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Home My WebLink AboutORD 06-070ORDINANCE NO. 06-070 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 27, TRAILERS AND TRAILER PARKS, SECTION 27-1, DEFINITIONS, AND ADDING A NEW SECTION, 27-11 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ATYPE "C"TRAILER PARK, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT Chapter 27, Section 27-1, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 27-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them: Recreational Vehicle: A vehicular type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. The basic entities are travel trailer, camping trailer, fifth -wheel camper and motor home. For the purposes of this chapter, RV*s shall be classified as either dependent, meaning a RV that does not contain toilet and/or bathing facilities, or independent, a RV that contains toilet and/or bathing facilities. Recreational Vehicle Lot: A parcel of land in a recreational vehicle park set aside forthe placement of a single recreational vehicle and forthe exclusive use of its occupants. Recreational Vehicle Pad: That area of a recreational vehicle lot intended for the placement of the recreational vehicle. Site plan: A line drawing clearly describing the trailer park and its environs and shall include adequate labeling and dimensioning of all fundamental features of the project, the legal description of the property; north point, date, shall be drawn to engineering scale. Trailer coach: A transportable, single-family dwelling unit which is or may be mounted on wheels, suitable for year-round occupancy and containing the same water supply, waste disposal and electrical conveniences as immobile housing, and shall include the terms "mobile home" and "modular home". Trailer Park "A": A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of trailer coaches for transient use, supplementary structures and accessory uses not prohibited by Chapter 30 of this Code of Ordinances. Trailer Park "B": A parcel of land which is (a) under multiple ownership or which may be developed under multiple ownership; (b) recorded in its entirety as a subdivision plat with the appropriate right-of-way dedications for streets, alleys and/or easements, lots and blocks; and (c) for the placement of trailer coaches for nontransient use, supplementary structures and accessory uses not prohibited by Chapter 30 of this Code of Ordinances. Trailer Park "C": A parcel of land which is occupied or intended for occupancy by recreational vehicles for transient dwelling purposes regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such service. For the purposes of this chapter, recreational vehicle park and travel trailer park shall have the same meaning. Transient: To occupy a space for only a brief stay. Section 2. THAT Chapter 27 be and the same is hereby amended to add a new Section 27-11 to read as follows: Sec. 27-11. Minimum standards for a type "C" recreational vehicle park. Any recreational vehicle park hereinafter established, constructed, erected and in the case of existing recreational vehicle parks that portion extended, altered, expanded and/or improved shall conform to and comply with the following minimum standards: (A) Park area. Each recreational vehicle park shall provide a minimum of three (3) acres in area but in no case shall there be less than fifteen (15) recreational vehicle lots. The perimeter of every recreational vehicle park shall be surrounded by an eight (8) foot tall solid permanent screening fence or wall. (B) Private streets. Private streets shall be provided and shall extend continuously from the public street right-of-way so as to provide suitable access to all recreational vehicle sites and other facilities or uses permitted in the recreational vehicle park. Private streets shall meet the following standards: (1) Minimum pavement widths shall be as follows: (a) One way streets -fourteen (14) feet (b) Two way streets - twenty (20) feet (2) Private street intersections shall generally be at right angles, off -sets at intersections of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet (centerline to centerline) should be avoided, intersections of more than two (2) streets at one point shall be avoided. (3) Dead-end private streets shall be limited to a maximum length of one thousand (1,000) feet and shall be provided with a vehicular turning space with a turning circle of eighty (80) feet in diameter. (4) All private streets shall be constructed of a minimum of asphalt and shall be well drained under normal use and weather conditions. (5) Private streets which may connect two (2) public streets rights-of-way shall be the use of curves, off -sets, location and/or the use of two (2) or more streets be located so as to discourage through traffic. (C) Recreational vehicle lot. Each and every recreational vehicle lot shall conform to the following standards: sixty (60) feet. (1) Provide a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet and a minimum depth of (2) Provide a recreational vehicle pad site which will provide a hard surface for the placement of one recreational vehicle. Minimum pad size shall be eleven (11) feet in width and sixty (60) feet in depth. Pads shall be impervious to plant material. (3) Setbacks. (a) Back -in lots: Pads shall be located a minimum of three (3) feet from the recreational vehicle side lot line and a minimum of five (5) feet from the recreational vehicle rear lot line. (b) Pull through lots: Pads shall be located a minimum of three (3) feet from the recreational vehicle side lot line. (c) All recreational vehicle pad sites shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from any recreational vehicle park property line. (4) Provide sewer, water and a minimum of 30 amp electrical hookups. One -half - half (1/2) of the lots shall be provided 50 amp electrical hookups. (15) feet. (5) Abut and/or have access to a private street for a minimum distance of fifteen (6) Frontage on two private streets shall be permitted to allow for pull-throughs. (7) Provide a minimum of one off-street parking space for each recreational vehicle site. One (1) common guest space shall be provided for every three (3) RV sites. All parking spaces shall have a permanent all-weather surface and shall conform to the City of Beaumont Off -Street Parking and Driveway Standards. (8) No vehicular access to a recreational vehicle lot is permitted from a public dedicated street. (D) Common park facilities. Common park facilities shall be provided so as to conform to the following standards: (1) Usable open space. Usable open space shall be provided so as to conform to the following standards: (a) Conveniently situated and containing a minimum of one thousand (1,000) square feet for the first fifteen (15) recreational vehicle lots or three (3) acres in the recreational vehicle park; for each additional recreational vehicle lot over fifteen (15), twenty (20) additional square feet is required. (b) Such open space may be in one or more areas but shall be of such size and shape as to afford reasonable use by the occupants. (c) No portion of such required usable open space shall be used for off-street parking, vehicular drive loading areas or accessory uses, save and except recreational uses such as swimming pools and tennis courts. (2) Office. A minimum of three hundred (300) square feet of office space shall be provided to provide for the check-in/check-out of park patrons. (3) Restrooms and Showers. A minimum of two (2) men*s and two (2) women*s or four (4) unisex restrooms and showers shall be provided. Section 3. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, including conflicting portions of the City Budget, are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 5. That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 24th day of October, 2006. i F��f,UMp I I11I 1 01 A. Vset" J� I yhs�k3c - Mayor Guy N. Goodson -