Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 8.04 Mobilehome Parks Act

Sections: 8.04.010 City assumption of responsibility. 8.04.020 Definitions. 8.04.030 Enforcement. 8.04.040 Mobilehome--Outside mobilehome park--Use permit required. 8.04.050 Mobilehome--Accessory--Installation--Building permit required. 8.04.060 Mobilehome--Installation--Building permit required when. 8.04.070 Fees--Disposition. 8.04.080 Conflict of provisions.

8.04.090 Appeals.

** For statutory provisions of the Mobilehome Parks Act, see Health and Saf. Code § 18200 et seq.; for provisions on local enforcement of the Mobilehome Parks Act, see Health and Saf. Code § 18300.

The city, acting pursuant to the provisions of Section 18300 of the Health and Safety Code, 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 Mobilehome 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 incorporated territory of the city as the same may now exist or hereafter be amended, and all successors and additions thereto. (Ord. 76-204 §1, 1976).

The definitions of terms used in this chapter shall be as all such terms are now or may hereafter be defined in the Mobilehome Parks Act and elsewhere in the Health and Safety Code. (Ord. 76-204 §3, 1976).

The provisions of this chapter and of the Mobilehome Parks Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be enforced by the building official and the building division of the city. (Ord. 76-204 §2, 1976).

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 unincorporated territory of the city and outside of a mobilehome park, travel trailer park, recreational trailer park or temporary trailer park for which a permit is required, on and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, shall first obtain a permit for such use from the building department of 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 twenty-five dollars or such other sum as the city council shall determine, by resolution, to be commensurate with the cost of enforcing the Mobilehome 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 Mobilehome 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 8.04.050 apply to any governmental agency, including the city of Wasco. (Ord. 76-204 §4, 1976).

As permitted by subsection (d) of Section 18300 of the Health and Safety Code and other applicable state laws, the city council 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 city ordinances, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, and any successors and additions thereto. (Ord. 76-204 §5, 1976).

As provided in Section 18613 of the Health and Safety Code, a permit shall first be obtained from the building department each time a mobilehome, which is required to be moved under a permit, is to be located or installed on any site in the incorporated territory of the city for the purpose of human habitation or occupancy: as a dwelling. The fee for each such location or installation permit shall be thirty dollars or such other sum or sums as may hereafter be permitted by resolution of the city council. An additional fee of thirty dollars or other sum may be charged for reinspection if the mobilehome cannot be approved for occupancy when inspected. (Ord. 76-204 §6, 1976).

All fees charged under this chapter shall be paid to the building department for deposit in the general fund of the city. (Ord. 76-204 §7, 1976).

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. (Ord. 76-204 §8, 1976).

Appeals from decisions, interpretations or acts of the building official or of the building 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 Uniform Building Code; 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. (Ord. 76-204 §9, 1976).