Rancho Cordova Municipal Code Art. IV Installation Of Manufactured Homes

All 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) if they are located in a mobile home park. 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 licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer, to the floodplain administrator.

(Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))

All new and replacement manufactured homes, that are not part of a mobile home park, including substantial improvement of manufactured homes installed in flood hazard areas, shall be installed on permanent, reinforced foundations that are designed in accordance with the foundation requirements of Section R322.2 of the Residential Code (CCR Title 24 Part 2.5) and these regulations.

(Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))

All new and replacement manufactured homes (that are not part of a mobile home park) 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. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))

All manufactured homes that are placed, replaced, or substantially improved on sites located outside of a manufactured home park or subdivision shall be elevated such that the lowest floor, or bottom of the lowest horizontal member of the lowest floor, as applicable to the flood hazard area, is one and one-half feet above the base flood elevation.

(Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))

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. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))

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. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))

Mechanical equipment and outside appliances shall be elevated to or above the lowest floor or bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the manufactured home, as applicable to the flood hazard area.

Exception. Where such equipment and appliances are designed and installed to prevent water from entering or accumulating within their components and the systems are constructed to resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and stresses, including the effects of buoyancy, during the occurrence of flooding up to the elevation required by this article, the systems and equipment shall be permitted to be located below that elevation. Electrical wiring systems shall be permitted below the design flood elevation provided they conform to the provisions of NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code).

(Ord. 11-2023 § 3 (Exh. B))