(a) “Factory-built Housing” means a factory-built structure designed for long-term residential use, the components of which are essentially constructed or assembled prior to its delivery to and installation upon a site. For purposes of this Ordinance, factory-built housing shall include the following:
(1) “Manufactured Home”. Any nonself-propelled vehicle transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a permanent dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein, and which bears a label certifying that it is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards.
(2) “Modular Home”. Factory-built housing certified as meeting the State Building Code as applicable to modular housing. Once certified by the State, modular homes shall be subject to the same standards as site-built homes.
(3) “Mobile Home”. A transportable, factory-built home, designed to be used as a year-round residential dwelling and built prior to enactment of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 15, 1976, or built subsequent to such Act but not certifiable to compliance with it.
(b) General Requirements. Factory-built housing shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The structure shall be installed upon and properly 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 oriented on the site so its long axis is parallel with the street, and it shall have an entranceway facing the street.
(4) Each house trailer, mobile home or other similar type of vehicle shall be equipped with underskirting of a corresponding or matching material used in the construction of each individual trailer. All trailers must be fully skirted within thirty days after their placement.
(5) The site shall be suitably landscaped, with adequate screening devices.
(6) The siting of the structure shall comply with all yard and setback requirements of the district in which it is located.
(7) The siting of the structure shall comply with all parking requirements in effect for the district for which it is proposed.
(8) The site shall be serviced by utilities in such manner as required by Ordinance.
(c) Single-Family Design and Appearance Standards. A single-family residential home, whether of modular, manufactured, or site-built construction, shall comply with all the regulations in effect for the district in which it is located.
(Ord. 07-8. Passed 3-19-07.)