West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-41 - Design, Information And Procedural Manual For Mobile Home Parks › Section 64-41-5 - Management Buildings And Community Service Facilities (Refer to Section 10 of the Mobile Home Regulations)

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
5.1. Management and Service Buildings
5.1.1. Every mobile home development should
				be provided with a service building containing emergency sanitary facilities
				consisting of at least one lavatory and one flush toilet for each 100 mobile
				home lots. Where feasible, the consolidation of sanitary, laundry, management,
				and other service facilities in a single building and location is recommended
				if the single location will adequately serve all mobile home lots.
				Consolidation is preferable for efficient construction, use, and maintenance of
				all facilities.
5.1.2. Service
				buildings and other development structures, when provided, should conform to
				the local, state and national codes and regulations. All development buildings
				shall be of permanent construction, with a weather-resistant exterior finish
				and an interior finish of moisture-resistant material that will stand frequent
				washing and cleaning.
5.1.3. All
				rooms containing plumbing fixtures shall have floors that are impervious to
				water, easily cleaned, and sloped to floor drains connected to the sewerage
				system. The floors and the plumbing fixtures should be maintained in a sanitary
				condition at all times by periodic washing and disinfecting. Walls and
				partitions around toilets, lavatory, and other plumbing fixtures should be
				constructed of nonabsorbent, water-proof material, or covered with
				moisture-resistant material.
5.1.4.
				The rooms of all buildings should be well ventilated and all exterior openings
				should be covered with screen having 16 meshes per inch. Rooms containing
				sanitary or laundry facilities should be provided with at least one openable
				window or skylight facing directly outdoors, or a mechanical device that will
				adequately ventilate the room. Positive mechanical ventilation is usually
				preferred because openable windows and skylights are not dependable as a means
				of ventilating these spaces. There is also the problem of windows remaining
				closed during inclement weather.
5.1.5. The minimum total window area,
				measured between stops, should be 10 percent of the floor areas of the room.
				When design permits, windows should be placed high in the wall and in more than
				one wall if possible.
5.1.6.
				Service buildings shall have heating facilities capable of maintaining a
				temperature of 70 degrees F. and capable of heating sufficient hot water for
				all lavatory and laundry fixtures.
5.1.7. Toilet and laundry rooms should be
				well lighted at all times since adequate lighting will encourage cleanliness.
				Daylight should be used to supplement lighting requirements whenever possible.
				Men's and women's toilet rooms shall be distinctly marked and separated by a
				sound-resistant wall. A screen or wall should prevent direct view of toilet
				compartments when the exterior doors are open. Each water closet shall be in a
				separate compartment equipped with a self-closing door.
5.1.8. The owner or operator of a mobile home
				development should provide additional facilities in the service facilities.
				Laundry equipment, icemaking machines, and public telephones are extra
				conveniences that development residents will appreciate.
5.1.9. When considering the installation of
				laundry facilities within a mobile home development, it should first be
				determined that such equipment will have sufficient use, since unused
				facilities can create economic and maintenance problems for the development
				owner or operator. Factors that should be evaluated include the proximity of
				coin-operated public laundries or commercial laundries, and the number of
				development residents who will have automatic washers installed in their mobile
				homes.