(B) (1) The city will treat the placement of new or replacement manufactured homes in existing manufactured home parks or on individual lots of record that are in floodplain districts as a new structure and may be placed only if elevated to meet the requirements in § 154.028 of this chapter. If pre-existing manufactured home parks do not provide vehicular road access according to § 154.028(E)(1) of this chapter, then the city will not allow replacement manufactured homes until the applicant or the property owner(s) develop a flood warning emergency plan that is acceptable to the city.
(2) Owners and contractors shall securely anchor all manufactured homes to an adequately anchored foundation system that resists flotation, collapse and lateral movement. Methods of anchoring may include, but are not to be limited to, use of over-the-top or frame ties to ground anchors. This requirement is in addition to applicable state or city anchoring requirements for resisting wind forces.
(C) Recreational vehicles that do not meet the exemption criteria specified in division (C)(1) below shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and as specifically outlined in divisions (C)(3) and (C)(4) below.
(1) Exemptions. Recreational vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this chapter if the owners or users place them in any of the exempted areas listed in division (C)(2) below and if the vehicles meet all the following criteria:
(a) Have current licenses required for street and highway use;
(b) Are highway-ready, meaning that they are on wheels or have an internal jacking system. The owner must attach it to the site by quick disconnect type utilities commonly used in campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks. The recreational vehicle also must not have any permanent structural type additions attached to it; and
(c) The recreational vehicle and its associated use must be a permitted land use in the existing, underlying city zoning district.
(2) Areas exempted for placement of recreational vehicles.
(a) Individual lots or parcels of record;
(b) Existing commercial recreational vehicle parks or campgrounds; and
(c) Existing condominium-type associations.
(3) Exempted recreational vehicles. Exempted recreational vehicles (as exempted in division (C)(1) above lose their exemption if the owner constructs improvements on the parcel that exceed $500 for a structural addition to the recreational vehicle or exceed $500 for an accessory structure such as a garage or storage building. The city will then consider the recreational vehicle and all additions and accessory structures as new structures. These new structure shall be subject to the elevation/ flood-proofing requirements and the use of land restrictions specified in §§ 154.027 and 154.028 of this chapter. The user or owner shall not make any development or improvement on the parcel or attachment to the recreational vehicle that would hinder the user or owner from being able to remove the recreational vehicle to a flood-free location should a flood occur.
(4) New commercial recreational vehicles. New commercial recreational vehicle parks or campgrounds, new residential subdivisions and condominium associations and the expansion of any existing similar use exceeding five units or dwelling sites shall be subject to all city code standards and the following.
(a) The city will allow any new or replacement recreational vehicle in the Floodway or Flood Fringe Districts provided the user or owner places the recreational vehicle and its contents on fill above the regulatory flood protection elevation and if there is elevated road access to the site that meets the requirements of § 154.028(E)(1) of this chapter. No fill placed in the floodway to meet the requirements of this section shall increase flood stages of the 100-year or regional flood.
(b) As an alternative, the city may allow by conditional use all new or replacement recreational vehicles not meeting the criteria of division (C)(4)(a) above if the proposed use would meet the following provisions and the provisions of § 154.058 of this chapter. In such a case, the property owner or the applicant must submit an emergency plan prepared by a licensed professional engineer for the safe evacuation of all vehicles and people during a 100-year flood. The plan shall demonstrate that adequate time and personnel exist to carry out the evacuation, and shall demonstrate that the plan will meet the provisions of division (C)(1) above. The owner or contractor of all sewage and water facilities for new or replacement recreational vehicles must ensure to construct and protect the utility facilities are so that a flood would not impair or contaminate those facilities during a flood as outlined in § 154.042(C) of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 1301.09)