X = Mandatory O = Optional Blank = Nonapplicable
Standards | MHS-1 | MHP-2 | TTC-3 | TTP-4 |
Standards | MHS-1 | MHP-2 | TTC-3 | TTP-4 |
Individual Services And Facilities: The following shall be provided for each mobile home or trailer space: | ||||
A. A continuing supply of safe and potable water. | X | X | X | X |
B. Sanitary facilities and a safe method of sewage disposal. | X | X | X | X |
C. Electricity for artificial lighting and to serve electrical equipment used in the mobile home. | X | X | X | X |
Lot Markers: | ||||
A. The limits of each lot in a mobile home subdivision shall be surveyed by a registered engineer or land surveyor and its boundaries staked in accordance with the provisions contained in Idaho Code section 50-1303. | ||||
B. The limits of each lot lying within a mobile home park, travel trailer court or travel trailer park shall be clearly marked on the ground by permanent flush stakes, markers or other suitable means. | X | X | X | |
C. The location of lot limits on the grounds of mobile home parks, travel trailer courts, or travel trailer parks shall be approximately the same as shown on the accepted plans. The degree of accuracy obtained by working with a scale on the plan and then a tape on the ground is acceptable. Except for the need to survey the perimeter of parks and courts herein referred to, the precise engineering of lot limits is not required either on the plans or on the ground. | X | X | X | |
Lot Size: The minimal dimensions required for mobile home lots served by public water and public sewer and accommodating mobile homes up to and including overall dimensions of 60 x 35 feet, shall be 6,000 square feet with a width of 60 feet and depth of 100 feet. | X | X | ||
In case of mobile home subdivisions or mobile home parks served with individual subsurface sewage disposal facilities, the minimum lot dimensions shall be increased to the extent of additional land needed for compliance with bulletin no. 6 "Standards For Sub-Surface Sewage Disposal Systems" as duly adopted or amended by the Idaho state department of health and is as also needed to provide an alternate space for the development of a subsurface sewage disposal system on each lot. | X | X | ||
Minimum Setbacks For Mobile Homes: Only 1 mobile home shall be permitted per lot for occupancy, and shall be so set as to be the following distances from the lines hereinafter enumerated: | X | X | ||
A. Front lot line - 15 feet. | X | X | ||
B. Rear lot line - 10 feet. | X | X | ||
C. Interior lot line - 6 feet. | X | X | ||
D. Park area boundary line abutting upon a public street or highway - 25 feet. | X | X | ||
E. Between mobile homes - 18 feet. | X | X | ||
Minimum Setbacks For Trailers: Only 1 trailer shall be permitted per lot for occupancy as a dwelling unit, and shall be so placed on the lot as to be the following distances from the lines herein enumerated: | X | X | ||
A. Front lot line - 15 feet. | X | X | ||
B. Rear lot line - 10 feet. | X | X | ||
C. Interior lot line - 6 feet. | X | X | ||
D. Park area boundary line abutting upon a public street or highway - 25 feet. | X | X | ||
E. Between trailers - 15 feet. | X | X | ||
F. The above setbacks herein established have been arrived at predicated that no additional land will be needed to comply with health requirements involving well setbacks or subsurface sewage disposal requirements. | X | X | ||
G. Travel trailer courts and parks shall be required to provide water to each site through a central distribution system and to provide a sewage collection system to serve each site for the transportation of the effluent to a remote treatment facility, such systems being subject to the approval of the Idaho state department of health or its duly designated representative. | X | |||
Mobile Home Or Trailer Stand: | X | X | X | X |
A. Objective: The objective of the stand requirement is to provide for: | ||||
1. Practical placement on and removal from the lot of the mobile home or trailer and their respective appurtenant structures. | X | X | X | X |
2. Retention of the home or trailer on the lot in a stable condition and in satisfactory relationship to its surroundings. | X | X | X | X |
B. Size: The size of the stand shall be: | ||||
1. Suitable for the general market to be served by the individual proposal. | X | X | X | X |
2. To fit dimensions of mobile homes anticipated. | X | X | X | X |
3. To accommodate mobile home or trailer appurtenant structures or appendages. | X | X | X | X |
C. Location: The location of each mobile home or trailer stand shall be at such elevation, distance, and angle in relation to the access street and the mobile home or trailer accessway, that placement and removal of the mobile home or trailer is practical. | X | X | X | X |
