California City Municipal Code Ch. 7 Mobile Homes

This chapter is enacted to implement Part 2 of Division 13 (commencing with Section 18000) of the Health and Safety Code. The City is the enforcement agency pursuant to the Health and Safety Code.

The regulations of the Department of Housing and Community Development promulgated pursuant to Part 2 of Division 13 (commencing with Section 18000) of the Health and Safety Code regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, movement, enlargement, conversion, alteration, repair, removal, demolition, conversion, and occupancy of mobile homes. Three copies of these regulations are on file in the office of the City Clerk for public record and inspection.

A permit shall be obtained from the City each time a mobile home is to be located or installed on any site within the City for the purpose of human habitation or occupancy as a dwelling.

The contractor engaged to install the mobile home shall obtain the permit, except when the owner of the mobile home proposes to perform the installation, the owner shall obtain the permit. When a contractor applies for a permit to install a mobile home, the Contractor shall display a valid contractor's license.

The person who installs the mobile home shall complete the installation of the mobile home in accordance with this chapter and within thirty days.

The Building Official shall inspect the installation of mobile homes to determine compliance with the regulations promulgated by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Necessary interior inspection shall be limited to the electrical, water, and gas systems.

The contractor shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time to complete the installation after the defects in the mobile home have been corrected if the inspection of the mobile home installation reveals the mobile home cannot be approved for occupancy due to defective materials, systems, or equipment of the mobile home.

(a) The Building Official shall immediately notify the contractor and the Department of Housing and Community Development when a mobile home cannot be approved for occupancy due to defects of the mobile home.

(b) The Building Official shall notify the Registrar of Contractors of the fact and the name of the contractor if the contractor fails to perform the corrections within the time permitted.

The owner may occupy the mobile home if the mobile home fails the installation inspection because of conditions which do not endanger the health and safety of the occupant.

The person installing the mobile home shall pay to the City at the time the permit application is made, an inspection fee in an amount established by the Council by resolution.