(A) The Division has adopted standards to be used state-wide for the installation, inspection and enforcement of the installation of manufactured homes. A local government unit may not adopt less stringent standards for the installation of a manufactured home than those adopted by the Division.
(B) Pursuant to the standards adopted by the Division, the following standards shall be adopted by the town.
(1) The primary standard as required for all new homes shall be the home manufacturer’s written installation instructions.
(2) Alternate standard when the home manufacturer’s written installation instructions are not available shall be adopted as follows.
(a) Adoption of the Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured Housing, 1996 Edition.
1. Pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 31-16-201 et seq., as amended, there is hereby adopted as the Manufactured Home Installation Code of the town for manufactured home being installed on a permanent foundation when the manufacturer’s written installation instructions are not available.
2. The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the installation of manufactured homes on permanent foundations when the home manufacturer’s written instructions are not available while meeting the requirements of C.R.S.§ 24-31-3316, in the town.
(b) Adoption of the NCSBCS/ANSI A225.1, 1994/1999 Edition.
1. Pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 31-16-201 et seq., as amended, there is hereby adopted as the Manufactured Home Installation Code of the town for manufactured home being installed on a temporary foundation when the manufacturer’s written installation instructions are not available.
2. The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the installation of manufactured homes on temporary foundations when the home manufacturer’s written instructions are not available while meeting the requirements of C.R.S. Title 24, Art. 32, part 31, in the town.
(3) When alternate standards are used for the installation, inspection and enforcement of the installation of a manufactured home, the applicant for installation authorization shall submit a plan for installation for review by the town.
(a) The alternate standard for temporary foundation sets is the NFPA 225, 2013 Edition, as amended. Site-built permanent foundations must be built in accordance with Town Building Department requirements and must be engineered or built to conform with the alternate standard for permanent foundation sets, which is the September 1996 Edition or most recent version of the HUD Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured Housing.
(b) The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to establish a fee structure for such plan review.
(c) All plans submitted shall meet the requirements establish in the alternative code applicable to the project including requirements for engineering and sealing of plans.
(4) No manufactured home shall be installed which does not meet the following minimums:
(a) Wind Zone: Zone 1;
(b) Thermal Zone 3; and
(c) Roof load: 30 psi.
(Prior Code, § 515.6) (Ord. 464, passed 8-2-2002; Ord. 584, passed 10-1-2015)