A.
Mobile home parks may hereafter be established only
in accordance with the procedures, requirements and limitations set
forth in this article. Mobile home parks, with such additional supporting
uses and occupancies as are permitted herein, may be established subject
to the requirements and limitations set forth in these and other regulations.
For purposes of this article, manufactured homes are not considered
to be mobile homes.
B.
It is the intent of this article to recognize mobile
homes constructed prior to October 1, 1974, as distinct and different
from units designated as mobile homes within the definitions of this
article and to prohibit units not meeting the requirements for mobile
homes as defined herein. Units constructed prior to 1974 are prohibited.
A.
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME
LICENSEE or OPERATOR
LICENSING AUTHORITY
MOBILE HOME PARK
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION
NONDEPENDENT UNIT
PERSON
RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME
SPACE
UNIT
The following definitions are used in this article:
A mobile home which does not have complete bathroom facilities.
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home
park under this article.
The City of Weyauwega.
Any park, camp, court, site, plot, parcel or tract of land
designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying
a location or locations or accommodations for 10 or more mobile homes
and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of
the equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use
of the mobile home park and its facilities. "Mobile home park" shall
not include automobile or mobile home sales lots on which unoccupied
mobile homes are parked for the sole purpose of inspection and sale.
A parcel of land platted for subdivision according to all
requirements of the City Subdivision Ordinance[1] and Comprehensive Plan, designed or intended for lots
to be conveyed by deed to individual owners for residential occupancy
primarily by mobile homes.
A mobile home that has a complete toilet and bath or shower
facilities.
An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association,
or trust, whether owner, lessee, licensee or his or its agent, heir
or assignee.
A single-family dwelling built on or after October 1, 1974,
in accordance with the ANSI Code (American National Standards Institute)
or in accordance with the HUD Code (Housing and Urban Development),
both of which govern the heating and cooling systems, electrical systems,
firesafety, body and frame construction, thermal protections and plumbing
systems. All said homes shall bear the proper approved Wisconsin insignia
as required by §§ Comm 20.12 to 20.17, Wis. Adm. Code.
"Mobile home" also means any coach, cabin, trailer, house car or other
structure which is, or was as originally constructed, designed to
be transported by any motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed,
equipped or used for sleeping, eating or living quarters or as a place
of business, or is intended to be so used, whether mounted upon wheels
or supports or capable of being moved by its own power or transported
by another vehicle, and includes any additions, attachments, foundations,
annexes and appurtenances thereto.
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one mobile home unit.
Any mobile home unit.
B.
Statutory definitions. In addition to the above definitions,
definitions contained in § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., shall also
be applicable.
A.
Prohibited location. Except as otherwise provided
in this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to inhabit or
park any mobile home or trailer outside of a licensed mobile home
community/park complying with the requirements of this article on
any street, alley, or highway, or other public place, or on any parcel
of land owned by any person, firm or corporation within the City of
Weyauwega, provided that emergency or temporary stopping or parking
is permitted on any street, alley or highway subject to other and
further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic
and parking regulations of the City of Weyauwega.
B.
Exception for parking and storing of an unoccupied
trailer. The parking of only one unoccupied trailer in an accessory
private garage building or in the rear yard of a residential premises
is permitted under this article, provided that no living quarters
shall be maintained and no business is conducted in whole or in part
from such trailer while such trailer is so parked or stored in such
place.
C.
Exception for trailer displayed for sale. The placing
of a trailer on any properly zoned nonresidential premises in the
City of Weyauwega solely for the purpose of display and sale is not
prohibited by this article, provided that such trailer is not in actual
use or occupied for residential purposes and provided further that
all other ordinances of the City of Weyauwega are fully complied with.
D.
Exception for emergency or temporary stopping or parking
on public way. Emergency or temporary stopping or parking of a trailer
on the public streets, alleys, or highways in the City of Weyauwega
for not longer than an aggregate of one hour per day is permitted
under this article, provided that any and all laws, regulations and
ordinances governing the traffic and parking of vehicles on all such
streets, alleys, or highways are fully complied with and provided
further that such stopping or parking does not violate any other ordinance
of the City of Weyauwega.
