All new and replacement manufactured homes, additions to existing manufactured homes or additions to existing manufactured home parks or subdivisions, and recreational vehicles which are left on a site for longer than one hundred eighty (180) days and are not licensed and ready for highway use shall be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation, collapse or 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. The provisions of this paragraph and subsection (a)(1) do not apply to recreational vehicles which are on a site for fewer than one hundred eighty (180) days and which are fully licensed and ready for highway use. A recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is on its wheels or jacking system and is attached to the site only by quick disconnect type utilities and security devices and has no permanently attached additions.
(a) General Provisions:
(1) All newly placed, repaired or replacement manufactured homes, additions to existing manufactured homes and recreational vehicles, where applicable, shall be placed and elevated so that the bottom of the structural frame or the lowest point of any attached appliances, whichever is lower, is at or above the regulatory flood elevation.
(2) A manufactured home which has incurred substantial damage by a flood may be repaired or may be replaced by another manufactured home. If the damage is less than fifty (50) percent of its value before the flood, it may be repaired or may be replaced by another manufactured home.
(3) All public and private utilities shall be located and constructed so as to minimize or eliminate flood damage.
(4) A plan for evacuating residents of all manufactured home parks or subdivisions located within floodprone areas shall be developed and filed with and approved by the county department of emergency services, disaster planning and preparedness. A copy of the approved plan shall be submitted to the city engineer's office for record.
(b) Certification: Certification by a state-registered professional civil engineer that the installation of a manufactured home meets all of the requirements of this section is required. Such certification shall be provided by the person installing the manufactured home, the owner, the developer of the manufactured home park or subdivision, or an agency regulating manufactured home placement, whichever is deemed appropriate by the city engineer. Certification of elevations listed on the floodplain use permit shall be prepared by a state-registered land surveyor and provided to the city engineer prior to habitation of the structure in the form of an Elevation Certificate prepared by FEMA for Building Under Construction stage or at Final Construction.
(Ord. No. 7407, § 5, 6-25-90; Ord. No. 11396, § 1, 8-9-16)