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.
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.
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.
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.