This article applies to a “HUD-Code manufactured home” as that term is defined by V.T.C.A., Occupations Code, chapter 1201. HUD-Code manufactured homes are permitted within the city limits provided applicant, owner and occupant fully comply with all of the provisions of this article.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.701)
HUD-Code manufactured homes permitted to be located within the city limits shall comply with the following:
(1) 
The HUD-Code manufactured home permitted by this article shall be located on a lot having minimum square footage as provided by the zoning ordinance.
(2) 
The HUD-Code manufactured home shall be located upon the lot subject of the application and conform to the zoning ordinance.
(3) 
Not more than one HUD-Code manufactured home shall be placed upon any platted lot, or if the lot is unplatted, then upon any lot having less than the minimum square footage required by the zoning ordinance.
(4) 
No HUD-Code manufactured home of less than 320 square feet is permitted.
(5) 
The HUD-Code manufactured home shall be underskirted or underpinned with masonry, porcelainized steel, baked enamel steel, corrugated galvanized iron or other material equal to the enumerated materials and fire resistance, durability and appearance so as to fully cover the space between the frame of the home and the ground.
(6) 
All wheels shall be removed from the HUD-Code manufactured home, and the same shall be mounted upon a permanent type foundation conforming to all applicable requirements of law.
(7) 
The HUD-Code manufactured home shall be permanently connected to central station generated electric utility power and to city water and sewer before it is occupied. The entire cost of tying into the city’s water and sewer system shall be the responsibility of the homeowner and/or property owner.
(8) 
A storage facility having a minimum capacity of 200 cubic feet must be constructed upon the lot where the HUD-Code manufactured home is located.
(9) 
Only manufactured homes 15 years or less from the date of the application will be permitted inside the city limits.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.706; Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 81-10-2013 adopted 5/14/14)
This article shall not apply to “camper trailers” used principally for recreation. Camper trailers may be stored upon any land within the city provided they are not occupied. Further, camper trailers in transit may temporarily be occupied upon any lot or land in the city for a period not to exceed one week in any calendar year.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.709)
Persons owning or otherwise having right of occupancy of land in the city desiring to locate a HUD-Code manufactured home within the city upon said land shall apply to the city secretary for a permit to locate a HUD-Code manufactured home upon said lot(s). Such application shall be accompanied by payment of the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) as an application fee. The application shall be accompanied by a plat showing the location and dimensions of the lot upon which applicant proposes to locate a HUD-Code manufactured home.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.703)
The city secretary shall refer the application provided for in section 3.07.031 to the city council for consideration. The city council shall consider the application and approve the issuance of permit pursuant to the application, provided the same complies with all of the terms and provisions of this article and all other ordinances of the city as well as all laws of the state and United States of America. If it should appear to the city council from the application that the proposed location of the HUD-Code manufactured home does not comply with the ordinances and laws as aforesaid, then the city council shall give reasonable notice to the applicant of the public hearing and afford applicant the opportunity to be heard. If it should appear to the city council, after hearing, that application should be denied, the city council shall give notice to the applicant that the application has been denied. If the city council fails to take any action upon the application within forty-five (45) days from the date it is filed with the city secretary, then the application shall be deemed approved and the permit shall be issued. Applicant, within ten (10) days of the mailing of notice to the applicant at the address shown upon the application, setting forth the action of the city council denying the application, the applicant may file notice of appeal with the city secretary. No appeal may be taken by any party other than the applicant. The appeal shall be heard by the city council sitting in regular or special session, whereupon the city council may take action sustaining or overruling the action of the city council’s denial of the application, or the city council may grant or deny the application.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.704; Ordinance adopting Code)
Upon the approval of all applications to locate a HUD-Code manufactured home within the city limits, the city secretary shall issue to applicant permit to locate such home in accord with the application, the ordinances, laws and rules and regulations applicable to said HUD-Code manufactured housing.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.705)
Any applicant, owner or occupant of HUD-Code manufactured home who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this article within thirty (30) days after issuance of permit, or continue to be in compliance with this article, shall have their permit revoked by order to the city council, subject to reasonable notice, hearing and right of appeal to the city council.
(1995 Code, sec. 3.707; Ordinance adopting Code)