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135-1. BUilDiNG tYPeS DRAFT
Mobile Home Parks
135-1.18 Mobile Home Parks 1 B. recreation areas. Not less than 8 percent of the
The following applies to any mobile home development gross area of every mobile home park shall be
developed as recreation areas easily accessible to
in the NM district:
all park residents. Recreation areas may include
1.18.1 BUilDiNGS, SPAce, AND MOBile HOMe but are not limited to such facilities as recreation
reQUireMeNtS buildings, adult recreation areas, child play areas,
A. total Minimum Area. Minimum 10 acres required and swimming pools.
for submittal of a mobile home park. c. Off-street loading and parking. In addition to the
B. Minimum Street Setback. Minimum 50 feet. provisions of Chapter 135, Article 4, the following
shall apply:
c. Side and rear Setback. 50 feet, minimum, when 1. Two parking spaces shall be required for each
adjacent to any other R district; 30 feet, minimum, mobile home space.
when adjacent to any other district.
D. Mobile home space area. 4,500 square feet, 2. Off-street parking and storage shall be provided
for storing of park occupants’ boats, boat trailers,
minimum, per space. travel trailers, pickup coaches, truck tractors,
e. Mobile home space, front yard. 10 feet, trucks over three-fourths ton pickup size, and
minimum, measured from the edge of the closest items of a similar nature, if permitted in the park,
park street to the closest point of the lower face of in addition to and separate from the parking
the mobile home. required elsewhere in this chapter. Temporary
F. Mobile home space rear yard. 10 feet, minimum, mobile home storage may be permitted prior
measured from the rear space line to the closest to permanent placement on the mobile home
point of the lower face of the mobile home. stand but shall not exceed 7 days.
G. Mobile homes side yard separation. 15 feet, D. Streets. Streets shall be provided as follows:
minimum. 1. Entrance streets shall be not less than 35 feet
H. Permitted Buildings. Buildings shall be not more wide. Interior streets shall be not less than 25
than two stories in height and shall have minimum feet wide.
25 foot setbacks on all sides, unless otherwise 2. Every dead-end street shall be provided with a
stated. cul-de-sac with not less than an 80-foot turning
i. Garages and Storage Structures. Garages and diameter.
structures used for occupant storage facilities and 3. All streets shall be constructed with a curb to
located on mobile home spaces shall be not more provide for drainage.
than 17 feet and one story in height, and shall 4. The location and design of all intersections
observe the following minimum setbacks: of access streets with public streets shall be
1. Front yard setback: 17 feet from the edge of the approved by the city’s traffic engineer.
closest park street. e. Walks. Walks shall be provided as follows:
2. Rear yard setback: 2 feet from the rear space 1. Common sidewalks shall be provided along all
line. entrance streets and in areas of high pedestrian
3. Side yard setback: 2 feet from the side space traffic such as in the vicinity of community
line. However, unless the accessory building is buildings and recreation facilities. The sidewalks
located such that at least .5 of its depth is to the shall be at least 4 feet wide and of asphaltic or
rear of the mobile home, the accessory building Portland cement binder pavement.
shall also observe a 15-foot separation from any 2. Individual walks shall be provided to connect
structure on an adjoining mobile home space. all mobile home stands to common sidewalks,
1.18.2 lAYOUt reQUireMeNtS to paved streets, or the paved driveways or
parking spaces connected to a paved street.
A. Minimum number of spaces. No mobile home Such individual walks shall be at least 2 feet
park nor any initial stage thereof shall contain less wide and of asphaltic or Portland cement binder
than 50 mobile home spaces. pavement.
1 This is wholly from existing code. F. lighting. The park street system shall be furnished
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