E.
Exception for present licensee. A "present licensee"
as defined in this article shall be entitled to indefinitely continue
to use and occupy the trailer presently used and occupied by such
present licensee for residential purposes under the permit issued
to and recently held by such present licensee. Such right and permit
to use and occupy such trailer of a present licensee shall continue,
however, only so long as the presently occupied trailer is used and
occupied by such present licensee and is maintained by him/her in
a sanitary condition and complies in all respects with all the provisions
of all other applicable ordinances in the City of Weyauwega and with
all provisions of the electrical and building codes of the State of
Wisconsin and with all the provisions of the rules and regulations
of the State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce and including the
State Plumbing Code, which state codes and regulations of said state
agencies are herein incorporated by reference, and only so long as
said trailer does not constitute a public nuisance and the present
licensee continues to timely pay the applicable monthly parking permit
fee for such trailer as is or may be established by separate ordinance
or resolution of the City Council.[1] This exception in favor of a present licensee is specifically
limited to the presently occupied trailer of the present licensee
and shall not apply to any replacement trailer acquired by or intended
to be occupied by the present licensee and shall not apply to any
other transferee, lessee, or tenant of the present trailer of a present
licensee or to any other occupant thereof and is specifically further
limited to the specific location in the City of Weyauwega where the
present trailer of the present licensee is now located. The permit
or license of the present licensee can be revoked for failure to comply
with any of the above conditions or for other cause, and such revocation
shall be in addition to all other penalties herein provided.[2]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish,
operate or maintain or permit to be established, operated or maintained
upon any property owned, leased or controlled by him/her a mobile
home park within the limits of the City of Weyauwega without first
having obtained a license for each such mobile home park from the
City Council pursuant to this article. Such license shall expire one
year from the date of issuance but may be renewed under the provisions
of this article for additional periods of one year.
C.
The application for a license or a renewal thereof
shall be made on forms furnished by the Zoning Administrator and shall
include the name and address of the owner in fee of the lands upon
which said mobile home park is to be located (if the fee is vested
in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement
by that person that the applicant is authorized by him/her to construct
or maintain the mobile home park and to apply for a license), and
the location and legal description of the premises upon which the
mobile home park is to be or is located as will readily identify and
definitely locate the premises. The application shall be accompanied
by two copies of the complete mobile home park plan showing the following,
either existing or as proposed: the extent and area used for mobile
park purposes; roadways and driveways; location of space for mobile
homes; location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets,
washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of
spaces; method and plan of sewage disposal; method and plan of garbage
removal; plan for water supply; plan for lighting of spaces; plan
for rubbish disposal; and all other matters required by this article.
If the existing or proposed mobile home park is designed to serve
nondependent mobile home units, such plans shall clearly set forth
the location of all sewer and water pipes and connections.
D.
Every licensee shall furnish the Zoning Administrator
and City Assessor with information on mobile homes added to the mobile
home park within five days after their arrival on forms prescribed
by the Department of Revenue.
A.
No mobile home park license shall be issued until
the Zoning Administrator shall notify the City Council and the City
Council or its designee shall have inspected each application and
the premises on which mobile homes will be located to ensure compliance
with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto. No license
will be renewed without a reinspection of the premises. For the purposes
of making inspections and securing the enforcement of this article,
such officials or their authorized agents shall have the right and
are hereby empowered to enter on any premises on which a mobile home
is located, or about to be located, and to inspect the same and all
accommodations connected therewith at any reasonable time.
B.
Whenever the City Council determines that there are
reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any
provision of this article, the City Council shall give notice of such
alleged violation to the person to whom the permit or license was
issued, as hereinafter provided. Such notice shall:
(1)
Be in writing.
(2)
Include a statement of the reasons for its issuance.
(3)
Allow a reasonable time for the performance
of any act it requires.
