Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 4 Installation of Manufactured Homes

Where permitted, manufactured homes installed in flood hazard areas shall be installed by an installer that is licensed pursuant to the Business and Professions Code and shall comply with the requirements of the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the requirements of this Chapter. In addition to permits pursuant to this Chapter, permits from the HCD are required where the HCD is the enforcement agency for installation of manufactured homes. Upon completion of installation and prior to the final inspection by the floodplain administrator, the installer shall submit certification of the elevation of the manufactured home, prepared by a CA Licensed Land Surveyor or Civil Engineer, to the floodplain administrator.

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Where permitted, new and replacement manufactured homes, including substantial improvement of manufactured homes installed in flood hazard areas, shall be installed on permanent, reinforced foundations that:

a. In flood hazard areas other than coastal high hazard areas and Coastal A Zones are designed in accordance with the foundation requirements of Section R322.2 of the residential code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5) and this Chapter.

b. In coastal high hazard areas (Zone V /VE) and Coastal A Zones, are designed in accordance with the foundation requirements of Section R322.3 of the residential code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5) and these regulations.

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Where permitted, new and replacement manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved in a flood hazard area shall be installed using methods and practices which minimize flood damage and shall be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation, collapse and lateral movement. Methods of anchoring are authorized to include, but are not limited to, use of over-the-top or frame ties to ground anchors. This requirement is in addition to applicable state and local anchoring requirements for resisting wind loads and seismic loads.

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Unless subject to the requirements of Section 48.26.25, where permitted, manufactured homes that are placed, replaced or substantially improved on sites located: (a) outside of a manufactured home park or subdivision; (b) in a new manufactured home park or subdivision; (c) in an expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision; or (d) in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision upon which a manufactured home has incurred "substantial damage" as the result of a flood, shall be elevated per the requirements of Section R322.2 of the California Residential Code (CCR Title 24, Part 2.5).

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Where permitted, manufactured homes that are not subject to Section 48.26.20, including manufactured homes that are placed, replaced or substantially improved on sites located in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision, unless on a site where substantial damage as a result of flooding has occurred, shall be elevated such that either the:

a. Lowest floor, or bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member, as applicable to the flood hazard area, is elevated per the requirements of Section R322.2 of the California Residential Code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5).

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Materials below elevated manufactured homes shall comply with the flood-damage resistant materials requirements of Section R322 of the residential code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5).

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Fully enclosed areas below elevated manufactured homes shall comply with the enclosed area requirements of Section R322 of the residential code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5).

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)

Mechanical equipment and outside appliances such as, but not limited to, air conditioners, furnaces, propane tanks, water heating equipment and electrical service boxes, shall be elevated per the requirements of Section R322.1.6 of the California Residential Code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5).

(Ord. No. 6.2025, § 2, 9/9/25.)