X = Mandatory O = Optional Blank = Nonapplicable
Standards | MHS-1 | MHP-2 | TTC-3 | TTP-4 |
Standards | MHS-1 | MHP-2 | TTC-3 | TTP-4 |
Accessway To Mobile Home Stand: | X | X | X | X |
A. Objective: Convenient access shall be provided to each mobile or trailer home stand by means of an accessway reserved for maneuvering a mobile home or trailer into position and kept free from trees and other immovable obstructions. | ||||
B. Width: Minimum width of accessway shall be 12 feet, plus extra width as necessary for maneuvering a mobile home on a curve, and as required by newer mobile home models. | X | X | X | X |
Block Size And Shape: The street system shall be designed with blocks of proper size and shape to provide desirable mobile home lots and to reduce excessive length of street construction without impairing convenient circulation and access. | X | X | ||
Circulation: The street system shall provide convenient circulation by means of minor streets and properly located by collector streets. Closed ends of dead end streets shall be provided with adequate paved vehicular turning or backing space. A turning circle shall be at least 80 feet diameter. | X | X | ||
Driveways: | X | X | X | X |
A. Extent: Driveways shall be provided on the site where necessary for convenient access to service entrances of buildings, to delivery and collection points for coal, refuse and other material, and elsewhere as needed. | X | X | X | X |
B. Width: Driveway serving a single facility or single mobile home lot: full width driveway: minimum 8 feet; where used as walk, minimum 10 feet. | X | X | X | X |
Extent Of Improvements: The street improvements shall extend continuously from the existing improved street system to provide suitable access to the mobile home stands and other important facilities on the property, to provide adequate connections to existing or future streets at the boundaries of the property and to provide convenient circulation for vehicles. | X | X | ||
General: Streets shall be provided on the site where necessary to furnish principal trafficways for convenient access to the mobile home or trailer stands and other important facilities on the property. Streets shall be privately owned except in mobile home subdivisions. | X | X | X | X |
Pavements And Surfacings Other Than Cement: Pavements and surfacings other than cement concrete shall be protected at the edges by curbs, gutters or other suitable edging where necessary to prevent raveling of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement base. | X | X | X | X |
Recognition Of Existing Facilities: The street system shall be designed: a) to recognize existing easements, utility lines, etc., which are to be preserved; and b) to permit connection to existing facilities where necessary for the proper functioning of the drainage and utility systems. | X | X | X | X |
Required Off Street Parking Areas: | ||||
A. Off street parking areas shall be provided in all mobile home parks for the use of park occupants and guests. Such areas shall be furnished at the rate of at least 1.25 car spaces for each mobile home lot. | X | X | X | X |
B. Required car parking spaces shall be so located as to provide convenient access to the mobile home, but shall not exceed a distance of 200 feet from the mobile home that it is intended to serve. | X | X | ||
Street System: | ||||
A. General Requirements: All mobile home subdivisions and parks shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each mobile home lot. Alignment and gradient shall be properly adapted to topography. | X | X | O | O |
B. Access: Access to mobile home subdivisions and parks shall be designed to minimize congestion and hazards at the entrance or exit and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. The entrance road connecting the park streets with a public street or road shall have a minimum road pavement width of 34 feet where parking is permitted on both sides, or a minimum road pavement width of 27 feet where parking is limited to 1 side. Where the primary entrance road is more than 100 feet long and does not provide access to abutting mobile home lots within such distance, the minimum road pavement width may be 24 feet, provided parking is prohibited at both sides. | X | X | O | O |
C. Internal Streets: Surfaced roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic; and, in any case, shall meet the following minimum requirements: | ||||
1. All streets except minor streets - 24 feet | ||||
2. Minor streets, no parking - 18 feet (Acceptable only if less than 500 feet long and serving less than 25 mobile homes or of any length if one-way and providing access to abutting mobile home lots on 1 side only.) | ||||
3. Cul-de-sac streets shall be limited in length to 1,000 feet and shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of at least 80 feet. | ||||
D. Required Illumination Of Park Street Systems: All parks shall be furnished with lighting units so spaced and equipped with luminaries placed at such mounting heights as will provide the following average maintained levels of illumination for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night: | X | X | X | X |