(4)
Be served upon the owner or his/her agent as
the case may require, provided that such notice or order shall be
deemed to have been properly served upon such owner or agent when
a copy thereof has been sent by registered mail to his/her last known
address or when he/she has been served with such notice by any method
authorized or required by the laws of this state.
(5)
Contain an outline of remedial action which,
if taken, will effect compliance with the provisions of this article.
C.
Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this article shall take the remedial action required to effect compliance with the provisions of this article. In the event that such action is not taken in the period provided for in the notice issued pursuant to Subsection B herein, the license or permit shall be subject to revocation or suspension pursuant to § 66.0435(2)(d), Wis. Stats. The holder of the license or permit shall be entitled to a public hearing on the issue of revocation or suspension, shall be given 10 days' notice in writing of such hearing, and shall be entitled to appear and be heard as to why such license shall not be revoked. The holder of such permit or license shall have such rights to appeal the revocation or suspension of his/her permit or license as shall be provided by law.
A.
Each mobile home space/lot within a mobile home park
shall be clearly defined and shall contain at least 6,000 square feet
of land area for the exclusive use of the occupant; such space shall
be no less than 34 feet in width and no less than 100 feet in depth.
The area occupied by a mobile home shall not exceed 50% of the total
area of the mobile home space (including any awnings, carports, vehicles
or attachments thereto). Each mobile home space shall be landscaped
in accordance with the plans approved by the City Council. The mobile
home park shall be so arranged that all spaces shall face or abut
on an approved public roadway giving easy access thereto. The yard
shall be landscaped except for necessary driveway and sidewalk needs,
which shall not exceed 1/2 the width of the space. Temporary storage
shall not be allowed on lawn areas.[1]
B.
Roadways shall be at least 60 feet in width and shall
be paved to City specifications. There shall be a concrete sidewalk
along at least one side of roads, access drives off roads to all parking
spaces, and mobile home spaces shall be paved.
C.
Parking.
(1)
A minimum of two off-street parking spaces surfaced
with bituminous concrete or similar material capable of carrying a
wheel load of 4,000 pounds shall be provided for each mobile home
space.
(2)
Each mobile home park shall maintain paved off-street
parking lots for guests of occupants in the amount of one parking
space for each mobile home space. Such parking shall be located within
300 feet of the mobile homes to be served.
D.
Each space shall be properly landscaped with at least
one tree, hedges, grass, fences, windbreaks and the like. All mobile
home parks shall have a greenbelt or buffer strip not less than 20
feet wide along all boundaries. Unless adequately screened by existing
vegetative cover, all mobile home parks shall be provided within such
greenbelt or buffer strip with screening of natural growth or screen
fence, except where the adjoining property is also a mobile home park.
Compliance with this requirement shall be made within five years from
the granting of the mobile home park developer's permit. Permanent
planting shall be grown and maintained at a height of not less than
six feet. Screening or planting requirements may be waived or modified
by the governing body if it finds that the exterior architectural
appeal and functional plan of the park, when completed, will be materially
enhanced by modification or elimination of such screen planting requirements.
E.
No mobile home shall be parked closer than 10 feet
to the side lot lines nor closer than 25 feet to the front (street)
lot line or within 25 feet of the rear lot line.
F.
There shall be an open space of at least 20 feet between
the sides of adjacent mobile homes with at least 10 feet from the
lot line. Automobiles may park no closer than five feet to the side
of any mobile home; automobiles shall not, however, be parked nearer
than five feet to any side lot line.
G.
No tents shall be erected or occupied on any space,
and there shall be no outdoor camping anywhere in the mobile home
park.
H.
All nondependent units must be connected to public
water and sanitary sewer systems, and plans for disposal of surface
stormwater shall be approved by the City Council.
I.
Every mobile home space shall be furnished with an
electric service outlet. Such outlet shall be equipped with an externally
operated switch or fuse with not less than 100 amperes' capacity and
a heavy-duty outlet receptacle. All utility lines shall be placed
underground.
