The city council may authorize the establishment of a mobile home park in any “MHP” zoning district in accordance with the provisions of this article. The sanitary regulations prescribed by the authority having jurisdiction, and as may be otherwise required by law, shall be complied with, in addition to the following regulations.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
All areas used for automobile access and parking shall comply with the applicable provisions of this article, provided that there shall be at least two off-street parking spaces for each three lots to accommodate guests.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
No vehicular entrance to or exit from any mobile home park shall be within 200 feet along the street(s) from any school, public playground, hospital, or church, except where such property is in another block or another street which the premises in question do not abut.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, buildings, and service shall be completely and permanently landscaped and the entire site maintained in good condition by the mobile home park manager.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
Screening shall be provided by the property owner according to the following requirements:
(1) 
Required locations.
Whenever a mobile home area is platted, the developer shall separate the mobile home park from all areas and major thoroughfares with a six-foot masonry screening fence.
(2) 
No such screening fence shall be so erected as to obstruct the vision of motorists at alley, street, and drive intersections.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
No enlargement or extensions to any mobile home park shall be permitted unless the existing facility is made to conform with all the requirements for a new construction for such an establishment.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
No person shall park or occupy any mobile home or manufactured home on any premises in any district outside an approved mobile home park. The parking of any unoccupied recreational trailer or recreational vehicle in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard shall be permitted in any district, provided no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted in such trailer or recreational vehicle while so parked or stored.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
Application for the establishment of a mobile home park shall be filed with the city Planner and must be accompanied by a plat, drawn to scale and certified by a licensed land surveyor, civil engineer, landscape architect, or architect. The city Planner shall check the plat and if he finds it to be in compliance with requirements of this section, shall forward the proposed plat to the planning and zoning commission. The city Planner shall also advise the commission of the pending application. The planning and zoning commission shall review the plat for the mobile home park and submit a recommendation to the city council. The plat shall contain the following information:
(1) 
Accurate dimensions of the proposed mobile home park.
(2) 
All roads and approaches and the method of ingress to and egress from public streets.
(3) 
Detailed plans for lighting and electrical power systems, all underground.
(4) 
Detailed plans of any natural gas system to serve the park.
(5) 
Complete layout of spaces for each mobile home unit and number of square feet therein, together with dimensions.
(6) 
Detailed plans of the water and sewage systems, including but not limited to, location of water mains, wells for water supply outlet for resident water users, sanitation facilities, washaterias, fire hydrants, protection stalls, and other buildings or structures contemplated to be used by such applicant in connection with the mobile home park.
(7) 
Such other information as the reviewing official(s) may reasonably require.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
The minimum requirements for mobile home and manufactured home lots and living area are as follows:
Area: 5,000 square feet.
Front yard: 30 feet minimum from back of curb.
Rear yard: Ten feet minimum.
Side yard: Ten feet minimum.
Lot width: 36 feet minimum.
Living area: 600 feet minimum.
Building height: One standard story.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
(a) 
Access.
Each mobile home park shall abut a public street and each mobile home and manufactured home lot shall have direct access to a private interior street.
(b) 
Interior streets.
The minimum roadway width of interior streets will comply with the subdivision regulations and current development standards for the city. Such streets shall be paved according to the city specifications for residential streets, and maintained by owner in good condition and have lights at night.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
Each mobile home lot shall be equipped with a concrete slab of sufficient size to support the wheels and front parking jack. Said slab shall have minimum thickness of four inches.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
A municipal sanitary sewer and municipal water system shall be installed in accordance with city specifications to every lot. Fire hydrants shall be located in accordance with the specifications of the fire marshal.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
There shall be provided within each mobile home park an adequate site or sites for recreation for the exclusive use of the park occupants. Such recreational site or sites shall have a minimum area of at least five percent of the gross land area of the mobile home park.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
No mobile home or manufactured home shall remain in a mobile home park a period exceeding ten days without connection to the permanent water and sanitary sewer system of the park.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
A storage area must be provided within each mobile home park for the parking and storage of boats and recreational vehicles. This storage area shall have a minimum area of the aggregate of 100 square feet for each mobile home lot and [be] enclosed with a six-foot chain-link fence.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
Tie-down anchors shall be provided for each mobile home and manufactured home to secure the structure from uplift, sliding, rotating, or overturning. Tie-down [anchors] shall be installed according to state mobile home standards within ten days of location of mobile home or manufactured home in park.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
Skirting around all mobile homes and manufactured homes within the park shall be installed within ten days and maintained. The design, color, and materials shall be of like characteristics as the mobile home or manufactured home.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
In addition to the foregoing, the city council may impose such other conditions, requirements, or limitations concerning the design, development, and operation of such mobile home park as it shall seem necessary for the protection of adjacent properties and public interest.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)
Each application for a mobile home park shall be $20.00 per acre payable to the city; said payment required to accompany each application.
(Ordinance 16-89, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/89)