Goleta Municipal Code Ch. 8.13 Mobilehomes

The City, acting pursuant to the provisions of Section 18300 of the Health and Safety Code, hereby assumes the responsibility for the enforcement of those provisions of Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code (the Mobile Home Parks Act) and the City further shall enforce the provisions of Sections 18050, 18053 and 18054 of the Health and Safety Code, as provided by Section 18051 of the Health and Safety Code and all regulations adopted pursuant thereto, which are to be enforced by the City within the unincorporated territory of this City as the same may now exist, or hereafter be amended, and all successors and additions thereto.

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The provisions of this chapter and of the Mobile Home Parks Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be enforced by the Building Official and the Planning and Environmental Services Department.

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The definitions of terms used in this chapter shall be as all such terms are now or may hereafter be defined in the Mobile Home Parks Act and elsewhere in the Health and Safety Code.

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As permitted by subsection (c) of Section 18300 of the Health and Safety Code, all persons desiring to use or using a mobilehome or camp car for human habitation or occupancy as a dwelling in the City and outside of a mobilehome park, travel trailer park, recreational trailer park or temporary trailer park for which a permit is required shall first obtain a permit for such use from the City. All such permits shall be good only until the end of the calendar year in which issued. New permits shall be obtained for each ensuing calendar year in which any such use is to be continued. Permit fees shall be $25.00 or such other sum as the City shall determine to be commensurate with the cost of enforcing the Mobile Home Parks Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Such permit shall not be issued, or if already issued may be revoked at any time if such use violates or would violate any provisions of this chapter, or of the Mobile Home Parks Act or of any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. This section shall not apply to commercial uses of a mobilehome or camp car not also involving human habitation or occupancy as a dwelling, nor shall Section 8.13.050 apply to any governmental agency, including the City.

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As permitted by subsection (d) of Section 18300 of the Health and Safety Code, and other applicable state laws, the City hereby declares that no person shall construct, alter, erect, install or move in any structure accessory to a mobilehome or camp car without first obtaining a building permit and paying all fees pursuant to the provisions of Title 15 of this Code as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, and any successors and additions thereto.

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As provided in Section 18613 of the Health and Safety Code, a permit shall be first obtained from the City each time a mobilehome, which is required to be moved under a permit, is to be located or installed on any site in the City for the purpose of human habitation or occupancy as a dwelling. The fee for each such location or installation permit shall be $30.00 or such other sum or sums as may hereafter be approved by the City. An additional fee of $30.00 or such other sum may be charged for reinspection if the mobilehome cannot be approved for occupancy when inspected.

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All fees charged hereunder shall be paid to the Building Official.

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to conflict with any Federal or state laws or regulations, or with any zoning or other laws or regulations of the City. In case any such conflict should appear, the provisions of such laws or regulations shall prevail over the provisions of this chapter.

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Appeals from decisions, interpretations or acts of the Building Official or of Planning and Environmental Services Department made pursuant to this chapter shall be made in the same manner and shall follow the same procedure as is provided for appeals under the Zoning Ordinance; except, that appeals from such decisions, interpretations and acts involving or enforcing any provisions of state laws shall be appealed only to courts having jurisdiction of the subject matter of such appeals.

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