(a) The responsible person shall require that all mobile homes to be placed within Zone A on the community's Flood Hazard Boundary Map shall be anchored to resist flotation, collapse or lateral movement by providing over-the-top and frame ties to ground anchors. Specific requirements shall be that:
(1) Over-the-top ties shall be provided at each of the four corners of the mobile home, with two additional ties per side at intermediate locations and mobile homes less than fifty feet long requiring one additional tie per side.
(2) Frame ties shall be provided at each corner of the home with five additional ties per side at intermediate points and mobile homes less than fifty feet long requiring four additional ties per side.
(3) All components of the anchoring system shall be capable of carrying a force of 4,800 pounds.
(4) Any additions to the mobile home shall be similarly anchored.
(b) For new mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions, for expansions to existing mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions, for existing mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions where the repair, reconstruction or improvement of the streets, utilities and pads equals or exceeds fifty percent of the value of the streets, utilities and pads before the repair, reconstruction or improvement has commenced, and for mobile homes not placed in a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision, specific requirements shall be that:
(1) Stands or lots are elevated on compacted fill or on pilings so that the lowest floor of the mobile home will be at or above the base flood level.
(2) Adequate surface draining and access for a hauler are provided.
(3) If elevated on pilings:
A. Lots shall be large enough to permit steps.
B. Piling foundations shall be placed in stable soil not more than ten feet apart.
C. Reinforcement shall be provided for pilings more than six feet above the ground level.
(c) No mobile home shall be placed in a floodway, except in an existing mobile home park or an existing mobile home subdivision.
(Ord. 10-83. Passed 4-19-83; Ord. 01-2011. Passed 3-15-11.)