[Ord. No. 18.109 §4, 4-6-1981]
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 or controlled by him/her, a trailer camp or mobile home park within the limits of the City of California, Missouri, without first having secured permission therefor from the Board of Aldermen. Such license or right to have a trailer park shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance but may be renewed under the provisions of this Article for additional periods of one (1) year. Licenses issued under the terms of this Article convey no right to erect any building, to do any plumbing work or to do any electrical work, said work being authorized by the other provision of the City ordinances and rules governing same.
B. 
The Board of Aldermen of the City of California, Missouri, may issue a license for the location of a trailer camp in any district in which licenses are herein prohibited, after a public hearing if, upon such hearing, said Board finds that denial of such license will cause unnecessary hardship on the applicant and finds in addition that the owners of all property within two hundred (200) yards of the proposed camp will not suffer unnecessary hardship by reason of the operation of the camp at the proposed location.
C. 
No trailer camp or mobile home park shall be located within the limits of the City of California, Missouri, unless City water and sewer connections are available and utilized by the occupants of the park.
[Ord. No. 18.109 §5, 4-6-1981]
A. 
Every trailer park or mobile home park shall be located on a well-drained area, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters.
1. 
Each mobile home park shall occupy a designated space having at least three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet of lot area and a total area of not less than three (3) acres.
2. 
Each mobile home space shall have a width of at least forty (40) feet, exclusive of common driveways.
3. 
Each mobile home space shall abut a driveway within the park. Said driveway shall be graded and surfaced with not less than four (4) inches of crushed stone or other suitable material on a well compacted subbase to a continuous width of twenty-five (25) feet, exclusive of required parking spaces.
4. 
Two (2) off-driveway parking spaces with not less than four (4) inches of crushed stone or other suitable material on a well compacted subbase shall be provided for each mobile home space. Required parking spaces may be included within the three thousand five hundred (3,500) feet required for each mobile home space.
5. 
At least one hundred (100) square feet of recreation space for each mobile home space shall be reserved within each mobile home park as common recreation space for the residents of the park. Such areas, along with driveways and walkways, shall be adequately lighted for safety.
6. 
No mobile home or other structures within a mobile home park shall be closer to each other than thirty (30) feet except that storage or other auxiliary structures for the exclusive use of the mobile home may be no closer than twenty (20) feet.
7. 
No mobile home shall be located closer than thirty (30) feet of the exterior boundary of the park of a bounding street right-of-way. Buildings used for laundry or recreation purposes shall be located no closer than forty (40) feet to the exterior boundary or the right-of-way of a bounding street.
8. 
Plans clearly indicating a developer's intention to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be submitted to and approved by the Board of Aldermen prior to the construction and obtaining of a license for a mobile home park. Such plans must show the area to be used for the proposed mobile home park, the ownership and use of the neighboring property, all proposed entrances, exits, driveways, walkways, and off-street parking spaces, the location of mobile home spaces, recreation areas and service buildings, the location of sanitary conveniences, including toilets, laundries, and refuse receptacles, if any, and the proposed plan of water supply, sewage disposal and electric lighting.
9. 
A densely planted buffer strip consisting of trees, shrubs, and other plantings at least five (5) feet in height shall be provided along all rear and side property lines of the park. A five (5) foot solid fence may be substituted.
10. 
Any expansion of mobile home parks in existence on or before April 6, 1981, shall comply with the provisions of this Section.