313-107
107.1 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK DEVELOPMENT
107.1.1 Purpose. The purpose of these regulations is to establish standards for the development of new manufactured home parks and the expansion of existing manufactured home parks in Humboldt County. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(A))
107.1.2 Applicability. These regulations shall apply to the development, expansion, or alteration of any manufactured home park, as defined in the Manufactured Home Park use type. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(B))
107.1.3 Development Standards. The construction, alteration or expansion of a manufactured home park shall be subject to the following development standards, except as provided herein: (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C))
107.1.3.1 Minimum Lot Size. No manufactured home park shall be permitted on a lot that is less than five (5) acres in area. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(1); Amended by Ord. 2167, Sec. 27, 4/7/98)
107.1.3.2 Minimum Recreation Area. A minimum recreation area of 1,500 net square feet per acre of manufactured home park shall be provided and improved in conjunction with the development. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(2))
107.1.3.3 Minimum Yards. Minimum yards around manufactured home parks - front, side and rear, twenty (20) feet. Yard areas may not be used to satisfy the minimum recreation area that is required by this section. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(3); Amended by Ord. 2167, Sec. 27, 4/7/98)
107.1.3.4 Access.
107.1.3.4.1All manufactured home parks shall have either one (1) fifty foot (50') minimum width access or two (2) twenty-five foot (25') minimum width permanent points of access to a public road. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(4)(a))
107.1.3.4.2All circulation roads within the park shall be a minimum of twenty-four feet (24') (two-way traffic) from curb to curb and shall be increased in width by eight feet (8') for curb parking space on each side of the street on which such curb parking is permitted. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(4) (b))
107.1.3.4.3All roads and parking spaces shall be permanently paved. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(4)(c))
107.1.3.5 Parking.
107.1.3.5.1Two (2) on-site parking spaces or the equivalent in parking bays shall be provided for each manufactured home site. A parking space shall not be less than eight feet (8') wide and eighteen feet (18') long, and shall contain seven feet (7') of vertical clearance. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(5)(a))
107.1.3.5.2Guest parking shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) space for every four (4) manufactured home sites.
107.1.3.5.2.1On-street parking is acceptable in meeting this requirement if all the streets providing the spaces are constructed to forty (40) feet in width. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(5)(b))
107.1.3.5.2.2If the streets within the manufactured home park are less than 40 feet in width, the ratio for guest parking shall be one (1) space for every two (2) manufactured home sites, accomplished by the use of parking bays containing at least four (4) parking spaces per bay. Such bays shall be located no greater than 200 feet apart. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(5)(b))
107.1.3.5.3If any type of commercial use(s) is (are) proposed within the manufactured home park, additional parking shall be provided consistent with the Off-Street Parking Requirements in Section 313-109.1. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(5)(c))
107.1.3.6 Fencing and Landscaping.
107.1.3.6.1Every manufactured home park shall provide an ornamental, sight-obscuring fence, wall, or other suitable screening/planting, with a minimum height of six (6) feet, along all boundaries of the manufactured home park site that abut on public roads, or on property lines. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(6)(a))
107.1.3.6.2All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, recreation, or services shall be completely and permanently landscaped and the entire site shall be maintained in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(6)(b))
107.1.3.7 Storage Area. A minimum outdoor storage shed of forty-eight (48) square feet shall be provided for each unit. (Former Section CZ#A314-22(C)(7))
107.1.4 Exceptions for Existing Substandard Manufactured Home Parks. The Hearing Officer may modify the requirements of Section 107.1.3 for an existing substandard park proposed to be enlarged or altered; provided, that the modifications are limited to the extent that an overall improvement in the design or standards of such existing park will result, and subject to making the applicable findings for granting exceptions in Chapter 2, Procedures, of this Code. (For more information on manufactured homes, see Section 313-132, Nonconforming Structures, and Section 313-69.05, Accessory Dwelling Units.) (Former Section CZ#A314-22(D))
107.2 MERGER OF SUBSTANDARD LOTS
107.2.1A substandard lot can be developed or sold if: (Former Section CZ#A314-21(A))
107.2.1.1The substandard lot in question was lawfully created; and (Former Section CZ#A314-21(A)(1))
107.2.1.2The substandard lot has not been merged with adjoining property. (Former Section CZ#A314-21(A)(2))
107.2.2Where the owner of a substandard lot owns adjoining property, the substandard lot may be merged with the adjoining property, pursuant to the provisions of state law and this Code. Thereafter the merged lots must be developed or sold as one unit or lot. Separate conveyance of the merged lots is prohibited. Notwithstanding the above, adjacent substandard lots do not merge if each of them has been fully developed in accordance with the zoning regulations for the zone in which said lots are located. (Former Section CZ#A314-21(B); Ord. 1104, 1/5/76; Amended by Ord. 1875, Sec. 3, 9/26/89) (Ord. 2717, § 6, 6/27/2023)