§ 17.88.100. Mobile home subdivisions.

The following supplementary and additional standards shall apply to mobile home subdivisions:

A.

The regulations pertaining to the subdivision of land within the city shall be adhered to;

B.

Density shall not exceed six lots per acre of land contained within the subdivision and the subdivision shall contain at least four acres of land;

C.

No less than ten percent of the gross area of the subdivision shall be set aside as open space for use by the occupants. The open space shall be situated as near to the central part of the park as good design indicates. The land covered by vehicular roadways, driveways, sidewalks, and off-street parking area and land contained within a lot shall not be construed as being part of the area required for open space;

D.

No mobile home or add-on shall be located closer than 15 feet to another mobile home or add-on;

E.

All mobile homes shall be set back at least 25 feet from all roadways;

F.

A sight-obscuring wall or fence or a strip of land at least eight feet wide shall be constructed or provided around the mobile home park subdivision, except across roadways and along the front lot line of the subdivision, in order to afford privacy to the subdivision;

G.

All mobile homes placed in the subdivision shall be skirted in accordance with section 17.40.040 and all skirting, buildings, add-ons and structures placed in the subdivision shall be compatible in design and construction with the mobile homes as approved by the planning and zoning administrator.

H.

Roadway widths shall conform to the subdivision regulations;

I.

An area of at least 100 square feet for each lot contained within the subdivision shall be provided for the storage of trailers, campers, and other material. Such storage space shall be enclosed with a sight-obscuring fence of not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height;

J.

Property development standards in excess of the minimum standards herein specified may be imposed where it is determined by the city council that such increased standards are necessary in order to insure that the development will mesh harmoniously with adjoining or nearby uses of property and are necessary to accomplish the intent of mobile home subdivisions. In the event that a developer does not desire to comply with the requirements of this chapter in obtaining approval of his subdivision, he may develop his land in accordance with the requirements of the surrounding zone in which the subdivision is located.

(Prior code § 17.84.100; Ord. NS116, 1985)