Section
152.01 Purpose
152.02 Definitions
152.03 Development and design standards and criteria
152.04 Subject lot or site criteria
152.05 Electrical standards
152.06 Change of ownership
152.07 Application for determination; determination of compatibility and compliance
152.08 Declaration of urgency
152.09 Manufactured homes more than 10 years old
152.10 Manufactured home in licensed trailer park
152.11 Recreational vehicles prohibited
152.99 Penalty
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an additional opportunity for affordable housing in the city, by regulating the installation of manufactured homes outside of parks on foundations on lots zoned for Industrial/Residential/Business, or zoned Residential/Business, which are compatible with the neighborhood and with manufactured home use; and to protect and preserve existing neighborhoods and areas of historical and aesthetic significance and value by ensuring that manufactured homes shall not be permitted where incompatible with existing residential use and with the goal of providing affordable housing.
(Ord. 41-83, passed 5-9-83)
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CODE. The city code.
COMPATIBLE LOTS. A lot compatible for manufactured home use must meet all of the following conditions:
(1) Be within the R-B-I zones, or R-B zones.
(2) The utilization of the lot by a manufactured home will be sufficiently consistent with existing adjacent residential uses as to be unlikely to cause or contribute to economic deterioration of the neighborhood. A conclusive presumption that such utilization shall not cause economic deterioration in the neighborhood will be found if the fair market value of the unit is at least 90% of the current average estimated fair market value of the neighborhood. Such determination shall be made by the City Engineering Department pursuant to procedures set forth in § 152.07.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A residential dwelling unit manufactured to the standards of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act and defined therein as a manufactured home, and meeting the requirements of a house trailer as defined in R.C. § 4501.01(O).
NEIGHBORHOOD. The four nearest single-family dwellings surrounding lot, but not further than 500 feet from lot. Determination of what constitutes the appropriate neighborhood with respect to a subject lot shall be made by the City Engineering Department pursuant to procedures set forth in
§
152.07.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT. Structures constructed or manufactured for use by a single family as a residence, including but not limited to conventional structures, and manufactured homes.
UNIT. Total of value of home, lot, and development costs.
(Ord. 41-83, passed 5-9-63; Am. Ord. 86-85, passed 10-15-85)
(A) All manufactured homes placed or constructed on a lot after the effective date of this chapter or which changes ownership after the effective date of this chapter, must be composed of at least one section not less than 14 feet wide by 48 feet long, and the age of the manufactured home shall not be more than 10 years old from the date of the application.
(B) All manufactured homes placed or constructed on a lot after the effective date of this chapter or which changes ownership after the effective date of this chapter, shall be required to be placed on a foundation within 60 days of the location of the manufactured home on the lot.
(C) The manufactured home shall be installed on a foundation in accordance with installation instructions provided by the manufacturer of the manufactured home, if the manufacturer's installation instructions are not available, and such foundation shall consist of paved strips, piers, or pads of such width and length and so positioned as to furnish a stable base for the manufactured home with minimum standards, as follows: Piers shall be not less than 18 inches in diameter, not further apart than eight feet, and extend at least 30 inches below ground level.
(D) The wheels, axles, and metal frame members shall be screened from the bottom of the manufactured home to the ground by a metal, fiberglass, plastic, concrete, or masonry screen which shall be connected to the manufactured home by a slip joint frost rail.
(E) The grade of the lot shall be not less than 26 inches beneath the edge of the manufactured home and shall vary not more than 12 inches from one end of the manufactured home to the other and the grade shall extend at least four feet from the perimeter of the manufactured home.
(Ord. 41-83, passed 5-9-83; Am. Ord. 58-97, passed 7-28-97) Penalty, see § 152.99
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