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The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city through the regulation of the location, planning, design, layout, construction and operation of licensed manufactured home parks and manufactured homes. All licensed manufactured home parks established after September 23, 1985, will be in conformity with this chapter. All existing licensed manufactured home parks will follow these guidelines when increasing or decreasing their size and whenever a manufactured home is added or eliminated.
(1992 Code, § 24-2) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENCY. The planning and building services department including the zoning division.
CABANA. A factory-built room enclosure erected or constructed attached to a manufactured home for residential use by the occupants of a manufactured home.
CODES. Any codes or other regulations that the city council or its departments have adopted which include, but are not limited to, zoning code, property maintenance code, fire code, health code, building and residential code, plumbing code, mechanical and fuel gas code and electrical code. The codes will be controlling when work is to be done in a given area where the code is applicable.
DATA PLATE. The data plate which verifies the following: manufacturer’s name, trade/model name, year of manufacturer, serial number, HUD Construction Code Label(s) and HUD construction zones. Per 1976 HUD regulation, this form is to be affixed inside the home on or near the main electrical breaker box and is printed on paper or foil stock eight and one-half inches by 11 inches to eight and one-half inches by 14 inches in size.
DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING. An incidental freestanding building located on the same lot which it serves and used solely for storage of personal equipment and possessions of the manufactured home occupants.
LICENSE. A licensed manufactured home park operator’s license.
LICENSEE. The person to whom a manufactured home park license has been granted.
LICENSING ENTITY. The city council.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A dwelling unit which is fabricated in one or more sections at a location other than the home site by assembly line-type production techniques or by other construction methods unique to an off-site manufacturing process. A MANUFACTURED HOME/MOBILE HOME is designed to be towed on its own chassis or be site delivered by alternative means. Every section shall bear a label certifying that it is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. For manufactured homes built prior to June 15, 1976, a label certifying compliance to the Standard for Manufactured Homes, NFPA 501, ANSI 119.1, in effect at the time of manufacture is required.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK, LICENSED. A contiguous parcel of land, under the same ownership where lots are rented for the temporary placement of manufactured homes, with all necessary facilities and services, and is licensed by the city.
MANUFACTURED HOME SPACE. A parcel of land designated and approved for the placement of a single manufactured home.
PARK OCCUPANT. A person living in a manufactured home located in a licensed manufactured home park.
PARK OPERATOR. The person to whom a manufactured home park license has been issued or who is managing the licensed manufactured home park for someone who has been issued a license.
REQUIRED YARD. A yard of a manufactured home as set out in a licensed manufactured home park layout plan.
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNIT. Any dwelling unit which is rented or offered for rent as living quarters within a licensed manufactured home park.
SERVICE BUILDING. An accessory building to a licensed manufactured home park for related services.
SERVICE EQUIPMENT. The plumbing, mechanical and electrical equipment including piping, wiring, fixtures and other accessories which provide sanitation, lighting, heating, ventilation, cooling, refrigeration, fire protection and facilities essential for the habitable occupancy of a manufactured home or accessory building or structure for its designated use and occupancy.
UTILITIES. Water and sewer, gas or electrical distribution system which is available for connection to manufactured homes in a licensed manufactured home park.
YARD. An open space, other than a court on a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
ZONING ORDINANCE. The revised zoning ordinance of the city, as codified in chapter 160.
(1992 Code, § 24-3) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 103-94, passed 11-21-1994; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995; Ord. 26-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 87-11, passed 11-21-2011)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 10.002
LICENSED MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS
(a) Responsibility of licensee.
(1) The manufactured home park licensee will operate the park in strict compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the zoning ordinance and provisions of the conditional use permit as may be required by the planning commission or the city council.
(2) The licensee will provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its related facilities, roadways (including fire access), drainageways, walkways, open spaces, utilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
(3) The licensee will be responsible for verifying and certifying that all manufactured homes placed in the park meet or exceed the property maintenance code.
(4) The licensee will be responsible for a one-time verification that all manufactured homes located in a licensed manufactured home park are anchored with a tie-down system within 12 months of placement.
(5) The licensee will also be responsible to see that all plumbing, heating and electrical connections, alterations and additions comply with the requirements of this chapter; all street signs and address numbers are installed; and permits are secured for detached accessory buildings and park service buildings.
(6) The licensee will be responsible for the proper placement of each manufactured home and notification to the agency when new manufactured homes are placed.
(7) The licensee will provide the agency with the name, address and phone number of the local park management.
(8) The licensee will be responsible for titling or disposal of abandoned manufactured homes.
(b) Responsibilities of park occupants.
(1) The park occupant will comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter and will maintain the manufactured home space, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
(2) The park occupants of any manufactured home will be responsible to see that all plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical connections, alterations and additions comply with the requirements of this chapter and will secure the necessary permits for detached accessory buildings.
(3) The park occupants shall see that their personal passenger vehicles are licensed and operable. In no event shall any inoperable or unlicensed vehicle be parked in a licensed manufactured home park. Stored vehicles are allowed in designated screened parking lots as provided by the licensee within the licensed manufactured home park.
(4) The park occupant or the installer shall follow the manufacturing instructions for anchoring as required for HUD-labeled homes.
(1992 Code, § 24-4) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995; Ord. 26-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 87-11, passed 11-21-2011)
LICENSED MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS; LICENSE
(a) It will be unlawful for any person to operate any licensed manufactured home park within the city unless a valid annual license has been issued. Each license will expire on June 30. Application for a license and license renewal will be made in writing to the zoning enforcement manager on a form furnished by them for that purpose and accompanied by a copy of park rules and regulations, if any, and a fee payable to the city in the amount set forth in chapter 110.
(b) The deadline for filing applications will be 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. Licenses filed after the expiration date of the license will be charged, in addition to the license fee, a reinstatement fee equal to 50% of the license fee.
(1992 Code, § 24-5) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 103-94, passed 11-21-1994; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995; Ord. 87-11, passed 11-21-2011) Penalty, see § 10.999
The city council may, after a public hearing of which the licensee shall be notified, revoke a manufactured home park license in whole or part as described in this subchapter. The agency may refuse to renew a license for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any other conditions approved by the agency pursuant to this Code.
(1992 Code, § 24-7) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995; Ord. 87-11, passed 11-21-2011)
Every licensed manufactured home park licensee will give notice in writing to the agency within 30 days after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of interest in or control of the manufactured home park. The notice will include the name and address of the new owners. Upon application in writing for transfer of the license, the license may be transferred if the park is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other pertinent laws and regulations.
(1992 Code, § 24-7.1) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 92-85, passed 11-12-1985; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995)
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