§ 72-7. Disaster plan for developments and camps.  


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  • (a)

    Maintenance of plan. It shall be the duty of the owner of any mobile home development or recreational vehicle park to maintain a disaster plan on site with the manager for review. A disaster plan shall be in writing and provide for a method of early warning for such natural disasters as flooding or tornado.

    (b)

    Contents. The plan shall provide the following information:

    (1)

    A system of providing effective and initial disaster warning to occupants of a mobile home development or recreational vehicle park;

    (2)

    Protection or shelter from the disaster by specific identification of sites where such protection or shelter is available;

    (3)

    An evacuation route which is reasonable and provides safe and expeditious method of access to the protection or shelter; and

    (4)

    Special assistance to those occupants over the age of 65 or handicapped.

    (c)

    Distribution of copies to new occupants. At the time a new occupant registers with the mobile home development or recreational vehicle park, the owner or responsible attendant shall provide a copy of the disaster plan required in this section to the new occupant in addition to a copy of the rules and regulations of the mobile home development or recreational vehicle park.

    (d)

    Annual meeting with occupants. The owner or the responsible attendant shall annually conduct a meeting to inform occupants of the mobile home development or recreational vehicle park about the disaster plan, and such meeting shall be at a reasonable time and place to all such occupants.

    (e)

    Shelter. After January 1, 1992, any new mobile home development or any mobile home development which is expanded to include additional acreage shall provide a suitable shelter no less than 30 square feet of floor area space for 30 percent of the individual pad sites with the development. The shelter may be included within a clubhouse basement. Any shelter area shall be provided with emergency lighting and shall be wind resistant.

(Ord. No. 170946 , § A, 12-14-17)