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' ORDINANCE NO. 932
AN ORDINANC~E ADDING SECTION 27-13~ TO THE
CODE OF THB CITY OF LODI THEREBY REGULATING
THE LOCATIqN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILEHOME
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The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows:
Sectfin 1. There is hereby added to Chapter 27 of the Code of the Clty
of Lodi the following sectiob:
SECTION 27- 13A. MOBILEHOME PARKS
a. Scope andjhtent: The following regulations are designed to
control thd use and location of mobilehomes, mobilehome
parks, trabel trailers,
incorporated city limits. It is recognized that mobile dwelling
units reprksent an increasing and necessary housing form and,
as such, deserve careful consideration within the framework
of the Gederal Plan of the City of Lodi.
use and lo/cation of mobilehomes, mobilehome parks, travel
trailers, And travel trailer parks is necessary so that the
mobile dwklling unit can best become an integral part of
the commdnity and stand as an over-all asset.
comprehen/sive regulation can this goal be achieved.
basic preqse on which these regulations are drawn is the
generally-accepted principle that the only and proper place
for a mobilehome or travel trailer is the mobilehome park
and/or trabel trailer park.
and travel trailer parks within the
Regulation of the
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b. Definitionsi:
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1. Mobildhome: Any vehicle which is forty (40) or more
feet id overall length at its longest point or which exceeds
eight 18) feet in width at its widest point, is designed
or usdd for human habitation, whether self-propelled
or seh-permanent use, and which has no foundation
other khan wheels and temporary stabilizing units.
or drawn l by a motor vehicle, is intended for permanent
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2. Mobilehome I park: Any parcel of land, five (5) acres
or moke, comprised of a parcel or contiguous parcels
used, designed, or intended to accommodate mobilehomes
and/o i , travel trailers.
3. Mobildhome site: Any portion of a mobilehome park or
travel ~ trailer park designated or used for the occupancy
(1) mobilehome and approved structures in connection
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4. Travei trailer: Any vehicle which at no time exceeds
eight (8) feet in width at its widest point and forty (40)
feet ip length at its longest point, is designed or used
for hjman habitation, whether self -propelled or drawn
by a motor vehicle, is intended for permanent or semi-
permdnent use, and which has no foundation other than
wheel; and temporary stabilizing units.
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5. Travek trailer park: Any parcel of land, five (5) acres
or more, comprised of a parcel or contiguous parcels
used, designed, or intended to accommodate travel
trailers and/or mobilehomes.
6. Travel trailer site: Any portion of a mobilehome park
or travel trailer park designated or used for the occupancy
of one (1) travel trailer and approved structures in
connection with such use.
I c. Regulation's : Mobilehomes, travel trailers, mobilehome parks,
and traveq trailer parks shall comply with the following
regulations:
1. Occupked mobilehomes and travel trailers shall be
locate/d only within approved mobilehome parks and
traved trailer parks.
2. Mobilkhome parks shall be located only within the
residential zones R-MD (Residential - Medium Density)
and R/-HD (Residential - High Density), and the commercial
zone 1-2 (General Commercial).
Mobilkhome parks shall be established only after the
granting of a Conditional Use Permit.
(i)
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Abplications for a Conditional Use Permit shall be
a'companied by a site plan. 'i
1 4. The Taximum number of mobilehome sites permitted
per atre shall be ten (lo), and the maximum number of
travel trailer sites permitted per acre shall be fifteen
(15). Not more than ten (10) per cent of total spaces
shall be for travel trailers.
ilehome park shall have a minimum area of five
(5) acCes and shall have clearly designated sites for
each hobilehome of an area not less than-two thousand
five hbndred (2,500) square feet.
site shall have a minimum area of one thousand (1,000)
squar' feet.
shall ]e permanently and conspicuously numbered.
Each travel trailer
All mobilehome and travel trailer sites
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Tlie Planning Cornis sion may consider applications
for mobilehome parks for less than five (5) acres
if it can be established that special conditions exist
an$ that all other requirements of this section can
be] met.
Tde Planning Commission may require minimum
mobilehome sites greater than two thousand five
hhdred (2,500) square feet where mobilehomes
larger than seven hundred twenty (720) square feet
ark to be accommodated.
Travel trailer sites may be provided for transient
us:e and shall all be located within a clearly defined
section of the park.
At, no time shall a mobilehome, including all
appurtenant structures such as attached awnings,
ca:banas, ramadas, and storage buildings occupy
mbre than seventy-five (75) per cent of the mobile
home site.
Each mobilehome site shall have a hard-surfaced patio
area of concrete, asphalt, or some similar substance
not less than two hundred (ZOO) square feet.
(i) Any porch greater than fifteen (15) square feet in
area shall be counted as part of the required patio
area. ,
Mobilehome parks shalt provide the following yards:
(i) F!ont: twenty (20) feet.
(ii} Interior side: none.
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(iii) Stieet side: ten (10) feet.
(iv) Rdar: none I
(a1 No mobilehome, travel trailer, or appurtenant
structure shall be located in any required mobile-
~ home park yard.
8. Mobile L ome and travel trailer sites shall provide the
followibg yards:
(i)
(ii)
Fiont and rear:
Sides: three (3) feet.
five {5) feet.
(a{ No mobilehome, travel trailer, or appurtenant
structure shall be located in any required
sideyard. i
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Each kequired mobilehome park yard shall be landscaped
and
(i)
(ii)
maintained.
Landscaping plans for common areas shall accompany
tye Application for Conditional Use Permit.
The Planning Commission may require additional
landscaping and additional fences or walls where
necessary to ensure privacy, protect adjoining
pioperty, insulate against noise or glare, or screen
unsightliness.
