(A) Generally. Manufactured home developments should be located to avoid the need for excessive traffic movement from the park to pass through an existing single-family residential area or area suitable for future single-family residential development.
(B) Access and street requirements.
(1) All manufactured home spaces must be served from internal private streets within the manufactured home park and there shall be no direct access from a manufactured home space to a public street or alley.
(2) Internal private streets must be graveled at a minimum and kept in good repair to prevent excessive potholes or pooling of water.
(3) A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each manufactured home lot; guest parking of one parking space per five manufactured home spaces shall be interspersed throughout the manufactured home park.
(4) No internal private street access to public streets shall be located closer than 100 feet to any public street intersection.
(5) Stop signs shall be placed at all public street intersections and yield signs placed appropriately on internal private streets.
(6) Entrance to manufactured home parks shall have direct connections to a public road and shall be designed to allow free movement of traffic on such public roads.
(7) Streets should be of adequate widths to accommodate the contemplated parking and traffic load in accordance with the type of street with 12-foot minimum moving lanes for collector streets, 12- foot minimum moving lanes for minor streets and eight-foot minimum lanes for parallel.
(C) Other requirements.
(1) Manufactured homes may be of single or multiple sections and shall not be less than 14 feet as assembled on the site, as measured across the narrowest portion.
(2) Provided with skirting material, which is not highly combustible and installed around the perimeter of the home from the bottom of the manufactured home to the ground.
(3) The hitch shall be removed.
(4) All electric service shall be underground.
(5) Each manufactured home lot shall be connected to the city water and sewer systems with individual utility service lines and valves as approved by the city.
(6) If individual collection points are not available, each manufactured home park shall provide screened areas or enclosed containers accessible for refuse collection of an adequate size for the number of units served, and shall provide for the disposal of such refuse on a regularly scheduled basis.
(7) Anchored to the ground to resist tipping and lateral movement in the manner contemplated by the manufactured design.
(8) Not less than 10% of the gross site area shall be devoted and maintained as recreational facilities for occupant needs.
(9) No manufactured home shall occupy more than 50% of the area of the lot on which it is situated.
(10) A landscaped buffer area of 12 feet in width shall be provided and maintained around the perimeter of the park, except where walks and drives penetrate the buffer.
(11) The manufactured home shall meet or exceed the federal HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.
(12) Additional development requirements may be prescribed as conditions for approval when determined to be necessary to ensure protection of the neighboring property’s character, compatibility with land uses, and health and safety of manufactured home park occupants.
(Prior Code, § 16.12.10) (Ord. 737, passed - -; Ord. 800, passed - -)