(A) Double-wide mobile homes only. Single wide-mobile homes are not permitted within the city limits.
(B) Any lot on which a mobile home is situated shall be owned by the owner of the mobile home situated on such lot.
(C) Any mobile home shall be a single-family dwelling.
(D) The lot on which any mobile home is located shall be separate from any other dwelling lot and there shall be no other dwelling located on the same lot with such mobile home.
(E) Any lot on which a mobile home is located shall be not less than 4,500 square feet in area.
(F) No mobile home shall sit closer to the front property line of the lot on which it is located than 25 feet or greater if needed to conform to division (H) below.
(G) No mobile home and/or attachments shall sit closer than ten feet to the side or rear property lines of the lot on which it is located.
(H) At least two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home. Such parking spaces shall consist of a hard surface such as concrete, asphalt, or compacted limestone, not to be within ten feet of the property line.
(I) All mobile homes shall be served by separate permanently installed utility services for water, electricity, and sanitary sewage disposal. Each lot for a mobile home shall have an approved tap to the main public sewer of the municipality. No mobile home shall be placed on any lot prior to the installation of an approved sewer tap serving such lot. When installed, all taps shall be left open until inspected and approved by the Sanitary Board. A sewer tap permit shall be obtained for each such tap.
(J) All mobile homes shall have permanent foundations of masonry blocks, on poured footers, and shall be properly supported, anchored to foundation on cross-members by adequate and properly designed supports and underpinned with stone, brick, or masonry blocks, on poured footers. This shall be completed within 60 days from the time the mobile home is set up. See § 1731.06(B) for mobile home placement in flood hazard area.
(K) Each mobile home shall have direct ingress and egress to and from a street or streets within the municipality.
(L) No mobile home unit shall be moved upon the streets of the municipality without having obtained an escort for such movement from the Police Department.
(M) All applications for a permit for a mobile home shall be submitted to the Code Official and then forwarded to Council with any recommendations.
(N) Any mobile home shall be no more than 15 years old, with the exception of the ones currently existing which will be grandfathered in, but when one is moved out and replaced, all mobile home rules apply.
(O) All mobile manufactured homes to be sited within the identified flood hazard areas of the city shall be installed by a contractor possessing a valid West Virginia Manufactured Home Installer’s License. The installer shall use an installation design engineered to withstand flood hazards specific to the particular home site. Manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved within the flood hazard areas shall be installed in accordance with § 1731.06(B).
(P) The licensed West Virginia Manufactured Home Installer placing the unit shall perform a site inspection and certify in writing that the manufactured home has been installed to the standards set forth in the ordinance codified herein.
(Prior Code, § 1721.02)
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