It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to establish standards
for the establishment and operation of mobile home parks to provide
occupants of mobile homes with suitable living environment. It is
based upon the premises that the use of mobile homes for residential
purposes constitutes essentially a residential use of property and
is adopted to promote the general health, safety and welfare of occupants
of mobile homes.
(Prior code § 5-7.01)
Except as is otherwise provided herein, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings herein set forth, unless the context
requires a different meaning:
means any shade structure installed, constructed, erected
or used adjoining a mobile home, excluding window awnings.
means any building or structure containing public toilets,
baths, laundries or sanitary facilities or storage facilities constructed
for the exclusive use of occupants of a mobile home park.
means any portable, demountable or permanent enclosure, room,
building or structure to be used for living purposes constructed,
erected or placed on any mobile home site within ten feet of any mobile
home.
means any awning or shade structure the sides of which are
less than fifty percent enclosed.
means petroleum hydrocarbon or mixtures thereof in liquefied
or gaseous state, having a vapor pressure in excess of twenty-six
psi at a temperature of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The symbol
therefor in this chapter shall be "LPG."
means any camp-car, trailer, trailer coach or other vehicle
with or without motor power constructed to travel on public thoroughfares
and designed, constructed or used for human habitation.
"Expandable mobile home or trailer" means a mobile home or trailer
wider than ten feet.
"Dependent mobile home or trailer" means a mobile home or trailer
not equipped with a toilet for sewage disposal.
"Independent mobile home or trailer" means a mobile home or
trailer equipped with a toilet for sewage disposal.
is synonymous with "trailer" and whenever "mobile home" is
used it means "trailer."
means any area or tract of land where space is rented or
held out for rent to two or more owners or users of mobile homes to
be used for living purposes.
means any portion of a mobile or trailer park designed for
the location, use and occupancy of a mobile home or trailer.
means any roof or shade structure installed, erected or used
above a mobile home and site or any portion thereof.
means the exterior boundaries of a mobile home or trailer
site.
means anything which is built, constructed or erected in
some definite manner, excluding mobile homes or trailers.
(Prior code § 5-7.02)
(a)
Size. The minimum size shall be four acres.
(b)
Setback. On public streets, the site lines shall be set back from
the street right-of-way line the same distance as buildings are required
to be set back on adjoining property on the same street but in no
case less than fifteen feet. No mobile home, building or structure,
or parking area shall be closer than twenty feet from any street right-of-way
line or closer than five feet from the exterior boundaries of a mobile
home park.
(c)
Fences. Solid fences six feet in height shall be constructed on site
lines along street frontages and along the other exterior boundaries
of a mobile home park.
(d)
Landscaping. All areas in a mobile home park between park fences
and street right-of-way lines and all areas not improved by roadways,
walkways, pathways or occupied by other park facilities shall be landscaped.
Native and ornamental trees with a height of twenty feet or greater
shall be retained unless their removal is specifically allowed by
the planning commission.
(e)
Grading and Drainage. Park property shall be adequately graded and
drained so as to prevent the accumulation of water within the park.
(g)
Walkways. Paved walkways at least three feet wide shall be constructed
to serve each site and each building, utility building and sanitation
facility.
(h)
Parking. Provisions shall be made for parking one automobile per
site at a paved location other than on park roadways.
(i)
Mobile Homes on Sites. All mobile homes in the mobile home park shall
be located upon a mobile home site and all mobile home sites shall
be so designed to accommodate independent mobile homes.
(j)
Gas Heating Equipment. All gas heating equipment shall be provided and installed in conformity with the rules and regulations set forth in Part 4, Chapter 9, Title 8 of the California Administrative Code.
(k)
Fire Protection Equipment. Fire protection equipment shall be provided and installed in conformity with the rules and regulations set forth in Part 13, Article 4, Chapter 9, Title 8 of the California Administrative Code.
(Prior code § 5-7.03)
(a)
Size.
(1)
The average size of sites designed for nonexpandable mobile homes
without cabanas shall be fifteen hundred square feet and in no case
less than one thousand square feet. Each site shall have an average
width of thirty feet; provided, however, that the minimum frontage
width on park roadways shall be twenty-one feet.
(2)
The minimum size of sites designed for expandable mobile homes or
mobile homes with cabanas where parking is provided on the site shall
be one thousand seven hundred fifty square feet. Each site shall have
an average width of thirty-five feet; provided, however, that the
minimum frontage width on park roadways shall be twenty-one feet.
