1970-02 Repealing Chapter 5 and Reenacting the Same in Regards to Mobile Home ParksKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. 70 -2 -0
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER FIVE (5) SUBCHAPTER
THREE (3) OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH CODE OF ORDINANCES AND
REENACTING THE SAME WHICH PROVIDES FOR AND REGULATES MOBILE
HOME PARKS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly
as follows:
Section 1. Chapter Five (5) Subchapter Three (3) of
the Kodiak Island Borough Code of Ordinances is hereby repealed
and reenacted to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER THREE (3): MOBILE HOME PARKS.
Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS:
The following uses, because of their public conven-
ience and necessity and their effect upon the neigh-
borhood, shall be permitted only upon approval of
the Planning and Zoning Commission, with right of
appeal to the Borough Assembly.
Section 2. PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING PERMITS:
(1) Plans and Plat of a proposed Mobile Home Part or ex-
pansion of existing parks showing layout, sewer, wa-
ter and street plan will be approved by the appro-
priate Borough official.
(2) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall examine the
Plans, make recommendations and hold a public hear-
ing. If the Planning & Zoning Commission denies the
application, it dies at that point unless appealed
to the Borough Assembly. If passes by the Assembly,
the appropriate Borough Official shall issue a con-
struction permit.
(3) able CannuallylforF per space renew -
uncompleted space.
(4) Upon completion of the construction or any portions
thereof an inspection will be made by the appropriate
Borough Official at which time the completed approved
spaces may be occupied.
Section 3. THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS MUST ALSO BE MET:
A. DENSITY: Maximum density of a Mobile Home Park shall not
exceed 12 Mobile homes per gross acre.
B. YES: Adjacent to any street other than the streets
within the park, there shall be a sp BC yard
20 feet in depth measured from the Street right -
of -way.
C. DRIVEWAYS: All driveways shall be at least Gravel, well -
drained, maintained, and open to traffic at
all times and shall be the following widths:
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(1) Two-way traffic — each driving lane shall be at least
10 feet wide.
�(2) One_ Y traffic permitted, the lane small be at least
12 feet wide.
D. park.: There shall be at least parking for two cars adjacent to
each trailer space or included therein.
E. WALKS: provisions shall be made for at least 30 inch wide, well
drained, gravel walks where used as sidewalks for foot
traffic.
F. LIGHTING: There shall be adequate nite- lighting of ccnT= driveways
1T -Walks subject to the approval of the appropriate Borough
Official.
G. STREET NAMES: Street names and space numbers are the responsibility
oT the owner in the confines of the Trailer Park.
H. SIGNS: At least 3" high letters with name of Trailer Park at main
entrance to the Park.
I. � . SLy�g pND SURFACE DRAINAGE: As amplies with State Health and
Sanitation 5LCU&ACr —,
J. MINIMUM AREA: No mobile home space shall be less than 1800 square feet
or less than 27 feet in width at its driveway frontage. No mobile
hone or addition thereto shall occupy more than 508 of the mobile
hoe space.
K. PLAY AREAS: A separate Play Area of 200 square feet, not included in
ff*- mobile hare space, restricted to that use shall be provided
per Mobile Hare Speoe.
L. mIND M DISTANCES: Exclusive of trailer hitches which shall not projeL
e mobile home space, the minimum distance bed Mobile
Hanes and
(1) Any other mobile hone 15 feet
(2) Any other building except when attached to a mobile have —
10 feet
(3) Any pity line — 5 feet
(q) Any public street not within the Mobile Home Park — 20 feet.
M. GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND RECEPTACLES: As prescribed by State and Borough
Statutes.
N. FENCES:
The Planning & Zoning Canmission may require a fence, wall
or hedge established and maintained be t:aeen the Mobile Hare Par
and any other land use.
O. PARKIl� OF MOBILE Ham: A mobile Hare shall not remain more than
7Z nOurs in a unless it is parked in a Mobile Home Space-
P. FIRE PRMSCTICN:
(1) EACH add -on shall have as many exits as the add-on -
(2) One 10 lb. fire extinguisher, foam or chemical type, shall
be supplied by the
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Trailer Court owner for every 15 trailer spaces, or
fraction thereof, and shall be placed in an accessib
place that is clearly marked.
Section 4. PRIVATE LOTS:
Two Mobile homes or less on private lots shall not be consi-
dered to constitute a Mobile Home Park and therefore shall
be exempt from this ordinance except for the following pro-
visions and provided further that they shall be subject to any
other ordinances which pertain to residences, such as zoning,
Health, Sanitation, Building, Electrical, Plumbing, which re-
gulate their placement, use and occupancy and further, any
within the Corporate limits of a City shall be subject to
Council approval as to location and duration of permit.
A. Application for permit shall be made in the form of a
building permit.
B. No more than two trailers shall be permitted on any sub-
divided lot.
C. All trailers shall be subject to the minimum lot size and
set back requirements of the particular zone or area in
which they are to be located.
D. All trailers before being
ted and have received the
tarian that they meet the
Sanitary requirements.
EXCEPTIONS:
occupied shall have been inspec-
written approval of the Sani-
State and Borough Health and
The Planning & Zoning Commission shall administer this sub-
chapter and in so doing may grant exceptions for additional
uses in the various districts as specifically provided, shall
hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is an error
in sub- chapter interpretation; and may vary the strict appli-
cation of these regulations in the case of an exceptionally
irregular narrow shallow or sloping lot or other exceptional
physical condition where strict application would result in
practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship that would de-
prive the property concerned of rights possessed by other pro-
perties in the same district, but in no other cases.
ENFORCEMENTS AND PENALTIES:
It shall be the duty of the appropriate Borough Official to en-
force the provisions of this sub - chapter. For any and every
violation of the provisions of this %ub- chapter existing after
a warning period of at least thirty (30) days, the owner, agent
or contractor of the building or premises where such violations
have been committed or shall exist, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more
than $100.00 or imprisoned in jail not to exceed thirty (30)
days for both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day
that such violation continues shall be deemed a separate and
distinct violation.
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This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30)
days after its final adoption.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
BY:+ t !\ cis ( ofin
BORROUGH CHAI
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ATTEST:
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BOROUGH CLERI
19, 1970.
First reading and approval date, February 5, 1970.
Second reading, and public hearing date, February
Effective date, March 19, 1970.
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