1. All parts of the park street systems: 0.6 foot-candle with a minimum of 0.1 foot-candle. | X | X | X | X |
2. Potentially hazardous locations such as major street intersections and steps or stepped ramps: individually illuminated with a minimum of 0.3 foot-candle. | X | X | X | X |
E. Street Construction And Design Standards: | ||||
1. All streets shall be provided with a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be durable and well drained under normal use and weather conditions. Pavement edges shall be protected to prevent raveling of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement base. Street surfaces shall be maintained free of cracks, holes and other hazards. | X | X | X | X |
2. Grades: Grades of all streets shall be sufficient to ensure adequate surface drainage, but shall be not more than 8 percent. Short runs with a maximum grade of 12 percent may be permitted, provided traffic safety is assured by appropriate paving, adequate leveling areas and avoidance of lateral curves. | X | X | X | X |
3. Intersections: Within 100 feet of an intersection, streets shall be at approximately right angles. A distance of at least 150 feet shall be maintained between centerlines of offset intersecting streets. Intersections of more than 2 streets at 1 point shall be avoided. | X | X | X | X |
Street System For Trailers Only: | ||||
A. General Requirements: All parking areas shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each trailer space. Alignment and gradient shall be properly adapted to topography. Surfacing and maintenance shall provide a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be well drained. | X | X | ||
B. Access: Access to travel trailer parking areas shall be designed to minimize congestion and hazards at their entrance or exit and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. All traffic into or out of the parking areas shall be through such entrances and exits. | X | X | ||
C. Internal Streets: Surfaced roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic and, in any case, shall meet the following minimum requirements: One-way, no parking - 11 feet (acceptable only if less than 500 feet total length and serving less than 25 trailer spaces) | X | X | ||
One-way, parking on 1 side only, or two-way, no parking - 18 feet (acceptable only if serving less than 50 trailer spaces). | ||||
Two-way, no parking - 24 feet | ||||
Two-way, parking on 1 side only - 27 feet | ||||
Two-way, parking on both sides - 34 feet | ||||
D. Off Street Parking And Maneuvering Space: Each travel trailer parking area shall provide sufficient parking and maneuvering space so that the parking, loading, or maneuvering of trailers incidental to parking shall not necessitate the use of any public street, sidewalk or right of way or any private grounds not part of the travel trailer parking area. | X | X | ||
Walks, General: | ||||
A. General Requirements: All parks shall be provided with safe, convenient all season pedestrian access of adequate width for intended use, durable and convenient to maintain between individual mobile homes, the park streets and all community facilities provided for park residents. Sudden changes in alignment and gradient shall be avoided. | X | X | O | O |
B. Common Walk System: A common walk system shall be provided and maintained between locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated. Such common walks shall have a minimum width of 31/2 feet. | X | X | X | X |
C. Individual Walks: All mobile home stands shall be connected to common walks, to paved streets, or to paved driveways or parking spaces connecting to a paved street. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width of 2 feet. | X | X | O | O |
Walks, Specifications: | ||||
A. Objective: Safe, convenient all season pedestrian access; of adequate width for intended use, durable and convenient to maintain. | X | X | O | O |
B. Extent: Individual walks to each mobile home stand from a paved street or from a paved driveway or parking space connecting to a paved street. | X | X | O | O |
C. Common Walks: In locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated; for example, at the court entrance, and to the court office and other important facilities. Common walks should preferably be through interior areas removed from the vicinity of streets. | X | X | O | O |
D. Width, Alignment And Gradient: Width, alignment and gradient of walks shall be appropriate for safety, convenience and appearance and shall be suitable for use both by pedestrians and for the circulation of small wheeled vehicles such as baby carriages and service carts. | X | X | X | X |
E. Width: Width shall generally be at least 11/2 feet for walks on individual lots and at least 3 feet for common walks. | X | X | O | O |
F. Changes: Sudden changes in alignment and gradient shall be avoided. | X | X | X | X |
(Ord. 71-4, 5-12-1971)