Anchors shall be installed on both sides of the unit for every 12 feet of trailer length. There shall be minimum of three, regardless of length, with the further requirement that one set be on each end. Anchors shall be of the screw auger type or of the deadman type. If screw augers are used, they shall be of no less than 5/8-inch hot dipped galvanized steel. Auger penetration shall be to a depth of no less than three feet with a welded eye on one end and no less than a four-inch auger cup on the other. If a deadman-type anchor is used, it shall be of poured-in-place concrete, no less than eight inches in diameter and a depth of no less than two feet in rock or four feet in soil. In this deadman there shall be cast to a minimum depth of 24 inches a 5/8-inch hot galvanized steel rod with a welded eye. Any of the patented or expansion-type bolts with a minimum of 5/8-inch diameter and inserted in solid rock formation to a minimum depth of 12 inches may be used for ground anchors. All anchors shall be capable of withstanding a vertical stress component of 4,750 pounds minimum in medium density soil.
(Ord. 25, passed 2-20-75) Penalty, see § 153.99 (A)