A. The minimum lot area for a mobile home park shall be five acres.

B. No mobile home park shall have commercial uses other than those used primarily by the residents of the park such as: coin-operated machines for laundry, soft drinks, cigarettes and similar uses on condition that the uses shall be located in the interior of the park.

C. The density of the mobile home park shall be limited to eight homes per acre with the minimum mobile home site to be not less than three thousand square feet.

D. Minimum yard setbacks from adjoining streets and properties shall be as follows: front yard setback, twenty feet; side yard setback, ten feet; and rear yard setback, ten feet, except as otherwise prescribed by state law.

E. Landscaping and fences shall be provided and shall be designed to screen the mobile home park from the street and adjoining properties. Landscaping and fencing plans shall be approved by the director of planning.

F. All landscaped areas shall be continuously maintained by the applicant in a litter-free, weed-free condition and all plant material shall be continuously maintained in a healthy, growing condition.

G. No less than ten percent of the total area of the mobile home park shall be developed for recreational purposes.

H. For required parking see Section 17.44.020.

I. All utility distribution facilities, including but not limited to electric, communication and cable television lines installed for the purpose of supplying service within any mobile home park, shall be placed underground, except as follows: equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts, or such equipment when concealed by shrubbery, landscaping or other screening and approved by the director of planning. The planning commission may waive the requirements of this section if topographical, soil or other physical conditions make underground installation of such facilities unreasonable or impractical.

J. Notwithstanding the requirements in subsections C, D and G of this section, alternative regulations as described below shall apply to mobile home parks which meet these following criteria: (1) the mobile home park was legally established prior to the incorporation of the city of Marina, (2) it has not expanded by more than three new mobile home sites since incorporation, and (3) it has been and shall continue to be certified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as a mobile home park providing housing for adults fifty-five years old or older. The alternative regulations which shall then apply in lieu of the requirements of subsections C, D and G of this section are that: (1) the density shall be limited to eleven homes per acre, (2) the minimum mobile home site area shall be two thousand four hundred square feet, and (3) no less than six percent of the total area of the mobile home park shall be developed for recreational purposes. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 99-04 § 1, 1999; Ord. 96-8 § 1, 1996; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)