The following words, when used in this article, shall have the meaning respectively ascribed:
HUD-Code Manufactured Home.
A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. A mobile home is not a HUD-code manufactured home and a HUD-code manufactured home is not a mobile home for any purpose under this article.
Licensee.
A person licensed to operate and maintain a manufactured home park under the provisions of this article.
Manufactured Home Park.
Any plot of ground upon which facilities are provided for locating two (2) or more manufactured homes to be occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes regardless of whether a charge is made for such accommodations.
Manufactured Home Space.
A plot of ground within a manufactured home park designed for the accommodation of one manufactured home.
Manufactured Home Subdivision.
A contiguous parcel of land for the placement of two (2) or more manufactured homes wherein the manufactured home lots are individually owned.
Manufactured Housing or Manufactured Home.
A HUD-code manufactured home or a mobile home and collectively means and refers to both.
Mobile Home.
A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designated to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems.
Operator.
The person in charge of operating any manufactured home park, either under written or verbal lease, or any other arrangement whereby he exercises control over the premises.
Owner.
The person in whose name the title to the lot, block, tract or parcel of land, or in whose name the title to the manufactured home, is shown to be.
Permittee.
Any person to whom a permit is issued to maintain or operate a manufactured home park under the provisions of this article.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-1)
(a) 
HUD-code manufactured homes are permitted by right in manufactured home parks and/or manufactured home subdivisions. Manufactured home parks and subdivisions are permitted presuming the issuance of a specific use permit for the park subdivision. HUD-code manufactured homes may be located on individual lots in residential districts in the areas of the city designated as HUD-code Manufactured Home Zones; under subsection (c) hereunder, presuming the issuance of a specific use permit. Therefore, both individual unit locations and parks or subdivisions must apply for specific use permits, under the provisions of Section 3.704.
(b) 
No mobile home, as that term is defined in Section 3.701, shall be occupied as a residence within the city; provided however, that this subsection shall not apply to mobile homes used as field offices during construction and which are located on the construction sites, or to mobile homes located upon manufactured home sale lots, or to mobile homes used for governmental purposes.
(c) 
HUD-code manufactured homes may be located in the following areas of the city:
(1) 
In licensed manufactured home parks or manufactured home subdivisions;
(2) 
In the areas described as HUD-code Manufactured Home Zones, which zones are reflected in the description and plat thereof attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all purposes.
(d) 
All HUD-code manufactured homes occupied as a residence shall be located only in those zoning districts which are classified under Ordinance No. 83-5, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Hillsboro, as (1) Residential Single Family Dwelling District (R-S), (2) Residential Multiple Family Dwelling-Medium Density District (RM-M), and (3) Residential Multiple Family Dwelling Highest Density District (RM-H), and said homes shall be placed only upon separate lots. A front building setback line of at least twenty-five (25) feet shall be maintained. A side yard of at least ten (10) feet shall be maintained on each side and the rear of the lot on which the HUD-code manufactured home is placed.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-2)
The following standards, in addition to any other standards imposed by the city council, shall be applicable to manufactured home occupied as living quarters outside licensed manufactured home parks when permitted by specific use permit:
(1) 
After adoption of this article, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or other entity to rent or lease a manufactured home located outside of a designated manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision in the City of Hillsboro, Texas. Any manufactured home which is occupied by a person or persons renting or leasing at the time of the adoption of this article, and which home becomes and remains vacant for a period of sixty (60) days, may not be thereafter rented or leased. All manufactured homes located outside of designated manufactured home parks or manufactured home subdivisions within such city may be occupied only by the owners thereof or their immediate families. "Immediate families" as used herein, shall mean children, grandchildren, parents, brothers and sisters of the owner or owners.
(2) 
The owner of a HUD-code manufactured home to be placed outside of designated manufactured home parks in the city shall own the lot on which said HUD-code manufactured home is to be placed, and shall submit proof of ownership of said lot with his application for a specific use permit.
(3) 
Any HUD-code manufactured home located outside of licensed manufactured home parks or subdivisions in the city must be occupied by the owner or his immediate family, as defined in subsection (1) above, as a permanent, primary residence.
(4) 
All HUD-code manufacture homes shall be anchored in accordance with Texas Department of Labor and Standards rules and regulations; fire resistant skirting with the necessary vents, screens and/or openings shall be installed on each manufactured home within ten (10) days after its emplacement on the land. The fire resistant skirting shall be maintained intact to prevent accumulations of flammable material beneath the manufactured home. The skirting must be of a material complementary to the manufactured home. This would exclude unpainted galvanized metal, rusty metal and unpainted wood. The skirting must be installed with proper framing or supports and maintained in good repair.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-3)
(a) 
The owner of HUD-code manufactured home who desires to locate said home on a lot outside a manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision shall apply for a specific use permit to so locate said home. The application for such permit shall be accompanied by an application fee as set by the city council and on file in the office of the city secretary, a color photograph of the home, and proof of ownership of both the HUD-code manufactured home and the lot on which the home is to be located.
(b) 
An application to install a new HUD-code manufactured home for use and occupancy as a residential dwelling shall be deemed approved and granted unless the city denies the application in writing within forty-five (45) days from receipt of the application, setting forth the reason.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-4)
Mobile homes heretofore installed in compliance with the ordinances of the City of Hillsboro, Texas, may remain in place and continue to be used or occupied. Relocation or additions to mobile homes within the City of Hillsboro are hereby prohibited. Exchange or replacement of a mobile home shall be permitted but only upon application for a specific use permit within ninety (90) days after removal of the existing home, provided the replacement home is a HUD-code manufactured home, and provided the lot upon which the HUD-code manufactured home is to be placed is located within the HUD-code Manufacturing Zones described on file in the office of the city secretary.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-5)
It shall be the responsibility of a manufactured home owner to render his property to the Hill County Appraisal District in accordance with local ordinances and state law for tax purposes. This rendition shall be made at the time of the issuance of the specific use permit for the location of a HUD-code manufactured home within the city.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-6)
Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in Section 1.109 of this code. Each day a violation of this article continues shall be a separate offense.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Section 18-7)