West Sacramento Municipal Code Art. I Enforcement Authority

The purpose of this article is to appoint and designate the building and site inspection division of the community development department as the enforcement authority to enforce the provisions of Sections 18300, 18613 and 18614 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, as amended by Chapter 803, Laws of 1975; Chapter 640, Laws of 1973; and Chapter 1273, Laws of 1975.

(County code § 7-5.01)

Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 18300, 18613 and 18614 of the Health and Safety Code of the state, as amended, the building and site inspection division of the community development department is designated as the enforcement authority to enforce all the laws and regulations of the state and city applicable to or regulating the location, installation, emplacement or setting up of all manufactured housing and/or mobile homes, and any connection to such structures to any utility service or device, on any site or location, except within a mobile home park.

(County code § 7-5.02)

No person shall locate, install, emplace, set up or connect to any utility service or device any manufactured housing and/or mobile home on any site or location, except within a mobile home park, without first applying for and obtaining a permit to do so from the building and site inspection division of the community development department and paying all the fees for such permit according to the schedule of fees adopted by resolution by the city council.

(County code § 7-5.03)

A. The building inspection department shall issue the permit described in Section 15.04.030 for an application which is accompanied by the plans, specifications and data required by the laws and regulations of the state and this article upon the full payment of all fees required by this article and state laws, and upon making the findings set forth in this article. In the event an applicant for a permit does not submit adequate, correct or complete data, plans and specifications, the building inspection department shall so notify the applicant. In the event the applicant then resubmits his or her application, an additional application filing fee shall be collected.

B. The permit shall be issued if the building and site inspection division makes all the following findings:

1. That the mobile home has been certified under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 USC Section 541, et seq.);

2. That, if the mobile home is to be installed on a foundation, the foundation system complies with the plans and specifications required by the regulations of the Department of Housing and Community Development of the state;

3. That, if the mobile home is to be installed on a foundation, the manufacturer, dealer or purchaser of the mobile home has provided plans and specifications designed by a state licensed architect or engineer covering the installation of an individual mobile home on a foundation and such additional engineering as required by the building inspection department due to the particular circumstances of the site;

4. That the utility connections, site grading, waste treatment facilities, accessory equipment and/or structures, and all other work to be done comply with all regulations which are applicable to them, and that a building permit has been issued for such work if required by such regulations;

5. That the community development director has approved the site plan pursuant to Article II of this chapter; and

6. That all conditions of site plan approval have been satisfied.

(County code § 7-5.04)

In the event the installation, emplacement or setting up of a mobile home, or its placement on a foundation, or its connection to a utility service fails to comply with city or state laws or regulations, the building inspection department shall notify the applicant for the permit of the deficiencies. The applicant shall then perform the necessary corrective work and request a reinspection within ten days after the date of the notice. The fee for the reinspection shall be paid upon the request for reinspection.

(County code § 7-5.05)

At the time the building inspection department issues a certificate of occupancy for any mobile home placed on a foundation, the building inspection department shall cause to be recorded with the county recorder a document particularly describing the real property upon which the mobile home has been installed on a foundation and the fact that a mobile home has been affixed to the property. A copy of the document shall be forwarded to the county assessor.

(County code § 7-5.06)

Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished as provided in Chapter 1.12 of this code.

(County code § 7-5.07)