(3)
The minimum size of sites designed for expandable mobile homes or
mobile homes with cabanas where parking is not provided on the site
shall be fifteen hundred square feet. Each site shall have an average
width of thirty feet; provided, however, that the minimum frontage
width on park roadways shall be twenty-one feet.
(4)
The average depth of sites shall be fifty feet, and in no case less
than thirty-five feet.
(b)
Location of Mobile Homes and Structures on Sites.
(1)
No structure or mobile home shall be closer than three feet to a
site line except:
(2)
No structure or mobile home may be closer than ten feet to any building,
structure or mobile home on any other mobile home site or any other
area of the park, except that a carport may be within seven feet of
structures of mobile homes on another site or area of the park, and
except that a storage structure may be within seven feet of any structure
or mobile home located on a site which is served by the storage structure.
(3)
No more than seventy-five percent of a mobile home site shall be
covered by a mobile home, buildings or other structures, and at least
three hundred square feet of a site shall be free of all structures
and coverage.
(4)
Boundaries of each site shall be permanently delineated.
(5)
Areas designed for the location of a mobile home shall be paved.
(Prior code § 5-7.04)
A mobile home park shall be provided with separate public toilets,
baths and lavatories for each sex, in accordance with the following:
(a)
For the first thirty mobile home sites there shall be two toilets,
baths and lavatories for each sex; for the next forty sites there
shall be one additional toilet, bath and lavatory for each sex, and
for each fifty additional sites or fractional part thereof in excess
of seventy sites there shall be one additional toilet, bath and lavatory
for each sex.
(b)
Toilet facilities shall be maintained and readily accessible for
the exclusive use of the occupants of the park at all times and shall
be located no further than two hundred feet from any site to be used
by dependent mobile homes. At least one lavatory shall be provided
in the same room in which toilets are located.
(c)
Water closet compartments in any building which houses toilets, baths
and lavatories shall be at least thirty inches wide.
(d)
All toilets, baths and lavatories shall be clearly marked "Men" and
"Women."
(e)
The floor of each water closet compartment shall be constructed of
cement, concrete or other waterproof material and shall be maintained
in a waterproof condition. Floors of such rooms shall be drained into
the sewage system. The waterproof material shall be applied on interior
walls thereof to a height at least twelve inches above the floor and
to a height of four feet behind lavatories.
(f)
Bathing facilities, with hot and cold running water, shall be installed
in separate compartments which shall be equipped with a self-closing
door or waterproof draw curtain. The floor of every shower bath compartment
shall be constructed of cement, concrete or other waterproof material
and such material shall be applied to interior walls to a height of
at least six feet above the floor.
(Prior code § 5-7.05)
(a)
A mobile home park shall be provided with laundry facilities consisting
of at least two laundry trays.
(b)
The floors of laundry compartments shall be drained into the sewage
system. The floors shall be of waterproof masonry composition and
such materials shall be applied to the interior walls to a height
of at least twelve inches above the floor and to a height of four
feet behind washing machines and sinks.
(c)
Each laundry compartment shall have window areas equal to at least
one-eighth of the floor area but in no case less than nine square
feet.
(d)
Laundry facilities shall be equipped with hot and cold running water.
(e)
Sufficient space shall be set aside convenient to laundry facilities
for drying of clothes; such space shall be shielded by an appropriate
board fence or landscaped so as not to be visible from any mobile
home site or from outside the park.
(Prior code § 5-7.06)
There shall be an adequate supply of pure water. Water faucets
shall be located within one hundred feet of each part of the park.
Drinking fountains may be installed and maintained; the use of dipping
vessels or water cups is prohibited.
(Prior code § 5-7.07)
Disposal areas for garbage, refuse and other waste matter shall
be provided. Such areas shall be enclosed and situated no more than
one hundred feet from any site to be served thereby. One or more metal
garbage cans with tight-fitting covers shall be provided for every
four mobile homes or fraction thereof. All areas of the park shall
be kept free and clear from the accumulation of refuse, garbage, rubbish
or other debris.
