(a)
Mobile home defined.
A “mobile home” means
a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable
in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body
feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when
erected on-site, is 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.
(b)
HUD-code manufactured home defined.
A “HUD-code
manufactured home” means 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 or more sections,
which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width
or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is 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.
(c)
Authority to prohibit installation of mobile homes.
The city may prohibit the installation of a mobile home for use or
occupancy as a residential dwelling within its corporate limits. Any
such prohibition must be prospective and shall not apply to a mobile
home previously legally permitted and used or occupied as a residential
dwelling within the city.
(d)
Lot size.
All lots upon which mobile homes or manufactured
homes are placed shall be in accordance with the zoning ordinance.
No more than one mobile home or manufactured home shall be placed
upon any lot, and all mobile homes or manufactured homes shall be
situated in as near the center of the acreage as possible.
(e)
Removal of wheels, tying down, and connection to water and sewer
system.
All mobile homes or manufactured homes moved
onto a lot within the city shall, within thirty days (30) from the
date moved onto such lot, have the wheels removed, be set on a permanent
foundation and shall be underpinned and tied down. Also, said mobile
home or manufactured home shall be hooked into the city sewer and
water system within such time period.
(f)
Permit.
Prior to moving a mobile home or manufactured home onto a lot in the city, a written application shall be filed with the city secretary accompanied by a filing fee in the amount provided in appendix A to this code. The application shall contain a legal description of the property onto which the mobile home or manufactured home will be placed, general plans and specifications showing the nature of any construction relative to the moving of such mobile home or manufactured home onto the property along with the probable cost thereof, and the purpose for which the mobile home or manufactured home will be used. At the next regular meeting of the city council after the application has been filed, the council will consider the application and either accept or reject it. In the event it rejects the application, the filing fee will be refunded. The applicant has the right to personally appear at the council meeting in which the application will be considered.
(g)
Penalty.
Any person, either by himself or agent, and
any firm, corporation or other entity who does not comply with any
of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction of any such violation shall be fined in a sum
not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each day during which
such violation continuous shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense.
(Ordinance A-213 adopted 12/2/99; Ordinance adopting Code)
