Chapter 17.120 MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS

A. Any lot or site used for a manufactured home park and any modifications to a manufactured home park shall comply with the provisions of ORS 446.002 to ORS 446.210 and Manufactured Home Park Standards, adopted as Oregon Administrative Rule, Chapter 814, Subdivision 3, Manufactured Home Parks, Sections 28.010 to 28.170, inclusive.

B. All parks shall require a minimum of three acres.

C. Density. The maximum density of a manufactured home park shall not exceed ten (10) units per gross acre.

D. Minimum Area. The minimum area to be contained on a manufactured home space by a manufactured home and its accessory structures shall be three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet.

E. Setbacks. The following setback standards shall apply:

1. General park development: setbacks for structures other than a manufactured homes, carports and related accessory buildings shall comply with the minimum residential setbacks in the underlying zone.

2. Manufactured homes:

a. Front: five feet minimum to the sidewalk; eight feet minimum to the curb;

b. Side and rear: fifteen (15) feet minimum to any adjacent manufactured home; ten (10) feet minimum to any adjacent nonresidential structure;

c. Manufactured homes on the periphery of a manufactured home park shall maintain the same setback as required for the front, side and rear yard in the underlying zone.

3. Accessory structures:

a. Front: five feet minimum to the sidewalk; eight feet minimum to the curb;

b. Adjacent side and rear: six feet minimum to any adjacent manufactured home, or, nonresidential structure.

4. Carports:

a. Front: twenty (20) feet minimum to the sidewalk or curb, if a sidewalk is not provided;

b. Side and rear: carports attached to, or within three feet of, the manufactured home shall comply with the setbacks for the manufactured home. Otherwise, the setback provisions for accessory structures shall apply.

F. Minimum Width. No manufactured home space shall be less than forty (40) feet in width at its driveway frontage.

G. Boundaries of Space. The boundaries of each manufactured home space shall be clearly marked by permanent markers.

H. Driveways. All driveways shall be paved with an asphaltic material or concrete and shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width. In addition, if parking is to be permitted along the driveway, a minimum width of thirty (30) feet is required. All driveways shall be adequately designed as to permit safe, easy access by emergency vehicles.

I. Parking. A minimum of two off-driveway parking spaces shall be provided for each manufactured home space.

J. Walks. Provisions shall be made for a walk from each manufactured home to each driveway. All walks must be hard surfaced, well-drained and not less than thirty-six (36) inches in width.

K. Patio. Each manufactured home space shall have a slab or patio or concrete, asphalt or flagstone or similar substance not less than twenty (20) feet in length and ten (10) feet in width adjacent to each manufactured home parking site.

L. Storage Area. A storage space in a building having a gross floor area of at least sixty (60) square feet shall be constructed and completed prior to occupancy of the manufactured home for storing the outdoor equipment and accessories necessary to residential living.

M. Accessory Buildings. Accessory buildings that are placed on a manufactured home space shall be sited in a manner so as not to hinder or restrict access to the side and rear yard areas adjacent to the manufactured home.

N. Manufactured Home Space Coverage. Not more than forty-five (45) percent of a manufactured home space may be occupied by a manufactured home and its accessory structures.

O. Signs. All signs shall be in accordance with Chapter 17.80 of this title.

P. Lighting. Common driveways and walkways must be adequately lighted.

Q. Skirting. All manufactured homes shall have skirting around the exterior of the manufactured home or they may be situated upon a continuous foundation meeting the approval of the city building code.

R. Open Space. A minimum of at least five thousand (5,000) square feet per twenty-five (25) manufactured home spaces or portion thereof shall be provided for a recreational play area group or community activities. No approved open space area shall contain less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. The floor area of indoor facilities, such as a community building, may be included in calculating the open space requirement.

S. Utilities. All utility services shall be underground. The applicant shall furnish the city with proper easements for reading the meters and for inspecting water and sewer lines. All meters and water lines shall be inspected while being installed and the installation shall meet city standards. The park owners to city standards shall maintain all meters and water and sewer lines.

T. Sewer and Surface Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be for sewage disposal and surface drainage and plans for such must have prior approval of the health department and the city engineer before a manufactured home park is approved. All sewer lines and drainage facilities shall be inspected while being installed and the installation shall meet city standards.

U. Additions to Manufactured Homes. Carports, cabanas, ramadas, awning and all other structures, whether defined herein or not, which are situated upon a manufactured home space and are attached to the manufactured home, shall conform to the requirements of the city building code. Such additions and structures shall be considered as a portion of the manufactured home for determining the extent of lot coverage, setback lines and all other requirements for manufactured homes, as if such additions and structures were a part of such manufactured home.

V. No part of any manufactured home park shall be used for the parking or storage of any heavy equipment, or trucks with a rated capacity exceeding two tons.

W. A caretaker, owner or manager shall be responsible for keeping the manufactured home park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition.

X. Landscaped buffer areas shall be developed around the perimeter of all manufactured home parks. Buffering shall comply with the standards of Chapter 17.84.

Y. All units placed within a manufactured home park after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title shall be “manufactured homes” as defined in Section 17.12.020. (Ord. 619, 2003)