Please apply for your mobile home/ manufactured home move-in permit using the information below.
** Please note that this permit is only for moving in and placing a new or used mobile or manufactured home, not for work on existing homes in the city.
Ensure you have all of the following items as applicable to submit for an accessory structure permit.
You will need to upload the following documents with your permit application:
- Legal Description (lot, block, subdivision)
- North arrow and scale
- Property lines and lot dimensions
- All easements
- Proposed structure and all existing buildings
- Driveways and sidewalk dimensions
- Existing and proposed location of utility poles, pad mounted transformers
3. Name of all contractors – Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing, Home Installer/Mover Registration (all must be registered with the city)
4. Affidavit Signed by Applicant that Pre-Owned Home meets all Health and Safety Standards of the Newark Code of Ordinances, Section 3.07.124 (Must be Notarized) (Pre-Owned Homes Only)
5. Photographs of the interior and exterior of home. For Pre-Owned Homes these photos must provide evidence that Pre-Owned Home meets Health and Safety Standards of the Newark Code of Ordinances, Section 3.07.124.
6. The Written Disclosure Statement Required by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
You will upload all of the above documents after completing the registration on the permit portal as described to the right.
DOWNLOAD THE PERMIT APPLICATION (HERE)
Using the portal button below, please follow the steps below for accessory structure permit.
Click Residential --> Next Step
Click New Construction --> Next Step
--> Next Step ---> Create Project
* Fees will be added once a permit is received if they are not automatically calculated and will need to be paid before plans are sent to plan review.
At this time, you need to submit the required documents
Click Review Project
Click First Review
Click Upload Documents for Review.
Upload all documents listed in the required documents listed to the left.
Please note that this is a general list of what inspections these projects generally require, however some permits may require additional inspections. As always, re-inspections will require additional fees.
§ 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)