The sole purpose of the Mobilehome Park (MP) district is to designate areas for medium-density mobilehome living areas that are, or will be, subject to the California Mobilehome Parks Act, as set forth in Section 18200 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code, and associated administrative regulations as set forth in Title 25, California Code of Regulations. Uses are limited to mobilehome parks with spaces available for rent, mobilehomes within a mobilehome park available for rent, accessory uses, and recreational vehicle parks. Recreational vehicle parks are subject to Section 18860 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code and associated administrative regulations as set forth in Title 25, California Code of Regulations. Maximum density for a mobilehome park is regulated by the applicable general plan land use category. Recreational vehicle parks are not subject to general plan residential density requirements and may additionally be located outside of licensed mobilehome parks, where authorized as a conditionally permitted use by the underlying zoning district classification. Foundations for mobilehomes in mobilehome parks are permitted but not required.

(Prior code § 7050.01)

(Ord. No. G-8226, § 32, 11-8-11)

The following uses and all others determined to be similar to these uses pursuant to Sections 19.08.030 through 19.08.080 of this chapter are permitted in the MP district:

A.

Residential uses:

— Manager, caretaker or proprietor quarters

— Mobilehome

— Mobilehome park, including accessory laun-dry and storage facilities;

B.

Recreation, entertainment, and tourist facilities:

— Community recreational facilities

— Recreational vehicle park, provided that the mobilehome park site abuts and gains entrance from a major or secondary (collector) highway as designated on the Kern County circulation plan, and further provided that the area of such recreational vehicle park does not exceed forty percent (40%) of the combined area of the mobilehome park and recreational vehicle park;

C.

Miscellaneous uses:

— Community garden pursuant to Section 19.26.190 of this chapter

— —Day-care center for on-site care of children

— Drainage sump, if proposed and approved as part of a tentative subdivision map or tentative parcel map

— Garage or yard sales pursuant to Section 19.26.180 of this chapter

— Home occupation pursuant to Chapter 19.94

— Solar energy electrical generators which are accessory to a permitted or conditionally permitted use and where the power generated does not exceed the total on-site power demand

— Water system, small

(Ord. G-7482 § 36, 2007; Ord. G-6412 § 26, 1997; Ord. G-6077 § 100, 1994: Ord. G-4832 § 79, 1988; prior code § 7050.02)

(Ord. No. G-8226, § 33, 11-8-11)

The following uses are permitted in the MP District with a conditional use permit:

A.

Recreation, Entertainment, and Tourist Facilities.

— Recreational vehicle park, except as permitted by subsection 19.26.020(B);

B.

Miscellaneous Uses.

— Drainage sump

— Water system, large

— Water treatment plant;

C.

Resource Extraction and Energy Development Uses.

— Oil or gas exploration and production pursuant to Chapter 19.98 of this title

(Prior code § 7050.03; Ord. G-4832 § 80, 1988; Ord. G-6077 § 101, 1994; Ord. G-6412 § 28, 1997; Res. No. 2020-116, § 2, 5-19-20; Ord. No. G-8992, § 7, 3-8-21)

All other uses not expressly permitted by Sections 19.26.020 and 19.26.030 of this chapter or accessory thereto under Section 19.08.110 are prohibited in the MP district.

(Ord. G-7189 § 31, 2005: Ord. G-6864 § 27, 2002: prior code § 7050.04)

There is no minimum lot size requirement in the MP zone.

(Prior code § 7050.05)

There is no requirement for minimum lot area per dwelling in the MP district, except that overall project density shall comply with the density and intensity standards of the applicable general plan land use category.

(Prior code § 7050.06)

The following yard and setback requirements apply in the MP district:

A.

Front Yard. The front-yard minimum setback for mobilehome parks measured from the exterior boundary of the park shall be as follows:

1.

Thirty-five (35) feet from the legal centerline of any existing or proposed public or private local street;

2.

Fifty (50) feet from the legal centerline of any existing or proposed secondary highway;

3.

Sixty (60) feet from the legal centerline of any existing or proposed major highway.

In no case shall the front-yard minimum setback be less than five (5) feet from the right-of-way established by any official or specific plan line, street or access easement.

B.

Side Yard. None, except that on the street side of a corner lot, the mobilehome park shall be set back in accordance with the front-yard setback requirements.

C.

Rear Yard. None, except that in the case of through lots, the designated rear yard shall be in accordance with the front-yard setback requirements.

(Ord. G-5966 § 41, 1993; Ord. G-4832 § 81, 1988; prior code § 7050.07)

The following height limits apply in the MP district:

A.

Mobilehomes and accessory structures thereto shall not exceed two (2) stories or twenty-five (25) feet.

