(A) General. One mobile home may be placed on a lot or parcel that is not part of a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision under the following conditions:
(1) The mobile home is new or no more than 20 years old;
(2) The mobile home may be single-wide or double wide;
(3) The mobile home is to be used as a residence, not as a business or storage unit;
(4) The mobile home is placed on a permanent perimeter block foundation built to city’s building codes;
(5) Each mobile home placed in the park must meet HUD requirements and development must obtain a building permit for each one placed in park.
(6) Two mobile homes can be placed on the same lot or parcel; providing:
(a) The property has no site-built dwelling units on it; or
(b) The property is large enough to be treated as two separate lots (meeting all minimum lot size, width and setback requirements) and could be subdivided as such.
(7) If a parcel or lot has a site-built house on it and the owner can show extremely hardship or need due to age, illness and the like, one mobile home may be placed on the same lot or parcel, providing that the property is large enough to be treated as two separate lots (meeting all minimum lot size and setback requirements) and could be subdivided as such.
(B) Minimum lot sizes.
(1) Lot on city sewage system: minimum 6,000 square feet in area and 60 feet wide.
(2) Lot not on city sewage system: minimum 80 feet wide and 20,000 square feet in area, although greater area may be required by the environmentalist for private sewage disposal due to factors of drainage rock and soil conditions.
(C) Building setback lines.
(1) All attachments to the mobile home must also meet required setbacks.
(2) Frontage along street rights-of-way, including corner lots: 30 feet on minor street, 40 feet on collector street, 50 feet on arterial streets (unless a greater distance is deemed to be necessary by the Planning Commission for the protection of the contemplated development on the property).
(3) Minimum 20-foot separation from any other building on that lot or another lot.
(4) Side and rear setback: minimum 15 feet.
(5) Minimum 15 feet from any creek or drainage way.
(6) Other utilities (electric, gas, phone and the like) may have greater setback or easement requirements.
(D) Temporary permit for construction site. The Building Inspector may issue a temporary permit to allow occupancy of one or more mobile home(s) at a construction site to be used as an office or residence during the construction period. The property does not have to meet the usual lot size and setback requirements.
(E) Confinement. All other mobile homes occupied for living purposes shall be confined to mobile home parks, mobile home subdivisions and temporary occupancies as provided for above.
(1989 Code, § 14-402) (Ord. 1641, passed 5-11-2021)