7-80-40 Design Standards

NOTES: 1. Distance from center line of street/distance from property line, whichever is greater. 2. Width without parking/width with parking on one side/width with parking on both sides. 3. Pipe sizes must conform to water distribution individual standards of the Uniform Plumbing Code (1976 ed.) or the State of Colorado Plumbing Code (1972 ed.)] 4. Parking to be within stated number of feet from each home. 5. Pressure measured at six (6) gallons per minute (gpm). 6. Vertical distance above vehicular traffic/vertical distance above pedestrian traffic/vertical distance above structures and homes/horizontal distance to structures and homes.

(b) Site Conditions

1. Mobile home parks shall be located on sites where the groundwater level, drainage and topography within a mobile home park do not create hazards to the property or the health or safety of the occupants.
2. The entire ground surface within a mobile home park shall be graded and equipped in such a manner as to provide diversion of water away from buildings, patios and mobile home stands; to prevent standing water and soil saturation that could be detrimental to structures; and to provide adequate and safe surface drainage.
3. Ground surfaces shall be paved, surfaced with gravel, crushed rock or like material, or landscaped.

(c) Streets

1. Street systems shall be private, constructed and maintained in compliance with applicable regulations of the State of Colorado.
2. Street alignment and grades shall be properly adapted to the topography of a mobile home park and provide for safety of traffic movement, satisfactory surface and groundwater drainage, and proper functioning of sanitary and storm sewer systems.
3. All streets shall meet the standards specified in Table 7-5.
4. All service access roads and pedestrian sidewalks and walkways serving more than two (2) mobile home spaces shall be lighted for the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night.
5. If possible, parks shall have at least two (2) direct-access points to a public street or roadway.
6. Access streets shall provide adequate access to and from the mobile home park site.

(d) Parking of Motor Vehicles

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. 7-30-20, a minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be maintained for each mobile home space. Parking spaces shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of the mobile home space.
2. Off-street automobile parking spaces shall have access to a paved or gravel surface street, driveway or parking area over an access way of sufficient width to accommodate an automobile.

(e) Utilities Easements and Undergrounding

1. All utility services shall be available and installed underground in a workmanlike manner and in compliance with all applicable codes and standards.
2. Utility easements shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and provide convenient ingress and egress for construction and maintenance vehicles.

(f) Water Systems

Mobile home parks shall comply with all applicable federal and state statutes and regulations, including but not limited to the specific sanitary standards and regulations promulgated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for mobile home parks.

(g) Waste Water Systems

1. Sewers shall be at a grade sufficient to ensure a mean velocity of two (2) feet per second when flowing full. The system shall be designed for a minimum flow rate of at least three hundred fifty (350) gallons per day per mobile home lot.
2. Horizontal and vertical drainage lines connecting with other horizontal drainage lines shall enter through forty-five (45) degree "y" branches or other combinations of equivalent sweep.
3. Manholes or cleanouts shall be provided at intersections of two or more sewer lines, at changes in grade or alignment of more than forty-five (45) degrees and at intervals of not more than four hundred (400) feet.
4. Sewer lines shall be constructed of approved materials with adequate vents, water-tight joints and sufficient cleanouts in accordance with current applicable Sanitation District Standards, or as approved by the Aspen/Pitkin County Environmental Health and Natural Resources Department.
5. Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a sewer branch line and riser pipe of at least four (4) inches inside diameter. The branch line shall (a) be installed with a uniform slope of at least one-quarter (1/4) inch per linear foot and shall be properly trapped and vented, and (b) terminate at a riser pipe of at least four (4) inches above ground elevations or has the ground graded from the riser pipe rim. When necessary, the riser pipe shall be protected by a concrete collar four (4) inches thick and twelve (12) inches in diameter.
6. The sewer service connection shall be equipped with standard screw, ring or clamp-type fittings or adapters so that water-tight and tamper-proof connections can be obtained at the mobile home drain outlet and sewer riser pipe. The connection shall be of approved semi-rigid, noncollapsible, corrosion-resistant pipe having a smooth interior surface and an inside diameter of not less than three (3) inches.
7. The sewer service connection shall be installed and maintained with a uniform grade of not less than one quarter (1/4) inch per foot and shall be no longer than necessary to connect the mobile home drain and sewer riser pipe.
8. When a mobile home does not occupy the mobile home stand, the sewer riser pipe shall be capped with a watertight cap or plug.

(h) Refuse

1. The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in a mobile home park shall be conducted to control odors, rodents, insects, accidents, fire hazards, air pollution and other nuisance conditions.
2. Durable, washable and non-absorbent metal or plastic containers with tight-fitting lids shall be provided at each mobile home lot or at a central storage area conveniently located not more than two hundred (200) feet from any mobile home lot.
3. The number of containers used and the frequency of collection shall be sufficient to prevent over-filled containers.
4. Refuse shall be routinely collected and removed from the premises not less than once weekly.
5. Refuse containers:

(a) Shall be provided at the rate of at least one (1) thirty (30) gallon (4 cubic feet) container for each mobile home lot, or an equivalent storage capacity; and

(b) Shall be stored in durable, functional racks attached to a structure or tied down in a manner to prevent movement caused by wind or entrance by animals.

(i) Insect and Rodent Control

• Rodents and insects shall be controlled by approved sanitary practices, vermin-proofing of buildings, extermination and other control methods.

(j) Electrical Outlets

• An electrical outlet supplying both 110/220 volts capable of providing one hundred (100) amperes or more of current, shall be provided for each mobile home space. The installation shall comply with the National Electrical Code, the most recent edition adopted by reference by the Board.

(k) Fire Protection

• Every mobile home park shall be equipped at all times with fire hydrants and fire extinguishing equipment in good working order of such type, size and number so located within the park as prescribed by the local fire prevention authority or to satisfy fire regulations. No mobile home space shall be located more than two hundred fifty (250) feet from a fire hydrant of quality and design acceptable to the Fire Protection District having jurisdiction.

(l) Utility Building Sheds

1. A minimum of seventy-two (72) cubic feet of storage space shall be provided for each mobile home space adjacent to the mobile home.
2. In the event the surface of a utility building stand is designed to be more than six (6) inches below the finished grade of a mobile home space, the entire surface of the utility building stand shall be covered with crushed rock, gravel or other like material for the purpose of providing surface water drainage.