[CC 1985 §11-76; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
Mobile
home park and travel trailer sites shall not be exposed to objectionable
smoke, noise, odors or other adverse influences. No portion of any
mobile home park subject to unpredictable or sudden flooding, subsidence
or erosion shall be used for any purpose that would expose persons
or property to hazards.
B.
No mobile
home park shall contain an area of less than twenty thousand (20,000)
square feet and an average density of more than eight (8) mobile home
lots per acre. Each lot provided for the occupancy of a single mobile
unit shall have an area of not less than four thousand five hundred
(4,500) square feet and a minimum width of forty-five (45) feet.
C.
No travel
trailer park shall contain an area less than twenty thousand (20,000)
square feet and an average density of more than fifteen (15) travel
trailer lots per acre. Each lot provided for the occupancy of a single
travel trailer shall have an area of not less than one thousand (1,000)
square feet with no dimension less than twenty (20) feet.
D.
All mobile
home parks shall provide lots sufficient in size that no mobile home
or any other structure, addition or appurtenance thereto is located
less than ten (10) feet from the nearest adjacent lot boundary. Travel
trailers shall be located on each lot so that there will be not less
than ten (10) feet between any other travel trailer within the park.
E.
Space
between mobile homes or travel trailers may be used for parking of
motor vehicles provided the space is clearly designated and the vehicle
is parked a minimum of ten (10) feet from the nearest adjacent lot
boundary.
F.
Mobile
home or travel trailer parks shall be designed with a landscaped strip
of open space fifty (50) feet wide adjacent to the rights-of-way of
State and Federal highways or County roads and twenty-five (25) feet
wide adjacent to the rights-of-way of City and private streets.
G.
All mobile
home parks or travel trailer parks located adjacent to an industrial
or commercial land use shall be provided with screening such as fences
or plantings along the property boundary line.
[CC 1985 §11-77; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
All mobile
homes and travel trailers shall be located a minimum of twenty (20)
feet from the out boundary property line.
B.
All mobile
homes and travel trailers shall be set back a minimum of twenty (20)
feet from the paved edge of internal park streets.
C.
Mobile
homes and travel trailers shall be separated from each other and from
other buildings and structures by a minimum of twenty (20) feet, provided
that mobile homes or travel trailers placed end to end may have a
clearance of fifteen (15) feet when opposing rear walls are staggered.
D.
An accessory
structure such as an awning, storage building, windbreak or porch
that has a gross area exceeding twenty-five (25) square feet and has
an opaque top or roof shall for purposes of all separation requirements
be considered part of the mobile home or travel trailer.
[CC 1985 §11-78; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
All mobile
home and travel trailer parks shall be provided with a safe and convenient
vehicular access from abutting public streets and highways.
B.
Entrances
to mobile home and travel trailer parks shall be designed to minimize
traffic congestion and hazards and to allow free movement of traffic
on adjacent streets and highways. No parking shall be permitted on
the park entrance street for a distance of seventy-five (75) feet
from the rights- of-way of Federal or State highways, County roads
or City streets.
C.
Parking
spaces shall be provided at the rate of at least two (2) spaces per
mobile home lot or travel trailer lot to provide for guest parking,
for two-car tenants and for delivery and service vehicles. Each designated
parking space shall have a minimum area of nine (9) feet by twenty
(20) feet.
[CC 1985 §11-79; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
All internal
streets and entranceways shall have pavement edges protected to prevent
raveling of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement base.
Street surfaces shall be maintained free of cracks, holes and other
hazards. All such streets and ways shall be paved in accordance with
the following standards:
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Base
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Surface 1
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Asphalt Treated
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Waterbound Macadam
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Subbase 2
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Asphalt
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3 inches
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3 inches
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5 inches
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3 inches
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Gravel or crushed stone
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Grave B or G
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N/A
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N/A
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5 inches
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N/A = Not Applicable
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1.
All
intersections shall be of the maximum thickness of the two (2) intersecting
streets as shown above, plus one (1) inch of additional base material
if waterbound macadam is used or one-half (½) inches of additional
base if asphalt treated base is used.
2.
Subbase
material shall be of coarse aggregate containing ten to twenty percent
(10% — 20%) fines, maximum aggregate size two-thirds (2/3) of
subbase depth or good subbase soil, if approved by the City or as
required to meet Missouri State Highway Commission standards.
3.
The
following gradations shall be required:
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Grade B — Crushed stone (maximum):
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100% through 1 inch sieve;
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65% through 3/8 inch sieve;
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5 — 25% through #10 sieve.
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Grade G — Crushed stone or gravel (maximum):
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100% through ¾ inch sieve;
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75% through 3/8 inch sieve;
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0 — 15% through #10 sieve.
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B.
All internal
streets and entranceways shall be of adequate width to accommodate
the anticipated traffic and contemplated parking needs. Minimum width
of streets shall be as follows:
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Type of Street
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Minimum Width of Moving Lanes
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Minimum Width for Parallel Parking
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Pedestrian Ways
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Minimum Total Width
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Entrance street
First 75 feet
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10 feet
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Not Allowed
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2 feet
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34* feet
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Beyond 75 feet
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10 feet
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7 feet
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2 feet
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30* feet
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Collector streets
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10 feet
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7 feet
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2 feet
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24* feet
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Local streets or cul-de-sacs
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9 feet
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7 feet
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2 feet
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20* feet
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Wider width shall be required if deemed necessary by the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
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C.
Grades
of all streets shall be sufficient to insure adequate surface drainage,
but shall not exceed six percent (6%). Short runs with a maximum grade
of ten percent (10%) may be permitted, provided traffic safety is
assured by appropriate paving and avoidance of lateral curves.