B.

Community recreational facilities shall not exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet.

C.

Radio and television antennas, communication towers, chimneys, and other similar structures shall not exceed eighty (80) feet.

(Prior code § 7050.08)

(Ord. No. G-8226, § 34, 11-8-11)

Minimum distance between structures in the MP district shall be as follows:

A.

The minimum distance between mobilehomes within a mobilehome park shall be as follows:

1.

Ten (10) feet from side to side,

2.

Eight (8) feet from side to rear,

3.

Six (6) feet from rear to rear;

B.

There shall be a minimum distance of ten (10) feet between each building other than a mobilehome or mobilehome accessory structures;

C.

There shall be a minimum distance of ten (10) feet between a mobilehome and a building, excepting mobilehome accessory structures.

(Prior code § 7050.09)

Off-street parking in the MP district shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 19.82 of this title.

(Prior code § 7050.10)

The following types of signs are permitted in the MP district in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 19.84 of this title:

A.

Temporary real estate signs advertising the mobilehome for sale or rent, not to exceed six (6) square feet each, excluding the area of any vertical and/or horizontal support members;

B.

Permanent subdivision identification signs;

C.

Temporary construction signs;

D.

Temporary political, religious or civic campaign signs;

E.

One (1) pole sign pursuant to Section 19.84.030.

(Ord. G-5346 § 45, 1990: prior code § 7050.11)

Landscaping in the MP district shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 19.86 of this title.

(Prior code § 7050.12)

No use shall be established, no development shall occur, and no building or grading permit shall be issued for any use or development in the MP district until an application for site development plan review has been submitted to and approved by the planning director in accordance with the procedures set out in Sections 19.102.040 through 19.102.060 of this title.

(Ord. G-6077 § 102, 1994: prior code § 7050.13 (part))

An application for site development plan review shall include the following:

A.

Name and address of applicant;

B.

Name(s) and address(es) of property owner(s);

C.

Assessor's parcel number(s);

D.

Legal description of the property;

E.

A site development plan, drawn at the scale specified by the planning director, which includes the following information:

1.

Topography and proposed grading,

2.

Proposed private access drives and parking areas,

3.

Location of all mobilehome pads,

4.

Location of all permanent buildings and structures,

5.

Park, open space, and recreation areas,

6.

Proposed landscaping,

7.

North arrow;

F.

Elevations of all permanent common buildings;

G.

Phasing or development schedule;

H.

A detailed description of facility improvements, including:

1.

Curb, gutter, sidewalks, and street widths,

2.

Water supply system,

3.

Sewage collection and disposal system,

4.

Public utilities,

5.

Fencing;

I.

Any reports, approvals or requirements specified as mitigation measures by any environmental document for implementation of this district for specific parcels and a plan for compliance with the recommendations contained in such reports.

(Ord. G-6077 § 103, 1994; prior code § 7050.13 (A))

Development within the MP district shall comply with the following minimum standards:

A.

Consistency With General Plan and/or Specific Plans. All development shall be consistent with the goals and policies of the county general plan, with the uses and density/intensity standards of the applicable general plan land use category, and with any applicable specific plan and its goals, policies and standards.

B.

Access, Access Drives and Parking.

1.

All access drives within a mobilehome park shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width.

2.

Guest parking shall be distributed throughout the mobilehome park as required by Chapter 19.82 of this title.

3.

All vehicular parking areas and drives shall be surfaced and graded in accordance with the requirements for local streets as contained in the county subdivision ordinance.

4.

All mobilehome spaces shall have frontage on internal private drives. No mobilehome space shall have direct access to a public street or public alley.

5.

All mobilehome park sites shall have access from an abutting improved and dedicated county street or highway.

C.

Public Street and Highway Dedications and Improvements.

1.

Street and highway dedications adjacent to mobilehome parks may be required by the planning director in accordance with the following standards:

a.

If the park is adjacent to a major high-way, as shown on the Kern County circulation plan, the owner shall dedicate or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all property lying within fifty-five (55) feet of the centerline of such highway for public highway purposes, at no cost to the county.

b.

If the park is adjacent to a secondary highway, as shown on the Kern County circulation plan, the owner shall dedicate or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all property lying within forty-five (45) feet of the centerline of such highway for public highway purposes, at no cost to the county.

c.

If the park lies adjacent to the projected alignment of a planned local street which is necessary for circulation within the general area or neighborhood, the owner shall dedicate or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all that property lying within thirty (30) feet of the centerline of such street for public street purposes, at no cost to the county.

d.

