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Corona City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

30 MP - MOBILE HOME PARK ZONE

17.30.010 Purpose.

   (A)   The purpose of this chapter is to supplement the provisions of the Mobile Home and Mobile Home Park Act of the state, as found in the California Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Part II, and in the California Administrative Code, Title VIII, Chapter 9.
   (B)   The MP zone is intended to provide for a combination of mobile homes in planned, integrated mobile home parks according to standards consistent with the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the city.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.010.) (Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007.)

17.30.020 Permitted uses.

   The uses set forth in this section shall be permitted in the MP zone subject to those property development standards provided in §§ 17.30.050 through 17.30.070 of this chapter. Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter, all buildings, premises or land in the MP zone shall be used or occupied and every building, structure and mobile home shall be erected, constructed, established, altered, enlarged, maintained and moved into within the MP zone only in accordance with the following regulations and standards:
   (A)   Mobile home accessory building or structure;
   (B)   Mobile home;
   (C)   Mobile home park;
   (D)   Parks and recreation areas subject to the provisions of Chapter 12.24;
   (E)   Sales of mobile homes;
   (F)   Trailer coach used as a construction project office during the time of construction;
   (G)   Uses which are accessory, including, but not limited to laundry and restroom facilities, offices and recreational facilities;
   (H)   Similar uses as determined pursuant to Chapter 17.88.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.020.) (Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2311 § 11, 1997; Ord. 1946 § 13, 1989; Ord. 1655 § 1, 1982.)

17.30.030 Conditional uses.

   The following uses may be permitted subject to issuance of a conditional use permit:
   (A)   Retail commercial activities conducted solely within a mobile home park and oriented toward the needs of mobile home park residents, including, but not limited to barbershop, beauty shop, laundry, dry cleaning, neighborhood market, and restaurant or café;
   (B)   Sale of mobile homes.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.030.) (Ord. 1655 § 2, 1982.)

17.30.040 Prohibited uses.

   Uses prohibited in the MP zone are as follows:
   (A)   Cannabis storefront retailer.
   (B)   Cannabis non-storefront retailer.
   (C)   Cannabis manufacturing.
   (D)   Cannabis distribution.
   (E)   Cannabis testing laboratory.
   (F)   Cannabis microbusiness.
   (G)   Cannabis cultivation.
   (H)   Any type of commercial cannabis activity.
(Ord. 3323 § 3, 2020; Ord. 3223 § 26, 2016; Ord. 3220 § 25, 2015; Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007.)

17.30.050 Property development standards - Mobile home park.

   Standards are as set forth in this section.
   (A)   Site area. Not less than ten acres of land area.
   (B)   Maximum density. Eight mobile home spaces per gross acre.
   (C)   Maximum height for buildings and structures. 30 feet or two stories, whichever is lesser.
   (D)   Yards. Yard requirements are as follows.
      (1)   Front yards. Each mobile home park shall have a front yard extending for the full width of the parcel and devoted to the use. The front yard shall have an average width of 15 feet and shall not be less than ten feet at any point. In the case of abutting parcels of land wherein the front yard of one parcel exceeds the front yard setback requirement for the zone in which the parcel is located, the front yard setback line for any abutting parcel which is located in an MP zone shall be at a 45 degree angle from the front yard setback line of the other parcel to the setback line of the parcel located in the MP zone.
      (2)   Side and rear yards. Each mobile home park shall have a rear yard of not less than five feet in width and a side yard on each side of the mobile home park not less than five feet in width; provided, however, that if a side or rear yard abuts a street, the rear yard or side street side yard shall have an average width of eight feet and shall not be less than five feet at any point.
   (E)   Walls, fences and landscaping. Each mobile home park shall be entirely enclosed at its exterior boundaries by a six-foot screen consisting of solid masonry or other appropriate decorative screening; provided, however, that the screen may be reduced to three feet in height when it is constructed in a front yard at any entrance to the park. The provisions of Chapter 17.70 shall apply.
   (F)   Access from mobile home park to public street. Access provisions are as follows:
      (1)   The provisions of Chapter 17.68 shall apply;
      (2)   Each mobile home park shall have no less than two access ways for fire fighting equipment, the location and design of which shall be approved by the Planning Director and city’s Fire Chief.
   (G)   Parking. A mobile home park shall have at least one guest parking space for each five mobile home spaces or fraction thereof. These spaces shall be interspersed throughout the park in increments of five or less, except that more than five spaces may be grouped immediately adjacent to recreation facilities as long as the total of all such recreation spaces does not exceed 25% of all spaces in the park and except that the distance between groups of parking spaces shall not exceed 300 feet.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.040.) (Ord. 3353 § 3, 2022; Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 1624 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1585 § 4, 1980.)

