Editor’s note(s)–An ordinance adopted April 3, 1997, amended Ch. 14 to read as herein set out. Prior to this amendment, Ch. 14 contained similar subject matter and was derived from an ordinance of April 27, 1970.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them:
Code:
The Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Code.
Dependent mobile home:
A manufactured home without inside toilet and bath.
Licensee:
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a manufactured home park under the provisions of this chapter.
Manufactured housing or manufactured home:
A structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one 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. The term does not include a recreational vehicle as that term is defined by 24 C.F.R. section 3282.8(g).
Mobile home:
A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one 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.
Mobile home park or manufactured home park:
Any plot of ground upon which one or more mobile homes or manufactured homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation.
Manufactured home space:
A plot of ground within a manufactured home park designed for the accommodation of one or more mobile homes or manufactured homes.
Park:
A manufactured home park.
Person:
An individual, partnership, company, corporation, association, or other group, however organized.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a manufactured home park within the limits of the city, unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor; except that the maintenance or operation of a mobile home park in existence on April 27, 1970, may be continued under a temporary permit for such period of time and under such conditions as are hereinafter prescribed. All existing mobile home parks on the date of enactment of this chapter are designated as manufactured home parks.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
(a) 
The annual license fee for each manufactured home park shall be five dollars ($5.00) per space in said park.
(b) 
The fee for transfer of a license shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
(a) 
Application for initial license.
Application for initial manufactured home park license shall be filed with the designated official. The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall include the following:
Site plan. The site plan shall be filed as required by this chapter and shall show the following:
a. 
The name and address of owner of the proposed or existing park.
b. 
Area and dimensions of site.
c. 
Name of adjacent public streets and roads.
d. 
Locations, dimensions and numbering of all manufactured home spaces, utility easements, drives, recreation areas, streets and sidewalks.
e. 
Scale of plan (no smaller than 1" = 100') and complete dimensions.
f. 
Areas for dumpster(s) and related screening.
g. 
Water and sewer plans must be submitted showing the sewer line locations, grades and sizes and water line locations, sizes and source of water supply.
h. 
Paving, drainage and screening plans: Paving and drainage plans must show the directions and calculated quantities of runoff and the proposed specifications for streets and screening must be provided.
The City shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether the plan was approved or disapproved, stating the reasons for disapproval and the modifications or conditions that must be made or met before approval can be obtained upon subsequent submission.
(b) 
Posting.
The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted in the office of or on the premises of a manufactured home park at all times and provide the main city phone number for the purpose of making a complaint.
(c) 
Renewal license.
Upon application in writing by a licensee for a renewal of a license and upon payment of the annual license fee, the designated official shall inspect the manufactured home park and if in compliance, issue a certificate renewing such license for another year.
(d) 
Transfer of license.
Upon application in writing for transfer of a license and payment of the transfer fee, the designated official shall issue a transfer.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
(a) 
Inspection.
Any duly authorized inspector of the city as designated by the city manager shall be permitted to make reasonable inspections of any manufactured home park to determine compliance with this chapter at such times as inspector may deem necessary in normal business hours.
(b) 
Notice of violations, requirements of notice.
Whenever the city inspector determines that there has been a violation of any provisions of this chapter, the city inspector shall give notice of such alleged violation to the licensee or agent, as hereinafter provided.
The notice shall be in writing; shall include a statement of the reasons for its issuance; allow a reasonable time of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, based upon the nature and severity of the violation and having due regard for the safety and protection of the community, for the performance of the act it requires; be served upon the licensee or the licensee’s agent, provided that the notice or order shall be deemed to have been properly served upon the licensee or agent when a copy thereof has been sent by mail to the licensee’s or agent’s last known address, or when the licensee or agent has been served with the notice by any method authorized or required by the laws of this state; and contain an outline of remedial action when, if taken, will effect compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
At the end of this period of time granted for correction if the conditions or practices have not been corrected, the city inspector may suspend the license and give notice in writing of the suspension to the licensee or the licensee’s agent at the address provided in the application. Suspension of the license may be cumulative of any other penalty. Upon receipt of notice of suspension, the licensee shall cease operation of the manufactured home park within thirty (30) days after the notice is issued.
Licensee may appeal the decision of said officer to the city manager within thirty (30) days of said decision. If no appeal is filed within thirty (30) days, said decision is final. The licensee may appeal the decision of the city manager to the city council within thirty (30) days of the city manager’s decision. The city council, after hearing, shall issue its decision which shall be final.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
The following standards shall apply to manufactured homes:
(1) 
Manufactured homes shall be of adequate quality and safe design, as certified by a label stating that the unit is constructed in conformance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards in effect on the date of manufacture.
(2) 
Manufactured homes shall have no outside horizontal dimension less than sixteen (16) feet, except for original extensions or subsequent additions (e.g., garages, porches etc.). Extensions or additions must contain less than fifty (50) percent of the total enclosed floor area.
(3) 
Each manufactured home shall be totally skirted with metal, masonry, pressure treated wood, or other nondegradable material which is compatible with the structure’s exterior siding.
(4) 
Driveways and off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with section 14-9 below.
(5) 
Living areas additions, carports and garages are permitted, provided they are constructed of material compatible with the primary structure, meet the minimum standards of the zoning district, comply with the structural standards as required of the primary structure, are offset from the lot line by five (5) feet and are constructed after obtaining a building permit.
(6) 
All manufactured housing and buildings shall be installed in accordance to locally adopted building codes.