If the park is adjacent to an adopted specific plan or official plan line, the owner shall dedicate or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all property lying within the specified right-of-way line for public highway purposes, at no cost to the county.

2.

Improvements may be required by the planning director, at no cost to the county, in accordance with the following standards:

a.

All developments within Type A improvement areas (see Appendix) shall provide road or street improvements to Type A subdivision standards. Developments in all other areas shall provide road or street improvements to Type B subdivision standards, unless Type A subdivision standards are required by any adopted specific plan in which the development is proposed, in which case Type A improvements shall be required. If the project site abuts a state highway, road improvements shall be provided as required by the California Department of Transportation.

3.

Required street and highway improvements shall include any necessary tie to existing pavement and shall be under permit of the county or the State Division of Highways, as appropriate. Existing pavement shall be saw cut at match point.

D.

Recreational Areas and Facilities.

1.

If a mobilehome park contains ten (10) or more mobilehome spaces, or if a mobilehome park combined with a recreational vehicle park as a secondary use contains a combination of ten (10) or more mobilehome spaces and recreational vehicle spaces, an open area of land devoted to and landscaped for recreational use shall be provided within the park.

2.

Such recreational area shall be no less than five thousand (5,000) square feet, plus an additional one hundred (100) square feet for each space in excess of twenty-five (25) spaces.

3.

Required recreational areas may be divided into more than one (1) location, provided no single location contains less than one thousand (1,000) square feet.

4.

No building or mobilehome shall occupy a required recreational area, excepting buildings and structures necessary or used and devoted to recreational uses, such as recreation buildings, swimming pools, swimming pool accessory buildings, saunas, playgrounds with or without equipment, picnic areas, or other improved open space areas.

5.

No required front yard, side yard or rear yard of the park, or any mobilehome space, recreational vehicle space or storage area, may be counted toward the requirement for recreational space.

6.

The required recreational space shall be accessible to all occupants of the park and shall not be used for any other purpose than recreational use of the occupants of the park, except that such space may be used for any subsurface sewage effluent absorption facilities where approved by the county health department.

E.

Enclosures.

1.

Each mobilehome park shall be completely enclosed within a screening fence, hedge, or combination thereof, subject to the approval of the planning director as to design and materials.

2.

Such enclosure may have driveway or pedestrian way openings, subject to approval by the planning director.

3.

Within any required front yard, a required enclosure shall be four (4) feet in height, and shall be located a minimum of five (5) feet from the edge of the adjacent road right-of-way. The director may authorize such an enclosure at a height of six (6) feet where it is determined that sight-distance hazards will not be created.

4.

Within any other portion of the park, a required enclosure shall be six (6) feet in height, and shall be located a minimum of five (5) feet from the edge of the adjacent road right-of-way except that, where adjacent to a street-side yard, the required enclosure shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from the edge of the adjacent road right-of-way.

5.

When deemed necessary by the planning director, in order to maintain standards compatible with existing development of adjacent properties, specific types of fences may be required to be constructed.

F.

Utility Installation.

1.

All public utility transmission lines located within the park shall be placed underground.

2.

Utility connections to each mobilehome space shall be placed underground.

G.

Drainage.

1.

A drainage system which meets the requirements of the Kern County development standards shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park and shall be continuously maintained in accordance with a plan approved by the planning director.

2.

The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following provisions:

a.

All drainage originating on the park site shall be contained on the same site, unless a plan for acceptance of such drainage to off-site sumps has been approved by the Kern County planning department.

b.

The method for transporting off-site drainage through a mobilehome park shall meet the criteria of the Kern County flood damage prevention ordinance.

c.

In the event that any drainage sump area located within the park has a water holding capacity of more than eighteen (18) inches in depth, the area shall be completely enclosed within a chain link fence, six (6) feet in height with vertical redwood slats.

H.

Water Distribution and Sewage Disposal Systems.

1.

A water distribution system shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park and shall be continuously maintained, in accordance with a plan approved by the county health department and the county fire department.

2.

A sewage disposal system shall be installed prior to occupancy of the park and shall be continuously maintained, in accordance with a plan approved by the county health department and the Regional Water Quality Control Board.

(Ord. G-6191 § 21, 1995; Ord. G-6077 §§ 105—107, 1994; Ord. G-5966 § 42, 1993; Ord. G-5346 § 46, 1990; Ord. G-4993 §§ 17—21, 1989; Prior code § 7050.13 (B))

Thirty (30) days from the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter derives, the approval of any mobilehome park under this chapter is conditioned upon the payment of any fees or the dedication of any land required by standards established under the Kern County school facilities ordinance (Chapter 17.52 of this code) which may be in effect with respect to the school district or any attendance area thereof in which such mobilehome park is located at the time final approval under this chapter is issued. Payment of any fees or the dedication of any land so required shall be completed by the owner of any such mobilehome park prior to issuance of a permit to construct, reconstruct, expand, or operate such mobilehome park as specified in the approval, except as otherwise authorized by the applicable school district(s).

