(a) It
shall be required that all manufactured homes placed in the corporate
limits of the city after the adoption date of this article must be
installed in accordance with all standards, rules, regulations and
administrative orders and requirements of the administrative code
of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, (chapter
80, manufactured housing rules) or its successor agency and it shall
be unlawful for any person to locate or setup any HUD-code manufactured
home without having first secured an installation permit.
(b) All
manufactured homes shall be installed on a full concrete slab or a
partial concrete slab (runners) and is a minimum of eighteen (18)
inches in width. The slab is to be reinforced with three-eighth (3/8)
inch rebar on eighteen (18) inch centers and the concrete shall be
a minimum of 3,000 psi and a minimum of four (4) inches thick.
(Ordinance 424 adopted 6/14/22; Ordinance 430, sec. 2, adopted 9/13/22)
(a) Subject
to the exceptions listed below, it shall be required that all manufactured/modular
homes, placed in the corporate limits of the city after the adoption
date of this article must be installed and located in a manufactured/modular
home park.
(b) Exceptions:
(1) A mobile/manufactured home provided by any governmental agency as
temporary housing following any public disaster or public calamity,
or a mobile home temporarily moved from any mobile home park or subdivision
by reason of any public disaster or public calamity.
(2) A mobile/manufactured home that is located upon a site prior to annexation
of the site by the city.
(3) The temporary parking of a mobile/manufactured home, travel trailer,
recreational vehicle or motor home for purposes of security at a temporary
commercial facility.
(4) A situation of hardship, as determined by the city, for a period
of time not to exceed one (1) year, said situation of hardship to
be reviewed by the city after one year and exception granted therefor
extended for no more than one year at a time.
(5) Mobile/manufactured homes parked may be parked for an extended period
of time for purposes of sale to the public within a mobile/manufactured
home sales lot.
(Ordinance 430, sec. 3, adopted 9/13/22)
(a) After
the effective date of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to place on any lot, tract or parcel of land within
the city limits of the city any manufactured home without first obtaining
an building permit and otherwise complying with the terms of this
article and all applicable laws of the state. A separate permit shall
be required for each manufactured home placement.
(b) To
obtain a manufactured home permit, the applicant shall first file
an application, in writing, on a form furnished by the city for that
purpose. The application for permit shall be signed by the owner of
the manufactured home or his agent, and if the manufactured home is
to be placed outside a manufactured home park, the owner of the land
on which the manufactured home is to be located. The application shall
set forth:
(1) A description of the manufactured home by dimensions, manufacturer
and serial or identification number.
(2) The name and address of the person having title to the manufactured
home.
(3) The date of manufacture of the manufactured home.
(4) Whether the manufactured home has affixed to it a seal, label or
decal certifying its compliance with standards adopted by the Texas
Department of Labor and Standards or a seal or label or decal issued
by another state certifying its compliance with standards promulgated
for manufactured homes by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
(5) If the manufactured home has affixed to it a seal, label or decal as described in subsection
(4) above, the applicant shall certify whether or not there have been any alterations to the manufactured home since the seal, label or decal was affixed.
(6) The proposed location of the manufactured home by legal description,
plot plan, diagram or other means which is adequate to advise the
building official of the exact placement and the relationship to property
lines or other structures.
(7) The valuation of the manufactured home.
(8) Any information necessary to determine compliance with any applicable
regulations pertaining to flood-prone areas.
(9) Any additional information the building official finds will aid him
in the enforcement of this article or other laws applicable to manufactured
homes.
(c) The
application, plans and specifications and other data fled by an applicant
for permit shall be reviewed by the city’s building official
and such other departments of the city as may be required to verify
compliance with any applicable laws and ordinances.
(d) The
fee for each manufactured home permit shall be established by the
city based on living area of the manufactured home.
(Ordinance 430, sec. 4, adopted 9/13/22)
(a) All
manufactured homes shall have skirts installed before the certificate
of occupancy is provided to the owner. The skirt shall:
(1) Be completely around the structure from the base of the manufactured
home to the ground level beneath;
(2) Be of material with similar appearance to the manufactured home (or)
masonry material;
(3) Be decay, termite, weather and fire-resistant material for skirting
and shall not be scrap metal or polyurethane scrap material;
(4) Be skirted in such a way as not to allow access to the underside
of the manufactured home for storage and/or trash accumulation but
access only for repair purposes to the manufactured home;
(5) Be approved at the same time the placement or installation permit
is issued.
(b) Any
mobile/manufactured home existing within the city on the effective
date hereof will be required to have skirting installed within (30)
days at any change of ownership or after becoming vacant for sixty
(60) days. However, before being subject to a penalty for violation
of this subsection, the city shall serve the owner or occupants of
any mobile home without skirts with written notice of violation hereof
requiring compliance within such time as designated therein.
(Ordinance 430, sec. 5, adopted 9/13/22)