[Ord. No. 227 §1, 10-4-1999; Ord. No. 278, 10-9-2006]
The intent of this Chapter on manufactured homes is to provide medium-density manufactured home opportunities and to protect the quality of life for residents of manufactured homes. Within this Chapter are regulations for individual manufactured home sites and for manufactured home parks. Individual manufactured homes may be located in "R-1M", "R-2" and "R-3" District residential areas. Chapter
410, Subdivision Regulations, will apply to manufactured home parks.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.710), 10-4-1999; Ord. No. 279, 10-9-2006]
It all be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a manufactured
home park unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor
and maintain such license in a currently valid status thereafter.
All other manufactured homes will require a building permit.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.720), 10-4-1999; Ord. No. 280, 10-9-2006]
A. Application For Initial Licenses, Manufactured Home Park. An application for an initial manufactured home park license shall be filed with the Planning and Zoning Commission. The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall include a plat of the manufactured home park and plans for indicated improvements according to Section
410.150 and Section
410.240, Subdivision Regulations.
1. The
Planning and Zoning Commission shall investigate and review the application
and the proposed plans and specifications. If the proposed manufactured
home park will be, when constructed or altered in accordance with
such plans and specifications, in compliance with the applicable ordinances
and Statutes, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall recommend to
the Board of Aldermen the approval of the application, and upon approval
by the Board and completion of the park according to the plans, the
Board shall issue the license.
2. Application for renewal license. Upon application in writing
by a licensee for renewal of a license and upon payment of the annual
license fee and upon approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission,
the Board of Aldermen shall issue a certificate renewing such license
for another year.
3. Application for transfer of license. Upon application in
writing by a licensee for transfer of a license and upon payment of
the transfer fee and upon approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission,
the Board of Aldermen shall approve such transfer.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.730), 10-4-1999]
A. The annual
license fee for each manufactured home park shall be fifty dollars
($50.00), due the first (1st) day of January and delinquent the last
day of February.
B. The fee
to transfer a license for a manufactured home park shall be twenty-five
dollars ($25.00).
C. The license
of a delinquent licensee shall become invalid as of the date such
delinquency occurs.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.740), 10-4-1999]
The Board of Aldermen may revoke any license for placement of
a manufactured home or any license to maintain and operate a park
when the licensee has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction
of violating any provision of these regulations or other applicable
ordinances or Statutes. After such cause for conviction has been remedied
and the Board of Aldermen have reason to believe that the manufactured
home or manufactured home park will be maintained and operated in
full compliance with the law, such license may be reinstated.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.750), 10-4-1999]
A. All applications for a manufactured home park license involving construction of a new park or modification of an existing park will be governed by Chapter
410, Subdivision Regulations.
B. Manufactured
home parks shall comply with the following additional requirements:
1. Minimum
lot sizes shall be seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet
in area with a minimum width of fifty (50) feet and minimum depth
of one hundred (100) feet. Lots irregular in size and those fronting
on a cul-de-sac may be permitted upon application to the Planning
and Zoning Commission and presentation of a plat thereof.
2. Every
manufactured home park shall contain at least three (3) acres of land
with direct access to public street right-of-way containing a width
of a least forty (40) feet.
3. Each
manufactured home shall be skirted completely with an access door
to the crawl space.
4. The
plan boundaries of the manufactured home park shall be a minimum of
twenty-five (25) feet from all public rights-of-way and a minimum
of twenty-five (25) feet from all other abutting property.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.760), 10-4-1999; Ord. No. 280, 10-9-2006]
A. All applications
for a manufactured home license involving an individual manufactured
home shall be accompanied by the following information:
1. Name
and address of the owner and occupant(s); and
2. Address
and location of the site.
D. The hitch,
tongue and axles must be removed from all individual manufactured
homes. All evidence of tongue, hitch or steel frame must be completed
covered from view. (This requirement is to ensure that the individual
manufactured home is considered real property for tax purposes.)
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.770), 10-4-1999]
Every manufactured home park shall be equipped at all times
with fire extinguishing equipment in good working order of such type,
size and number and so located within the park as to satisfy applicable
reasonable regulations of the Fire Department. No open fires shall
be permitted at any place which may endanger life or property. No
fire shall be left unattended at any time.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.780), 10-4-1999; Ord. No. 280, 10-9-2006]
A. All manufactured homes must be constructed according to the current standards established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for constructing such structures and shall bear a seal issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as required by the Revised Statutes of Missouri, Chapter
700, prior to any such structure being set up in the corporate limits of the City of Diamond.
B. All manufactured
housing units shall:
2. Have
a minimum of two (2) concrete slabs or ribbons eighteen (18) inches
wide and eighteen (18) inches deep capable of carrying the weight
and of sufficient length to support all blocking points of the manufactured
home.
3. Be blocked
at a maximum of ten (10) foot centers under the beams or in accordance
with the current Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Code and
in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines.
4. Be secured
to the ground by tie-downs and ground anchors in accordance with the
current Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Code and in accordance
with the manufacturer's guidelines.
C. All manufactured
home sites shall provide at least one (1) off-street parking space
on the lot on which said structure is set up to be used by the resident
of said structure or its guests. Such parking spaces shall have an
area of not less than two hundred (200) square feet, exclusive of
space necessary to provide access to a street.
[Ord. No. 227 §1(94.800), 10-4-1999]
No manufactured home, modular unit or mobile home shall be hooked
up to City utilities until it has been inspected by and received approval
from the Building Inspector's being in compliance with this Code and
Chapter 700, RSMo.