(A) Permitted. A manufactured home may be parked or located or permitted to be parked or located upon any lot or tract of land which has been designated appropriate by the City Council for such placement within the city limits, as long as such manufactured home complies with the terms and provisions of this chapter and the provisions of state law.
(B) Setbacks. No manufactured home may be placed on any lot or tract within the city, in such manner that any part of the manufactured home or any extension thereto is situated within ten feet of any side lot or tract line whenever the lot or tract is bordered by a lot or tract of land on either side of such lot or tract land so occupied, and is set back less than 25 feet from the front line. The front line is deemed to be the line of the tract or lot which adjoins a street or roadway upon which there is situated either street numbered houses or businesses or a combination of both. Whenever the lot or tract of land is situated at an intersection of two different streets, or roadways, the manufactured home or any extension thereof shall not be parked nearer than ten feet from the inside lot or tract line and not nearer than ten feet from the side lot line adjacent to the street intersecting the street upon which are situated homes or businesses which have street addresses and not nearer than 25 feet to the front property line.
(1) Anchoring. Prior to connecting any manufactured home to the water or sewer service of the city, said manufactured home shall be anchored in accordance with the manufacturer’s installation instructions and anchored, as well as supported and blocked, in accordance with those standards for manufactured housing found in the Administrative Rules of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 69, adopted pursuant to the authority of the Tex. Occupations Code §§ 120.001 et seq., and administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
(2) Skirting. In addition to the anchoring and blocking requirements specified above, any manufactured home shall be properly skirted prior to being allowed to connect to the water or sewer service of the city. Skirting shall be required around the complete perimeter of said manufactured home in accordance with the following minimum specifications:
(a) The following material (or its equivalent as approved by the appropriate city officials) is approved to be used for skirting:
1. Manufactured skirting with vent panels;
2. Corrugated steel sheets;
3. Galvanized steel sheets;
4. Aluminum sheets;
5. Plywood sheets, with a three-eighths-inch minimum thickness, rated for exterior use by the manufacturer;
6. Oriented strand board, with a minimum three-eighths-inch thickness, rated for exterior use by the manufacturer;
7. Brick or concrete blocks; and
8. Vinyl siding.
(b) Screened vents are required to be used with all skirting to allow for air circulation under manufactured home.
(Ord. 14-0902, passed 9-5-2014; Ord. 2021-1018, passed 10-18-2021) Penalty, see
§ 153.99