Parks shall be allowed by special use permit, but only when such parks are constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and conditions:

   (A)   Application: Development of a manufactured/mobile home park shall require application to the planning commission for a permit. The application for said permit shall be accompanied by twelve (12) copies of the plot plan of the proposed park. All mapped data for the same plot plan shall be drawn at the same standard engineering scale of one inch (1"), representing one hundred feet (100'). The plot plan shall contain all of the following information:

      1.   The full name and address of the applicants, as well as the name and address of the individual or company by whom the plan was prepared;

      2.   Location and legal description of the tract of land certified by an Idaho registered land surveyor;

      3.   Name of the manufactured/mobile home park;

      4.   Vicinity map, showing the relationship of the manufactured/mobile home park to adjacent properties;

      5.   Location and width of accessways;

      6.   Street layout, including location, width and proposed names;

      7.   Location and width of walkways, alleys, crosswalks and easements;

      8.   Proposed and existing facilities in the park for water supply, sewage, garbage and waste disposal, fire protection;

      9.   Building plans and specifications for existing buildings and facilities shall be included in the plot plan;

      10.   Location and type of landscaping plantings, fences, walls or other forms of landscaping;

      11.   Enlarged plot plan of typical manufactured/mobile home space, showing location of the land, patio, storage space, parking, sidewalk, utility connections and landscaping;

      12.   Further information required:

         (a)   The date on which such plot plans were prepared;

         (b)   An arrow indicating north;

         (c)   All manufactured/mobile home sites shall be properly indicated by location and size and numbered on the plot plans;

         (d)   Complete information regarding storm sewers and storm water;

         (e)   Contour lines at five foot (5') intervals;

         (f)   Grades of driveways; and

         (g)   Such other information as required as a result of the preplan conference or by the planning commission.

   (B)   Manufactured/Mobile Home Site Requirements: Each manufactured/mobile home site shall be plainly marked and numbered for identification.

   (C)   Manufactured/Mobile Home Site Area: A maximum density of twelve (12) units per acre. Minimum lot size for units of less than sixty one feet (61'), or more, in length, a minimum of four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet shall be required.

   (D)   Site Width: Each manufactured/mobile home site shall have a minimum width of not less than forty five feet (45').

   (E)   Occupancy: Not more than one single-family manufactured/mobile home shall be placed on a manufactured/mobile home site.

   (F)   Site Arrangement: Manufactured/mobile home sites shall be arranged in such a way that promotes the clustering of individual sites or provides for the angle arrangement of lots.

   (G)   Setback From Public Streets: All structures and manufactured/mobile homes shall be set back twenty feet (20') from any public street right-of-way.

   (H)   Yard Requirements: No manufactured/mobile home shall be located closer than twenty feet (20') to another manufactured/mobile home, building or structure. In addition, any manufactured/mobile home, building or structure, or part thereof, shall conform to the following minimum requirements:

      1.   Front Yard: In no case shall a front yard be not less than ten feet (10').

      2.   Side Yard: Located on a corner of a manufactured/mobile home park street in which case a side yard of not less than ten feet (10') shall be required.

      3.   Rear Yard: A manufactured/mobile home shall have a rear yard of not less than ten feet (10') to the rear property line.

   (I)   Projection Into Required Yard: The following structures may be erected or projected into any required yard:

      1.   Manufactured/mobile home hitches;

      2.   Necessary appurtenances for utility services; and

      3.   Driveways and accessways to parking facility.

   (J)   Storage Sheds Or Parking Structures: Individual storage sheds, stairways, awnings or parking structures shall be permitted on individual manufactured/mobile home sites, provided required setbacks are met.

   (K)   Manufactured/Mobile Home Site Coverage: The manufactured/mobile home and accessory structures shall not cover more than seventy five percent (75%) of the area of the manufactured/mobile home site.

   (L)   Skirting: Skirting shall be provided along all sides of the manufactured/mobile home.

   (M)   Parking And Loading Requirements:

      1.   Off Street Parking: Each manufactured/mobile home site shall have thereon a space suitable for providing automobile parking for at least two (2) automobiles, which space shall be either paved, graveled or covered with other suitable aggregate and with a stable base.

      2.   Restrictions: There shall be no permanent or overnight parking of motor vehicles, trailers, boats, campers or other conveyances on streets within such manufactured/mobile home park. No wrecked, junked or inoperative automobiles shall be parked other than in a designated screened common storage area within such manufactured/mobile home park.

      3.   Recreation And Service Areas: Recreation and service areas shall have sufficient off street parking facilities surfaced as herein provided to accommodate one automobile for every ten (10) manufactured/mobile home sites.

   (N)   Landscaping: All open areas, except driveways, parking areas, walkways, utility areas, improved decks, patios or porches shall be maintained with landscaping. Plans for such landscaping shall be submitted with the development plans at time of application for permit.