(Prior code § 5-7.08)
All awnings, portable, demountable or permanent cabanas, buildings or windbreaks shall be constructed in conformity with the rules and regulations set forth in Article 4, Chapter 9, Title 8 of the California Administrative Code, except that the construction of ramadas is prohibited. Permanent structures shall be constructed in conformity with the Sunnyvale Uniform Building Code. All electrical wiring and equipment shall be installed in conformity with the rules and regulations set forth in Article 5, Chapter 9, Title 8 of the California Administrative Code and the Sunnyvale Uniform Electrical Code. All plumbing, drainage and sanitary sewer systems and facilities for independent mobile homes shall be constructed in conformity with the rules and regulations set forth in Article 3, Chapter 9, Title 8 of the California Administrative Code and the Sunnyvale Uniform Plumbing Code.
(Prior code § 5-7.09)
Every applicant for a permit to construct, establish and maintain
a mobile home park shall file a written application with the planning
commission of the city. The application shall contain the name and
address of the applicant, the proposed location of the park and the
name and address of the owner or proprietor of the park.
(Prior code § 5-7.10)
Each application shall be accompanied with four copies of a
map prepared by a civil engineer or surveyor, clearly and legibly
drawn on tracing cloth or paper not smaller than eighteen inches by
twenty-six inches, with a scale of one inch equals fifty feet. The
map shall contain the following:
(a)
Name and address of owner, developer and engineer, date, north point
and written and graphic scale;
(b)
Sufficient legal description to define the location and boundaries
of the proposed park;
(c)
The locations, names and widths of all streets adjacent to the proposed
park;
(d)
The property and name of owners of adjacent properties;
(e)
The location and size of all sewer, water and storm drain facilities
within and adjoining the proposed park;
(f)
Contours of the land at six inch intervals for ground slopes between
level and two percent, one foot contours between two percent and five
percent, and five foot contours for over five percent;
(g)
Location, width and flow direction of all watercourses;
(h)
Existing buildings or structures and existing uses of the property;
(i)
Setback or plan lines on existing streets;
(j)
Improvement to be made to public streets or ways;
(k)
The location and number of all mobile home sites, and the design
of all roadways, walkways, electrical, sanitation, sewer drainage
and water facilities and the location of parking areas;
(l)
The sizes of mobile home sites;
(m)
Location of areas to be landscaped and the location and type of all
existing trees with a height of twenty feet or greater;
(n)
Data showing the bearing and length of every site line, street and
boundary line;
(o)
The centerline of all public streets and rights-of-way and the location
of all easements for sewer, water and storm lines.
(Prior code § 5-7.11)
The planning commission shall determine whether the proposed
park meets all the requirements of this chapter and may require any
changes therein which, in its estimation will make the proposed park
conform to the requirements of this chapter. The commission shall
approve the map without conditions, approve the map with changes and
conditions or disapprove the map. If a map is disapproved, the commission
shall state the reasons therefor and in what instances the map fails
to meet the requirements of this chapter. One copy of the map as approved
by the planning commission shall be referred to the health officer
who shall review the same to determine that the map and all improvements
shown thereon proposed to be constructed meet all the requirements
of this chapter with respect to sanitation, water, sewer and drainage
facilities. One copy of the map as approved by the planning commission
shall be referred to the director of public works who shall review
the same to determine that the map and all improvements shown thereon
proposed to be constructed meets all the requirements of this chapter
with respect to buildings, roadways, walkways and similar facilities.
(Prior code § 5-7.12)
Upon approval of the map by the planning commission, health
officer and the director of public works, each shall cause one copy
of the map to be endorsed showing such approval. The director of public
works shall then issue a permit to construct the mobile home park
pursuant to the application and map as approved, and all improvements
proposed to be constructed therein; provided, however, that all necessary
buildings, electrical and plumbing permits as may be required by any
other ordinance or ordinances of the city of Sunnyvale are duly issued.
(Prior code § 5-7.13)
The application fee for permit to construct a mobile home park
shall be five hundred sixty dollars for fifty units or less, plus
ten dollars per unit in excess of fifty units.
(Prior code § 5-7.14)
The provisions of Sections 16.56.100 to 16.56.140, inclusive, shall apply to all applications to enlarge, change or in any way modify any mobile home park or trailer park existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter; provided, however, that in addition the application shall be accompanied by plans showing the existing park, the location of trailer sites, roadways, walkways, sanitation facilities, sewer facilities and drainage facilities situated on such existing park. No permit to enlarge such existing park shall be granted unless or until such park shall meet all the requirements of this chapter excluding the requirement for the minimum park size as provided in Section 16.56.030.