J.
No mobile home shall be parked in a mobile home park
outside of a designated space therein.
K.
Each mobile home space shall contain a paved area
upon which said mobile home is to be placed. Said paved area shall
be at least as large as the mobile home which is to be placed thereon.
L.
The mobile home park shall be so arranged that no
dependent unit shall be located further than 200 feet from the toilets
and service buildings provided for herein, and walkways to such buildings
shall be paved and well lighted.
M.
The mobile home park shall contain a recreation area.
The recreation area shall be a minimum of 1/2 acre for each 100 sites.
The minimum recreation area in a mobile home park shall be 1/2 acre.
A.
An adequate supply of pure water furnished through
a pipe distribution system connected directly with the public water
main with supply faucets located not more than 200 feet from any dependent
mobile home shall be furnished for drinking and domestic service in
all mobile home parks.
B.
Individual water service connections provided for
direct use of an independent unit shall be so constructed that they
will not be damaged by the parking of such mobile home. Such system
shall be adequate to provide pressure of 20 pounds per square inch
and capable of furnishing a minimum of 125 gallons of water per day
per space.
C.
No common drinking vessels shall be permitted, nor
shall any drinking water faucets be placed in any toilet room.
D.
Every mobile home park servicing dependent units shall
provide an abundant supply of hot water at all reasonable hours for
bathing, washing and laundry facilities.
A.
All liquid wastes from showers, toilets, laundries,
faucets, lavatories, etc., shall be discharged into the public sewer
system.
B.
Every space designed to serve a nondependent unit
shall be provided with sewer connections which shall comply with all
applicable state plumbing codes. The sewer connections shall be provided
with suitable fittings so that watertight connections can be made.
Such connections shall be so constructed that they can be closed when
not connected and trapped in such a manner as to be maintained in
an odor-free condition.
C.
All sanitary facilities in any unit which are not
connected with a public sewer system by approved pipe connections
shall be sealed and their use is hereby declared unlawful.
D.
Each faucet shall be equipped with facilities for
drainage of waste and excess water.
E.
Every mobile home unit shall be provided with a substantial
flytight, watertight, leakproof, nonabsorbent metal garbage depository
from which contents shall be removed and disposed of in a sanitary
manner by the park custodian at least weekly.
There shall be at least 20 spaces in each mobile
home park and no more than 200 spaces; all requirements of this article
for the issuance of a license shall be complied with prior to the
issuance of such license and proper rezoning as to each of the available
spaces designed into said mobile home park. All accommodations required
by this article shall be based upon the total park capacity according
to the accepted plans.
A.
In every mobile home park there shall be located an
office of the attendant or person in charge of said park. A copy of
the park license and of this article shall be posted therein and the
park register shall, at all times, be kept in said office.
B.
The attendant or person in charge and the park licensee
shall operate the park in compliance with this article and regulations
and ordinances of the City and state and their agents or officers
and shall have the following duties:
(1)
Maintain a register of all park occupants, to
be open at all times to inspection by state, federal and municipal
officers, which shall show:
(a)
Names and addresses of all owners and occupants
of each mobile home.
(b)
Number of children of school age.
(c)
State of legal residence.
(d)
Dates of entrance and departure of each mobile
home.
(e)
Make, model, year and serial number or license
number of each mobile home and towing or other motor vehicles and
state, territory or country which issued such licenses.
(f)
Place of employment of each occupant, if any.
(2)
Notify park occupants of the provisions of this
article and inform them of their duties and responsibilities and report
promptly to the proper authorities any violations of this article
or any other violations of law which may come to their attention.
(3)
Report to City authorities all cases of persons
or animals affected or suspected of being affected with any dangerous
communicable disease.
(4)
Supervise the placement of each mobile home
on its stand, which includes securing its stability and installing
all utility connections and tie-downs.
(5)
Maintain park grounds, buildings and structures
free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation and accumulations
of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for
flies, mosquitoes and other pests.
(6)
Maintain the park free from growth of noxious
weeds.