   (O)   Trash Storage: Covered fireproof containers for trash storage shall be provided. They shall be placed so as to be concealed from the street and easily accessible to the mobile home sites. The same shall be emptied not less than weekly. The operator of such manufactured/mobile home park shall not permit or allow any open accumulation of trash or garbage, which shall be unsightly or constitute a health or safety hazard. Further, trash storage areas may not be located closer than thirty feet (30') from a manufactured/mobile home.

   (P)   Streets: Manufactured/mobile home park streets shall be provided in such a pattern as to provide convenient traffic circulation within the park. Said streets shall be constructed to the following standards:

      1.   All streets shall interconnect and there shall be no dead end streets, unless a cul-de-sac is provided with a radius of not less than fifty feet (50');

      2.   All manufactured/mobile home park streets shall have a width of not less than forty feet (40'), including curbs;

      3.   All streets to be constructed shall provide proper surface drainage provided for on site;

      4.   Manufactured/mobile home park streets shall be paved, except where other types of road construction may be recommended by the planning commission to the city council;

      5.   Manufactured/mobile home park streets shall be lighted to a minimum light level of two (2) foot-candles per square foot of street area.

   (Q)   Mailboxes Provided: Each manufactured/mobile home site shall be equipped with a receptacle for mail deliveries in accordance with the standards recommended by the local postmaster.

   (R)   Telephone: The manufactured/mobile home park may contain at least one public telephone for the use of park residents.

   (S)   Recreation Areas: A central recreation area shall be established in each manufactured/mobile home park created, pursuant to the provisions of this title. The size of such area shall be at least two hundred (200) square feet per manufactured/mobile home site. The recreation area may contain community clubhouses, swimming pools, shuffleboard courts and similar facilities. Such recreation facilities may be decentralized in accordance with the principles of good planning; provided, that the total recreation area meets the above stated minimum size.

   (T)   Buffering Requirements: Manufactured/mobile home parks should be buffered from other land use zones.

   (U)   Storage Areas: Common areas used for the storage of travel trailers, boats, storage lockers or sheds, and other such items shall be established in a manufactured/mobile home park. Such storage areas shall be adequately screened from public view. The size of such area shall be at least two hundred (200) square feet per manufactured/mobile home site.

   (V)   Utilities: All utility distribution facilities, including television antenna service lines serving individual manufactured/mobile home sites, shall be placed underground. The owner is responsible for complying with the requirements of this title and he shall make the necessary arrangements with each of the serving utilities for the installation of such facilities. Transformers, terminal boxes, meter cabinets, pedestals, concealed ducts, and other facilities necessary and appurtenant to such underground facilities may be placed aboveground. Water and sewer distribution facilities shall be installed in accordance with minimum standards established through Idaho Code, and all state and local regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Each manufactured/mobile home site must be served with water, electricity and sanitary facilities as above provided.

   (W)   Permit To Occupy: Prior to the occupancy of any manufactured/mobile home park, the developer(s) shall obtain from the planning commission a permit to occupy attesting that the aforementioned sanitary requirements of the state or district health authority have been met.

   (X)   Transient Spaces: Not more than ten percent (10%) of the manufactured/mobile home sites may be used for transient recreational vehicle sites. Sites reserved for transient recreational vehicles shall be so designated on the plans submitted with the application for the manufactured/mobile home park permit. The site, yard and property development standards of this title shall fully apply to sites reserved for transient recreational vehicles. Such vehicles shall stay not more than three (3) months.

   (Y)   Expiration Or Revocation Of Permit: A permit for the development of a manufactured/mobile home park shall become void automatically under any of the following circumstances or conditions:

      1.   If construction has not commenced within six (6) months after the issuance of a development permit therefor, or any extension of time granted by the planning commission for good cause.

      2.   If construction of a manufactured/mobile home park is not completed and a certificate of occupancy issued by the planning commission within one year from the date of issuance of the development permit.

      3.   If the permit for the construction of a manufactured/mobile home park expires for any other reason.

   (Z)   Recordation Procedures: After approval of the preliminary development plan by the planning and zoning commission, a final plan shall be submitted, containing all such information, as required by this title and the planning commission for recordation, pursuant to the recordation procedures set forth in this title. (Ord. 431, 10-24-2002; amd. Ord. 534-2018, 2-15-2018)

   (A)   Definitions:

   DEPENDENT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: One that does not have a water closet and a bathtub or shower.

   INDEPENDENT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: One that has a water closet and a bathtub or shower.

   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK: Any plot of ground upon which two (2) or more occupied recreational vehicles are located.

   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SPACE: A plot of ground within a recreational vehicle park designated for the accommodation of one recreational vehicle.

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

   (B)   Site Selection Criteria:

      1.   Location: The site must not be:

         (a)   Subject to flooding, fire or safety hazards;

         (b)   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.