Not less than two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be
provided for each mobilehome site. All areas used for
automobile circulation or parking shall be improved
and maintained.
be kept free of obstacles such as porches, tool sheds,
and odher appurtenant structures. Supplemental parking
for pleasure boats and non-occupied travel trailers
shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) site to each ten
(10) rriobilehome sites.
All required off- street parking shall
(i)
(ii)
The minimum size of each such supplemental site
sdall be three hundred (300) square feet.
The supplemental parking shall be located so as to
have direct access to an internal driveway or drive-
ways and shall not be fenced or located so as to
obscure the vision of motorists using said driveways.
Entrance and internal driveways shall conform to the
followLg requirements: I
Eptrance driveways shall be located not closer than
one hundred fifty (150) feet from the intersection
of/ public streets.
A$y driveway, or portion of a driveway, which
ddes not provide for continuous circulation shall
ndt exceed a length of four hundred (400) feet,
add shall be terminated by a turn-around having a
diameter of at least sixty (60) feet.
(a1 No parking shall be allowed in such turn-arounds.
minimum width for driveways on which auto-
is not permitted shall be thirty (30)
on which parking is to be permitted
on one side shall be thirty-two (32) feet wide;
diiveways on which parking is to be permitted on
bdth sides shall be forty (40) feet wide., ,
On-site lighting shall be required for internal
diiveways and shall be approved by the Director of
Public Works.
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(v) Of!!-site street lighting shall be installed as in a
rebidential subdivision and shall be approved by
the Superintendent of Utilities.
e hydrants and other fire protection shall be
in the park as required by the Fire
in conformance with existing City ordinances
or' Section 5622, Article 6, Title 25 of the California
Administrative Code, whichever is more restrictive.
12. Recre i tion areas shall be required and conform to the
following regulations:
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
InIall parks with twenty-five or more mobilehome
anb travel trailer sites, there shall be one or more
outdoor recreation areas easily accessible to all
paik residents and available for year-around
rek reational use.
I Recreation areas shall contain a minimum of five
thdusand (5,000) square feet, and shall contain an
adhitional one hundred (100) square feet for every
mqbilehome site in excess of fifty (50) sites.
Re'creation areas shall be centrally located and
frke of traffic hazards.
Mobilehome parks intended whoLLy or partly to
accommodate families with children shall allot
and design a minimum of twenty-five (25) per cent
of /the required recreation area for the use of
children.
13. A solid wall or view-obscuring fence shall be established
and maintained. This fence shall enclose the entire
mobilebome park (excluding access points), and shall
meet the following minimum requirements:
Stieet sideyard fences shall not exceed six (6)
fedt in height.
Re&- yard and interior sideyard fences shall be
si)i (6) feet in height.
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Rebr and interior sideyard fenees shall be erected
on! the property lines.
Frbnt and street sideyard fences shall be erected
on'the setback lines.
(a/l Front and street sideyard fences shall be of , masonry or other materials or combination of
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materials approved by the Planning Commission.
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Plans for fences using material other than
masonry shall accompany the application for
a Conditional Use Permit.
All utilities shall be underground except at those points
where/ connections are made to mobilehomes or travel
trailers.
Not more than one (1) sign shall be erected at any
entrance to the park. Signs shall not exceed fifty
(50) square feet for all readable surfaces, nor exceed
ten (1P) feet in height.
(i) Sign designs shall be submitted with the Application
for Conditional Use Permit,
Only those structures and accessory buildings permitted
by the rules and regulations of the State of California
Deparltment of Housing and Community Development shall
be permitted in a mobilehome park and shall be located
as therein provided.
Each Lobilehome park shall have a laundry building for
clothe's washing and drying.
adj ac dnt to this building f o r clothes hanging.
The p'ark owner shall be responsible for collection and
disposal of all trash and garbage.
garbage collection containers shall be shown on the site
plan. Arrangements shall be made with the franchise
holder for the City's garbage and trash collection before
the Ekforcement Agency approves the park for occupancy.
A yard area may be provided
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Provisions for
(i) C:ommon outdoor garbage collection areas shall be
enclosed within a solid six (6) foot high fence and
shall be located so as not to cause a visual traffic
hazard.
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Renting of mobilehomes in a mobilehome park is prohibited
unlesd the mobilehome bears the insignia of the State of
Califoirnia Division of Building and Housing Standards
and is licensed by the Division for this purpose.
The 4nforcement Agency is the State of California
Deparltment of Housing and Community Development,
Divisi n of Building and Housing Standards. Prior to
any c nstruction on a mobilehome park, plans and
specif'cations shall be submitted and approved by the
Enforcement Agency.
The Planning Commission may alter these regulations to
bedmodate adaption to unusual circumstances.
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22. The regulations set forth in this ordinance shall be
considered supplementary to the rules and regulations
of the St4te of California Department of Housing and
Community Development (Title 25, California Admini-
strative Code, Chapter 5, "Mobilehome Parks Special
Occupancy, Trailer Parks and Campgrounds. 'I).
23. Violationi of any provision of this Ordinance shall be
punishabje by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars
and imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months,
or both (Government Code, Sections 36900-36901).
Section 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
repealed insofar as such conflict may exist.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi News-
Sentinel, a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the
City of Lodi, and shall be in force and take effect thirty days from and after its
pas sage.
Approved this 1st day of July, 1970.
BEN SCHAFFER, Mayor
., City Clerk
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State of California,
County of San Joaquin, ss.
I, Bessie L. Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 932 was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Lodi held June 17, 1970, and was there-
after passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said
Council held July 1, 1970, by the following vote:
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Ayes: Councilmen - EHRHARDT, HUGHES, KATNICH,
KIRSTEN and SCHAFFER
Noes: Councilmen - None
Absent: Councilmen - None
City Clerk
I further certify 'that Ordinance No. 932 was approved and
signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has
been published pursuant to law.
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