(7)
Check to ensure that every mobile home unit
has furnished, and in operation, a substantial flytight, watertight,
rodentproof container for the deposit of garbage and refuse in accordance
with the ordinances of the City.[1] The management shall provide stands for all refuse and
garbage containers so designed as to prevent tipping and minimize
spillage and container deterioration and facilitate cleaning.
(8)
Provide for the sanitary and safe removal and
disposal of all refuse and garbage at least weekly. Removal and disposal
of garbage and refuse shall be in accordance with the laws of the
State of Wisconsin and the ordinances and regulations of the City,
including regulations promulgated by the Fire Chief.
A.
Park occupants shall comply with all applicable requirements
of this article and regulations issued hereunder and shall maintain
their mobile home space, its facilities and equipment in good repair
and in a clean and sanitary condition.
B.
Park occupants shall be responsible for proper placement
of their mobile homes on the mobile home stand and proper installation
of all utility connections in accordance with the instructions of
the park management.
C.
No owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other
pet animal shall permit it to run at large or to cause any nuisance
within the limits of any mobile home park.
D.
It shall be the duty of every occupant of a park to
give the park licensee or management, or his agent or employee, access
to any part of such park or mobile home premises at reasonable times
for the purpose of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary
to effect compliance with this article or any law or ordinance of
the state or City or lawful regulation or order adopted thereunder.
E.
Mobile homes shall be parked only on the mobile home
stands provided and shall be placed thereon in accordance with all
requirements of this article.
F.
No mobile home owner or occupant shall conduct in
any unit or any mobile home park any business or engage in any other
activity which would not be permitted in single-family residential
areas in the City.
G.
No person shall discharge any wastewater on the surface
of the ground within any mobile home park.
H.
No person shall erect or place upon any mobile home
space any permanent or temporary structure intended to be used for
dwelling purposes or in connection with any mobile home unit except
as specifically authorized by this article.
A.
Wrecked, damaged or dilapidated mobile homes shall
not be kept or stored in a mobile home park or upon any premises in
the City. The Building Inspector shall determine if a mobile home
is damaged or dilapidated to a point which makes it unfit for human
occupancy. Such mobile homes are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Whenever the Building Inspector so determines, he/she shall notify
the licensee or landowner and owner of the mobile home in writing
that such public nuisance exists within the park or on lands owned
by him/her, giving the findings upon which his determination is based,
and shall order such home removed from the park or site or repaired
to a safe, sanitary and wholesome condition of occupancy within a
reasonable time, but not less than 30 days.
B.
The Building Inspector, Fire Chief or their lawful
agents or employees are authorized and directed to inspect mobile
home parks not less than once in every twelve-month period to determine
the health, safety and welfare of the occupants of the park and inhabitants
of the City as affected thereby and the compliance of structures and
activities therein with this article and all other applicable laws
of the state and ordinances of the City.
C.
All plumbing, building, electrical, oil or gas distribution,
alterations or repairs in the park shall be in accordance with the
regulations of applicable laws, ordinances and regulations of the
state and municipality and their authorized agents.
D.
All mobile homes in mobile home parks shall be skirted
unless the unit is placed within one foot vertically of the stand
with soil or other material completely closing such space from view
and entry by rodents and vermin. Areas enclosed by such skirting shall
be maintained free of rodents and fire hazards.
E.
No person shall construct, alter or add to any structure,
attachment or building in a mobile home park or on a mobile home space
without a permit from the Building Inspector. Construction on or addition
or alteration to the exterior of a mobile home shall be of the same
type of construction and materials as the mobile home affected. This
subsection shall not apply to addition of awnings, antennas or skirting
to mobile homes. Accessory structures on mobile home spaces shall
comply with all setback, side yard and rear yard requirements for
mobile home units.
F.
Storage under mobile homes is prohibited.