17.30.060 Property development standards - Mobile homes.

   Standards are as set forth in this section.
   (A)   Minimum area for mobile home space. A mobile home space shall have not less than 3,500 square feet of land area. In computing such area, no consideration shall be given to interior access drives or recreational areas.
   (B)   Yards.
      (1)   General. Each mobile home space shall have a front yard, and the front yard shall be not less than five feet in width. The front of a mobile home is deemed to be that portion of the mobile home where a tongue or towing device is located or designed to be located. A front yard shall be measured from the tongue or towing device for the mobile home or, if the device is removed from the mobile home, to the front mobile home space line. The minimum front yard shall extend for the full width of the mobile home space.
      (2)   Side yard. Each mobile home space shall have a side yard not less than four feet in width from all side mobile home space lines.
      (3)   Rear yard. Each mobile home space shall have a rear yard not less than five feet in width from all rear mobile home space lines.
      (4)   Special yards. The body of a coach which sides or rears on an access road, public parking area or pedway shall be at least ten feet from the property line; provided however, that an open patio or awning may be constructed to within five feet of the property line.
   (C)   Separation between mobile home units. There shall be a minimum separation between all mobile homes to the distances as indicated herein below:
      (I)   If the side of a mobile home faces the side of another mobile home or an adjacent vacant lot which is intended for future placement of a mobile home, a 12 foot distance is required from the body of the coach to the interior side lot line;
      (2)   If the side of a mobile home faces the rear of another mobile home, the minimum distance shall be 19 feet;
      (3)   If the rear of a mobile home faces the rear of another mobile home, the minimum distance shall be ten feet;
   (D)   Coverage. Lot area coverage by coach and covered outdoor areas and uncovered outdoor areas exceeding 24 inches in height shall not exceed 75%.
   (E)   Mobile home storage cabinet. Each mobile home space shall contain a general storage cabinet with a minimum capacity of 90 cubic feet, the cabinet to be located in either the side or rear yard of the mobile home space.
   (F)   Parking requirements. Parking requirements are as follows:
      (1)   Each mobile home space shall have at least two paved off-street parking spaces, and the spaces may be located in tandem to each other and with the mobile home space;
      (2)   The applicable provisions of Chapter 17.76 shall apply.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.050.) (Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 1472 § 1, 1977.)

17.30.070 Property development standards - Interior facilities of a mobile home park.

   Standards are as set forth in this section.
   (A)   Sanitary sewer and water. Each mobile home space shall be provided with connections to the city’s sewer and water services.
   (B)   Drainage facilities and utility services. All storm drainage facilities, electrical, gas, telephone services and other utilities shall be placed underground in conformance with city standards.
   (C)   Community center parks (park and recreational space). A minimum of 150 square feet of net usable area per mobile home space shall be provided for a combination of both indoor and outdoor community recreation facilities. Outdoor community recreational facilities shall be consolidated into a usable area of not less than 2,000 square feet, any single dimension of which shall not be less than 25 feet. Indoor community recreational facilities shall consist of an area of not less than 2,500 square feet or of an area not less than the product of 35 square feet times the number of mobile home spaces within the mobile home park, whichever is greater.
   (D)   Interior access drives. Access drives shall meet the following standards:
      (1)   Interior access drives within a mobile home park shall be paved to a width of not less than 28 feet from a mobile home space line to a mobile home space line;
      (2)   Interior access drives shall be improved on each side by cement concrete rolled curbs and gutters, as approved by the city’s Director of Public Works;
      (3)   All dead-end interior access drives shall have a minimum outside turning radius of 40 feet;
      (4)   All corners shall have a minimum 15 foot radius;
      (5)   A mobile home space shall have a frontage of not less than 15 feet in length on an access drive.
   (E)   Storage areas.
      (1)   Service vehicles and equipment, supplies and maintenance materials, used for maintenance of a mobile home park, shall be stored in enclosed or fenced areas.
      (2)   Storage areas shall be provided for the benefit of the residents of each mobile home park in which recreational vehicles, trailers, travel trailers and other sundry type licensed vehicles may be stored. The storage area shall contain an area equal to the product of 40 square feet times the number of mobile home spaces in the park; provided, however, that the storage area for each mobile home park shall not be less than 4,000 square feet.
      (3)   Such a storage area must be thoroughly screened by fencing or otherwise and designed so as to be easily accessible and compatible with the mobile home spaces.
   (F)   Landscaping. All mobile home park areas not used for interior access drives, parking, circulation, buildings and service areas shall be completely and permanently landscaped, and the entire site shall be maintained in good condition. The provisions of Chapter 17.70 shall apply.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.060.) (Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 1624 § 2, 1981; Ord. 1585 § 5, 1980.)

17.30.080 Location restriction.

   Mobile homes shall only be permitted pursuant to this chapter or to Chapters 17.06 or 17.81.
(`78 Code, § 17.30.070.) (Ord. 2885 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 1605 § 9, 1981; Ord. 1489 § 2, 1978.)