(A) (1) Promotion and maintenance of property values within the jurisdiction and the health and general welfare of the citizens of the county are furthered when standards for the condition of structures, including pre-owned manufactured homes, are established and enforced.
(2) For the purpose of this subchapter, mobile or manufactured homes constructed prior to July 1,1974 and June 15,1976 will be referred to as PRE-DATED.
(B) The Board finds that mobile homes constructed prior to July 1, 1974 and June 15, 1976 (pre-HUD), were constructed or equipped according to standards which will not promote the health, safety and general welfare of the present and future residents of the county, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The walls, ceilings and doors of each compartment containing a gas fired furnace or water heater were not required to be lined with one-half inch gypsum board;
(2) Each room designated expressly for sleeping purposes was not required to be equipped with an exit door or at least one outside egress window or other approved exit device with a minimum clear opening of five feet seven inches square feet;
(3) Most units from 1959 to 1976 were wired with aluminum wire, and ground fault circuit interrupters (GFI) were not installed;
(4) Smoke alarms in older pre-dated mobile homes were dangerous due to not being hardwired. They are battery operated only; and
(5) Interior walls did not have wall linings. The average pre-dated home burns down in less than five minutes.
(Ord 17-001, passed 12-12-2017)