All plumbing, electric, electrical, building
and other work on or at any mobile home park under this article shall
be in accordance with the ordinances of the City and the requirements
of the State Plumbing, Electrical and Building Codes and the regulations
of the State Department of Commerce. Licenses and permits granted
under this article grant no right to erect or repair any structure,
to do any plumbing work or to do any electric work.
A.
In connection with mobile home parks, no sign intended
to be read from any public way adjoining the mobile home park shall
be permitted, except that:
(1)
No
more than one identification sign, not exceeding 20 square feet in
area, for each principal entrance, may be erected.
(2)
No
more than one sign, not exceeding four square feet in area, advertising
property for sale, lease or rent, or indicating "Vacancy" or "No Vacancy,"
may be erected at each principal entrance.
(3)
In
the case of new mobile home communities consisting in whole or in
part of mobile home subdivisions or condominiums, one sign, not exceeding
20 square feet in area, may be erected for a period of not more than
two years at each principal entrance to advertise the sale of lots
or dwellings.
B.
No source of illumination for any such signs shall
be directly visible from adjoining streets or residential property,
and no such signs shall be erected within five feet of any exterior
property line.
A.
No less than 10% of the total area of any mobile home
community established under these regulations shall be devoted to
common recreational areas and facilities, such as playgrounds, swimming
pools, community buildings, ways for pedestrians and cyclists away
from streets and play areas for small children or other recreational
areas in block interiors. At least one principal recreation and community
center shall contain not less than 5% of the total area of the community.
B.
To be countable as common recreational area, interior
block ways for pedestrians or cyclists shall form part of a system
leading to principal destinations. Such ways may also be used for
installations of utilities.
C.
Common recreational area shall not include streets
or parking areas, shall be closed to automotive traffic except for
maintenance and service vehicles, and shall be improved and maintained
for the uses intended.
The following guides, standards and requirements
shall apply in site planning for mobile home communities:
A.
Principal vehicular access points. Principal vehicular
access points shall be designed to encourage smooth traffic flow with
controlled turning movements and minimum hazards to vehicular or pedestrian
traffic. Merging and turnout lanes and/or traffic dividers shall be
required where existing or anticipated heavy flows indicate need.
In general, minor streets shall not be connected with streets outside
the district in such a way as to encourage the use of such minor streets
by substantial amounts of through traffic. No lot within the community
shall have direct vehicular access to a street bordering the development.
B.
Access for pedestrians and cyclists. Access for pedestrians
and cyclists entering or leaving the community shall be by safe and
convenient routes. Such ways need not be adjacent to or limited to
the vicinity of vehicular access points. Where there are crossings
of such ways and vehicular routes at edges of planned developments,
such crossings shall be safety located, marked and controlled, and
where such ways are exposed to substantial vehicular traffic at edges
of communities, safeguards may be required to prevent crossings except
at designated points. Bicycle paths, if provided, shall be so related
to the pedestrianway system that street crossings are combined.
C.
Protection of visibility for automotive traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. At intersections of any streets, public or private, the provisions of § 530-55 shall apply and are hereby adopted by reference. Where there is pedestrian or bicycle access from within the community to a street at its edges by paths or across yards or other open space without a barrier to prevent access to the street, no material impediment to visibility more than 2.5 feet above ground level shall be created or maintained within 25 feet of said street unless at least 25 feet from said access measured at right angles to the path.
D.
Exterior yards for mobile home communities; minimum
requirements; occupancy. The following requirements and limitations
shall apply to yards at the outer edges of mobile home communities:
(1)
Along public streets. Where mobile home parks
adjoin public streets along exterior boundaries, a yard at least 25
feet in minimum dimensions shall be provided adjacent to such streets.
Such yard may be used to satisfy open space depth requirements for
individual dwellings but shall not contain carports, recreational
shelters, storage structures or any other structures generally prohibited
in yards adjacent to streets in residential districts. No direct vehicular
access to individual lots shall be permitted through such yards, and
no group parking facilities or active recreation areas shall be allowed
therein.
