The purpose of the MHP district is to provide areas for mobile homes on nonpermanent foundations (i.e., mobile home parks) in recognition of the fact that such development offers opportunities for affordable rental housing. The intent is to ensure a safe and attractive residential environment by promoting high standards of site planning, architecture, and landscape design for mobile home parks.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

The following processes shall govern development of such units in the MHP district, in accordance with Chapter 14.72 (Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units):

1.

Permits for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units located in the ADU beach neighborhood overlay district, shall be subject to discretionary review in accordance with Section 14.72.110 of this chapter.

2.

Accessory dwelling units, outside the coastal zone appeals jurisdiction, shall be subject to approval of an administrative coastal development permit.

3.

Accessory dwelling units, within the coastal zone appeals jurisdiction, shall be subject to approval of an administrative coastal development permit, appealable to the California Coastal Commission as provided in Chapter 14.78 (Appeals).

4.

Junior accessory dwelling units shall be subject to issuance of a building permit.

(Ord. 758, § 4, 1-23-2023)

Prior to the issuance of any permit for development on property zoned or to be rezoned to mobile home park, a development plan shall be submitted, processed, and approved as provided in Chapter 14.68.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

Uses permitted subject to development plan approval in the MHP district are as follows:

1.

Mobile home park;

2.

Recreational facilities for the use of the residents of the park;

3.

Uses, structures, and buildings customarily incidental and subordinate to the uses permitted in this district;

4.

Personal use cannabis cultivation, as provided in Chapter 14.59.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

(Ord. No. 726, § 6, 3-25-2019)

The following minimum standards shall apply to the perimeters of a mobile home park:

1.

No building or structure shall be located closer than twenty feet from the property line nor fifty feet from the centerline of any dedicated city street, nor closer than fifteen feet from the side or rear property lines of the parcel on which the mobile home park is located.

2.

The following minimum standards shall apply to mobile home sites located within a mobile home park:

No building or structure shall be located closer than ten feet from the front line of the mobile home site, nor closer than five feet from the side and rear lines of the mobile home site.

3.

In addition to subsections 1 and 2 of this section, where a portion of a parcel zoned MHP abuts a parcel zoned single-family residential (R-1) there shall be a landscaped buffer at least twenty-five feet wide.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

Parking regulations in the MHP district are as provided in Chapter 14.54.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

The minimum park area shall be ten acres and the minimum mobile home site area shall be three thousand six hundred square feet with a minimum width of forty feet and a minimum depth of seventy feet.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

The maximum density for any park shall be eight units per gross acre.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

Buildings and structures shall not occupy more than seventy-five percent of each mobile home site.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

The minimum distance between mobile home units shall be ten feet.

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No building or structure used for recreational purposes shall exceed a height of thirty feet.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

1.

A minimum of one tree shall be planted on each mobile home site.

2.

A minimum of twenty percent of the net area shall be in common open space, which shall include recreational facilities generally provided in a central location. Such facilities may include space for community buildings and community use facilities. Improved sidewalks, walkways, or paths shall link all mobile home sites to the recreational facilities.

3.

The development shall be enclosed except for ingress and egress with a five-foot decorative wall or fence and landscaping.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

1.

Each mobile home site shall be provided with an outdoor living area. Each outdoor living area shall be improved to assure reasonable privacy and comfort and shall be not less than three hundred square feet in size.

2.

Tool sheds and equipment storage structures shall be permitted on each site but shall not be located in the front, side or rear setback area.

3.

Storage facilities for recreation vehicles (travel trailers, campers, etc.) shall be constructed at the ratio of one storage space for each three mobile home sites. Storage areas shall be screened by landscaping and fences for security purposes. Minimum dimensions for each storage site shall be ten feet by twenty feet.

4.

All interior streets, and drainage, shall be designed and constructed in accordance with standards established by the city and other minimums established by the Carpinteria-Summerland fire department.

5.

All development shall be in compliance with the California Administrative Code, Title 25, Housing and Community Development.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)

The city may grant exceptions to Sections 14.18.060, 14.18.070, and 14.18.080 of this district to provide for a mobile home park of innovative design that includes clustering of units, more than the minimum amount of open space, or other benefits to the city, as necessary.

(Ord. 315 § 1 (part), 1981)