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Home My WebLink About12629-i ORDINANCE NO. 12,629 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE AND ESTABLISH, IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS THEREIN SET FORTH, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISIONS: AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Any subdivider of land for mobile home purposes within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of little rock shall submit to the Little lbck Planning Commission, plats of the subdivision and plans for indicated improvements according to the regulations provided by this Ordinance. The rules and regulations herein provided are specifically for mobile home developments and all existing rules and regulations of Chapter 37 of the Code of Ordinances shall be applicable to such mobile home developments except where specifically in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be and are hereby designated as a part of Chapter 37 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock. SECTION 2. The mobile home subdivision rules and regulations established by this ordinance are designed to further the general purposes of this Chapter and more particularly to achieve the following purposes: (1) To meet the metropolitan area's expected mobile homes needs by making available a wide range of suitable sites for these needs and related activities. (2) To protect these mobile home and related developments against congestion by setting forth certain minimum requirements in relation to the land around them, and to one another, by requiring the providing of off - street parking and storage facilities, and by requiring needed minimum open space. SECTION 3. Section 37 -2 Definitions of the Code of Ordi- nances is hereby amended by adding Section 37 -2 (y) as follows: SECTION 37 -2(y) Mobile Home Subdivision A mobile home subdivision shall include all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more mobile home spaces for the placement of mobile homes as defined herein- after. (1) Mobile Home Space - Mobile home space shall mean a plot of ground within a mobile home subdivision designated for the accommoda- tion of one mobile home. It shall be for lease or rent only, and shall be adjacent to a dedicated street or a paved service easement drive. (2) Mobile Home. A detached single - family dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics: (a) designed for full time occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations, flush toilet, tub or shower bath, and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; (b) designed to be transported after fabrica- tion on its own wheels or on flatbed or other trailers of detachable wheels or by other means; (c) arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on and connection to foundation supports, connection to utilities and the like. Anchorage must comply with design load requitements of the building code of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. (3) Service easement. (a) service easements shall be shown and dimensioned on the final plat and so designated within the Bill of Assurance (b) it shall be for the use of all public utilities for the purpose of installation and maintenance of the various service facilities (c) it shall be designated as a fire lane for the purpose of access or emergency service vehicles (d) the appropriate law enforcement agency shall have the right to enforce parking within the service easement and keep it clear at all times for emergency vehicles (e) service easements shall also be a common access to all parcels of property leased, rented, or owned located within the subdivision. SECTION 4. Mobile Home Subdivision Design Requirements. Mobile Home Subdivisions shall be designed to provide the following: � f J (1) A platted thirty (30) foot wide paved service easement or dedicated right -of -way adjacent to all mobile home spaces and /or other areas. (2) A service easement ctrl -de -sac shall have a paved turnaround of an eighty (80) foot diameter minimum. (3) Screening - where a mobile home park adjoins a residential lot or is across the street from a residential lot or subdivision, a compact evergreen screen and /or a permanent type opaque fence of wood, masonry or metal construction having a height of not less than six (6) feet shall be erected and maintained between such area and the adjacent property. Screening shall meet sight distance requirements as established by Section 39 -145 of the Traffic Ordi- nance of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. A ten (10) foot wide screening ease- ment to be used for that pirpose only may be required. (4) Recreation Space. Common recreation space shall be provided at the rate of three hundred square feet per mobile home. Minimum size of any recreation space shall be five thousand (5000) square feet. All required recreation areas shall be located back of the required setback lines. All required recreation areas shall be used solely for recreational purposes. (5) Storage Facilities. A paved storage area shall be provided at a central location at the rate of fifty (50) square feet per mobile home for the storage of boats, campers, etc. (6) Utility Installations. All utility installations shall meet the requirements established by the Subdivision Rules and Regulations and shall be provided for each mobile home space. (7) Double Frontage Spaces. No mobile home space having double frontage shall take access on a dedicated public street. SECTION 5. Mobile Home Space Design Requirements. The minimum width of a mobile home space at the platted setback line shall be 34 feet and the minimum depth shall be 100 feet. In the case of a corner space the minimum width shall be 54 feet. Minimum setbacks shall be based on a designed mobile home of 14 feet X 70 feet and shall be as follows: (1) The minimum setback from any property line shall be 25 feet (2) The minimum setback from any service easement shall be twenty (20) feet. (3) The minimum separation between mobile homes shall be twenty (20) feet. (4) Open unenclosed awnings and carports may occupy only 40% of the required minimum spacing between mobile homes. (5) Each mobile home space shall be provided with a minimum of two (2) 9 feet X 20 feet paved parking spaces located on the mobile home space. SECTION 6. Improvements. Every subdivider shall be required to install at his own expense or have installed by the appropriate public utility the following improvements in addition to all other required improvements in Chapter 37; (1) All surfaces subject to vehicular traffic shall be paved. The minimum pavement requirements shall be as follows: 12" asphaltic concrete hot -mix with a 5" compacted base, or a double surface treatment with a 5" compacted base, or a 4 ".concrete slab, and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. Areas subject to vehicular traffic shall include all service easements, parking spaces, storage areas, or parking lots. (2) Accommodations for on -site fire hydrants shall be provided by the installation of necessary mains, T's and cut -off values as required by the Little Rock Water Department and Fire Department. SECTION .7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and'diter its passage. PASSBD: ' A ril 4, 1972 ATTEST APPROVED: City •C1