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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Chapter 23 of Municipal Code; Mobile Home Park Zoning ORDINANCE NO. 2373 N ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER #23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE ITY OF AMES, IOWA; REPEALING SECTION 23-1019 ; RENACTING A NEW SECTION 23-1019 ; SETTING FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCATION, SPACE AND GENERAL LAY-OUT FOR MOBILE HOME AND TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS ; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. IT IS ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: Section 1. Section 23-1019 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa, as hitherto existing is hereby repealed. Section 2. A new section to be numbered 23-1019 is hereby added to the Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa, as follows : Sec. 23-1019 . Location, space and general layout of mobile home and travel trailer parks. (a) Parks shall be of three types: (1) mobile home parks, (2) travel trailer parks , and (3) mixed mobile home and travel trailer park . (b) All mobile home parks shall be located on a well drained site. (c) The minimum area for any park shall be five (5) acres . (d) Density of development shall be limited to no more than ten (10) mobile homes per gross acre for a mobile home park and no more than fifteen (15) travel trailers per gross acre for a travel trailer park. (e) Every mobile home space and travel trailer space shall be clearly defined by corner markers . Each mobile home space shall have a minirlum width of 35 feet and a minimum area of 3 ,000 square feet. Each travel trailer space shall contain not less than 1 , 000 square feet and shall be at least 25 feet wide. (f) Mobile homes and travel trailers shall be so loC- ated on each space so that at the nearest point they shall be at least 15 feet from any other mobile home, travel trailer, building or the exterior boundary of the park, provided, however, with respect to mobile homes or travel trailers parked end to end, the end to end clearance shall not be less than 10 feet. No mobile home or travel trailer shall be located closer than 5 feet to any access road or walkway of the park. (g) No mobile home or travel trailer shall be located less than 25 feet from any public street or highway right-of-way or so that any part of such mobile home or travel trailer obstructs any roadway or walkway of such park. (h) Not less than 5% of the gross area of the park shall be devoted to recreational facilities, generally provided in a central location. Recreational facilities may in- clude adult recreation and child play areas , swimming 1 -2- pools and. other passive and active recreational facilities . (i) The park shall have a surfaced entrance and exit, said entrance and exit, or either of them, being not less than eighteen feet in width and plainly marked in the daytime and adequately lighted at night. (j ) All mobile home spaces shall abut upon an access road of riot less than 20 feet in width if on-street parking is prohibited and 26 feet in width if on-street parking is permitted on one side of the street only. Access roads must have unobstructed access to a public street or highway. (k) walkways not less than two feet wide shall be provided.. (1) All access roads and walkways within a park shall be hard :surfaced. The park shall be landscaped with plant materials and a minimun of one (1) tree shall be provided on each mobile home and travel trailer space within two (2) years from the date of the issuance of the Zoning Permit. (m) Mobile home parks shall abut, whenever possible, and have their major means of ingress and egress on, at least a secondary thoroughfare as designated on the comprehensive plan of the City of Ames. Travel trailer parks and mixed parks shall abut, and have their major means of ingress and egress on at least primary thorough- fares as designated on the comprehensive plan of the City of Ames. (n) No fewer than two (2) clearly defined parking spaces shall be provided within the park for each mobile home space, at least one of which shall be on or adjacent to such space. In travel trailer parks at least. one parking space shall be provided for each travel trailer space either on or adjacent to the space. Section 3 . All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 4 . This ordinance is in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication according to law. Adopted this 20thday of July 1971. Louite Whitcome, City Clerk Stuart N. Smith, Mayor 6/22/71 Moved by Fellinger-Nelson the ordinance pass on lst reading. Aye : Thurston, Maxwell, Fellinger, Nelson, Bell Nay: None Absent: Fisher Ordinance declared passed on lst reading. 7/6/71 Moved by Fisher-Thurston the ordinance pass on 2nd reading. Aye : Thurston, Nelson, Bell, Fisher Nay: None Absent: Maxwell, Fellinger Ordinance declared passed on 2nd reading. 7/20/71 Moved by Fellinger-Nelson the ordinance pass on final reading. Aye : Thurston, Maxwell, Fellinger, Nelson, Bell, Fisher Nay : None Ordinance declared adopted.