(A) Access. The access to a floating home moorage site shall have not less than 30 feet of land frontage abutting a public street for each floating home and shall be sufficiently graded, paved, and maintained to support anticipated vehicular or other loads and minimize drainage and dust nuisances.
(B) Walkways. Every floating home shall have access to a public street, yard or court by means of a system of primary and secondary walkways. The enforcing officer shall review such system and shall establish the minimum clear width of required primary and secondary walkways based upon a consideration of the number of floating homes and other occupancies served, the total length of the walkways and the number of access points provided for exit to a public street, yard or court. No walkway shall be less than four feet in width or be more than six feet in width.
(C) Parking. At least two off-street paved parking spaces shall be provided on land for the exclusive use of each floating home.
(D) Garbage disposal. The enforcing officer shall determine the number and type of garbage and rubbish receptacles that shall be provided for all floating homes and accessory moorage uses. All garbage and rubbish receptables shall be adequately screened from public view.
(E) Lighting. Every floating home moorage site (including the walkways to every floating home site) shall be illuminated by lights designed, constructed, and maintained to provide an average light intensity of two footcandles in accordance with the recommendations of the Illuminating Engineers Society of America and as may be recommended by the enforcing officer.
(F) Electrical service and wiring. Electrical service and wiring in all floating home moorages shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 555, "Boat Harbors and Marinas" of the National Electrical Code, current edition.
(G) Water distribution. Plans shall be submitted by the owner of the floating home moorage to the enforcing officer showing complete details of the water service and piping system and shall be accompanied by calculations to verify the adequacy of said system to meet the demands of the floating home. The design of said system shall comply with the other applicable sections of this chapter (and applicable city codes) and shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Plans. The plans shall show the size and location of each water meter and all water lines, as well as type, size, and location of all required water service backflow prevention devices.
(2) Materials. The use of nonmetallic or exposed steel piping on docks, floats, ramps, or similar moorage facilities will not be permitted. Exposed copper tubing placed on these facilities shall be joined by brazing or by other equivalent methods. Flexible water supply connections to or located on said facilities shall be approved heavy duty type and each hose bib serving said facilities shall be an approved type incorporating a vacuum breaker.
(3) Flexible water supply connections. Flexible water supply connections shall be approved heavy duty type and shall be installed and supported so that at all times they will be above the moorage basin water level.
(4) Backflow prevention devices. Each hose bib serving a dock, float, ramp or similar moorage facility shall be equipped with an approved vacuum breaker. No floating home which uses a pump or equipment which could cause a cross-connection potential shall have a direct connection to the water supply system.
(5) Temperature and pressure relief valves. A combination temperature and pressure relief valve shall be provided on all water heaters.
(6) Wet standpipes (fire lines). Water lines supplying wet standpipes must be capable of supplying 50 gallons per minute and maintain a residual pressure of 30 pounds per square inch at the hose connection based on the minimum waler supply. No fire pump inlet connection will be permitted on any wet standpipe system which is connected to a portable water system.
(H) Fuel gas piping. All gas piping installed within a floating home moorage, including such piping intended to serve floating homes and other floating structures and such piping as may be required to serve dockside facilities, shall be installed in accordance with the current Michigan Plumbing and Mechanical Codes, and the International Fuel Gas Codes, and with the following special requirements:
(1) Cathodic protection. All gas piping shall have an approved cathodic protection design inspected and certified by an approved engineering firm specializing in the field.
(2) Connections - valves. Where gas is permitted by the enforcing officer to be distributed from shoreside facilities, connections to floating homes and other moorage structures shall be made by the use of approved high pressure flexible hose and such connections shall terminate in a positive disconnect coupling. A separate shutoff valve shall be installed ahead of such connection. Connections shall not be immersed in water or run exposed on docks, piers, floats, floating homes, or other floating structures. The length of the flexible connections shall not be excessive, nor shall it be used as a substitute for gas piping.
(I) Open spaces. A clear spacing of at least ten feet between sides or between a side and front or the rear of adjacent floating homes shall be maintained in all floating home moorages. All distances shall be measured between the maximum projection of the superstructure walls. A maximum encroachment of two feet into the required minimum spacing for eaves, roof decks, or similar features will be permitted.
(J) Insurance. The owner of every floating home shall, at all times, keep in full force and effect insurance in the amount of at least $2,000,000 to cover the floating home, as well as its uses, activities, fixtures, and items.
(K) Permits for floating home docks, piers and moorage. No dock, pier, boat slip, boat mooring facility or similar item shall be used for the moorage, storage, dockage or use of any floating home unless the enforcing officer has first issued a permit to the owner of such dock, pier, boat slip, boat moorage facility or similar item utilizing the same procedures and standards as contained in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) of this section.
(L) Building codes. Except for the foundation regulations, all floating homes shall fully comply with the Michigan Building Code for single-family residential dwellings.
(M) Height and length. No portion of a floating home shall exceed a height of 15 feet above the water when the water is calm. Also, no floating home shall exceed 27 feet in total length.
(Ord. 210726-B, passed 7-26-2021)