20.880.030 Development Standards.
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A. Locational requirements. The following criteria must be taken into consideration in the expansion of existing manufactured home developments:
1. Adequate buffering or screening may be required in order to make the manufactured home development compatible with its adjacent surrounding residential uses. Buffering and screening shall be required when such developments are adjacent to commercial and manufacturing zones.
2. Expansions within the approved manufactured home development boundaries shall provide for extensions of future streets as required by the comprehensive plan.
B. Site Requirements.
1. Area.
a. Manufactured home sites. A manufactured home shall not occupy more than 65% of a site area.
b. Setbacks. No manufactured home or accessory thereto shall be located any closer than 25 feet from the property line abutting on a public street or road, 5 feet from all other property lines and 5 feet from any such areas as a street, a common parking area, or a common walkway.
c. Spacing. A manufactured home shall be separated from an adjoining manufactured home by a minimum of 10 feet.
d. Overnight spaces. Not more than 5% of the total manufactured home development area may be used to accommodate persons wishing to park their manufactured home or camping vehicles overnight.
e. Manufactured home development streets and walkways.
1. Streets. A street shall connect each manufactured home lot to a public road. The park street shall be specified in Title 11 Streets and Sidewalks.
2. Walkways. Walkways of not less than 2 feet in width shall be provided from each manufactured home site to any service building, recreation area, and parking area.
3. Paving. Streets shall be paved with asphalt, concrete or other durable material.
f. Parking space requirements. Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each manufactured home site, either on the site or within 100 feet thereof, in the manufactured home development, which shall not be less than 9' x 18' in size per space.
g. Buffering or screening. Buffering or screening is required to make the manufactured home development compatible with its adjacent surrounding uses, shall be a sight-obscuring fence, masonry wall, evergreen hedge or other suitable planting. Where walls or fences are required along boundaries or public roads, the walls or fences shall set back from the property lines to conform with setbacks for structures in base zoning district. Evergreen planting shall not be less than 5 feet in height, and shall be maintained in a healthy living condition for the life of the manufactured home development.
h. Landscaping. A manufactured home development shall be landscaped in compliance with the requirements in Chapter 20.925 VMC, Landscaping.
i. Other site requirements.
1. Recreational area. A recreational area shall be a contiguous, improved area, and be suitably maintained for recreational purposes. Such land shall be determined on a gross area basis. The amount of land to be established as recreational shall be determined by dividing the number of dwelling units by the gross development area. The following minimum areas shall be required as illustrated in Table 20.880.030– 1.
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Table 20.880.030– 1 Minimum Required Recreational Area |
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Dwelling Units per Gross Area |
Recreational Area Required |
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5-6 |
0% |
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7-9 |
3% |
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10-11 |
5% |
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12 and over |
8% |
2. Accessories. Structures located on a manufactured home site, in addition to the manufactured home, shall be limited to the following: covered patios and carports; decks and storage buildings. No other structural additions shall be built onto or become part of any manufactured home, and no manufactured home shall support any building in any manner.
3. Manufactured home pads. Pads, stands, strips or rails adequate for the support of the manufactured home shall be installed.
4. Manufactured home skirting. All manufactured homes within the manufactured home development shall be skirted on its lower perimeter by a fire-resistant siding, if occupied for a period of more than 90 calendar days. (Ord. M-3709 § 14, 06/20/2005; Ord. M-3643, 01/26/2004)