§ 54-52. Access and traffic circulation.

All mobile home parks shall provide access and means of motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic circulation as follows:

(1)

Access: Motor vehicle entrances and exits shall be designed for safe and convenient traffic movement from adjacent public streets and onto internal streets.

(2)

Internal streets: Internal streets shall be privately owned, built and maintained, and shall be designed for safe and convenient access to all spaces and to facilities for common use of park residents.

a.

On all internal streets, roads or driveways designed or intended to provide access to two or more spaces, there shall be 20 feet of pavement width unobstructed for vehicular access at all times.

b.

In the event such streets, roads or driveways are intended to be used also for vehicle parking, a parallel parking space shall be deemed to have a minimum width of eight feet, and no such parking space shall occupy or encroach upon the minimum unobstructed access hereinabove prescribed.

c.

Dead-end streets shall be limited in length to 1,000 feet, and shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having a radius of not less than 38 feet.

(3)

Street specifications: Internal streets shall be constructed of all-weather surfacing to specifications approved by the city engineer, and shall be maintained free of cracks, holes and other hazards. Roadways shall be lighted at night pursuant to the residential street lighting policy of the city.

(4)

Parking: Vehicular parking shall be provided in compliance with section 18 of zoning ordinance.

(Ord. No. 635, § 7.02, 10-9-65; Code 1973, § 11-31)

Cross reference

Traffic, ch. 90.