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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1894 - Amending Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Establishing a Mobile Home Park District• • ORDINANCE NO. 1894 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING TITLE 20 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 20.20 of the Newport Beach Munici- pal Code is hereby adopted to read as follows: Chapter:-20.20 MOBILE HOME PARKS Sections: 20.20.010 Intent 20.20.020 Definitions 20.20.030 Criteria for Application of Zone 20.20.040 Uses Permitted 20.20.050 Removal of the Mobile Home Park Overlay Zone 20.20.010 INTENT. The Mobile Home Park Residential Zone is hereby established as an overlay.zone to permit the application of a mobile home zone to parcels of land devel- oped with mobile home parks and zoned with a primary under- lying zoning designation. The purpose of the mobile home park zone is to designate existing mobile home parks in appropriate locations for mobile home park uses in order that these uses may be encouraged, maintained, and protected. The regulations of this district are designed to achieve an environment of stable, desirable residential character and preserve areas or communities developed with mobile home residential uses. Whenever reference is made in this section or on any districting maps to MHP, this shall mean Mobile Home Park Overlay Zone. 20.20.020 DEFINITIONS. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: (a) Mobile home - "Mobile home" is a structure transpo.rtable on a street or highway by authorization or a permit in one or more sections designed and equipped for human • habitation to be used with or without a foundation system. Mobile home includes manufactured homes but does not include recreation vehicles, commercial coaches, or factory -built housing. (b) Mobile home park - "Mobile home park" is any area of land used primarily for the placing, parking or storage of two or more mobile homes for housekeeping, sleeping or living quarters. (c) Mobile home space - "Mobile home space" is any area, tract of land, site, lot, pad or portion of a mobile home park designated • or used for the occupancy of one mobile home. 20.20.030 CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION OF ZONE. The City Council, in making its determination whether to apply the MPH zone to any particular property, shall consider the following factors in making its determination as to whether the MHP zone is appropriate for the property: (a) Existing zoning and General Plan designations. (b) The age and condition of the mobile home park. (c) The relationship of the mobile home park to surrounding land uses. (d) Vehicle access to the area under consideration. (e) Site area. (f) Site configuration. - 2 - 20.20.040 USES PERMITTED. ( a ) Mobile home parks as regulated by the State of California. (b) Accessory uses and structures incidental to • the operation of mobile home parks such as recreation facilities and /or community centers of a non - commercial nature, either public or private, storage facilities for the use of the mobile home park residents and any other uses or structures that are incidental to the opera- tion of a mobile home park. (c) Whenever property is zoned MHP, any use permit - ted by the underlying zoning of such property shall not be permitted. 20.20.050 REMOVAL OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK OVERLAY ZONE. The City Council shall not approve a zoning amendment for any parcel, which amendment would have the effect of removing • the MHP designation from that property, unless the following findings have been made: (a) That the proposed zoning is consistent with the General Plan of the City.of Newport Beach and all elements thereof, and in the event that the proposed zoning is P -C, that the Planned Community Development Plan has been submitted and is consistent with the General Plan and all elements thereof; (b) That the property which is the subject of the zoning amendment would be more appropriately developed in accordance with uses permitted by the underlying zoning, or proposed zoning, and • if the underlying zoning or proposed zoning is - 3 - P -C, that a Planned Community Development Plan has been submitted and the property would be more appropriately developed with the uses specified in that plan; (c) That a mobile home park phaseout plan has been prepared, reviewed and considered and found to be acceptable. A phaseout plan shall not be found to be acceptable unless it includes (1) a time schedule and method by which existing mobile homes, cabanas, ramadas and other substantial improvements and tenants, are to be relocated or appro- priately compensated; (2) methods of miti- gating the housing impacts on tenants having low and moderate incomes, elderly tenants and tenants who are handicapped; (3) the programs or other means that are to be implemented such that the housing impacts on those described in (2), above, are mitigated. Fo.r purposes of this provision, "low and moderate incomes" shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Element of the City of Newport Beach. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City and the same shall be effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 14th day of December, 1981 and was adopted on the 11th day of January, 1982 by the following vote, to wit: • - 4 - • ATTEST: Ci C er ty 1 k AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Heather, Hummel, Hart, Maurer, Plummer, Cox, Strauss NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS None ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS None - 5 - M or - 5 -