(a) Application of Section. This section shall apply to the location, construction and maintenance of factory-built housing in all districts other than the R-MH Manufactured Home Park District.
(b) Purpose; Intent. It is the purpose of this section to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community by establishing regulations governing the sitting, construction and maintenance of factory-built housing. It is further the intent of this section to permit a wider range of housing opportunities, while ensuring the compatibility of a variety of housing types within certain Residential Districts.
(c) Site Requirements. Any factory-built housing that is proposed to be located in any district (other than the R-MH Manufactured Home Park District) shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The structure shall be installed upon, and permanently attached to, a foundation system that provides adequate support of the structure's vertical and horizontal loads and transfers these and other imposed forces, without failure, from the structure to the undisturbed ground below the frost line.
(2) All hitches, axles, wheels and conveyance mechanisms shall be removed from the structure.
(3) The structure shall be located on the lot so that its long axis is parallel with the street and so that an entrance way faces the street, except where yard and setback requirements prevent such a placement.
(4) The site shall be suitably landscaped.
(5) The sitting of the structure shall comply with all requirements in effect for the district for which it is proposed.
(6) The site shall be serviced by utilities in such a manner as required by City ordinance.
(d) Location of Factory-Built Housing and Mobile Homes. Manufactured homes and modular homes that meet the design and appearance standards of this section shall be permitted where site-built housing of the same number of dwelling units is permitted. Mobile homes shall be permitted only in approved mobile home parks, unless otherwise authorized in this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 186-91. Passed 10-15-92.)