Every mobile home park/trailer coach court hereafter constructed shall be regulated by the following provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 1236, 6-23-2010)

DEPENDENT TRAILER COACH: One which does not have a water closet and a bathtub or shower.

INDEPENDENT TRAILER COACH: One that has a water closet and a bathtub or shower.

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES: The individual official(s), board, department or agency established and authorized by a state, county, city or other political subdivision created by law to administer and enforce the provisions of the local codes and ordinances as adopted or amended.

MOBILE HOME PARK/TRAILER COURT: Any plot of ground upon which two (2) or more occupied mobile homes/trailer coaches are located.

MOBILE HOME SPACE/TRAILER COACH SPACE: A plot of ground within a mobile home park/trailer coach court designated for the accommodation of one mobile home/trailer coach.

MOBILE HOME/TRAILER COACH: A vehicle without means of self-propulsion, but licensable as a conveyance on public streets or highways, and which is constructed to permit occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons.

SERVICE BUILDING: A building housing communal toilet, laundry and other sanitary facilities necessary for the health and convenience of the trailer occupants.

(Ord. 1236, 6-23-2010)

A.

Location: The site must not be: 1) close to swamps or other potential breeding places for insects or rodents; 2) subject to flooding, fire or safety hazards; 3) exposed to chronic nuisances, such as noise, smoke, fumes and odors. The site should be bounded on at least one side by a public street or highway.

B.

Topography: The topography must be favorable to good site drainage, minimum grading, trailer placement, and ease of maintenance. Initial site grades exceeding eight percent (8%) or rock formation close to the surface, are likely to cause high development costs. Sparsely wooded sites providing shade trees are often advantageous.

C.

Availability of Utilities: The site must be readily accessible to public utilities, including water, sewerage and electricity.

D.

Necessary Land Area: The area of the mobile home/trailer coach court must be sufficient in size to accommodate: 1) the number of mobile home/trailer coach spaces desired; 2) roads and parking areas for motor vehicles; 3) service areas, buildings and playgrounds; 4) on site utilities where public utilities are not available.

(Ord. 1236, 6-23-2010)

The physical improvements of the site must be arranged to provide:

A.

A convenient means of pedestrian and vehicular access to each mobile home/trailer coach space, parking areas, and accessory buildings.

B.

An adequate supply of potable water.

C.

A safe method of sewage disposal.

D.

Electrical service for lighting and power.

E.

Diversion of surface water away from buildings, mobile home/trailer coach spaces, service and recreational areas, and its disposal from the site.

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A plan of the proposed mobile home/trailer coach court must be developed for approval of the commission indicating the layout of mobile home/trailer coach spaces, roads, walks, service buildings, service areas, utilities and necessary grading.

Determination must be made in the initial planning stage on the number of dependent and independent mobile home/trailer coaches to be accommodated.

A.

Mobile Home/Trailer Coach Space Sizes: Each mobile home/trailer coach space must be not less than one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet in area and should be at least twenty-five feet (25') wide.

B.

Spacing of Trailers: The minimum spacing between mobile homes/trailer coaches and buildings must be:

1.

Side to side spacing, fifteen feet (15'); end to end spacing, ten feet (10) (space between end of mobile home/trailer bodies, not chassis).

2.

No mobile home/trailer should be located closer than twenty-five feet (25') from the right-of-way line of a main highway, or ten feet (10') from the mobile home/trailer coach court property line.

C.

Roads, Walks and Parking Areas:

1.

General Circulation: Safety and convenience must be a major consideration in the layout of roads, walks and parking areas within the mobile home/trailer coach court. All roads must be continuous.

2.

Servicing: Suitable vehicular access for firefighting equipment, delivery of fuel, removal of garbage and refuse, and for other necessary services must be provided. Minimum service distances as required by local regulations or accepted practice must control.

3.

Width of Roads and Parking Areas:

4.

Parking Area: The same number of motor vehicle parking spaces must be provided as the number of mobile home/trailer coach spaces. These must be provided in special parking areas.

5.

Walks: The mobile home/trailer park walk system must include a walk from the entrance of each mobile home/trailer to service facilities.

D.

Service Buildings: Each mobile home/trailer coach court must be provided with one or more service buildings containing the requisite number of plumbing fixtures and other service equipment. The service buildings must conform in general to the following requirements:

1.

Location: The building should be located not more than two hundred feet (200') from any dependent mobile home/trailer coach space.

2.