(Prior code § 5-7.15)
Upon completion of a mobile home park pursuant to the permit
to construct, the owner, operator or person intending to operate the
same shall file an application to operate with the director of finance
on the form prescribed by him. The application shall be accompanied
by a fee as prescribed in the business license ordinance. Upon receipt
of said application the director of finance shall refer it to the
director of public works and the health officer who shall inspect
the park to determine if all of the improvements required to be made
under the permit to construct have been constructed and installed,
and that the park conforms to all of the requirements of this chapter,
and upon approval thereof by the director of public works and the
health officer, the director of finance shall thereupon issue a license
to operate. The license to operate shall be for the term of one year
and shall be renewed thereafter upon application and payment of the
fee prescribed in this chapter and upon approval by the director of
public works and the health officer that the park conforms to all
of the requirements of this chapter.
(Prior code § 5-7.16)
Licenses to operate mobile home or trailer parks existing and
operating on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this
chapter shall be issued as follows: The owner or operator shall file
an application with the director of finance on the form prescribed
by him which shall for the first application after the effective date
of this chapter be accompanied by a map showing:
(a)
Date, north point, and written and graphic scale;
(b)
The location and names of existing streets within the vicinity of
the park;
(c)
Existing sewers, culverts, wells or other public utilities within
the park;
(d)
The location and use of existing buildings and structures in the
park;
(e)
The layout of each basically different type of site upon which a
trailer or mobile home is situated showing the areas of usage attributable
to each trailer or mobile home;
(f)
The size of the smallest site occupied by a mobile home or trailer
and the average size of a site occupied by a mobile home or trailer;
(g)
The location and width of all park roadways and walkways;
(h)
The location of all sanitary, laundry, water, electrical and garbage
facilities.
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The application shall be referred to the health officer who shall investigate and inspect said park to determine whether all of the requirements for trailer camps and parks as set forth in Part 2, Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California have been met. Upon approval thereof by the health officer, the director of finance shall issue the license to operate. The license fee shall be the same as that provided in Section 16.56.160. The license to operate shall be for the term of one year and shall be renewed thereafter upon application and payment of the fee prescribed in Section 16.56.160 of this chapter and upon approval by the health officer that the park conforms to all of the requirements of this chapter as applicable and all of the requirements of Part 2, Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California.
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(Prior code § 5-7.17)
Any license to operate a mobile home or trailer park granted
hereunder may be revoked or suspended by the city council for the
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, fraud in obtaining
the license to operate or for conducting and operating the trailer
or mobile home park in such a manner as to constitute a menace to
the public peace, health, safety and welfare. The health officer shall
deliver either personally or by registered mail a notice to the licensee,
which notice shall contain the following:
(a)
The provisions of this chapter, or in the case of trailer parks existing
on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, the
provisions of Part 2, Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code of
the state of California and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto
and/or the manner in which the conduct and operation of the trailer
or mobile home park violates said provisions or constitutes a menace
to the public peace, health, safety and welfare;
(b)
The notice shall set forth the time and place at which the city council
will hear the matter of revocation or suspension of the license as
the case may be;
(c)
Require the licensee to appear before the city council to show cause
why the license should not be revoked or suspended.
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The notice shall be delivered to the licensee at least ten days
prior to the date of the hearing by the city council. At the hearing
by the city council, the licensee shall have the right to appear in
person or by counsel and to introduce such evidence as he may desire
in connection with the proposed revocation or suspension and the license
to operate. The council upon hearing the matter may revoke or suspend
the license to operate and its decision thereon shall be final.
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(Prior code § 5-7.18)
(a)
Waste Water. Waste water or material from sinks or other plumbing
fixtures shall not be deposited upon the surface of the ground, and
all such fixtures must be connected to a sewer system.
(b)
Clear Refuse. The space beneath each mobile home shall be kept clear
of refuse and rubbish and shall not be used for storage.
(c)
Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
(1)
No cylinder shall be located within a building enclosed on four sides,
nor within a trailer coach, nor within five feet of a source of ignition,
nor below ground, nor below ground level, nor with the outlet less
than five feet away from any building opening which is below the level
of such outlet. No more than two vessels having an aggregate capacity
of twenty-five gallons shall be located on any mobile home or trailer.
Such vessels shall be securely but not permanently fastened to the
trailer hitch bracket. The discharge from safety valves shall be vented
in such manner as to prevent any impingement of escaping LPG upon
the vessel, and such discharge point shall be not less than five feet,
measured horizontally from any building opening which is below such
discharge.
