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Memo/Proposed Mobile Home Park Ordinance• CITY OF HOPKINS MEMORANDUM DATE: August 11, 1989 TO: Zoning & Planning Commission FROM: Nancy S. Anderson SUBJECT: Proposed Mobile Home Park Ordinance Attached is a proposed ordinance that would set standards for any new or remodeled mobile home park. Please review the proposed ordinance. Have your comments and suggestions ready at the meeting. The Commission can either continue the item for another month or set a public hearing for the next meeting. Section 515 - Definitions Subd. 00. Mobile home: a manufactured, transportable, single - family dwelling unit over 29 feet in length and 5000 pounds in weight, suitable for year round occupancy and containing water supply waste disposal and electrical conveniences designed for attachment to outside systems. Subd. 00. Mobile home lot: a parcel of land for the placement of a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants. Subd. 00. Mobile home park: a contiguous parcel of land which has been developed for the placement of mobile homes and is owned by an individual, a firm, trust, partnership, public or private association or corporation. Subd. 00. Park management: the person to whom a license for a mobile home park is issued shall operate the park in compliance with this ordinance and shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition. Section 531 - Mobile Homes 531.01. Purpose. Subdivision 1. The purpose of this ordinance is to promote health, safety, order, convenience and general welfare by enforcing minimum standards for mobile home parks, the location and use of mobile homes and the design, construction, alteration and arrangement of homes on said lots authorizing the inspection of mobile home parks, the licensing of operators and fixing penalties for violation. Subd. 2. Application Procedure. The application for a conditional use permit to develop a Mobile Home Park shall be made on the application form provided by the City and shall contain the plans and information required for a Conditional Use Permit. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate administrative fee prescribed by the City Code. Subd. 3. License. Information submitted with the application shall include all other data required by Minnesota Statutes 327.16 for the State Department of Health operating license application. Subd. 4. Review. The application shall be reviewed in accordance with the procedures set forth for a Conditional Use Permit. f Subd. 5. Permitted Districts. Mobile Home Parks shall be permitted within in the R -4 district with a conditional use permit. Subd. 6. Density. Mobile Home Parks shall consist of at least 50 mobile home lots, or pads, and the density of the development shall be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and minimum area requirements of the Mobile Home Ordinance for the applicable classification and district. Subd. 7. Separation. Mobile homes shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures by at least twenty feet or the sum of the heights of both trailer units, whichever is greater. Mobile homes placed end -to -end must have minimum clearance of fifteen feet. An accessory structure such as an awning, cabana, storage cabinet, carport, windbreak or porch which has an opaque top or roof, shall, for purposes of all separation requirements, be considered to be part of the mobile home. The minimum lot sizes shall not be less than 2,500 square feet. Subd. 8. Open Space. A minimum of five hundred (500) square feet per mobile home shall be provided for definable play areas and open space within the mobile home park. Such areas of open space and play area shall not be areas included within setback nor shall they include any areas of less than twenty (20) feet in length or width. Subd. 9. Setbacks. All mobile homes shall be located at least thirty (30) feet from any property boundary line abutting upon a public street or highway and at least twenty (20) feet from other property boundary lines; there shall be a minimum distance of fifteen (15) feet between the mobile home stand and abutting park street; all mobile home parks located adjacent to residential, recreational, commercial or industrial land uses shall provide screening such as fences, shrubs or trees, along the property boundary line separating the park and such uses, which shall be maintained in a neat and orderly fashion. Subd. 10. Streets. All streets shall be provided with a paved concrete or bituminous surface. Pavement edges shall be protected to prevent raveling, of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement base. Street surfaces shall be maintained, free of cracks, holes and other hazards. Subd. 11. Storm Sewers. If conditions warrant, an adequate storm sewer system shall be provided to dispose of all runoff water. The storm sewer system may be connected to existing City storm sewer system upon City approval. Subd. 12. Access. All mobile home parks shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each mobile home lot. Such access shall be provided by streets driveways or other means. Subd. 13. Off - street parking. Off - street parking areas for the use of park occupants and guests, Such areas shall be furnished at a rate of at least two (2) car spaces for each mobile home lot. All off - street parking areas shall be paved concrete or bituminous surface. Subd. 14. Patio. Each mobile home lot shall have a 4" concrete patio with minimum