Sonoma County Municipal Code § 40-51 Residential use of manufactured homes

A. Scenic landscape units.

1. Design standards. The director shall establish ministerial design standards for review of applications for reconstruction and repair of residential structures on fire-damaged lots.

2. Reconstruction and repair of residential structures. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this code, applications for reconstruction and repair of residential structures on fire-damaged lots located in an SR combining district and also within a scenic landscape unit as shown in the general plan open space element shall be subject to review and approval by the director. Applications that conform to the design standards established under Section 40-50 A shall be approved. The director's decision shall be final and the provisions of Section[s] 26-92-040(a), (b) of this code shall not apply. Applications that do not comply with the design standards established under Section 40-50 A shall be subject to administrative design review under Chapter 26 of this code.

B. Commercial and industrial structures. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this code, applications for reconstruction and repair of commercial and industrial structures on fire-damaged lots may, in the discretion of the director, be subject to administrative design review pursuant to Chapter 26 of this code. If the director determines that administrative design review is not appropriate or otherwise not applicable, the application for reconstruction or repair shall be subject to design review under Chapter 26 of this code.

(Ord. No. 6501, § III(Exh. A), 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 6398, § III(Exh. A), 12-13-2022)

Manufactured homes may be used for temporary residential use on fire-damaged lots by displaced persons where an application and site plan for reconstruction of the primary residential structure has been submitted to PRMD and the use complies with the standards set forth in Sections 40-30 B, except that the manufactured home may be placed on a pad or foundation. Upon completion of the permanent residential structure, and as a condition of receiving final inspection and approval for occupancy of the permanent residential structure, the manufactured home and any installed pad or foundation shall be removed. For purposes of this section only, the definition of manufactured home in Section 26-04-020 of this code shall apply. Nothing in this section shall preclude use of a manufactured home on a permanent foundation as the primary dwelling or accessory dwelling unit, provided that the manufactured home complies with all applicable requirements of this code.

(Ord. No. 6501, § III(Exh. A), 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 6398, § III(Exh. A), 12-13-2022)

Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this code, compliance with Section 7-12 of this code shall not be required in connection with an application for reconstruction or repair of a residential dwelling unit on a fire-damaged lot, as defined in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 6501, § III(Exh. A), 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 6398, § III(Exh. A), 12-13-2022)