Construction: The materials and methods used in the construction of service buildings must conform to local building codes for buildings of this nature ^[3]. It must have an interior finish which is moisture resistant and can be easily cleaned. All rooms of service buildings must be ventilated and all exterior openings provided with screens.

3.

Facilities: Separate men's and women's toilet rooms must be provided and distinctly marked. These rooms must be separated by a sound resistant wall. A vestibule or screen wall must be provided to prevent direct view into the toilet rooms when exterior doors are open.

a.

Plumbing Fixtures: Every mobile home/trailer coach court must provide adequate toilet and laundry facilities. In no instance should there be less than one laundry unit (laundry tray or washing machine); one water closet, one lavatory and one shower for women; and one water closet, one lavatory and one shower for men. A slop water closet (water closet with seat removed) must be provided in each service building.

The slop water closet should be in a separate room of the service building with a single direct opening to the outside.

The facilities listed above will accommodate any number of independent mobile home/trailer coaches, and up to ten (10) dependent mobile home/trailer coaches. One water closet must be provided for each sex for every ten (10) additional dependent mobile home/trailer coaches. (Urinals for men may be substituted for ⅓ of these water closets.)

One lavatory must be provided for each sex for every ten (10) additional dependent mobile home/trailer coaches; and one shower or bathtub for each sex for every twenty (20) additional dependent mobile home/trailer coaches. A laundry unit must be provided for every twenty (20) additional mobile home/trailer coach spaces.

All water closets and bathtubs or showers for women, and all water closets and bathtubs for men must be located in separate compartments, with self-closing doors. Gang type shower compartments may be used for men. Individual shower stalls must be approximately three feet by three feet (3' × 3'). Showers for women must have a dressing compartment with stool or bench. The room containing the laundry units must be separated from the toilet rooms, and have an exterior entrance only.

All plumbing installations shall conform to the local plumbing code.

b.

Electrical: All electrical installations shall conform to the local electrical code.

c.

Heating: Heating facilities capable of maintaining a temperature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) in cold weather should be provided.

d.

Hot Water: Facilities should provide for the continuous supply of three (3) to five (5) gallons of hot water per mobile home/trailer coach space. Hot water at a temperature of about one hundred eighty degrees Fahrenheit (180°F) should be provided for clothes washing equipment.

E.

Laundry Drying Facilities: Mechanical laundry drying equipment or laundry drying yards must be provided. Laundry drying machines must be located in service buildings. Where laundry drying yards are used, they must be located convenient to service buildings and have an area of approximately fifty (50) square feet per mobile home/trailer coach space.

F.

Refuse Collection: Refuse must be stored in flytight and rodentproof containers. Each coach space will require from four (4) to six (6) gallons of refuse storage capacity per day. Refuse container stations, where used, should be located a maximum of two hundred feet (200') from any mobile home/trailer coach space and preferably not more than one hundred fifty feet (150').

G.

Recreation Areas: At least one hundred (100) square feet per mobile home/trailer coach space must be made available in one or more areas for recreational uses. These areas should be located so as to be free of traffic hazards.

(Ord. 1236, 6-23-2010)

Grading and drainage must be performed so that water will drain away from mobile home/trailer coach spaces, buildings, service and recreational areas, and off the site in a manner which will provide reasonable freedom from erosion. Walks, driveways and retaining walls must be so constructed as not to interfere with drainage.

A.

Slopes of Mobile Home/Trailer Spaces, Roads, Walks and Service Areas:

1.

Mobile home/trailer coach spaces must be graded toward abutting roadway to prevent surface water drainage across adjacent coach spaces. Grading under mobile homes/trailers must be provided to prevent puddling of water.

2.

Where swales for the carriage of stormwater are needed between the mobile home/trailer coach space and the roadway, they must be of a shallow type, generally not to exceed eight inches (8") in depth, to permit the parking of the trailer without damage to the undercarriage.

3.

The following minimum and maximum slope values will usually give satisfactory results:

B.

Construction of Roads, Parking Areas, Walks and Service Areas:

1.

Roads and Parking Areas: Roads must be constructed of concrete or macadam or of gravel, crushed stone, sand-clay, slag or other locally available suitable materials, with a light bituminous surface treatment, oil coating or other dust preventive material. Roads must be crowned at center to shed water to drainage facilities.

2.

Walks: Walks must be constructed of concrete, macadam, gravel, fine stone, cinders or other materials providing a stable footing. Stepping stones may be used from main walks to trailers.

3.

Recreation Areas and Laundry Drying Yards: Surfacing may be natural ground cover, sand-clay or other suitable local materials.

(Ord. 1236, 6-23-2010)