In addition to any other requirements provided by law, any application for a building permit for construction of a new single-family or two-family dwelling within the city shall be accompanied by a site plan and architectural plan with appropriate drawings of adequate scale showing building materials, exterior elevations and floor plans of all proposed structures, and complying with the design criteria set forth as follows:
A. Zoning Requirements: The dwelling shall meet all requirements of the zone in which the dwelling is located.
B. Code Requirements: Each dwelling must meet the requirements of the city adopted building codes or, if it is a manufactured home, it must be certified under the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974, meet the HUD code, and must have been issued an insignia approved by the HUD and must not have been altered in violation of such codes.
C. Real Property Status: Each dwelling must be taxed as real property. If the dwelling is a manufactured home, affidavits as required by Utah Code Annotated section 59-2-602 must be filed under that section and a copy thereof submitted to the city prior to receiving a certificate of occupancy.
D. Connection To Utilities: Each dwelling must be approved for and permanently connected to all required utilities.
E. Foundation Requirements:
1. Each dwelling shall have a code approvable site built concrete, masonry, steel or treated wood permanent foundation which meets the requirements of city adopted codes or the city adopted building code guidelines for manufactured housing installations, including any amendments or successors thereto, and must be capable of transferring design, deadload and liveloads and other design loads unique to local home sites due to wind, seismic, soil and water conditions, that are imposed by or upon the structure into the underlying soil or bedrock, without failure.
2. All perimeter footings must be a minimum of twelve inches (12") below grade. All tiedown devices must meet city adopted building codes or other applicable building codes. The space beneath the structure must be enclosed at the perimeter of the dwelling in accordance with city adopted building code guidelines and constructed of weather resistant materials aesthetically consistent with concrete or masonry type foundation materials. At each exit door there shall be a landing of a minimum of thirty six inches by thirty six inches (36" x 36") constructed to meet the requirements of city adopted building codes. All manufactured home running gear, tongues, axles and wheels must be removed at the time of installation.
F. Roof Requirements: The roof of each dwelling shall have a minimum pitch ratio of two feet six inches (2'6") to every twelve feet (12'), or lesser pitch with parapet walls under a design approved by the chief building official. At nongable ends of the roof there shall be an overhang at the eaves of not less than six inches (6"), excluding rain gutters, measured from the vertical side of the dwelling. The roof overhang requirements shall not apply to areas above porches, alcoves and other appendages which together do not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the length of the dwelling. The roof surface shall consist of wood shakes, asphalt, composition, wood shingles, tile or fiberglass shingles.
G. Exterior Siding Materials: Each dwelling shall have exterior materials of a sufficient quality, durability and resistance to the elements to satisfy the purpose of this section. Exterior siding material shall consist of wood, hardwood, brick, concrete, stucco, glass, metal lap, vinyl lap, tile, or stone meeting the requirements of city adopted building codes.
H. Front Entry Orientation: Each dwelling shall have a main front entry facing a public street unless otherwise approved by the planning commission based upon special circumstances justifying such exception.
I. Width Of Dwelling:
1. The width of each dwelling shall not be less than twenty feet (20') at the narrowest point of its first floor, exclusive of any garages, bay windows, room additions or other similar appendages. A basement shall not be considered as a first floor. The width shall be considered the lesser of the two (2) primary dimensions.
2. Manufactured homes shall be multiple transportable sections at least ten feet (10') wide unless transportable in three (3) or more sections, in which case only one section need be ten feet (10') wide.
J. Garage/Carport Requirement: Each dwelling shall be provided with a primary garage or carport as required by this title of the applicable zone in which the dwelling is located, and built in conformance to subsections F and G of this section, and built to building codes adopted by the city.
K. Lot Size: Each dwelling located on a lot of seven thousand (7,000) square feet or less in size shall have a minimum floor area on the main floor or floors, exclusive of garages, of nine hundred (900) square feet. Each dwelling located on a lot greater than seven thousand (7,000) square feet in size shall have a minimum floor area on the main floor or floors, exclusive of garages, of one thousand (1,000) square feet. A basement shall not be considered as a floor. Measurements to determine the minimum area of the dwelling shall be taken from the outside of foundation walls.
L. Nonconforming Homes: Replacement of an existing nonconforming manufactured home on any lot outside a mobile home zone must comply with all the requirements contained in this chapter.
M. Removal Of Home: Any previously occupied dwelling which is to be moved from an existing location to a lot within the city shall be approved by the chief building official, or his designated representative, prior to the move to ensure that it meets the requirements of this chapter and applicable building codes. Any violations must be corrected as directed by the chief building official prior to occupancy of the dwelling. (Ord. 2002-19, 12-11-2002)