(2)
Other than at streets or alleys. Where mobile
home parks are so located that one or more boundaries are at the edges
of mobile home parks and adjoining neighboring districts without an
intervening street, alley or other permanent open space at least 20
feet in width, an exterior yard at least 20 feet in minimum dimension
shall be provided. Where the adjoining district is residential, the
same limitations on occupancy and use of such yards shall apply as
stated above concerning yards along public streets. Where the adjoining
district is nonresidential, such yards may be used for group or individual
parking, active recreation facilities or carports, recreational shelters
or storage structures.[1]
E.
Ways for pedestrians and/or cyclists in exterior yards.
In any exterior yard, required or other, ways for pedestrian and/or
cyclists may be permitted, if appropriately located, fenced or landscaped
to prevent potential hazards arising from vehicular traffic on adjacent
streets or other hazards and annoyances to users or to occupants of
adjoining property. When otherwise in accord with the requirements
concerning such ways set forth above, approved ways in such locations
shall be counted as common recreation facilities and may also be used
for utility easements.
F.
Yards, fences, walls or vegetative screening at edges
of mobile home communities. Along the edges of mobile home communities,
walls or vegetative screening shall be provided where needed to protect
residents from undesirable views, lighting, noise, or other off-site
influences or to protect occupants of adjoining residential districts
from potentially adverse influences within the mobile home community.
In particular, extensive off-street parking areas and service areas
for loading and unloading, other than passenger vehicles, and for
storage and collection of trash and garbage shall be screened.
G.
Internal relationships. The site plan shall provide
for safe, efficient, convenient and harmonious groupings of structures,
uses and facilities and for appropriate relation of space inside and
outside buildings to intended uses and structural features. In particular:
(1)
Streets, drives and parking and service areas.
Streets, drives and parking and service areas shall provide safe and
convenient access to dwellings and community facilities and for service
and emergency vehicles, but streets shall not be so laid out as to
encourage outside traffic to traverse the community, nor occupy more
land than is required to provide access as indicated, nor create unnecessary
fragmentation of the community into small blocks. In general, block
size shall be the maximum consistent with use, the shape of the site
and the convenience and safety of the occupants.
(2)
Vehicular access to streets. Vehicular access
to streets from off-street parking areas may be direct from dwellings
if the street or portion of the street serves 50 units or fewer. Determination
of units served shall be based on normal routes anticipated for traffic.
Along streets or portions of streets serving more than 50 dwelling
units, or constituting major routes to or around central facilities,
access from parking and service areas shall be so combined, limited,
located, designed and controlled as to channel traffic conveniently,
safely and in a manner that minimizes marginal traffic friction, and
direct vehicular access from individual dwellings shall generally
be prohibited.
(3)
Ways for pedestrians and cyclists; use by emergency,
maintenance or service vehicles.
(a)
Walkways shall form a logical, safe and convenient
system for pedestrian access to all dwellings, project facilities
and principal off-street pedestrian destinations. Maximum walking
distance in the open between dwelling units and related parking spaces,
delivery areas and trash and garbage storage areas intended for use
of occupants shall not exceed 100 feet.
(b)
Walkways to be used by substantial numbers of
children as play areas or routes to school, bus stops or other destinations
shall be so located and safeguarded as to minimize contacts with normal
automotive traffic. If an internal walkway system is provided, away
from streets, bicycle paths shall be incorporated in the walkway system.
Street crossings shall be held to a minimum on such walkways and shall
be located and designated to provide safety and shall be appropriately
marked and otherwise safeguarded. Ways for pedestrians and cyclists,
appropriately located, designed and constructed, may be combined with
other easements and used by emergency, maintenance or service vehicle
but shall not be used by other automotive traffic.
In hardship cases, the City Council may in its
discretion grant a temporary permit, not to exceed six months, said
permit to clearly state the expiration date thereon, provided that
sanitation rules as set forth in this article are complied with and
provided that consent of all adjacent owners or occupiers of land
is obtained. The temporary permit may be renewed for additional six-month
periods by the City Council if the hardship continues beyond the licensed
period.
