A. Applicability: Except as provided herein no manufactured homes shall be located within the City.
B. Requirements And Restrictions: In all areas within the corporate limits of the City wherein the City zoning ordinances permit the location, occupation and use of single- family dwellings, manufactured homes meeting or exceeding the following specifications will be a permitted and authorized use, subject to the following restrictions on the placement of said homes:
1. "Manufactured homes" as the term is used in this section, is defined in Idaho Code 39-4105(8).
2. Manufactured homes shall be multi-sectional, enclosing a space of not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet and when assembled on site, they shall be not less than twenty feet (20') both in length and width. They shall also either have been certified as having been constructed in accordance with the Standards for Certification of Mobile Homes by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards or, if manufactured prior to June 15, 1976, have received a certificate of compliance from the Administrator of the Division of Building Safety of the State of Idaho that they meet the rehabilitation requirements of Idaho Code title 44, chapter 25.
3. Manufactured housing shall be installed in accordance with Idaho Code title 44, chapter 22, "Manufactured Home Installation Standard".
4. The manufactured home shall be placed on an excavated and backfilled foundation and enclosed at the perimeter such that the home is located not more than twelve inches (12") above grade.
5. The manufactured home shall have a pitched attached roof with a slope of not less than three feet (3') in height for each twelve feet (12') in width.
6. The manufactured home shall have exterior siding and roofing material commonly used on the residential dwellings and which is comparable to the predominant materials used on the buildings within the area. The City officer charged with the approval of building permits will determine compliance with this provision.
7. The manufactured home shall have a garage or carport constructed of like materials if zoning ordinances would require a newly constructed nonmanufactured home to have a garage or carport.
8. Manufactured homes and the lots upon which they are sited shall be subject to any development standard, architectural requirement and minimum size requirements to which a conventional single-family residential dwelling on the same lot would be subjected.
C. Lower Standards: The provisions of this section shall not permit manufactured homes or the lot upon which it is sited to any development standard, architectural requirements and/or minimum size requirements, which are lower or less than that which is or would be applicable to a conventional single- family residential dwelling constructed on the same lot.
D. Exceptions To Applicability: This section shall not apply to the regulation of mobile homes situated or to be situated in mobile home parks which the City has approved as a mobile home park, nor shall this apply to lands falling within an area defined as a historic district under Idaho Code section 67-4607, nor shall this section be applied to modify or abrogate any recorded restrictive covenant applicable to any land within the jurisdiction of the City. (Ord. 109, 1-10-2007)