A. 
Title. The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the "mobile home park regulations" of this title.
B. 
Purpose. The purpose of the mobile home park regulations shall be to assure the development of well-planned and designed mobile home parks compatible with the uses of adjacent properties, and located so as to allow for convenient access to and from major thoroughfares. Mobile home parks shall be designed and provided with residential amenities so as to blend well with the residential character of their neighborhood, and to provide a suitable residential environment for their occupants.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the development of mobile home parks in all residential zones. These regulations are in addition to those of the California Health and Safety Code and the applicable regulations thereunder and except where this chapter imposes more restrictive regulations the regulations of the state shall be applicable. The regulations of this chapter shall be considered minimum and where special circumstances exist more stringent or additional regulations may be imposed as a condition to conditional use permit approval.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
For purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
"Awning"
means a shade structure supported by posts or columns and partially supported by a mobile home and installed, erected or used on a mobile home lot.
"Driveway"
means a street designed primarily for use of vehicular traffic within a mobile home park.
"Greenbelt"
means a usable open area unobstructed from ground to sky.
"Lot"
means any area or tract of land or portion of a mobile home park designated or used for the occupancy of one mobile home.
"Mobile home"
means for the purposes of this chapter, a structure, transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain not more than one dwelling unit, and shall not include a recreational vehicle, commercial coach, or factory-built housing.
"Mobile home park"
means any area or tract of land where two or more mobile home lots are rented or leased or held out for rent or lease to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation. The rental paid for any such mobile home shall be deemed to include rental for the lot it occupies.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The following uses may be permitted within a mobile home park subject to approval of a conditional use permit pursuant to Chapter 17.830:
A. 
Mobile home lots for the placement of mobile homes intended for occupancy as single-family residences and one or more of the following accessory uses:
1. 
Management office and maintenance equipment storage,
2. 
Coin-operated laundry and/or dry cleaning facilities, for residents only,
3. 
Vending machines, for residents only,
4. 
Storage facilities, for residents only,
5. 
Swimming pools, tennis courts and similar outdoor recreation facilities for use of residents only,
6. 
Car washing facilities, for residents only,
7. 
Retail sale of mobile homes and accessories; provided, that each mobile home offered for sale is located on or to be delivered upon an individual mobile home lot within the park and provided no signs, other than on the mobile home being sold, shall be permitted to advertise the sale of mobile homes and accessories,
8. 
Private day care center, nursery schools and kindergartens predominantly serving residents of the mobile home park,
9. 
Signs pursuant to Chapter 17.640,
10. 
Any other use which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a mobile home as a residence;
B. 
One single-family dwelling unit for the use of the owner or manager;
C. 
Noncommercial recreation hall, meeting hall or clubhouse for resident's use only;
D. 
Overnight accommodations for guests of mobile home park residents but excluding use of campers and travel trailers.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The following regulations shall apply to the development of mobile home parks:
A. 
Minimum park size: five acres;
B. 
Maximum park size: fifty acres;
C. 
Minimum street frontage required: two hundred fifty feet on a "thoroughfare" street;
D. 
Maximum allowable density: as specified in the general plan for the property on which the mobile home park is located but not more than ten dwelling units per acre;
E. 
Minimum front yard: twenty feet;
F. 
Minimum side and rear yard: ten feet;
G. 
Required front, rear and side yards shall be a landscaped greenbelt free of all structures, buildings, storage and other parking areas and mobile home lots;
H. 
Maximum building height: fifteen feet except for the managers or owners dwelling which shall not exceed a height of two stories or thirty feet.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The following regulations shall apply to the development and occupancy of mobile home lots:
A. 
Minimum mobile home lot regulations:
1. 
Minimum lot area: two thousand five hundred square feet;
2. 
Minimum lot width: forty feet.
B. 
Minimum Setback. Mobile homes and any structure attached thereto, except awnings, shall not be closer than five feet of any lot boundary or ten feet of any driveway.
C. 
Lot Frontage. Each mobile home lot shall have frontage on a driveway or shall have an accessway width of not less than fifteen feet to a driveway.
D. 
Miscellaneous Regulations.
1. 
Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a concrete patio or raised wood deck having a width of at least eight feet and an area of at least two hundred forty square feet.
2. 
