02.0904 Preliminary Plans and Documents

The preliminary plan and documents shall be prepared and submitted as follows: A. Plan Requirements Three (3) copies of the preliminary plan must be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Administrator at least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission at which the plan will be considered. The preliminary plan shall be drawn to a scale not smaller than one inch equals one hundred feet or as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Administrator and shall show the following information: 1. The topography represented by contours shown at no greater intervals than two (2) feet when required by the Planning Commission. 2. The proposed street mobile home space layout. 3. Proposed reservations for parks, playgrounds, and open spaces. 4. Size and character of recreation buildings and other structures associated with land and facilities to be used by the mobile home park occupants. 5. Layout of typical mobile home spaces. 6. Tabulation showing: (a) area of land within the mobile home park (b) number of mobile homes permitted (d) percent of area to be devoted to parks and playgrounds (e) number of off street parking spaces 7. Proposed location of off street parking spaces. 8. Proposed landscape planning plan, including type and location of plant materials 9. Location of existing and proposed utility lines and easements, water and sewer lines, fire hydrants, storm drains and facilities, curbs, and other improvements. 10. Draft of proposed documents including: (a) management policies, covenants, and restrictions (b) maintenance agreements 11. Typical street cross-sections. 12. Any other data that the Planning Commission may require. B. Standards and Requirements The development of a mobile home park shall conform to the following standards and requirements. 1. The area shall be in one ownership and shall remain in one ownership and the same shall not be subdivided. 2. The final plan must be prepared by an engineer, architect, or landscape architect licensed to practice in the State of Utah. 3. The minimum initial site size for the mobile home park shall be two (2) acres. 4. The mobile homes may be clustered and individual mobile home sites sizes may be reduced below that required for single family dwellings within the zone in which the development is located provided that the gross density of mobile home units within the development does not exceed eight (8) units per acre and that all lots or spaces are served by an approved central culinary water and sewage disposal system. Each lot or space must be served by individual culinary water, secondary water and sewage connection. Each water connection requiring 4 shares of Huntington-Cleveland Water and 10 shares for secondary connection. Amended - Each water connection requiring 3 for culinary and 3 for secondary. Connection fees: Culinary Water - 3/4" line - $1400; 1.5" - $1550; 2"- $28600 Secondary - 1.5 - $1500; 2" - $1700 Sewer - $1050 Total - 3/4" line - $3950 1.5" line - $4100 2" line - $5350 5. The land area not contained in individual lots, roads, or parking shall be set aside and developed as parks, playgrounds and serve areas for the common use and enjoyment of the occupants of the mobile home park. 6. No less than ten percent of the gross area of the mobile home park shall be set aside for common use. The land covered by vehicular roadways, sidewalks, off street parking and landscaped areas surrounding mobile home spaces which are pertinent to each mobile home and area devoted to service facilities shall not be construed as being part of the area required for parks and playgrounds. 7. No mobile home or add-on shall be located closer than fifteen feet from the nearest portion of any other mobile home or add-on provided that when a carport side shall be at least six (6) feet from the side lot line, or not less than twelve (12) feet between structures, whichever is greater. All mobile homes and add-ons shall be set back at least five (5) feet from all roadways. 8. All area not covered by mobile homes, buildings, parking space or driveways shall be planted in lawn, trees, and shrubs or otherwise landscaped within two years from date of final approval of the park. 9. All construction and required surfacing shall be applied to all off street parking space and driveways prior to occupancy of the park. 10. A strip of land at least eight (8) feet wide surrounding the mobile home park shall be left unoccupied by mobile homes and shall be planted and maintained in lawn, shrubs, and trees designed to afford privacy to the development. 11. All storage and solid waste receptacles outside of the confines of a mobile home must be housed in a closed structure compatible in design and construction to the mobile homes and to any service buildings, within the mobile home and to any service buildings within the mobile home park; all patios, garage, carports, and other add-ons must also be compatible to design and construction with the mobile home and with the service buildings, as approved by the Planning Commission. 12. Occupancy shall be by written lease which lease shall be made available to the officials of the city upon demand. 13. Roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic as follows: a. For one-way with no parking twelve (12) feet in width, plus extra width as necessary for maneuvering mobile homes. b. For two-way with no parking: twenty-four (24) feet in width. c. For entrance streets: minimum of thirty-six (36) feet in width. All streets shall be constructed so as to provide adequate drainage of surface water and shall be graded and graveled to produce an all weather roadway. 14. There shall be no more than two (2) entrances from the mobile home park into any one street, which entrances shall be no closer than twenty-five (25) feet from each other, no closer than seventy (70) feet to the corner of an intersection. 15. Access shall be provided to each mobile home stand by means of an access way reserved for maneuvering mobile homes into position and shall be kept free from trees and other immovable obstructions. Use of planks, steel mats, or other means during placement of a mobile home shall be allowed so long as the same are moved immediately after placement of the mobile home. 16. Off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of two (2) parking spaces per mobile home space contained within the mobile home park. In no case shall the parking space be located greater than one hundred feet away from the mobile home space it is designed to serve, except that one-fourth (1/4) of the required parking spaces may be located not more than three-hundred (300) feet away from the mobile home spaces it is designated to serve. 17. In addition to meeting the above requirements and conforming to the other laws of the City all mobile home parks shall also conform to requirements set forth in the CODE OF CAMP – TRAILER COURT, HOTEL, MOTEL, AND RESORT SANITATION REGULATIONS adopted by the Utah State Board of Health, and the city’s FIRE PREVENTION CODE, which codes are hereby adopted by reference, three (3) copies of which are filed with the office of the clerk for use of the public and all restrictions, regulations, and notations contained therein shall be made a part of this Ordinance as fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between said regulations or codes and this chapter, this chapter shall take precedence. 18. Mobile home parks containing not less than twenty-five (25) mobile homes may include a launderette for convenience of the occupants of the park but not for the general public. 19. All mobile homes shall be located at least thirty (30) feet back from public street and the resulting yards must be landscaped except for driveways. An area of at least 100 square feet for each mobile home space contained within the park shall be provided for the storage of boats, trailers, and campers. Said storage space shall be enclosed with a sign-obscuring fence of not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height. 3. Documents Documents shall also be submitted with the preliminary plan, consisting of: 1. A declaration of management policies, covenants, and restrictions setting forth the responsibilities and duties of the renters or occupants within the mobile home park. 2. Agreement between the developers and the city stating among other things: a. that in the event of failure or neglect on the part of the owners, successors, or assigns to maintain the common area, landscaping and other improvements in good condition, the city may perform the necessary work and for the purpose may enter in upon the land and do said work and charge the cost thereof, including reasonable attorney’s fees, against the owners or their successors or assigns. b. that the developer will construct the project in accordance with approved plans. c. that the contract shall be binding upon heirs, assigns, receivers, successors of the project for the life of the buildings or the project. d. any other conditions that the Planning Commission deems to be reasonable necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance.