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DRAFT 135-1. BUilDiNG tYPeS

Mobile Home Parks

with lighting units so placed and equipped to shall provide the necessary improvements, subject
provide the following average minimum maintained to the approval of their location and design by the
levels of illumination: department of engineering.
1. upon all parts of the park street system, 0.2 l. Underground electric and telephone lines. All
footcandle. electric lines and telephone lines shall be buried
2. upon potentially hazardous locations including underground.
major street intersections and park entrances, M. independent mobile homes. Only independent
0.4 footcandle. mobile homes shall be used for residence purposes
G. Anchorage and skirting. Anchorage and skirting in mobile home parks. An independent mobile home
shall be required as follows: is a mobile home which:
1. Tiedowns or anchors shall be provided as 1. Is designed for longterm occupancy and contains
needed on every mobile home stand. Each a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath and kitchen
tiedown or anchor must be able to sustain a facilities.
minimum tensile strength of 2,800 pounds. 2. Requires a connection to outside sewer and
2. Skirting of a permanent type material and water systems because a waste holding tank and
construction sufficient to provide substantial a water storage tank are not integral parts of the
resistance to high winds shall be installed within mobile home.
90 days after the placement of the mobile home 3. Is over 32 feet in body length exclusive of trailer
to enclose the open space between the bottom hitch when factory equipped for the road.
of the mobile home floor and the grade level 4. Is not built on a self-propelled motor chassis.
of the mobile home stand. The skirting shall be
maintained in an attractive manner consistent 5. Is not identified as a recreational vehicle such as
with the exterior of the mobile home and the a camping trailer, travel trailer, motor home, or
appearance of the mobile home park. truck camper by the manufacturer.
H. Solid waste receptacles. Refuse collection stands
consisting of a holder or rack elevated at least 12
inches aboveground or on an impervious slab at
ground level shall be provided for all solid waste
receptacles.
i. Signs. Signs shall be permitted as follows:
1. Signs as permitted in Chapter 134, Article 5 shall
be permitted.
2. One on-premises type B identification and/or
advertising sign per lot frontage, not to exceed
ten square feet in area per sign face, shall be
permitted for each mobile home park. The sign
shall be set back not less than 20 feet from any
abutting street or property line.
J. Sewage disposal. Before the preliminary
development plan is approved by the commission
or council, the developer must show that sanitary
sewer facilities of sufficient capacity to accommodate
the development are accessible. The design of the
sanitary sewer facilities shall be approved by the city
engineer.
K. traffic control at entrances and exists. If turning
lanes or other forms of traffic controls at entrances
and exists to and from the mobile home park are
deemed necessary by the council, the developer

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