A hose bib shall be provided on each lot or within fifty feet of any portion of each lot.
3. 
Each mobile home shall be required to install awnings, cabanas or porches and shall be fully skirted.
4. 
A masonry walkway shall connect each mobile home to the driveway.
5. 
All utilities and service lines shall be underground.
6. 
Individual exterior TV antennas shall be prohibited. Service shall be provided by cable from a commercial service or a central TV antenna.
7. 
Trailer hitches shall be removed or concealed and storage areas, refuse containers, tanks and similar structures shall be screened or otherwise concealed.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
A. 
Park Entrances and Exits.
1. 
No vehicular entrance or exit from any park shall be within two hundred feet from the boundary of any commercial zone or the boundary of any parcel occupied by a school, public park or playground, church, hospital, library or institution for dependent children except where such zone or use is in another block or another street on which the premises of the park does not provide access.
2. 
At least one vehicular entrance and exit shall be provided for each twenty-five acres of a mobile home park. In addition, emergency entrance and exit roads shall be provided as may be required by the city.
B. 
Driveways.
1. 
Driveways shall have not less than twenty-five feet in clear width except as follows:
a. 
If parking is to be provided on one side, the driveway shall not be less than thirty-two feet in width.
b. 
If parking is to be provided on both sides, the driveway shall not be less than fifty feet in width.
2. 
Driveways intersecting any other driveway shall intersect at as near a right angle as is practicable but not less than sixty degrees.
3. 
Driveways intersecting at an angle less than eighty degrees shall be turned so as to provide the minimum eighty-degree intersection required and a minimum of fifty feet of tangent from the intersection of the driveway centerline with the intersecting curb line.
4. 
A block corner shall be rounded at the curb by a radius of not less than twenty feet.
5. 
Driveways shall be improved with the provision of paving and either a center street gutter or a four-inch high concrete curb and a gutter.
6. 
Driveway improvement shall be in conformance with California Public Works Roadway Design Standards for a Traffic Index of 4.5.
7. 
Vertical curbs shall be required adjacent to all recreational facilities, open areas and landscaped areas, where designated by the city.
C. 
Other Access.
1. 
Fire Lanes. Shall be designated, posted and recorded as fire lanes and shall at no time be obstructed in a manner that will prohibit vehicular access through the fire lane system;
2. 
Pedestrian Access. There shall be provided a system of pathways to be used exclusively by pedestrians. Pathways shall serve all mobile home spaces and all buildings used in common. In the event such pathways are provided adjacent to a driveway, the pedestrian pathway shall be at a grade height of at least four inches higher than the adjacent driveway.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
A. 
Off-street parking: shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.620.
B. 
Landscaping and screening: shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.630.
C. 
Fire protection facilities: including hydrants, shall be installed by the developer as required by the city and the current fire services provider.
D. 
Recreational Areas and Facilities.
1. 
There shall be recreational open area/s provided in each park at the ratio of at least two hundred fifty square feet for each mobile home lot, at least twenty-five percent of which shall be open turf.
2. 
Recreation areas shall have a minimum dimension of twenty feet, a minimum area of six hundred square feet and may include required side and rear yard area.
3. 
Recreational areas shall be centrally located within the park unless another location or allocation is deemed advisable by the city and is so indicated on the approved plot plan.
4. 
Community facilities within the park, excluding driveways, parking areas, pedestrian pathways, storage facilities and central laundry facilities and drying yards, may be considered as recreational areas for purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this section.
5. 
Except in the case of a park restricted to adult occupancy, there shall be provided at least five thousand square feet of area and facilities for elementary school age children.
6. 
There shall be provided a recreation hall which shall include a kitchen, meeting and social room, and rest rooms.
E. 
Storage Areas.
1. 
Centralized common storage area/s must be provided at a ratio of at least one hundred square feet for each mobile home lot.
2. 
All mobile homes in dead storage, travel trailers, trailers, unmounted camper tops, boats, and immobile motor vehicles must be stored in an area set aside specifically for this purpose.
3. 
Storage areas shall be enclosed by a six-foot-high chain link fence with either redwood slats or plants located in such proximity so as to form a screen.
4. 
Storage shall be limited to belongings of the occupants of the park with access to be controlled and limited to owners, managers and occupants of the mobile home park.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 1075, 6/25/2024)