Any factory-built housing proposed to be located in any district shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) The structure shall be installed upon and properly attached to a permanent foundation system that provides adequate support of the structure’s vertical and horizontal loads and transfer these and other imposed forces, without failure, from the structure to the undisturbed ground below the frost line.
(b) All hitches, axles, wheels, and conveyance mechanisms shall be removed from the structure.
(c) The structure shall be so oriented on the site that its long axis is parallel with the street, and it shall have an entranceway facing the street, except where diagonal placement and the addition of a garage, carport, or other accessory structure may be permitted by subdivision regulation and yard requirement.
(d) The site shall be suitably landscaped, with adequate screening devices as elsewhere required.
(e) The siting of the structure shall comply with all yard and setback and minimum square footage floor area requirements in effect for the district for which it is proposed. Any factory built house must have no less square footage than the smallest existing home in the same city block of the proposed location.
(f) The siting of the structure shall comply with all parking requirements in effect for the district for which it is proposed.
(g) The site shall be serviced by utilities in such manner as required by ordinance.
(h) The structure shall otherwise conform to the minimum requirements for residential occupancy and minimum floor areas in the district in which such manufactured home is located, the same as any other residential use.
(i) Multisection manufactured homes shall have the minimum following features:
(1) Roof pitch. Not less than 2.5 inches per 12-inches.
(2) Roofing. Shingles.
(3) Siding. Hardboard panel or lap siding.
(4) Overhang. Not less than 8-inch front (door side) and rear.
(5) Sections being of equal outside dimensions.
(j) The title to a mobile home will be relinquished and the structure reclassified as real estate property and registered with the County Auditor.
(k) The structure will be placed on a full bearing permanent foundation.
(l) Structure must also comply with any and all subdivision construction requirements in effect at the proposed site.
(m) All factory built housing shall be subject to obtaining the same permits and undergoing the same inspections from the City as any on site construction.
(n) These structures shall be subject to same standards of exterior maintenance as provided in the ordinances of the City.
(Ord. 7538-07. Passed 11-12-07.)