HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1995-23ORDINANCE 95-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MOAB MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 15. 36. 080-MOBILE HOMES
WHEREAS, the Governing Body, on the recommendation of the Moab City
Planning Commission deems that it is necessary to amend the Moab Municipal Code with
respect to amending setbacks for mobile home parks as set forth in Moab Municipal Code
15. 36. 080
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS:
15. 36. 080 Development standards. The development of a mobile home park shall
conform to the following regulations and standards:
A. The area shall be in one ownership and the same shall not be subdivided.
B. The preliminary plan must be prepared by an engineer, land surveyor, architect
or landscape architect licensed to practice in the state.
C. The minimum site size for a mobile home park shall be ten acres.
D. Mobile homes may be clustered and individual mobile home sites 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 nine units per acre.
E. Not less than fifteen percent of the gross area of the mobile home park shall be
developed into a park and playspace for common use of the occupants. Such park shall be
located as near to the center of the mobile home park as good design will allow. Also, the
land area not contained in a park, mobile home site, road or vehicular parking space shall
be landscaped for the common use and enjoyment of the occupants of the mobile home
park. 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.
F. An area of at least one hundred square feet for each mobile home space
contained within the park shall be provided for the storage of boats, trailers, and campers.
Such storage space shall be enclosed with a sight -obscuring fence of not less than six feet and
not more than eight feet in height.
G. No mobile home, modular home, or add -on shall be located closer than ten feet
from the nearest portion of any other mobile home or add -on.
H. All mobile homes, modular homes and add-ons shall be set back at least six feet
from all roadways. Also a strip of land at least ten feet wide surrounding the mobile home
park shall be left unoccupied by mobile homes shall be enclosed with a sight -obscuring
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fence of not less than six feet and not more than eight feet in height, and shall be planted
and maintained in lawn, shrubs or other trees designed to afford privacy to the
development.
I. All mobile home sites that front directly on a public street shall have a width of
at least ninety feet and an area of at least four thousand five hundred feet.
J. All mobile homes shall be located at least twenty feet back from any public
street and at least seventy percent of the resulting setback space shall be landscaped.
K. All storage and solid waste receptacles outside of the confines of a mobile home
must be housed in a closed structure compatible with in design and construction to the
mobile homes and to any service buildings within the mobile home park; all patios, garages,
carports and other add-ons must also be compatible as to design and construction with the
mobile home and with the service buildings as approved by the building inspector.
L. All roadways shall be hard -surfaced and of adequate width to accommodate
anticipated traffic as follows:
1. For one-way with no parking, twenty feet in width, plus extra width as
necessary for maneuvering mobile homes;
2. For two-way with no parking, twenty-four feet in width;
3. For entrance streets, minimum of thirty-six feet in width.
M. There shall be no more than two entrances from the mobile home park into any
one street, which entrances shall be no closer than seventy-five feet from each other, nor
closer than seventy feet to the corner of an intersection.
N. Access shall be provided to each mobile home stand by means of an accessway
reserved for maneuvering mobile homes into position and shall be kept free from trees and
other immovable obstructions. Paving the accessway shall not be required. Use of planks,
steel mats or other means during placement of a mobile home shall be allowed as long as
the same are removed immediately after placement of the mobile home.
O. Off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of two parking spaces per mobile
home space contained within the mobile home park, and shall be contained within each
mobile home space served.
P. Yard Lighting. A minimum of two -tenths foot-candles of light shall be required
for protective yard lighting the full length of all driveways and walkways.
Q. The mobile home stand must be depressed or otherwise constructed so that the
floor of the front half of the mobile home will not be more than twenty-four inches above
the adjacent ground.
R. All mobile home shall be served by a water system, a sewage disposal system,
and solid waste disposal facilities which have been approved by the State Health
Department.
S. In addition to meeting the above requirements and conforming to all other laws
of the city, all mobile home parksshall also conform to requirements set forth in the Code
of Camp -Trailer Courts, Hotel, Motel and Resort Sanitary Regulations adopted by the Utah
State Board of Health, and to the City's Fire Prevention Code, which codes are adopted by
reference, three copies of which are filed with the office of the city clerk for use by the
public and all restrictions, regulations and notations contained therein shall be made a part
of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between such
regulations or codes and this chapter, this chapter shall take precedence.
T. Mobile home parks containing not less than fifty mobile homes may include a
launderette for convenience of the occupants of the park, but not for the general public.
U. A11 landscaped areas shall be provided with permanent sprinkler irrigation
systems as approved by the building inspector.
V. Development may be carried out in progressive stages, in which event each stage
shall be so planned that the requirements and intent of this chapter shall be complied with
at the completion of each stage. No final plan for the initial stage shall cover less than ten
acres. (Prior code Section 24-3 (B) (2) (b))
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body of the City of Moab in
open session this 2 th day of N 1995, This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon passage.
DONE IN OPEN COUNCIL this 78 day of Ir , •r ., 1995.
John W
Recor
oab City
iel W. Mick
Mayor Pro -Tern
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