Division 5 — MOBILE HOME PERMIT

Editor's note— Ord. No. 11-383, § 20, adopted March 9, 2011, amended Div. 5 in its entirety to read as set out herein. Former Div. 5, §§ 9675—9675.3, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 120 adopted Feb. 3, 1983; Ord. No. 93-242, § 3, adopted Nov. 10, 1993.

9675. • Mobile home permit; purpose.

The mobile home permit is established to provide for the individual placement of a mobile home containing one (1) dwelling unit, in lieu of a single-family residence, on a lot or parcel of land where permitted in the district, subject to the area requirements of the land use district. It is the intent of this permit to recognize the modern mobile home as an alternate source of affordable factory-built housing available from the manufacturer with an exterior similar to conventionally constructed housing. The mobile home permit is intended to ensure that mobile homes so placed are compatible with surrounding uses, that the proposed site is suitable, and that the property values are protected through the imposition of appropriate regulations and conditions for placement and maintenance of such mobile homes. These provisions do not apply to mobile home parks.

(Ord. No. 11-383, § 20, 3-9-2011)

All applications for a mobile home permit shall conform to the following procedures:

A.

Application—Information. The applicant of a mobile home permit shall substantiate to the satisfaction of the commission the following fact:

That the requested mobile home has, or is capable of and will be structurally altered to present, an exterior appearance similar to conventionally constructed housing.

B.

Application—Fee. When a mobile home permit application is filed, it shall be accompanied by the filing fee as established by city council resolution.

C.

Application—Denial for lack of information. The director may deny, without a public hearing, and [an] application for a mobile home permit is [if] such application does not contain the information required by the [this] section. The director may permit the applicant to amend such application.

D.

Application—Conditions for approval. The commission shall not approve an application for a mobile home permit in lieu of a single-family residence unless they find that the information provided is correct.

E.

Effective date of permit. The decision of the commission shall become final and effective fifteen (15) calendar days after planning commission action, provided no appeal of the action has been filed.

(Ord. No. 11-383, § 20, 3-9-2011)

Every mobile home permit shall be subject to the following conditions. All of the following conditions shall be deemed to be conditions of every mobile home permit granted, whether such conditions are set forth in the mobile home permit or not. The commission, in granting the mobile home permit, may impose additional conditions, but may not change or modify any of the following conditions:

A.

Each mobile home shall have a sloping roof with eave projections of at least twelve (12) inches, constructed with fire-resistant roofing. Such roof must be non-reflective in nature and roll-formed-type metal roofing shall not be used.

B.

Each mobile home shall have an exterior siding of wood, metal or other equivalent material approved by the commission, siding materials used shall be non-reflective in nature.

C.

Each mobile home shall have skirting, constructed of a material designated to correspond to or complement the mobile home's undercarriage from all directions.

D.

Each mobile home shall have an enclosed garage.

E.

Landscaping necessary to achieve the same standards of development as are characteristic of the surrounding properties, as specified by the commission, shall be provided.

F.

Each mobile home shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than those required for the land use district in which it is located.

G.

The granting of a mobile home permit shall not relieve the applicant, his assigns, or his successors in interest from complying with all other applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.

(Ord. No. 11-383, § 20, 3-9-2011)

A.

Filing an application. An application requesting a time extension for a mobile home permit where used may be filed with the director prior to the expiration of such permit, except that no application shall be filed if final action resulting in a denial of a request for such time extension has been taken within one (1) year prior thereto by the director. Said application shall conform to the provisions of section 9675.1.

(Ord. No. 11-383, § 20, 3-9-2011)