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Kittitas County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

24 H-T-C - HISTORIC TRAILER COURT ZONES

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Editor's Note: Legislation previously included in Ch. 17.24: Ord. 16-8.

§ 17.24.010 Purpose and intent.

The purpose and intent of the trailer court zone is to recognize established mobile home developments located in Kittitas County. No further expansion of these developments is allowed.
(Ord. 83-Z-2 (part), 1983; Ord. 2007-22, 2007)

§ 17.24.015 Development within the Ellensburg Urban Growth Area (UGA).

For properties located within the City of Ellensburg UGA, the uses and development standards in KCC § 17.11.030 through § 17.11.039 shall be utilized. Where KCC § 17.11.030 through § 17.11.039 does not identify uses and development standards to be utilized for development within the Ellensburg UGA, this chapter shall apply.
(Ord. 2022-017, 2022)

§ 17.24.020A Existing Uses.

The following trailer court zone developments exist in Kittitas County: Millpond Manor.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.24.020B Repealed.

(Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.24.030 Minimum requirements.

The minimum lot area and yard requirements in a HTC zone are as follows:
1. 
Mobile homes. The minimum area for a historic trailer (mobile home) court site shall be three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet times the number of individual trailer sites to be provided. Densities must have the approval of the county health office.
2. 
Single family home. The requirements are the same as the requirements of the Rural-5 zone.
3. 
Electric vehicle infrastructure. See KCC Chapter 17.66
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2011-013, 2011; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.24.040 Yard requirements.

No individual mobile home or single family dwelling shall be closer than thirty-five (35) feet to any lot or street right-of-way or closer than fifteen (15) feet from any other mobile home.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.24.045 Yard requirements - Zones adjacent to Commercial Forest Zone.

Properties bordering or adjacent to the Commercial Forest zone are subject to a two hundred (200)-foot setback from the Commercial Forest Zone. (KCC § 17.57.050(1)). For properties where such setback isn't feasible, development shall comply with KCC § 17.57.050(2).
(Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

§ 17.24.050 Design standards.

1. 
All access roadways, parking areas and service drives shall be bituminous surfaced or better.
2. 
No occupied mobile home shall remain in a mobile home park unless a mobile home space is available.
3. 
All streets and alleys within the mobile home subdivision should be excavated or filled within 0.3 (plus or minus) of a foot of the grade established by the county engineer.
(Res. 83-10, 1983)

§ 17.24.060 Existing residential exceptions..

Note: Former § 17.24.060 was repealed by Ord. 2007-22, 2007
1. 
A portion of exterior wall assemblies that include insulation shall be allowed to project up to an additional eight inches into the setbacks on all sides.
2. 
A building shall be allowed to exceed the maximum allowable roof height by eight inches to accommodate additional insulation.
3. 
Gross floor area shall be measured from the interior face of the exterior walls, which includes drywall, as typically depicted on the architectural floor plans.
(Ord. 2026-004, 6/16/2026)

§ 17.24.070 Off-street parking.

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For each mobile home lot there shall be provided and maintained at least one parking space. Each such parking space shall contain a minimum area of 180 square feet (of dimensions nine feet by 20 feet, or 10 feet by 19 feet) and shall be hard surfaced. If central parking lots are provided, they shall be hard surfaced and each space separated by striping or other adequate means and identified to the official lot number of the occupant and reserved for his sole use.
2. 
Parallel parking may be permitted in driveways at the approval of the planning commission providing the improved driveway width is increased to a minimum of 36 feet.
3. 
Where lots exist on only one side of the driveway, parallel parking may be permitted on one side at the approval of the Commission providing the driveway width is increased to a minimum of 28 feet.
4. 
Residential parking exceptions.
a. 
Garages are not required to meet minimum parking spaces required in Table 17.11.039(4)(a)(i).
b. 
Parking spaces that count towards minimum parking requirements may be enclosed or unenclosed.
c. 
Tandem parking spaces must count towards meeting minimum parking requirements at a rate of one space for every 20 linear feet with any necessary provisions for turning radius.
d. 
Existence of legally nonconforming gravel surfacing in existing designated parking areas may not be a reason for prohibiting utilization of existing space in the parking area to meet local parking standards, up to a maximum of six parking spaces.
e. 
Parking space sizes shall be eight feet by 20 feet, except for required parking for people with disabilities.
f. 
Off-street parking is not required as a condition of permitting a residential project if compliance with tree retention would otherwise make a proposed residential development or redevelopment infeasible.
g. 
Parking spaces that consist of grass block pavers may count toward minimum parking requirements.
h. 
Existing parking spaces that do not conform to the requirements of this section by June 6, 2024, are not required to be modified or resized, except for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act[1]. Existing paved parking lots are not required to change the size of existing parking spaces during resurfacing if doing so will be more costly or require significant reconfiguration of the parking space locations.
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Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.
(Res. 83-10, 1983; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)