(2)
Each tank shall be located with respect to the nearest source of
ignition or line of property adjoining, which may be built upon in
accordance with the following table. Vessels and first-stage regulating
equipment carrying more than twenty psi pressure shall be located
outside the buildings or trailer coaches except as hereinafter provided.
Each individual vessel shall be located with respect to the nearest
important building or group of buildings or line of property adjoining,
which may be built upon, in accordance with the following table:
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Volumetric capacity of vessels (In U.S. gallons)
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Minimum distance
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Not more than 500 U.S. gallons
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10 feet
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501 to 1,200 U.S. gallons
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25 feet
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Over 1,200 U.S. gallons
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50 feet
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(3)
Regulating or filling equipment on tanks filled on consumers' premises
shall not be less than fifteen feet from any opening into or under
a building where such opening is below the level of the outlets of
such regulating or filling equipment.
(4)
Readily ignitable material shall not be permitted within ten feet
of any vessel, regulator, or vaporizer.
(d)
Cylinder. No cylinder shall be charged within ten feet of any mobile
home or structure in a mobile home park.
(e)
Register. Every person who owns or operates a mobile home park shall
keep a register in which shall be entered:
(1)
The name and address of each guest who is the owner or operator of
an automobile or mobile home, and the name and address of each member
of his party, for which space is rented;
(2)
The make, type and license number of the automobile, and mobile home,
if any, and the state in which such vehicle or vehicles is or are
registered and the year of registration.
(f)
Lighting. In every mobile home park there shall be installed and
kept burning from sunset to sunrise sufficient artificial light to
adequately illuminate every building containing public toilets and
public showers, and the area containing the mobile home park.
(g)
Animals. Dogs shall not be permitted to run at large. Barnyard animals,
including poultry are prohibited.
(h)
Caretaker. It is unlawful for any person to operate or maintain,
or cause or permit to be operated or maintained, any mobile home park,
unless there is a caretaker in the park at all times. The caretaker
shall enforce all parts of this chapter governing the operation and
maintenance of mobile home parks.
(Prior code § 5-7.19)
(a)
It is unlawful for any person in a mobile home park to cause or permit
to be used for occupancy:
(1)
Any mobile home from which any tire or wheel has been removed therefrom,
except for the purpose of making temporary repairs or placing it in
dead storage;
(2)
Any mobile home to which is attached any rigid water, gas or sewer
pipes; provided, however, that metal tubing not to exceed one-half
inch inside diameter may be used for water and gas;
(3)
Any mobile home which is permanently attached with underpinning or
foundation to the ground;
(4)
Any mobile home which does not conform to the requirements of the
Vehicle Code;
(5)
Any mobile home which is structurally unsound and does not protect
its habitants against the elements;
(6)
Any mobile home with a water pipe outlet which is not connected to
the park sanitary sewage system;
(7)
Any mobile home which does not carry a current yearly license in
accordance with the current registration requirements of the state
of California;
(8)
Any mobile home site not occupied by a mobile home;
(9)
Any mobile home site on which is located more than one mobile home.
(b)
It is unlawful for any park owner, operator, or his employee or agent
to rent, lease, sublease, let or hire out for occupancy any mobile
home within a mobile home park or any space occupied by a mobile home
when such mobile home is in the possession or control of such park
owner, operator, employee or agent.
(c)
Tent camping is prohibited in mobile home parks.
(Prior code § 5-7.20)
Any person aggrieved by any order or decision of the planning
commission, director of public works or health officer in granting,
approving or disapproving any application to construct a trailer or
mobile home park or in the granting or denying of a license to operate
a trailer or mobile home park may appeal such order or decision of
the city council by filing a written notice of appeal to the city
clerk. The city council shall set the appeal for public hearing and
give notice thereof by publication at least ten days before the date
set for hearing. At such hearing the council shall hear and consider
all evidence submitted by the appellant and any other interested person,
and shall determine whether the decision appealed from shall be sustained,
overruled or modified. Such decision shall be final in all respects.
(Prior code § 5-7.21)
Trailer parks existing upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not be deemed to be governed by the requirements of this chapter, except as to those provisions requiring licenses to operate, and the fees required, except that if and when any such existing trailer camp or court is proposed to be enlarged, then prior to the enlargement thereof such trailer court must in all respects conform to the requirements of this chapter except the provisions of Section 16.56.030. Such existing trailer parks shall be governed by the provisions of Part 1, Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California and any and all rules and regulations as may have been adopted pursuant thereto.
(Prior code § 5-7.22)
