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Item No. Staff Report No. q'7-aO33 )1,5 Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 • Type of Business: Work Session R7 Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Discussion of Revisions to R-5 District(Manufactured Home Parks) Date of Report: May 2, 1997 Summary: The Mounds View Zoning Code includes the R-5 District which allows development of mobile home and manufactured home parks. As far as staff knows, this district was put in place after the mobile home parks in Mounds View were built. As a result, there are certain difficulties with administering the standards in the ordinance. There are also Minnesota State standards for separation of structures in mobile home parks, which are not always practical given the size of spaces in our mobile home parks. The Minnesota State standards are enforced by Ramsey County. Ramsey County sent us a letter in December, 1996 stating that any new manufactured home installation, or any new attachment(such as a porch, deck, or carport) shall meet the separation distances. The County is developing criteria for granting variances. They have also been discussing whether to start an amortization program to bring existing mobile home parks up to standards. Staff is seeking direction from City Council whether we should revised the R-5 District to address problems between standards and field conditions, and/or should we pursue an amortization program to get compliance with current standards over a specified time period. There are also some provisions of the R-5 District which need to be clarified and improved. Discussion: State standards require: "No manufactured home shall be located closer than three feet to the side lot lines of a manufactured home park,if the abutting property is improved property,or closer than ten feet to a public street or alley. Each individual site shall abut or face on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than 16 feet in width,which space shall have unobstructed access to a public highway or alley. There shall be an open space of at least ten feet between the sides of adjacent manufactured homes including their attachments and at least three feet between manufactured homes when parked end to end. The space between manufactured homes may be used for the parking of motor vehicles and other property,if the vehicle or other property is parked at least ten feet form the nearest adjacent manufactured home position." •