D. Gradient: 0 percent -- 5 percent longitudinal and adequate crown or cross gradient for surface drainage. | X | X | X | X |
E. Construction: Appropriate material properly graded, placed and compacted so as to be durable and adequate for the support of the maximum anticipated loads during all seasons. | X | X | X | X |
F. Special Facilities: Special mobile home stand facilities shall be provided as necessary to properly serve new units. Also special situations may require special facilities in some locations. | X | X | ||
Note: An alternate provision | ||||
Mobile Home Stands: The area of the mobile home stand shall be improved to provide an adequate foundation for the placement and tie down of the mobile home, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning. | X | X | ||
1. The mobile home stand shall not heave, shift or settle unevenly under the weight of the mobile home due to frost action, inadequate drainage, vibration or other forces acting on the superstructure. | ||||
2. The mobile home stand shall be provided with anchors and tie downs such as cast in place concrete "deadmen", eyelets imbedded in concrete foundations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors or other devices securing the stability of the mobile home. | ||||
3. Anchors and tie downs shall be placed at least at each corner of the mobile home stand and each shall be able to sustain a minimum tensile strength of 2,800 pounds. | ||||
Patio: | X | X | O | O |
A. Objective: The objective of the patio requirements is to provide an appropriate outdoor living space to supplement the limited interior space of a mobile home. Patio may be omitted when its equivalent is provided by mobile home models. | ||||
B. Size: Minimum 180 square feet. | X | X | X | X |
C. Location: Patio location shall be: 1) convenient to the entrance of the mobile home; 2) appropriately related to open areas of the lot and other facilities; 3) fitted to terrain and natural features; and 4) related to anticipated mobile home models. | X | X | X | X |
D. Elevation: The patio shall be at an elevation at least as high as the elevation of its mobile home stand with adequate crown or cross gradient for surface drainage. | X | X | X | X |
E. Construction: | X | X | X | X |
1. Subgrade: Well drained uniformly graded, and compacted. | X | X | X | X |
2. Provide a useful outdoor surface constructed or formed either monolithically or in movable units with weather resistant materials placed sufficiently close together to create a paved area. | ||||
Tenant Storage: | X | X | O | O |
A. Objective: The objectives of the requirements for tenant storage are to provide adequate storage facilities on or conveniently near each mobile home lot. | ||||
1. For the active storage of outdoor equipment, furniture and tools. | X | X | ||
2. For the inactive storage of such other material as is used only seasonally or infrequently by the typical tenant and cannot be conveniently stored in the typical mobile home. | X | X | ||
B. Size: Minimum 90 cubic feet for general storage for each mobile home lot, when required. | X | X | X | X |
C. Design And Location Of Storage Facilities: Unless provided in current mobile home models, storage facilities shall be provided on the lot, or in compounds located within a reasonable distance, generally not more than 100 feet from each stand. Storage facilities shall be designed in a manner that will enhance the appearance of the court and shall be constructed of suitable weather resistant materials appropriate under the use and maintenance contemplated. Storage facilities shall comply with the provisions contained in the section on structural standards. | X | X | X | X |
Yards And Distances Between Stands And Structures: The objectives of yard requirements are: | X | X | X | X |
A. Distance Between: To obtain sufficient distances between mobile homes or trailer stands on their respective lots and obstructions on adjoining land to assure privacy, adequate natural light and air, and convenient access to the unit; and | X | X | X | X |
B. Circulation: To provide for circulation around a mobile home or trailer unit for such uses of the yard spaces as are considered essential to the mobile home or trailer. | X | X | X | X |
C. Determination Of Yards: Yard width shall be measured from the required mobile home or trailer lot line. At every point, it shall be at least equal to the required minimum. Expandable rooms, enclosed patios, garages or structural additions shall be included in the mobile home standard area. Patios, carports and individual storage facilities shall be disregarded in determining yard widths. | X | X | X | X |
(Ord. 71-4, 5-12-1971)