(A) Permitted placement. The establishment, location, and use of manufactured homes as permanent residences approved individually, by specific materials or by design, shall be permitted in any zone permitting installation of a dwelling unit, subject to requirements and limitations applying generally to such residential use in the district; and, provided, such manufactured or mobile homes shall meet the following requirements and limitations:
(1) The dwelling shall meet the appropriate exterior appearance standards, as hereinafter set forth in § 153.04 of this chapter;
(2) The dwelling shall be sited in a district where such use is permitted; and
(3) The dwelling shall receive all required permits and conform to the Comprehensive Plan and other ordinances of the town.
(B) Location out of parks. This subchapter shall only apply to manufactured or mobile homes located outside of manufactured or mobile home parks as defined in Ord. 77-Z-102 and 77-Z-103.
(C) Non-conforming homes. A manufactured or mobile home placed and maintained on a tract of land and deemed to be a legal non-conforming use prior to the adoption of this subchapter shall continue to be a legal non-conforming use. If the non-conforming use is discontinued as set out in § 605 of Ord. 77-Z-107, the land thereafter must be used in conformity with all provisions of this subchapter and other ordinances and/or chapters of the code of ordinances of the town.
(D) Replacement of non-conforming homes. Thereafter, upon application to the designated administrator and subsequent approval thereof, a manufactured or mobile home, deemed a legal non-conforming use, may be replaced by a manufactured or mobile home, provided the replacement is of an equal or a higher type, as specified in § 153.04 of this chapter and in § 603 of Ord. 77-Z-107; provided, however, that, the manufactured or mobile home must be replaced within 365 days from the date of its removal and/or destruction.
(E) Structural alteration. Due to its integral design, any structural alteration or modification of a manufactured or mobile home after it is placed on the site must be approved by the authorized building administrator of the town.
(Prior Code, § 9:1:03) (Ord. 82-3, passed 6-16-1982)