Section
152.01 Definitions
152.02 Mobile home use
152.03 Permits
152.04 Certificate of occupancy for permanent mobile home
152.05 Licenses; mobile home parks
152.06 Inspection of mobile home parks
152.07 Notices; hearings and orders
152.08 Mobile homes located outside mobile home parks
152.09 Nonconforming mobile home parks and mobile homes constitute public nuisances
152.10 Revision of plan after approval
152.11 Environmental, open space and access requirements
152.12 Water supply
152.13 Sewage disposal
152.14 Electrical distribution system
152.15 Refuse handling
152.16 Insect and rodent control
152.17 Fuel supply and storage
152.18 Fire protection
152.19 Responsibility of park management and of occupants
152.20 Incorporation by reference of the text of the Manufactured Housing Standards Act
152.99 Penalty
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LICENSE. A written license issued by the Building Official allowing a person to operate and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter.
MOBILE HOME. A structure built upon a permanent chassis designed to be transported in one or more sections, designed to be used as a dwelling or place of business, suitable for year round occupancy with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. The term MOBILE HOME shall include the term manufactured home, as defined in the Texas Occupations Code, title 7, Subtitle C, Chapter 1201.
MOBILE HOME LOT. A parcel of land for the placement of a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
MOBILE HOME PARK. A contiguous parcel of land which has been developed for the placement of two or more mobile homes and is owned by an individual, a firm, trust, partnership, public or private association or corporation.
MOBILE HOME STAND. The part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of one mobile home unit.
PARK MANAGEMENT. The person who owns or has charge, care or control of the mobile home park.
PARK STREET. A private way which affords principal means of access to individual mobile home lots or auxiliary buildings.
PERMANENT MOBILE HOME or INDEPENDENTLY SITED MOBILE HOME. A mobile home parked or placed on a separate vacant platted city lot or lot in conformity with zoning, plat and subdivision requirements of the city as set forth in the ordinances of the city.
PERMIT. A written permit or certification issued by the Building Official permitting the construction, alteration and extension of a mobile home park or placement of a permanent mobile home under the provisions of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder.
SERVICE BUILDING. A structure housing toilet, lavatory and such other facilities as may be required by this chapter.
SEWER CONNECTION. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding sewer riser pipe of the sewerage system serving the mobile home park.
SEWER RISER PIPE. The portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home lot.
TRAILER or TRAVEL TRAILER or RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A vehicle used for temporary living quarters and designed to be used for camping and vacations and to be stored in the vicinity of a permanent residence and no living quarters maintained.
WATER CONNECTION. The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the mobile home.
WATER RISER PIPE. That portion of the water supply system serving the mobile home park which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at each mobile home lot.
(Ord. 6-86, passed 10-1-1986)
It shall be unlawful for any person to connect or maintain the connection of utilities to, or occupy a mobile home within the city, except where it is located within a duly licensed mobile home park under the terms of this chapter, and has been approved in the manner prescribed herein; except where the mobile home meets the definition of an independently sited mobile home under this chapter and a valid special use permit has been granted and a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the city and is individually sited according to the provisions of the Godley Zoning Code.
(Ord. 6-86, passed 10-1-1986) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, construct, alter or extend any mobile home within the city unless a plan for the mobile home park or independently sited mobile home has been approved by the city Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council and unless the person holds a valid building permit issued by the city Building Official in the name of the person for the specific construction, alteration or extension proposed, except that the placement of a permanent mobile home within a licensed mobile home park, shall not require approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission but shall be accompanied by the regular fee for a building permit.
(B) All applications for permits for independently sited permanent mobile homes shall conform to the standards which are required for the issuance of a building permit by the city.
(C) All applications for permit for licensed mobile home parks shall contain the following:
(1) A formal written request by the applicant containing the name and address of the applicant;
(2) Location and legal description of the mobile home park;
(3) Plans and specifications of the water supply and refuse and sewage disposal facilities;
(4) Plans and specifications of all buildings constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home park;
(5) Plans and specifications of roadways, walkways, driveways and parking areas; and
(6) A complete plat of the mobile home park drawn legibly and conforming to the requirements for plats set forth by the County Clerk of Johnson County, Texas, but not be limited to the following:
(a) Names and addresses of the record owner, engineer and/or surveyor;
(b) Proposed name of the park, which shall not have the same spelling as or be pronounced similar to the name of any other mobile home park located within the city, or within five miles of the city, unless the park is contiguous to a recorded park and the plat represents an additional installment or increment of the original park. Neither shall any street within the park duplicate or cause confusion with the name of any existing city street;
(c) The area and dimensions of the tract of land;
(d) The park boundary lines indicated by heavy lines;
(e) The number, location and size of all mobile home lots with a number or letter to identify each lot or site;
(f) The locations and width of roadways, walkways, driveways and parking areas;
(g) The location of water and sewer lines and riser pipes;
(h) Date of preparation, scale of plat and north point;
(i) Location of city limits line, the outer border of the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and boundaries, if they traverse the park, form part of the boundary of the park, or are contiguous to that boundary;
(j) Vicinity sketch or key map on the plat at a smaller scale approved by the Director of Planning;
(k) The location, dimensions, description and flow line of existing watercourses and drainage structures within the park or on contiguous tracts;
(l) The location and details of lighting and electrical systems; and
(m) The setback lines on all lots and sites with respect to property lines and roadways.
(D)
All applications shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount as set by the City Council and maintained in the master fee schedule.
(E) When, upon review of the application, the Building Official is satisfied that the proposed plan meets the requirements of this chapter, a permit shall be issued.
(F) Any person whose application for a permit under this chapter had been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the City Council under the procedure provided by § 152.07 below.
(Ord. 6-86, passed 10-1-1986; Ord. 05-19-2020-MASTER, passed 5-19-2020)
Penalty, see § 152.99
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