D.
Intersections
of more than two (2) streets at one (1) point shall be avoided. Within
one hundred (100) feet of an intersection, streets shall be approximately
right angles.
E.
Convenient
access shall be provided to each mobile home or travel trailer stand
by means of an access way reserved for maneuvering the mobile home
or travel trailer into position. Access ways shall be kept free from
trees and other immovable obstructions. Access to mobile home stands
or travel trailer stands shall not be permitted from any public street,
road or highway.
F.
Driveways
shall be provided on the site where necessary for convenient access
to service entrances of buildings, to delivery and collection points
for fuel, refuse and other material and elsewhere as needed.
[CC 1985 §11-80; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
The area
of the mobile home stand shall be improved to provide adequate support
and tie down requirements set forth in the mobile home code.
B.
Each
mobile home lot shall contain a pad or stand not less than ten (10)
feet by sixty (60) feet. The pad shall be constructed of reinforced
concrete or the equivalent thereof, having a minimum thickness of
four (4) inches and placed on a six (6) inch compacted gravel base.
The pad shall be either solid concrete or two (2) ribbons, two (2)
feet in width with gravel in between.
C.
All mobile
home or travel trailer stands shall be a minimum of one hundred fifty
(150) feet from any sewage lagoon, cesspool, septic tank or drainage
field, seepage pit or sinkhole within the mobile home or travel trailer
park or on the adjacent property.
[CC 1985 §11-81; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
Individual
water riser pipes shall be located within the confined area of the
mobile home stand at a point where the water connection will approximate
a vertical position.
B.
Water
riser pipes shall be at least three-quarter (¾) inch in diameter,
extend at least four (4) inches above ground elevation and the water
outlet shall be capped when the mobile home lot is not occupied.
C.
A shutoff
valve shall be installed below the frost line near the water riser
pipe on each mobile home lot.
D.
Adequate
provisions shall be made to prevent freezing of service lines, valves
and riser pipes and to protect riser pipes from heaving and thawing
actions of the ground during freezing weather. Surface drainage shall
be diverted from the location of the riser.
E.
Stop
and waste valves shall not be installed on any underground service
line.
[CC 1985 §11-82; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
Each
mobile home or travel trailer stand shall be provided with a sewer
riser pipe with a minimum diameter of four (4) inches. The sewer riser
pipe shall be so located on each stand that the sewer connections
to the mobile home or travel trailer drain outlet will approximate
a vertical position.
B.
The sewer
connection shall have an inside diameter of at least three (3) inches
and all joints shall be watertight.
C.
The rim
of the riser pipe shall extend at least four (4) inches above ground
elevation and provisions shall be made for plugging the sewer riser
pipe when a mobile home or travel trailer does not occupy the lot.
[CC 1985 §11-83; Comp. Ords. §15.01(6)]
A.
Each
mobile home or travel trailer lot shall be provided with an approved
disconnecting device and over current protective equipment. The minimum
service per outlet shall be 120/240 volts AC/DC two hundred (200)
amperes.
B.
Outlets,
receptacles or pressure connectors shall be housed in a weatherproof
outlet box and shall be located not more than twenty-five (25) feet
from the over current protective device in the mobile home or travel
trailer. A three (3) pole, four (4) wire grounding type shall be used.
C.
Connectors,
if not substituted by more than one (1) receptacle, shall be provided
where the calculated load of the mobile home or travel trailer is
more than fifty (50) amperes.
D.
The mobile
home or travel trailer shall be connected to the outlet box by an
approved type of flexible supply cord with a male attached plug or
with pressure connectors.
E.
All lateral
electrical distribution lines and telephone service lines to each
mobile home stand, travel trailer stand or service building shall
be located underground in an approved and safe manner.
F.
All exposed
non-current carrying metal parts of mobile homes or travel trailers
and all other equipment shall be grounded by means of an approved
grounding conductor with branch circuit conductors or other approved
method of grounded metallic wiring. The neutral conductor shall not
be used as an equipment ground for mobile homes, travel trailers or
other equipment.
[CC 1985 §11-84; Comp. Ords. §15.01(7)]
A.
The requirements
of this Section shall apply to service buildings, recreation buildings
and other community service facilities and to individual stands when
required by the Board of Aldermen. Such requirements shall be as follows:
1.
Cooking
shelters, barbecue pits, fireplaces, wood-burning stoves and incinerators
shall be so located, constructed and used as to minimize fire hazards
and smoke nuisance both on the lot used and on neighboring lots. No
open fire shall be permitted except in facilities provided therefor.
No fuel shall be used and no material burned which emits dense smoke
or objectionable odors;
2.
The
mobile home or travel trailer park operator shall provide for the
storage, collection and disposal of refuse. Refuse collection stands
shall be provided for all refuse containers. All refuse shall be stored
in flytight, watertight and rodentproof containers;
3.
Natural
fuel gas piping systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet No. 54, 1980
Edition;
4.
Liquified
petroleum gas systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet No. 58, 1983
Edition;
5.
Fuel
oil supply systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet No. 31, 1983
Edition;
6.
Fire
hydrants shall be installed a maximum of four hundred (400) feet apart
or in a manner that no mobile home or travel trailer is more than
four hundred (400) feet from a fire hydrant. Fire hydrants shall be
of a type approved by the Board of Aldermen;
7.
Individual
homes should be provided with or have immediate access to portable
fire extinguishers rated for Class A (combustion fires), Class B (oil
and grease fires) and Class C (electrical fires).
