HomeMy WebLinkAbout3008Ordinance No. 3008
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=207 - Mobile Home Park Code
Passed - 10/15/1991
Relating to Mobile Home Parks, Amending The Home Park Code, on
Accessory Structures and Nonconforming Mobile Home Park Standards
Sections 12.08.071 And 12.08.380
Amended by Ord. 4050 (Secs. 12.05.050;12.05.260;12.05.270)
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of arks,
Washington, relating to mobile home p
amending the Mobile Home Park Code, on
accessory structures and nonconforming mobile
home park standards; Kent City Code Sections
12.08.071 and 12.08.380.
WHEREAS, mobile home park owners in the City of Kent met
with members of the City Council to discuss the most recent
amendments to the Mobile Home Park Code (Ordinance 2990); and
WHEREAS, the park owners' concerns were thereafter'
communicated to City staff, and it was agreed that the recent)
amendments would pose difficulties for park owners to observe and',
City staff to administer and enforce; and
WHEREAS, these concerns prompted City staff to present
revisions to the recent amendments and make additional changes to
the Mobile Home Park Code; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. Section 12.08.071 of the Mobile Home Parkl
Code, Chapter 12.08 of the Kent City Code (K.C.C.)
ordinance 2077,
as last amended by Ordinance 2990) is amended to read as follows:.
12.08.071. ACCESSORY STRUCTURE -- Any structure on
an interior mobile home lot or site that is appurtenant
to the principally permitted mobile home or nonconforming
recreational vehicle. For purposes of non -conforming
mobile home parks, carports and porches, open on three
sides shall not be considered accessory structures.
Section 2. K.C.C. Section 12.08.380 of the Mobile Home
Park Code is amended to read as follows:
12.08.380. NONCONFORMING MOBILE HOME PARR STANDARDS
To assure reasonable opportunity for the continued
use of existing mobile home parks created prior to the
adoption of the Mobile Home Park Code and therefore
not in compliance with all or some of the development
standards required herein, said parks shall be considered
legal nonconforming uses. The following minimum
standards shall apply to the placement or relocation of
individual mobile homes and recreational vehicles within
nonconforming mobile home parks and to the construction,
of accessory structures.
1) A site plan drawn to scale that shows the
perimeter park boundaries, the dimensions and ((efal
existing mobile heyfte ,)) the location of all
existing mobile homes, accessory buildings, carports
and porches, utility hookups and internal roadways
shall be submitted in conjunction with permit appli-
cation for placement or relocation of individual
mobile homes or construction of accessory buildings.
2) The placement or relocation of individual'
mobile homes in nonconforming mobile home parks shall be
subject to the minimum separation standards of
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the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA
501A, Section 4-2.1.1 as adopted by reference in
the K.C.C. ((Gh Section 13.02.080 for
required standards. Lot coverage requirements need
not apply. See diagram 12.08.380-2.
31 Recreational vehicles shall be allowed in a'
nonconforming mobile home park under the following
circumstances•
a. A recreational vehicle may be relocated on
an individual mobile home space that is occupied by
a similar unit at the time of adoption of the;
nonconforming standards.
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b. The existin mobile home s ace cannot be
used for a mobile home due to the minimum setbacks
s ecified in diagram 12.08.380-2. All recreational
vehicles in nonconformin mobile homearks shall
be olaced in a location which complies with the
separation rectuirements specd in Diac[ram
12.08.380-2.
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-6))4) No nonconforming mobile home park boundaries
shall be expanded nor shall any additional mobile home
of these provisions. Any new
lots be created as a result
expansion shall be subject to the provisions of the
Mobile Home Park Code.
Appeals of an Buildin Official decision with,
re and to lacement or relocation of a mobile home
structure
recreational vehicle and or accessor are
in K.C.C.
sub'ect to the a eal rocedures s ecified '
Chapter 14.01.
Diagram 12.08.380 - 2
Minimum NONCONFORMING Mobile Home Park Separations
Reference: NFPA 4-2.1.1/Kent Municipal Code
Title'
13.
The following example illustrates the minimum separation,
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standards for the placement of mobile homes/manufactured
homes in nonconforming mobile home parks.
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MINIMUMS
10' SIDE TO SIDE 1
8' END TO SIDE J
VEND TO END ,
6' DIAGONALLY
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10'
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(Interior Park Driveway)
Any portion of a mobile home/manufactured home shall not,
be located closer than 10 feet side to side, 8 feet end!
to side, 6 feet end to end horizontally or 6 feet
diagonally from any other mobile home/manufactured homer
recreational vehicle or community building.
No portion of a mobile home/manufactured home can
encroach on an internal driveway.
Standard enng-�ae!Es-sit , , b epa k
The site plan must reflect adjacent park spaces and
separations between units and accessory structures and
roads.
Additional permits and review may be required by other'
agencies or city departments as a result of the placement
of a mobile home/manufactured home.
NOTE: Upon approval of the Buildin Official
construction of an approved two-hour fire resistive wall'
may decrease required separation distances.
Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The
invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, sections
or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the applications
e shall not affect the validity
thereof to any person or circumstanc
of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its
application to other persons or circumstances.
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j Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force thirty (3 days from the time of its final
s rovided�,Y y law.
approval and passage a p
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KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
BRENDA" JACOBER,
DUTY CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OGE A. UBOrT'r---Y--A�T-'TQL:ZNEY
1991.
PASSED the
day of
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APPROVED the day of r ; < �` `t--' , 1991.
da of 1991.
PUBLISHED the i _ __ y
I hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of
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Ordinance No. CCouncil of the City of
( � , passed by
the City
Kent, Washington,
and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent asI
hereon indicated.
( SEAL)
BRENDA JACOBE2, EPUTY CITY CLERK
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