HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1008ORDINANCE NS-1008AMENDING THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE X TO CHAPTER
41 THEREOF TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS'
FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has formally recommended
to this body that guidelines for the development of mobile home
park standards be approved; and
WHEREAS, after public hearing on the matter, the City Council
has determined that an ordinance be enacted to set forth the
provisions of said guidelines;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding Article X, Chapter 41 thereto to read as follows:
ARTICLE X. MOBILE HOME PARKS
Sec. 41-800. Purpose.
The purpose of this Part is to establish standards for the
development of mobile home parks and to evaluate such parks as
a type of multiple-family residential development; and to
provide for the establishment of said development in areas
throughout the city that will ensure their compatibility with
other permitted uses in the district.
Sec. 41-801. Minimum Park Site Area.
There shall be a maximum of ten (10) units per acre.
Sec. 41-802. Minimum Individual Mobile Home Site.
The minimum individual mobile home site shall not be less
than two thousand eight hundred (2,800) square feet net; the
average total of mobile home sites shall be not less than
three thousand (3,000) square feet net.
Sec. 41-803. Structure Height.
There shall be a maximum structure height of thirty-five
(35) feet.
Sec. 41-804. Ya~rd Requlations.
Ail mobile homes and all structures shall maintain a
minimum yard area of fifteen (15) feet from the ultimate right
of way line of any public street and a minimum yard area of
five (5) feet from any adjoining property line. A ten (10)
foot space between mobile homes must be maintained. A three
(3) foot yard shall be maintained between mobile home site line
and any structure.
Sec. 41-805. Offstreet Parking.
(a) Two (2) parking spaces shall be provided on the individual
site for each mobile home lot in the development.
(1) Each parking space shall be a minimum size of
nine (9) by twenty (20) feet.
(2) On-site parking may be developed in tandem.
(b) There shall be provided for visitors and guests a
minimum of one (1) parking space for every four (4) mobile home
sites in the development.
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(1) Each parking space shall be a minimum size of
nine (9) by twenty (20) feet.
(2) No mobile home site shall be further than two
hundred (200) feet from guest parking.
(3) Parking areas shall be subject to the requirements
specified in Sections 41-614 and 41-615 of this Code.
Sec. 41-806. Trash Collection Depo~s.~
Areas for trash disposal must be provided at convenient
locations throughout the park, generally within three hundred
(300) feet of each mobile home lot. Each trash site should
be screened on three sides by a six (6) foot opaque screen or
wall so as to be readily accessible but screened from public
view.
Sec. 41-807. Underground Utility Lines.
utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric,
communications, street lighting, and cable television, shall
be placed underground.
Sec. 41-808. Open Space.
A minimum of one hundred (100)
space, available to all residents,
mobile home site.
square feet of common open
shall be provided for each
Sec. 41-809. S~orage.
An adequate common storage area for recreational vehicles
and boats, available to all residents, shall be provided for
each mobile home site. Storage area shall be screened from
view by a six (6) foot opaque screen or wall.
Sec. 41-810. Interior Streets and Circulation.
A twenty-eight (28) foot minimum width in a pattern to
provide easy access and movement of passenger and trai~er
vehicles shall be provided. Generally, long cul-de-sacs, four-
way intersections, and other than 90° angle intersections
should be avoided.
Streets shall be paved with two (2) inches of asphalt
concrete over four (4) inches of aggregate base material or
an equivalent. Streets shall have a crown in the center and
shall have concrete rolled curbs and gutters on both sides of
the street.
Sec. 41-811. Siqns.
Two (2) single face or one (1) double face identification
signs (designating park name and address only), not exceeding
twenty (20) square feet in area for each face, may be maintained
at the main point of entry to the development. One (1)
additional twenty (20) square foot single face identification
sign (park name and address only) shall be permitted along any
other public street right of way upon which the park has
frontage, providing such street frontage exceeds three hundred
thirty (330) feet.
Sec. 41-812. Walls and Screens.
A six (6) foot wall or screen shall surround the entire
mobile home park and shall consist of one or any combination
of the following types:
(a) Walls
A wall shall consist of concrete, stone, brick,
tile, or similar type of solid masonry material
with a minimum thickness of four (4) inches.
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(b) Screens.
A wrought iron, open weave, or mesh type fence
shall be combined with plant materials to form
an opaque screen.
(c) Plantinq.
Plant materials, when used as a screen, shall
consist of compact evergreen plants. Said plant
materials shall be of a kind, or used in such a
manner, so as to provide opaque screening.
Sec. 41-813. LandscaDing.
A landscape plan shall be submitted to the Planning Depart-
ment for approval. Said landscaping plan shall consist of the
size, type, and location of all trees, shrubs, and ground
cover areas in the mobile home park site and shall include one
tree per mobile home site.
A system of irrigation or sprinkling of landscaping shall
be indicated on the plan. All landscaping shall be permanently
maintained.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty
days from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the 4th day of May, 1970.
ATTEST:
MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA AMA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk
of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing
Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting
held on the 20th day of April, 1970, and was again considered by
said Council at its meeting held on the 4th day of May, 1970, a~d
was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: l{errin, Evans, Markel, Patterson, Villa,
Yamamoto, Griset
NO ES, COUNCILMEN: ~one
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: ~one
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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