09/13/2005 Ordinances 9005
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ORDINANCE NO. 9005
An ordinance to amend Chapter 21 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 21-18 pertaining to Manufactured Home Park location, area, general layout and
improvements; to repeal Section 21-18 as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 21-18 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-18. Location, Area, General Layout and Improvements
The manufactured home park shall be located on a well-drained site and shall be so located that its drainage
will not endanger any water supply. A Storm Water Drainage Plan shall be submitted and approved by the Director
of Public Works. All such manufactured home parks shall be in the areas free from marshes, swamp, or other
potential breeding places for insects or rodents.
The area of the manufactured home park shall be large enough to accommodate:
(A) The designated number of home spaces
(B) Necessary streets and roadways
(C) Off-street parking of automobiles shall be provided; such spaces shall be hard surfaced and in the
amount of two (2) per dwelling. Parking spaces may be provided on unit space where trailers are
parked, by separate parking areas, or both.
Each manufactured home space shall contain a minimum ofthree thousand (3,000) square feet.
Every manufactured home space shall abut on a driveway or other clear area with unobstructed access to a
public street. Such places shall be defined and enumerated.
Manufactured homes shall be parked in such spaces so that there will be a minimum of fifteen feet between
manufactured homes and so that no manufactured home will be less than ten feet from the exterior boundary of the
manufactured home park. It shall be unlawful to locate a manufactured home less than thirty feet from any state
highway, or so that any part of such manufactured home will obstruct any roadway or walkway in a manufactured
home park.
It shall be unlawful to allow any manufactured home to be occupied in a manufactured home park unless
the manufactured home is situated on a manufactured home space.
Access roads shall be provided to each manufactured home space. Each access road shall provide for
continuous forward movement, shall connect with a street or highway, shall have a minimum width of forty feet, and
provide for emergency vehicle access.
All newly constructed roadways, access roads and parking spaces shall be constructed with a permanent
type, dust-free surface such as asphaltic cement concrete, portland cement concrete, or paving brick.
The ten (10) foot exterior boundary shall be landscaped as per requirements identified in 936-36.1 of this
code.
Recreational Vehicle Sites shall provide the following:
(1) A minimum site of 1,500 square feet.
(2) A minimum site width of 30 feet.
(3) A minimum setback to site boundary of 5 feet.
(4) A minimum separation between vehicles of 12 feet.
(5) One hard surfaced vehicle parking pad of 180 square feet for a passenger vehicle.
Approved as to Form J:l
September 14, 2005 J:l City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9005 (Cont.)
(6) All recreational vehicle sites shall be served with a single meter and service for electrical and water
utilities, except where multiple spaces are separated by access roadways, in which case separate services and meters
may be allowed for each grouping of recreational vehicle sites.
(7) All applicable provisions of the Building, Electrical, and Plumbing codes shall apply.
SECTION 2. Section 21-18 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: September 13, 2005.
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Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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