(A) Disease. It shall be the duty of the operator or caretaker to report to the Health Officer any person residing in a mobile home park having, or reasonably suspected of having, any infectious or contagious disease.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.010)
(B) Plumbing. All plumbing shall be installed to conform with the requirements of the Plumbing Code adopted by the city. Each mobile home unit shall be provided with a connection to an approved water supply, and a connection for the drain from a kitchen sink and for a toilet, to an approved sewerage disposal system so as to constitute closed waterproof joints as required for permanent plumbing.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.020)
(C) Rubbish, bedbugs, vermin, and the like. All premises shall be clean and sanitary, free from all accumulation of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, or other offensive matter, and also free from bedbugs roaches, vermin, and rodents.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.030)
(D) Service building. One or more service buildings shall be required in each mobile home park which provides spaces for dependent mobile home parking.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.040)
(E) Service facilities and standards. Each service building shall comply with the following standards and provide the following minimum facilities.
(1) Each service building shall be located at least 15 feet from any trailer coach space.
(2) Each such building shall be of permanent structure, and the interior thereof and the exterior thereof shall be brightly lighted at all times.
(3) It shall be constructed of moisture-resistant material which will permit frequent washing and cleaning and disinfecting as necessary without excessive deterioration.
(4) It shall provide not less than one toilet for females, one toilet for males, one lavatory and shower for each sex for each ten, or fraction thereof, trailer coach spaces provided for occupancy by dependent trailers, or which are intended to be accommodated in the trailer court. In any event, it shall provide not less than two toilets for females, one toilet and one urinal for males, and one lavatory and shower for each sex;
(5) It shall provide not less than one laundry tray and one slop-water closet with independent entrance, and not less than 50 square feet of outside clothes-drying space per trailer coach space, with adequate poles and lines adjacent to the service building. Other clothes-drying facilities of adequate capacity may be provided in the service building in lieu of outside drying space;
(6) Service buildings shall have adequate heating facilities to maintain a temperature of 70F during cold weather and to supply a minimum of three gallons of hot water per hour per trailer coach space during the time of peak demands;
(7) All rooms therein shall be well ventilated and all openings shall be effectively screened; and
(8) At least one service building shall be located within 200 feet of every mobile home space designed or intended to accommodate a dependent mobile home.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.050)
(F) Collection stations. Collection stations for refuse, garbage, and sink waste should be provided as necessary, but not less than one station for each ten mobile home units, or fraction thereof. Walking distance to each collection station shall not exceed 150 feet. Convenient vehicular access shall be provided for each collection station. Such collection stations shall have a storage capacity of not less than 30 gallons per week for each mobile home space, except where all combustible refuse is incinerated as permitted herein, such capacity may be reduced to ten gallons per week. Racks or holders shall be provided for common garbage receptacles with 12 inches of clear space beneath them to facilitate cleaning and to prevent rodent harborage. Such racks shall be so designed as to minimize spillage and container deterioration. All receptacles shall be watertight, flyproof and rodentproof, and fireproof.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.060)
(G) Collection disposal and storage.
(1) The storage, collection, and disposal of refuse shall be so managed as to create no health hazards, rodents harborage, insect breeding area, accident hazards, or air pollution. When rats or other rodents are known to be in the premises, the operator shall take definite actions, as directed by the Health Officer, to exterminate them.
(2) Each mobile home space shall be provided with at least one watertight, flyproof and rodentproof container of four- to six-gallon capacity, which shall be emptied into an approved common receptacle in the collection station or disposed of in a manner as provided for herein.
(3) All garbage shall be collected at least once each week. Where public collection service is not available, the operator shall arrange for all refuse to be collected and transported to a public disposal area in covered vehicles or covered containers.
(4) Unless prohibited by law, incineration may be permitted to be used for garbage and combustible rubbish, or for combustible rubbish alone upon application to, and approval of, the Health Officer; provided that the incinerator must be property designed and operated so the materials will be reduced to an odorless gas and inorganic ash. A minimum temperature of 1,250F must be maintained in the incinerator, and a spark screen shall be provided to reduce the fire hazard. Such incinerator, if approved, shall be located at least 100 feet from the closest mobile home and/or dwelling. All other refuse shall be transported to, and disposed of, in an approved garbage disposal area as required hereinabove.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.070)
(H) Sewage. All sewage and liquid waste shall be required to be connected with public sewer facilities. Each mobile home space for independent mobile homes shall have a trapped sewer inlet to receive all mobile home wastes.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.080)
(I) Water supply.
(1) A palatable supply of water, safe for human consumption, shall be provided under pressure in quantities to meet all requirements for the maximum number of persons which may reside on the premises at any time. Water supply must come from an approved public water system.
(2) No common vessel shall be used for drinking purposes. Only approved drinking fountains or single service containers shall be installed or used.
(Prior Code, § 62.12.090)
(Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 157.999