(A) Transportable, factory built, residential dwellings, commonly known as mobile homes and/or manufactured homes, shall hereafter be referred to as units.
(B) The definition of the word INSTALLED, as contained herein this section, shall be defined as the placing, by any means, a unit anywhere within the unincorporated limits of the county, including: the placing of a unit on the ground; on blocks; on cement foundation; on the trailer; or other foundation for residential occupancy. However, the unit, if not being used for residential occupancy, shall not be placed within 300 feet of any other residence or any other landowner’s building, garage, shop, barn, shed, office, or other structure.
(C) Units constructed prior to June 15, 1976, may not be installed in the incorporated limits of the county unless they meet the rehabilitation requirements set forth in Idaho Code §§ 44-2501 through 44-2504. The owner or owners of such older units, before installation, must receive eight certificates of compliance from the administration of the state’s Division of Public Safety.
(1) The County Commissioners shall authorize, by appropriate motion or resolution, the County Clerk to be available for contact with people desiring to install a unit constricted prior to June 15, 1976, anywhere within the incorporated limits of the county. Upon any such contact, the County Clerk shall notify the owner or installer of the requirements of this section and the provisions to of Idaho Code §§ 44-2501 through 44-2504. The owner shall likewise be notified of the need to make written application to the County Clerk for a permit, which will be issued later upon the receipt of the appropriate certificate of compliance from the state’s Division of Public Safety.
(2) After the application for a permit is received, the County Clerk shall wait for a certificate of compliance, as described herein. After the certificate is received, the county shall issue a permit on forms adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for the installation of the rehabilitated units and that permits may be issued then by the County Clerk in writing in accordance with the requirements of Idaho Code § 44-2502(2).
(3) There shall be no fee for the county’s administration of the permit system hereunder.
(D) Units existing within the unincorporated limits of the county prior to the adoption of this chapter may continue in use at the site they occupy on July 11, 2005, but may not be used in other site within unincorporated limits of that county unless they meet the rehabilitation requirements set forth in Idaho Code §§ 44-2501 through 44-2504.
(E) Any violation of this chapter is declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable in accordance with the general misdemeanor penalties set forth in the Idaho Code.
(F) In addition to the criminal penalties described in division (E) above, the county shall be permitted to seek injunctive relief as might, from time to time, be required to enforce the terms of this section.
(Ord. 50, passed 7-11-2005; Ord. 63, passed 8-28-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99