§ A3.005Manufactured homes and mobile homes.
(a) Filing fee for placement of mobile home or manufactured home on lot: $725.00, includes meter deposit, electrical, plumbing and HVAC permit costs.
(b) Each additional follow-up inspection: $100.00.
§ 3.07.001Placement of mobile home or manufactured home on lot.
(a) Mobile home defined.
A “mobile home” means a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.
(b) HUD-code manufactured home defined.
A “HUD-code manufactured home” means a structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.
(c) Authority to prohibit installation of mobile homes.
The city may prohibit the installation of a mobile home for use or occupancy as a residential dwelling within its corporate limits. Any such prohibition must be prospective and shall not apply to a mobile home previously legally permitted and used or occupied as a residential dwelling within the city.
(d) Lot size.
All lots upon which mobile homes or manufactured homes are placed shall be in accordance with the zoning ordinance. No more than one mobile home or manufactured home shall be placed upon any lot, and all mobile homes or manufactured homes shall be situated in as near the center of the acreage as possible.
(e) Removal of wheels, tying down, and connection to water and sewer system.
All mobile homes or manufactured homes moved onto a lot within the city shall, within thirty days (30) from the date moved onto such lot, have the wheels removed, be set on a permanent foundation and shall be underpinned and tied down. Also, said mobile home or manufactured home shall be hooked into the city sewer and water system within such time period.
(f) Permit.
Prior to moving a mobile home or manufactured home onto a lot in the city, a written application shall be filed with the city secretary accompanied by a filing fee in the amount provided in appendix A to this code. The application shall contain a legal description of the property onto which the mobile home or manufactured home will be placed, general plans and specifications showing the nature of any construction relative to the moving of such mobile home or manufactured home onto the property along with the probable cost thereof, and the purpose for which the mobile home or manufactured home will be used. At the next regular meeting of the city council after the application has been filed, the council will consider the application and either accept or reject it. In the event it rejects the application, the filing fee will be refunded. The applicant has the right to personally appear at the council meeting in which the application will be considered.
(g) Penalty.
Any person, either by himself or agent, and any firm, corporation or other entity who does not comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of any such violation shall be fined in a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each day during which such violation continuous shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ordinance A-213 adopted 12/2/99; Ordinance adopting Code)
