Mobilehome parks are subject to the regulations of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, and the applicable permit requirements of the California Department of Housing and Community Development in addition to this section and other applicable standards of this title.
A. Application Content. Ten copies of the use permit application and all accompanying materials shall be provided.
B. Minimum Site Area and Density. A site proposed for a mobilehome park shall be a minimum of five acres. Maximum park density shall be as follows:
1. Urban or Village Areas. Eight dwelling units per acre of gross site area.
2. Rural Areas. Allowed density is one mobilehome for each area equivalent to the minimum parcel size required by Chapter 22.22 for the land use category applicable to the site. Sites for individual mobilehomes may be clustered, and of a size consistent with Subsection D.1, when the mobilehome park is provided on-site community water supply and sewage disposal systems.
3. Recreation Category. Eight dwelling units per acre of gross site area.
C. Access. A collector, arterial or freeway frontage road, except that a mobilehome park with less than forty units may be on a local road not more than five hundred feet from a collector, arterial or freeway frontage road.
D. Site Design Standards.
1. Required yards.
a. Individual Mobile Home Lots. To be provided with a ten-foot front yard between the mobilehome and the edge of an internal park street, measured from the center point of the mobilehome wall to the edge of the interior park street; and five-foot side and rear setbacks, except that a carport or unenclosed patio may extend to one foot of the side lot line.
b. Separation Between Structures. No mobilehome may be located closer than ten feet to another mobilehome or structure.
c. Park Boundary Yards. Mobilehomes shall be set back from park property lines as follows:
Park Entrance Street—twenty-five feet
Other Street Frontage—fifteen feet
Other Property Lines—ten feet
2. Coverage. A maximum of seventy-five percent of the mobilehome park site may be covered by mobilehomes, structures, and paving for vehicle use.
3. Landscaping. Areas not occupied by mobilehomes, other structures or paving, or unpaved fenced storage areas shall be landscaped.
4. Parking. The mobilehome park shall be provided with parking spaces as follows.
a. Individual Mobile Home. A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall be located on each mobilehome site. Such spaces may be arranged in tandem, and may extend into the required front yard.
b. Guest Parking. To be provided at a ratio of one space for every four mobilehomes. Guest spaces may be located along interior streets within the park, provided that street width is in conformity with the provisions of Section 1106, Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.
5. Utilities. All on-site utilities shall be installed underground.
6. Screening Fencing.
a. Fencing Required. The perimeter of a mobilehome park (with the exception of the park entrance street frontage) and any recreational vehicle storage areas shall be enclosed with solid wood or masonry fencing, or other alternative screening approved by the commission, a minimum of six feet in height.
b. Location of Fencing. Park perimeter fencing shall be located at the setback line on street frontages where required, and on the property line elsewhere.
c. Adjustment. An adjustment to this standard may be authorized by the commission to reduce or eliminate the fencing requirement where topography, existing vegetation intended to remain, or other conditions would make screening unnecessary or ineffective.
7. Antennas. A mobilehome park may be provided with cable television service or a single community receiving antenna. Individual television antennas are not to be used.
8. Skirting. Each mobilehome shall be equipped with skirting, or provided with a support pad which is recessed to give the appearance of the mobilehome located on-grade.
E. Mobile Home Park Condominiums. A mobilehome park condominium, planned development or similar residential unit ownership project may use smaller parcel sizes than what would otherwise be allowed by Chapter 22.22, to be determined by the review authority through use permit approval provided that the density of the units is in compliance with Subsection B. Mobilehome park condominiums are also subject to the requirements of Subsection F.
F. Conversion of Mobile Home Park to Another Use. Any subdivision of an existing mobilehome park or conversion of an existing mobilehome park to another land use is subject to the following requirements, in addition to all other applicable provisions of this title.
1. Permit Requirement. Use permit approval in compliance with Section 22.62.060.
2. Application Content. The use permit application shall include the report required by Government Code Section 66427.4 or 65863.7 as applicable, in addition to all information required by Section 22.62.060.
3. Special Notice Requirement. As required by Government Code Section 65863.8, at least thirty days before the public hearing on the use permit, the department of planning and building shall notify the applicant in writing of the provisions of Section 798.56 of the Civil Code regarding the responsibility of the applicant to notify residents and mobilehome owners of the mobilehome park of the proposed change in use. No hearing on a proposed mobilehome park conversion shall be scheduled until the applicant has verified the notification to the satisfaction of the director. (Ord. 2982 § 1 (part), 2002)