(A) Zoning requirements. Multi-sectional manufactured homes/manufactured homes are subject to the design/performance standards which follow.
(B) Design/performance standards.
(1) All manufactured homes located within the incorporated area of the town shall have an affixed "HUD" label certifying that the unit has been manufactured in accordance with the July 1, 1976 Federal Guidelines promulgated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
(2) Mobile homes, as defined in § 153.005, are prohibited as dwelling units on individual lots.
(3) All multi-sectional manufactured and manufactured homes located on a parcel of land are to be serviced by an approved sewage disposal system prior to habitation.
(C) Rehabilitation; mobile home rehabilitation. The placement or relocation of a "pre-HUD" mobile home within the incorporated area of the town shall only be authorized subject to the rehabilitation of the mobile home in accordance with established performance criteria. Mobile homes shall not be relocated and placed on-site prior to renovation and rehabilitation as provided for in this chapter. The following requirements must be certified as being met before any mobile home which is not certified as meeting HUD standards by the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing can be installed in the incorporated area of the town. These requirements are from the Arizona Department of Building and Fire Safety Regulations (ADBFSR) and the most current edition of the International Residential Code and the International Property Maintenance Code as adopted by the town.
(1) A smoke detector is installed in all rooms or hallways providing access to sleeping rooms. This detector may be battery operated or hard wired with a battery backup, and is installed according to its listing.
(2) The walls and ceiling of each gas-fired furnace and/or water heater compartment, including doors, are lined with a minimum five-sixteenths inch drywall. If the door opens directly to the outside, it need not be covered with drywall if it is entirely of metal construction. Compartments which open to the outside are sealed from the interior of the mobile home.
(3) Each sleeping room has egress directly to the exterior of the mobile, either through a door, or a window of a minimum of 24 inches in clear opening height and 20 inches in clear opening width and a minimum clear opening of five square feet, and a sill height of no more than 36 inches.
(4) The electrical system has been tested for continuity to assure proper bonding of all metallic parts.
(5) The electrical system has been tested for operation to demonstrate that all parts (switches, outlets, light fixtures, panels and the like) are in good working order.
(6) The electrical system has been given a polarity check to determine that all connections are proper.
(7) The electrical system is properly protected for the required amperage load.
(8) If the wiring in the mobile home is of aluminum conductors, all switches and outlets connected directly to the conductors are marked CO/ALR.
(9) All exterior outlets are GFCI protected.
(10) Conductors of dissimilar metals (i.e., copper and aluminum) are connected in accordance with NEC Section 110-14.
(11) The gas piping system has been tested with a mercury manometer or slope gauge with appliance valves removed and piping capped at a minimum pressure of three PSI for ten minutes without showing loss of pressure.
(ADBFSR)
(12) There is at least one room of at least 120 square feet, and all habitable rooms are at least 70 square feet in size.
(13) There is at least one bathroom with a water closet, lavatory and a bathtub or shower, all of which are in working order; this bathroom is separated from other rooms of the mobile by a tight fitting door.
(14) There is a kitchen with a kitchen sink and cooking facilities.
(15) The mobile home is plumbed for hot and cold running water.
(16) The floor of the area surrounding the water closet is finished, that is the floor surface is a finished material (e.g., tile, vinyl and the like) not adversely affected by moisture.
(17) The mobile home is structurally protected to provide shelter for the occupant against the elements and to exclude dampness. Windows and siding are in place and in serviceable condition.
SERVICEABLE shall mean all windows are glazed and no openings boarded over. Siding shall be free of holes and shall not exhibit undue or detrimental weathering.
(18) There are heating facilities capable of maintaining a temperature of 70°F at a point three feet above the floor in all habitable rooms.
(19) Every habitable room has two electrical convenience outlets and one electrical light fixture.
(20) The structure is safe. No conditions exist which endanger life, limb, health, property, safety or welfare of the public or occupants.
(D) Certification.
(1) It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to demonstrate to the Zoning Administrator that any mobile home for which an installation permit is requested to be placed within the incorporated area of the town was previously permitted or pre-existing within the town and is in compliance with the requirements set forth in this chapter prior to installation.
(2) Upon completion and certification demonstrating that the unit meets the prescribed rehabilitation requirements in this chapter, the Zoning Administrator will issue a certificate of compliance for placement of each unit.
(3) Upon completion of rehabilitation modifications as specified and upon verification of same, a certificate of rehabilitation will be issued by the Zoning Administrator. The certificate shall verify that the mobile home was inspected on (date) by (qualified inspector named) and found to fully comply with mobile home rehabilitation standards of this chapter.
(Ord. § 552, passed 9-4-2008)