The purpose of this chapter is to provide regulations for the use, construction, and operation of mobile home parks and the use of mobile homes in the City in order to promote, protect, and secure the public health, safety, and general welfare.
A. 
Any person desiring to establish or enlarge a mobile home park or to make any substantial alteration of buildings, lots, or other installations in an existing mobile home park, shall first file an application on forms provided by the Development Services Department and obtain a permit issued by the Development Services Director. Applicants shall refer to Part 5 (Land Use and Development Approval Procedures) of the Zoning Ordinance for permit application procedures.
B. 
It is recognized that situations may arise wherein it may prove to be impractical, impossible, unfair, or oppressive for a person desiring to establish or enlarge a mobile home park to comply with all of the requirements of this chapter. In order to provide the necessary flexibility, the Development Services Director is authorized and empowered to deviate from the full requirements in this chapter as the conditions may warrant.
C. 
The Development Services Director shall be guided by the provisions of this chapter when reviewing a mobile home park application, in addition to the standards of the zone in which the mobile home park is located.
Mobile home parks, common amenities, and accessory buildings customarily associated to the permitted use shall be permitted.
A. 
The site shall be well-drained and properly graded in accordance with provisions of the City grading ordinance. The sites shall also be free from flood hazards as determined by the City Engineer.
B. 
Each mobile home park shall be served by an adequate domestic water supply and sanitary sewer as required by the City Engineer.
C. 
Individual mobile home park lots shall be configured to allow for convenient placement of a mobile home and a reasonable area for private use.
A. 
Individual Lots.
1. 
All open area under a mobile home shall be enclosed by approved skirts or by a combination of skirts and grading, except for minimum openings required for cross-ventilation.
2. 
Individual radio and television antennas on the exteriors of mobile homes and service buildings shall not be permitted. A central radio and television antenna shall be provided within the mobile home park, with underground wiring to the individual lots and service buildings, as required.
3. 
Whenever possible and consistent with proper drainage and minimum state cross-ventilation requirements, a mobile home shall be lowered by grading and excavating underneath the home, and adequate non-mechanical drainage shall be provided.
B. 
Landscaping.
1. 
All landscape elements shall comply with Chapter 17.12 (Landscaping).
2. 
At least two trees per mobile home shall be provided.
3. 
At least one tree shall be located in the area adjacent to the roadway.
4. 
A decorative wall consisting of solid masonry material shall be provided and maintained on the boundary of the mobile home park. The wall shall be at least 6-feet in height and 4 inches in thickness.
C. 
Parking. All parking shall comply with Chapter 17.11 (Parking and Loading).
D. 
Recreation.
1. 
A central recreation area shall be established in each mobile home park subject to the provisions of this chapter.
2. 
At least 250 square feet of usable land area per mobile home lot shall be provided for a combination of both indoor and outdoor recreation and service facilities.
3. 
A community recreation building shall be provided on a basis of 40 square feet per mobile home lot for the first 150 units and 10 square feet for each additional unit.
4. 
If the development of the park is to be done in phase construction, then the community recreation building must be developed during the construction of Phase 1.
5. 
The Development Services Director may permit decentralization of the recreation facilities in accordance with principles of good planning, provided that the total recreation area meets the above-stated minimum size.
E. 
Refuse.
1. 
Areas for trash disposal shall be provided at convenient locations throughout the park, generally within 500 feet of each mobile home lot.
2. 
Trash sites shall be screened on three sides by a 6-foot opaque screen or decorative wall.
F. 
Setbacks and Yards.
1. 
All distances between mobile homes and related accessory buildings shall conform with the California Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Part 2.1, Chapter 5, Article 2, except no mobile home, carport, cabana, ramada, awning, porch, canopy, or any other structure shall be closer than 5 feet from the side lot lines.
2. 
All mobile home parks and all structures within any mobile home park shall maintain a minimum front yard area of at least 25 feet from the right-of-way, and 5 feet from any adjoining property line.
3. 
Where the side yard abuts a mobile home park street, public parking area, or walkway, the side yard shall be at least 10 feet in width.
4. 
There shall be a minimum front yard of 10 feet extending across the full width of the mobile home lot.
5. 
Where the yard or setback requirements of the zoning ordinance or any other City Ordinance are greater than the foregoing, such yard or setback requirements shall be met and maintained.
G. 
Storage.
1. 
One storage space shall be provided for every three mobile homes.
2. 
The storage yard shall be located in an unobtrusive manner within the confines of the park.
3. 
Each storage space shall measure 9 feet in width by 30 feet in depth, and shall be adjacent to an access driveway at least 25 feet wide.
4. 
The storage yard shall be paved with asphaltic concrete with suitable base materials.
5. 
The storage yard shall be surrounded by a 6-foot-high solid, decorative masonry wall.
6. 
The storage yard access shall be equipped with 6-foot-high sight-obscuring gates.
H. 
Streets.
1. 
Streets shall be designed to provide reasonable and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic circulation.
2. 
All streets shall be at least 38 feet wide, with 30 feet roadways paved with 0.20-foot-thick asphaltic concrete surfacing.
3. 
Roadways shall have a crown in the center and shall have a concrete rolled curb and gutter with 6-inch curb face on each side of the roadway.
4. 
Four-foot-wide concrete walkways shall be located within streets.
5. 
Streets shall be lighted in accordance with the requirements of the City Engineer.
6. 
Streets shall not be used for automobile parking at any time.
I. 
Utilities.
1. 
All utility lines shall be placed underground.
2. 
The utility island sewer connections shall be set as low as possible consistent with state law.
A. 
A permit issued by the City Department of Building and Safety shall be obtained in order to operate a mobile home park or portion thereof. Applications for permits shall be secured from the department.
B. 
Upon receipt of an application for a permit to operate, the City Department of Building and Safety shall run an inspection of the mobile home park and, if found to be in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and other ordinances of the City and laws of the State of California, the permit to operate shall be issued upon payment of the fees hereinafter specified, and a copy of the permit shall be forwarded to the Department of Housing and Community Development of the State of California.
C. 
The fees set forth from time to time, by the California Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Part 2.1, Chapter 4, and all amendments thereto, shall apply. All such fees shall be paid in advance to the City Department of Building and Safety, and no fee shall be rebated or refunded.