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.
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)