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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. -1- (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. -2- (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 -3-