Mobile Home Parks

[LS_8750]

I just received a call requesting us to mark the "lot lines" of a small mobile home park. The thing is, the land on which the mobile home park exists is a single parcel per the latest vesting deed.

I found the following from a quick search of the CA Dept. Housing and Community Development:

http://www.hcd.ca.gov/codes/mp/articles ... icle_2.pdf

So the owner wants to swap out some old mobile homes for some new ones. It sounds to me like the State wants a survey of the park (like a topo) detailing trailer locations, individual trailer spaces (lots), common areas (roads, etc.), setbacks to common areas, and the like.

Anybody familiar with this that may have some insight to offer?

[Jim Frame]

If all they want is the lot lines marked, just get a copy of the plat and mark the lots. You don't even have to file a ROS [see §8765(e)].

I've worked in a few MHPs over the years, usually when they want to bring in a new home. The state inspector will require that certain drainage specifications are met, but it sounds to me like your client just wants the lots marked for now.

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[Matt Cunningham]

I've worked on a couple of these surveys. The most extensive was due to minimum setbacks not being met between existing MH's at a very old (pre-1950's) park. The "lot line" locations ended up being established so that the setbacks requirements could be met, rather than by area or overall dimensions. If I recall, we set spikes in the rears and concrete nails with smooth washers in front. I believe we gave the park owner a rather schematic site plan with the lot numbers and dimensions, and structure footprints with setback dimensions, and didn't record anything. See Sec. 8765(e) of the PLS Act. I think I nearly had sections 1104-1106 of the Housing Code you cited committed to memory by the time I finished that one...