      2.   Topography: The topography must be favorable to good site drainage, minimum grading, recreational vehicle placement and ease of maintenance. Initial site grades exceeding eight percent (8%), or rock formations close to the surface, are likely to cause high development costs.

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

      4.   Necessary Land Area: The area of the recreational vehicle park must be sufficient in size to accommodate:

         (a)   The number of recreational vehicle spaces.

         (b)   Roads and parking areas.

         (c)   Service areas, buildings and playgrounds.

         (d)   On site utilities where public utilities are not available.

   (C)   Site Improvements Required: The physical improvements of the site must be arranged to provide:

      1.   A convenient means of pedestrian and vehicular access to each recreational vehicle space, parking areas and accessory buildings;

      2.   An adequate supply of potable water;

      3.   A safe method of sewage disposal;

      4.   Electrical service for lighting and power; and

      5.   Diversion of surface water away from buildings, recreational vehicle spaces, service and recreational areas, and its disposal from the site.

   (D)   Site Planning; Requirements Generally: A plan of the proposed recreational vehicle park must be developed for approval of the county, indicating the layout of recreational vehicle 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 recreational vehicles to be accommodated.

   (E)   Site Planning; Recreational Vehicle Space Sizes: Each recreational vehicle 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.

   (F)   Site Planning; Spacing Between Recreational Vehicles And Buildings: The minimum spacing between recreational vehicles and between recreational vehicles and buildings must be: side to side spacing, fifteen feet (15'); end to end spacing, ten feet (10'). (Space between end of trailer bodies, not chassis.)

   No recreational vehicle 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 recreational vehicle park property line.

   (G)   Site Planning; 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 recreational vehicle park. 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: Width of roads and parking areas shall be as follows: Main access roads, excluding parking, shall be two (2) lanes or twenty feet (20').

      4.   Parking Area: The same number of motor vehicle parking spaces must be provided as the number of recreational vehicle spaces. These must be provided in special parking areas.

      5.   Walks: The recreational vehicle park walk system must include a walk from the entrance of each recreational vehicle to service facilities.

      6.   Width Of Walks:

         (a)   Public walks: (minimum) four feet (4');

         (b)   Entrance walks (from public walk to trailer door): three feet (3').

   (H)   Site Planning; Service Building Requirements: Each recreational vehicle park 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 recreational vehicle space.

      2.   Construction: The materials and methods used in the construction of service buildings must conform to adopted building codes for buildings of this nature. It must have an interior finish that 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. A sound resistant wall must separate these rooms. 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 recreational vehicle park 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.

         (b)   Water Closet: One water closet must be provided for each sex for every ten (10) additional dependent recreational vehicles. Urinals for men may be substituted for one-third (1/3) of these water closets.

         (c)   Lavatory; Laundry Unit: One lavatory must be provided for each sex for every ten (10) additional dependent recreational vehicles; and one shower or bathtub for each sex for every twenty (20) additional dependent coaches. A laundry unit must be provided for every twenty (20) additional recreational vehicle spaces.

         (d)   Separate Compartments: 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. Individual shower stalls must be approximately three feet by three feet (3' x 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.

         (e)   Plumbing: All plumbing installations shall conform to the local plumbing code.

         (f)   Electrical: All electrical installations shall conform to the state electrical code.

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

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

   (I)   Site Planning; Laundry Drying Facilities: Mechanical laundry drying equipment must be provided. Laundry drying machines must be located in service buildings.

   (J)   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 trailer coach space and preferably not more than one hundred fifty feet (150').

   (K)   Site Planning; Recreational Areas: At least one hundred (100) square feet per recreational vehicle 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.

   (L)   Site Engineering; Requirements Generally: Grading and drainage must be performed so that water will drain away from recreational vehicle spaces, buildings, service and recreational areas, for storage on the site in a manner that will provide reasonable freedom from erosion. Walks, driveways and retaining walls must be so constructed as not to interfere with drainage.

   (M)   Site Engineering; Slope And Grading Requirements: Requirements for slopes of recreational vehicle spaces, roads, walks and service areas are as follows:

      1.   Recreational vehicle spaces must be graded toward abutting roadway to prevent surface water draining across adjacent coach spaces. Grading under recreational vehicles must be provided to prevent puddling of water.

      2.   Where swales for the carriage of storm water are needed between the recreational vehicle 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:

 

 

   (N)   Site Engineering; Construction Requirements: Requirements for construction of roads, parking areas, walks and service areas are as follows:

      1.   Roads And Parking Areas: Roads must be all weather construction. Roads must be crowned at center to shed water to drainage facilities.

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

      3.   Recreation Areas And Laundry Drying Yards: Surfacing may be natural ground cover, sand-clay or other suitable local materials. (Ord. 431, 10-24-2002; amd. Ord. 534-2018, 2-15-2018)