(Ord. G-6077 § 109, 1994: Prior code § 7050.13 (C))

The mobilehome park operator shall secure necessary building permits and an operating license from the state of California.

(Prior code § 7050.13 (D))

Garage or yard sales are permitted without special permit provided they meet the following standards:

A.

Sales last no longer than three (3) days;

B.

Sales are held no more than twice yearly;

C.

Sales are conducted on the owner's or tenant's property. Multiple-family sales are permitted if they are held on the property of one (1) of the participants.

D.

No goods purchased for resale may be offered for sale;

E.

No consignment goods may be offered for sale;

F.

Directional signs may be placed on the street right-of-way;

G.

All directional and advertising signs shall be freestanding and removed after completion of the sale;

H.

All directional and advertising signs placed on private property shall have the owner's permission;

I.

No directional or advertising signs may be larger than two (2) feet by three (3) feet.

(Prior code § 7050.13 (E))

Community gardens are permitted subject to the issuance of a permit as provided for in Section 19.102.070 of this title and subject to following the requirements:

1.

The lot or lots used for the garden are owned or leased by a property owner's association, homeowner's association, tenant's association, nonprofit organization or public agency which has established an organizational entity and framework for administration of the garden.

2.

The organizational entity that administers the garden shall establish and enforce rules pertaining to the use of the property and rights of membership. A copy of the adopted rules shall be filed with the Kern County Planning and Community Development Department, together with name and contact information of an individual who oversees the program. The adopted rules shall contain provisions requiring the removal of all structures and materials in the event of the dissolution of the administering entity.

3.

A maximum of five (5) acres shall be used in conjunction with any community garden site established pursuant to this chapter. Larger garden sites may be accommodated through the conditional use permit provisions contained in Chapter 19.104 of this title.

4.

Each community garden site shall be posted with a sign not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet and not exceeding a height of six (6) feet that identifies the site as a community garden and provides essential contact information.

5.

No permanent buildings shall be permitted; however, temporary structures not exceeding one hundred twenty (120) square feet each may be placed on-site for the storage of tools, materials and equipment used for on-site gardening, if authorized under the rules adopted by the organizational entity that administers the garden. The combined area of all such storage structures shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the overall garden site area. Benches or picnic tables, composting bins, trash containers, garden art, and designated play areas for children may be provided for the benefit of community garden members, if provided for in the adopted rules governing the use of the site and rights of membership and if determined by the planning director to be clearly accessory and incidental to the community garden. Perimeter and individual plot fencing is permitted and shall not exceed a height of six (6) feet.

6.

The community garden shall be operated and maintained in such a manner so that irrigation water is retained on-site and there are no off-site erosion or sedimentation impacts.

7.

There shall be no on-site sales except for produce grown on-site. One (1) temporary produce stand not exceeding an area of six hundred (600) square feet may be permitted for each community garden site, if provided for in the adopted rules governing the use of the site and rights of membership and considered by the planning director pursuant to Section 19.102.070. Up to two (2) temporary on-site signs not exceeding a combined total of forty-eight (48) square feet to advertise the sale of produce may be authorized in conjunction with a request for a temporary produce stand, as determined by the planning director.

8.

The planning director may impose reasonable conditions in conjunction with approval of a community garden permit that are deemed necessary to safeguard public health, safety, and general welfare.

9.

If public complaints arise from the operations of a community garden authorized by this title or if any such garden creates nuisance impacts on surrounding roads or properties, the planning director may serve written notice upon the community garden property owner and the responsible organizational entity to abate the problem. If the problem continues beyond a reasonable time period as set forth in the planning director's written order, the planning director may schedule a public hearing pursuant to Sections 19.102.020 and 19.102.090 of this title. The planning director shall consider whether or not the community garden may continue to operate and may modify conditions or impose additional conditions deemed necessary to safeguard the public health, safety, and general welfare. If the planning director orders the closure of the community garden, all structures, material, and produce shall be removed from the site within sixty (60) days of the effective date of said order. Any decision of the planning director may be appealed to the board of supervisors, subject to payment of the required filing fee and the applicable provisions specified in Section 19.102.110 of this title.

(Ord. No. G-8226, § 35, 11-8-11)

Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked or modified pursuant to Section 19.102.020 of this title.

(Prior code § 7050.13 (F))

(Ord. No. G-8226, § 36, 11-8-11)