dimensions of 9' by 20'. Subd. 15. Landscaping. A minimum of one tree per lot is required, In open area and park area, a minimum of 20 trees per acre is required. Subd. 16. Skirts. All mobile homes shall have skirts around the entire trailer made of metal, plastic, fiberglass or comparable, non - combustible material approved by the building inspector and shall be painted to match the appropriate trailer so that it will enhance the general appearance thereof. Subd. 17. shall have Subd. 18. shall be applicable no outside Foundations and Tie- downs. Each mobile home a foundation system. Natural gas system. Natural gas piping systems installed and maintained in accordance with codes and regulations governing such systems and or buried fuel tanks will be allowed. Subd. 19. Water Supply. All mobile homes shall be serviced by City water system. Subd. 20. Sewage Disposal. All mobile home shall be serviced by City sanitary sewer system. Subd. 21. Utility Installation. All utility installations, including, but not limited to electric power lines, gas lines, telephone lines, television lines, and service connections shall be underground and approved by the City Engineer. Subd. 22. Mobile Home Park Community Building. Each mobile home park shall contain one (1) or more enclosed community buildings which provide space for an office, basement storm shelter, and laundry, toilet, and recreation facilities. • The building shall provide at least 12 square feet of space per mobile home lot. In no case shall the building be less than 2,500 square feet. The storm shelter shall provide at least nine (9) square feet of unencumbered space per mobile home lot. Subd. 23. Accessory buildings. The requirements of this section shall apply to service buildings, recreation buildings and other community service facilities, laundry facilities, indoor recreation areas, and commercial uses supplying essential goods or services for the exclusive use of park occupants. Subd. 24. Refuse collection. The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home park shall be so conducted as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding, accident of fire hazards or air pollution. Mobile home parks shall be kept free of litter, rubbish and other flammable material. Subd. 25. Rodent control. 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 City Health Code. Subd. 26. Park Management. Subdivision 1. The park management shall notify park occupants of all applicable provisions of this ordinance and inform them of their duties and responsibilities under this ordinance. The following are the duties of the Park Management: a. It shall be the duty of the operator of the mobile home park to keep a register containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants located within the park. The register shall contain the following information: the name and address of each mobile home occupant - the name and address of the owner of each mobile home - the make, model, year and license number of each mobile home - the motor vehicle, the state, territory or county issuing such license - the date of arrival and departure of each mobile home b. The park shall keep the register available for inspection at all times by law enforcement officers, public health officials and other officials whose k necessitates acquisition of the information contained in the register. The register record for each occupant registered shall not be destroyed for a period of three (3) years following the date of departure of the registrant from the park. Subd. 27. Fire hydrants. Fire hydrants shall be installed if the park water supply system is capable to serve them in accordance with the following requirements: a) the water supply system shall permit the operation of standard City fire hydrants; and b) fire hydrants, if provided, shall be located within 30 feet of any mobile home, service building or other structure in the park. Subd. 28. Certificate of Occupancy. The designed Park management shall not permit occupancy of any mobile home until the Building Official has issued a Certificate of Occupancy for the home. Subd. 29. Walks. A common walk system shall be provided and maintained between locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated. Such common walks shall have a minimum width of four and one -half feet. All mobile homes shall be connected to common walks, to paved streets, or to paved driveways or parking spaces connecting to a paved street. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width of 2 feet. Subd. 30. Inspection of Mobile Home Parks. The building inspector is hereby authorized and directed to make such inspections as are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with this ordinance, including the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property for said purposes. a) Registration record - The building inspector, the Zoning Administrator, or their duly authorized representatives, shall have the power to inspect the register containing a record of all residents of the mobile home park. b) Access - It shall be the duty of the park management to give the building inspector free access to all lots at reasonable times for the purpose of inspection. c) Repairs It shall be the duty of every occupant of a mobile home park to give the owner thereof or his agent or employee access to any part of such mobile home park at reasonable times of the purpose of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance with this ordinance.