(a) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
“Mobile home” shall mean a structure used as semi-permanent housing and designed for human habitation, with or without a permanent foundation and can be transported by a motor vehicle. For the purposes of this section, mobile homes shall be considered structures when such mobile homes are parked in a mobile home park. “Mobile home” includes “trailers” that are used for habitable purposes, whether temporary or permanent.
“Trailer” shall mean any vehicle without motive power or designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and to be used in such a manner as to permit temporary occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters, or the conduct of any business, trade, or occupation, or use as a selling or advertising device, or use for the storage or conveyance of tools, equipment, or machinery, and so designed that it is mounted on wheels and may be used as a conveyance on highways and streets. “Trailer” shall include the terms “camp trailer”, “trailer coach”, “automobile trailer”, and “house trailer” except when “house trailer” falls within the definition of “mobile home”. For the purposes of this chapter, trailers shall be considered structures when such trailers are parked in mobile home parks or trailer camps and are used on such sites for human habitation, offices, wash houses, storage, or similar auxiliary services necessary to the human habitation of the court or camp.
(b) In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, the use of mobile homes and the operation of mobile home parks shall be governed by the sanitary regulations and building regulations prescribed by the State of California and/or Yolo County, together with all amendments thereto subsequently adopted and as may otherwise be required by law.
(c) Manufactured or mobile homes may be located on individual lots and temporarily or permanently used as substitutes for “stick built” residences in the agricultural zones, and in other zones if the home is an allowed or permitted use, subject to the following development standards:
(1) The mobile home or office meets all other development standards of this chapter, including the agricultural home siting standards contained in Section 8-2.402 and all setback and other standards for the zone in which it is located.
(2) The mobile home shall have a floor area of sufficient size to be compatible with existing dwellings in the area.
(3) Approved mobile home skirting shall be applied around the base of the mobile home so as to obscure the area beneath the unit. Wood skirting located nearer than six (6) inches to the earth shall be treated wood or wood of natural resistance to decay and termites as defined in the most current edition of the Uniform Building Code, or any amendment thereto. Metal skirting shall be galvanized or treated metal or metal resistant to corrosion.
(4) The mobile home, its installation and facilities, any permanent buildings, and any mobile home accessory buildings and structures shall be governed by the standards adopted by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and said provisions shall govern the maintenance, use, and occupancy of such mobile homes.
(d) A mobile home, trailer, or commercial coach may be used as a temporary dwelling or office in any zone, pending the construction of a permanent dwelling or office on the same lot or lots, after obtaining a building permit for the construction of the permanent dwelling or office subject to the following development standards:
(1) The mobile home or commercial coach shall not be located on the same site for more than six (6) months, except as otherwise provided in this subsection.
(2) Such six (6) months period shall commence on the issuance of the building permit and shall automatically and immediately terminate should the building permit become void.
(3) The Chief Building Official Inspector may renew the same for one additional six (6) months period provided he or she determines that substantial progress has been made in the construction and that it is reasonable and probable that the structure will be completed within one additional six (6) months’ period.
(4) Such mobile home or commercial coach shall not be installed on a foundation.
(e) In the zones wherein the sale of new or used mobile homes is a permitted or conditional use, one (1) mobile home may be used as an office in conjunction with the sales. Such use shall be considered accessory to the principal use of the site.
(f) Trailers or commercial coaches, with no permanent foundation or structure, may be used by watchmen employed for the protection of the principal permitted use when located in industrial or public and open space zones, on, or adjacent to, the parcel occupied for the principal permitted use, subject to the approval of the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014)