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Notwithstanding §§ 152.01 and 152.02 of this chapter, no mobile home shall be used, placed or stored on any lot, outside a duly zoned and licensed trailer court, within said city after 12-31-1965. However, the owner of any mobile home already placed on a lot on or before such date will be sold a temporary numbered permit by the Building Inspector of said city, giving the owner or occupant of said mobile home a period not to exceed 24 months to remove such mobile home and fully comply with all requirements and ordinances of the city. Any mobile home removed during this 24-month period will not be returned to said lot or replaced on said lot by any other mobile home. As an exception, any mobile home owned by the occupant and placed on a lot also owned by the occupant on or before 12-31-1965, and fully complying with the requirements of the laws of said city will be permitted to remain as long as the conditions described in this chapter continue to exist; however, if at any time the ownership of either the lot or mobile home shall change, or the laws of the city be violated or the owner-occupant ceases to reside in said mobile home, said mobile home owner will be given a period not to exceed 30 days in which to remove said mobile home and to comply with all provisions of this chapter.
(1994 Code, § 14-303)
The temporary numbered permit mentioned in § 152.03 of this chapter shall be sold by the Building Inspector of said city for the sum of $3 per calendar year.
(1994 Code, § 14-304)
MANUFACTURED HOMES
(A) Definitions: see Etowah Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
(B) Permitted locations: modular manufactured homes, as defined, shall be permitted in all residential districts subject to the requirements and limitations set forth herein and which apply generally to residential use in such zoning classifications, including minimum lot size, setbacks, percentage of lot coverage and off-street parking requirements.
(C) The manufactured or modular home must be connected to a public water and sewage system; provided that where public water or sewer is not available, private well and septic tank installations approved by the State Department of Environment and Conservation may be utilized.
(D) Manufactured homes qualifying as single-family dwellings shall have the same appearance as required for site built homes and shall be built in two or more sections.
(E) All towing devices, wheels, axles and hitches must be removed.
(F) Within 30 days of siting a manufactured home, a brick or cinder block skirting compatible with the home’s exterior siding shall be securely placed around the structure from the bottom of the home to the ground. Also, steps of a type approved by the Building Inspector shall be installed within said time limit, as necessary.
(G) The manufactured home shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Manufactured Home Anchoring Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-36-401).
(H) Where installation of the electric meter on a separate pole, not on the structure, is approved by the Deputy State Fire Marshal/Electrical Inspector, said pole shall be at the rear of the manufactured home; provided, where the City Utilities Board cannot place the meter pole at the rear of the structure, said pole shall be at the side of the structure and shall have an opaque panel fence on the front and open side of the pole eight feet high. The space to the rear of the pole shall be left open for emergency access and for meter readings.
(I) Where applicable, all site-built additions to the manufactured home shall meet the requirements of the Etowah Building Code, as amended.
(Ord. 562, passed 2-9-1998)