(a) 
The installation of mobile homes (previously defined as pre-1976 models) in the city is prohibited.
(b) 
The installation of manufactured homes in the city is prohibited except as provided in manufactured home parks or manufactured home subdivisions.
(c) 
A dependent mobile home is prohibited in a manufactured home park.
(d) 
Any home occupation, except as permitted in R-1 zones, are prohibited.
(e) 
Any use of outbuildings in a park for a residence is prohibited.
(f) 
Any use of a manufactured home by more than three (3) individuals who are unrelated by blood, legal adoption, or marriage is prohibited. The owner and his agent will be held responsible for any such dwelling unit use.
(g) 
Any use which is in variation with this chapter is prohibited.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
(a) 
Where any boundary of a park directly abuts property which is a residential or commercial zone, a six-foot-high fence/wall or landscaped strip shall be provided along such boundary.
(b) 
Where any boundary of a park directly abuts a public dedicated street, a landscaped strip shall be provided along such boundary.
(c) 
A landscaped strip shall be continuously maintained and shall be devoted exclusively to the planting, cultivation, growing and maintenance of site obscuring trees, shrubs, plant life, as described below: Trees, shrubs, cane, and/or other vegetation shall be planted, cultivated and maintained as a sight and noise obscuring buffer that will effectively achieve sight and noise obstruction within approximately five (5) years. At least one row of trees with a minimum initial trunk diameter of one inch and minimum initial height of five (5) feet shall be planted on twenty-five-foot centers. The buffer strips are intended to provide a seventy-five (75) percent or more opaque screen when viewed horizontally between two (2) and ten (10) feet above the natural ground at the end of the growing period of five (5) years from the date of planting.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
A manufactured home park shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) 
The park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded to ensure rapid drainage and free from stagnant pools of water.
(2) 
Each park shall provide manufactured home spaces, and each such space shall be clearly defined or delineated. Each space shall have an area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet gross.
(3) 
An electrical service connection of at least a one hundred twenty/two hundred forty (120/240) volts single phase, one hundred (100) amperes entrance capacity shall be provided for each manufactured home space.
(4) 
Manufactured homes shall be so located on each space that there shall be minimum clearances and setbacks as follows:
a. 
Twenty (20) feet from any interior access road;
b. 
Twenty (20) feet from any manufactured home or building within the park (except storage buildings and carports constructed of nonflammable material may be within ten (10) feet);
c. 
Ten (10) feet from any property line of the park which does not abut upon a public street or highway; and
d. 
Thirty (30) feet from any property line abutting upon a public street or such other distance as may be established by ordinance or regulation as a front yard or setback requirement with respect to conventional buildings in the district in which the manufactured home park is located.
(5) 
The park shall have thirty-one-foot wide paved streets which are lighted.
(6) 
Each manufactured home space shall be provided with two (2) off-street paved parking spaces and no direct parking access to the public street shall be provided.
(7) 
Each manufactured home park shall have a recreational area of a minimum size of fifty feet by fifty feet (50 × 50 ), be separately fenced, be at least fifty (50) percent not hard surfaced, and be centrally located within the park.
(8) 
No manufactured home shall be less than seven hundred (700) square feet.
(9) 
No manufactured home and accessory buildings/carport/other impervious surface shall have a combined coverage exceeding sixty (60) percent of the lot area.
(10) 
Said park shall have a minimum width of two hundred (200) feet. Said park shall have a minimum depth of three hundred (300) feet.
(11) 
Said park shall be master metered for water and have one connection to the city water and wastewater facilities; however, all on-site lines will be the responsibility of the owner and individually metered for water.
(12) 
The minimum size of any manufactured home park shall be four (4) acres and located in an area zoned for such use.
(13) 
Any expansion of an existing manufactured home park must meet these standards for a new manufactured home park; however, existing parks not meeting this design criteria may continue in operation.
(14) 
No manufactured home shall exceed ten (10) years of age when installed in the park unless an older home, after inspection, receives approval by the city manager or his designee.
(15) 
No manufactured home shall have a propane storage tank.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all buildings, if provided, and manufactured home spaces within the park to meet the requirements of the park. Each manufactured home space shall be provided with an outside cold water tap at least four (4) inches above the ground.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
Each manufactured home shall have minimum of twenty-four (24) square feet of storage space per unit in a separate building(s).
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
Each manufactured home space shall be provided with a sewer at least four (4) inches in diameter, which shall be connected to receive the waste from the manufactured home harbored in such space and having any or all of such facilities. The sewer in each space shall be connected to discharge the manufactured home waste into the public sewer system.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
A dumpster with a minimum capacity of three (3) cubic yards, a concrete pad at least six (6) inches thick and solid fence screening on three (3) sides shall be provided. Said dumpster shall be adequate to permit disposal of all garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans shall not be used in the manufactured home park. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed of as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that the garbage dumpster shall not overflow.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
No manufactured home should be greater than five hundred (500) feet from a fire hydrant.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
The licensee, or a duly authorized attendant or caretaker, shall be in charge at all times to keep a manufactured home park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition. The attendant or caretaker shall be answerable, with the licensee, for the violation of any provision of this chapter to which the licensee is subject.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)
Mobile homes or manufactured homes heretofore installed in compliance with the ordinances of the city may remain in place, and continue to be used or occupied. Exchange, replacement, alteration, relocation or additions to mobile homes or manufactured homes within the city is hereby prohibited, unless such move, replacement, relocation or addition is to or in a licensed manufactured home park.
(Ordinance adopted 4/3/97, sec. 2)