§ 9-9. Design standards.

The following standards shall be considered the minimum requirements for all new mobile home parks:

(1)

General requirements.

a.

Within a mobile home park, one mobile home may be used as an administrative office.

b.

Convenience establishments of a commercial nature, such as food stores, coin-operated laundries and beauty parlors, may be permitted in mobile home parks subject to the following restrictions:

1.

Such establishments shall be subordinate to the residential use and character of the park.

2.

Such establishments shall be designed to serve primarily the trade and service needs of the park residents.

c.

Mobile homes connected with a fair, carnival or circus may be parked for the duration of the fair, carnival or circus, but not to exceed 15 days, provided that all sewage and solid waste is disposed of in a manner approved by the county health department.

(2)

Streets and parking.

    Improved Surfaces (Feet)

All streets	20
Service road	12
Cul-de-sac	20 (90 diameter turnaround)

 

a.

Each mobile home space shall be provided with off-street parking for two cars. Each parking space shall be properly graded. Maintenance of such streets and parking areas shall be provided by the owner or operator of the park. Streets shall be surfaced in a manner to provide for all-weather travel by passenger vehicles.

b.

Permanent dead-end streets or culs-de-sac shall not exceed 500 feet in length and shall be provided with a turnaround of at least 90 feet in diameter. Special design or topographical situations may dictate a longer cul-de-sac but in no case shall a cul-de-sac be longer than 900 feet.

c.

Intersections. Streets shall intersect as nearly as possible at right angles, and no street shall intersect at less than 60 degrees. Where a street intersects a highway, the design standards of the state department of transportation shall apply. Street jogs of less than 125 feet shall not be allowed.

d.

Traffic-control signs and devices shall be required as approved by the planning board.

(3)

Mobile home spaces.

a.

All mobile homes shall be located on individual mobile home spaces. Where a community or municipal sewage disposal system is used, each mobile home space shall not be less than 50 feet wide, which shall be opened and unobstructed, and every mobile home shall be located on a mobile home space not less than 5,000 square feet in size.

b.

Where individual sewage disposal systems are to be used, each mobile home space shall be at least as large as the minimum requirement of the county health department and the state laws and rules for sanitary sewage collection, treatment and disposal. In no case shall a mobile home space be less than 5,000 square feet. Additional land area may be deemed necessary as determined by soil analysis, depth of water table, percolation tests, and other information obtained by the health department during on-site inspections.

c.

Each mobile home space shall be clearly defined in a permanent manner.

d.

Each mobile home space within the 100-year floodplain shall be developed according to the terms and conditions of the county flood damage prevention ordinance.

e.

Each mobile home shall be located at least 20 feet from any other mobile home park, at least eight feet from any property line, and at least 25 feet from the edge of the right-of-way of any public street or state road. A mobile home shall be at least 11 feet from the edge of any improved road surface serving only the rental spaces of the mobile home park.

f.

Each mobile home space shall have a site number. Numbers at least four inches high shall be attached to the mobile home in a manner readable from the street providing access to the mobile home.

g.

Mobile homes shall be skirted in a neat and orderly fashion with an opaque material so that the area beneath the mobile home is not visible from any direction.

(4)

Utility requirements.

a.

An accessible, adequate, safe and potable supply of water shall be provided in each mobile home park. Where a public water supply is available, connection shall be encouraged thereto and its supply used exclusively. When a public water supply is not available, adequate water supply shall be developed and its supply used exclusively, in accordance with the standards of the sanitary engineering division of the state board of health and the county health department.

b.

If the county water system is to be used, each mobile home space shall be individually metered.

c.

Adequate and safe sewage disposal facilities shall be provided in all mobile home parks. Collection systems and sewage treatment plants complying with the requirements of the state department of environmental management should be provided. Plans for sewage collection systems and treatment facilities shall be submitted to the state department of environmental management. Individual septic tank systems can be considered if soil, topography and groundwater conditions are favorable.

d.

The storage, collection and disposal of solid waste in the mobile home park shall be so conducted as to create no health hazards or pollution.

e.

All mobile home parks shall provide for solid waste collection in a manner approved by the community development officer subject to review and approval by the planning department. All solid waste shall be collected at least twice weekly. Where suitable collection service is not available from municipal or private agencies, the mobile home park operator shall provide this service. All solid waste shall be collected and transported in covered vehicles or covered containers.

f.

Where public or private disposal service is not available, the mobile home operator shall dispose of the solid waste by transporting to an approved disposal site.

g.

Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination methods and other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform with the requirements of the health department.

h.

Parks shall be maintained free of accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other pests.

i.

Storage areas shall be so maintained as to prevent rodent harborage.

j.

The growth of brush, weeds and grass shall be controlled to prevent harborage of ticks, chiggers and other noxious insects. Parks shall be so maintained as to prevent the growth of ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and other noxious weeds considered detrimental to health. Open areas shall be maintained free of heavy undergrowth of any description.

k.

All electrical connections shall meet the county electrical code.

l.

All streets in the mobile home park shall be adequately illuminated from sunset until sunrise. The minimum size light shall be a 175-watt mercury vapor (approximately 7,000 lumen class), or its equivalent, spaced at intervals of not more than 400 feet unless the system so provided can provide the same illumination with a greater interval.

Cross reference— Solid waste management, Ch. 14; utilities, Ch. 15.

(1)

Registration of occupants. Every mobile home park owner or operator shall maintain an accurate register containing a record of all occupants and owners of mobile homes in the park. The register shall be maintained for a period of two years and shall contain the following:

a.

Name of owner or occupant and social security number;

b.

Mobile home space number or site number;

c.

Description of mobile home;

d.

Date of arrival and departure of the occupants.

(2)

Inspection.

a.

The county health department, the county building inspector and/or the community development officer are hereby authorized and directed to make such inspections as are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with this chapter. It shall be the duty of the owners or occupants of mobile home parks to give these agencies free access to such premises at reasonable time for the purpose of inspection.

b.

The person to whom a certificate of completion for a mobile home park is issued shall cause the park to be operated in compliance with this chapter and shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition. This responsibility shall run with the property and be a continuing responsibility.

(Ord. of 2-1-88, § VI)