No mobile home park shall be located or maintained in any district of the City of Ithaca, New York, except in a specified district, as defined and established by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Ithaca, New York, as it may from time to time be amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 325, Zoning.
No mobile home lot shall be situated within 50 feet of any existing public highway, street or other public way or within 30 feet of any other existing property line.
All freestanding accessory structures and all appurtenant structures, including, by way of illustration but not limitation, awnings, cabanas, carports, Florida rooms, Mediterranean rooms, porches, ramadas, storage cabinets and sheds, shall be included, together with the mobile home, in computing the percentage of lot coverage.
Each mobile home owner, within 30 days after the arrival of his/her mobile home in the park, shall be required to enclose the bottom space between the edge of the mobile home and the foundation with a skirt of metal, wood or other suitable material, properly ventilated, and to affix said mobile home securely to the mobile home stand.
[Amended 8-5-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992]
Two paved parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home lot off the street. Each parking space shall have a minimum of 153 square feet.
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Required. Proper landscaping shall be provided as specified by the City Planning and Development Board.
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Screening. Mobile home parks shall screen the park boundary line separating the park and adjacent properties with natural or artificial fencing to a minimum height of six feet.
Artificial lighting shall be provided to illuminate walks, driveways and parking spaces for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night.
All power and utility lines shall be located underground and shall be located at least 18 inches below the ground surface and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the municipality.
The water supply system shall be connected to the City water supply system in accordance with the rules and regulations of the municipality.
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The sewage disposal system shall be connected to the City sewage disposal system in accordance with the rules and regulations of the municipality.
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Storm drainage pipes, ditches, etc., may be required by the City.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 348, Sewers.
Each mobile home park shall make provisions for sanitary equipment to prevent littering of the grounds and premises with rubbish, garbage and refuse. Each mobile home shall have containers with tightly fitting covers. Regular disposal for all rubbish, trash and garbage shall be provided at least weekly by the park developer in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board of Public Works.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 196, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse.
Every park shall contain an electrical wiring system, consisting of wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances, which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the specifications and regulations of the local electrical company. All wiring, fixtures and connections must have approval of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters and/or other authority as designated by the municipality.
The mobile home park shall be provided with facilities for the safe storage of required fuels. All systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the applicable codes and regulations governing such systems. All such installations shall be approved by the Ithaca Fire Department.
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The park developer shall provide and maintain an outdoor recreation area for the common use of persons living in the park, said recreation area to contain not less than 100 square feet per mobile home, but in no event less than 5,000 square feet, exclusive of lots and setbacks. Said recreation area shall be situated in a readily accessible location within the park.
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The Planning and Development Board may recommend and the Director of Planning and Development or his/her designee may establish such conditions on the ownership, use and maintenance of open recreation spaces as deemed necessary to assure the preservation of such open spaces for their intended purposes.
[Amended 6-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-15[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance provided for an effective date of 1-1-2014.
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The developer of a mobile home park containing 50 or more mobile homes shall provide and maintain an enclosed climate-controlled community facility of not less than 500 square feet of common use recreation space for the first 50 mobile homes contained within said park and not less than an additional 250 square feet of common use recreation space for each additional 50 mobile homes contained within said park. Only space used for common community use and recreation shall be included in determining the area of said facility; space used for a laundromat, service area, office space, storage and maintenance areas and the like shall not be included for such computation. Nothing set forth in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the existence of common community and recreation use together with laundromat, service area, etc., uses in the same joint facility, provided that all other provisions of this section have been complied with.