Application.The form prescribed by the city council and designated “application for a mobile home permit.”
Building.Any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, or moveable property of any kind.
Carport.A structure open on a minimum of three (3) sides designed to shelter the owner’s vehicle.
Chassis.A metal frame with cross-members and bracing, with one or more permanent axles, and wheels which may or may not be removable, upon which a mobile home is built, and to which it is permanently attached for the purpose of making a structure capable of being towed from place to place.
City health authority.The legally designated head of the health department of the city or his/her authorized representative.
City official.The legally designated head of a city department or his/her authorized representative, when acting in an official capacity.
Family.One (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage or legal adoption or a group of not more than three (3) unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit. A group of people occupying a boardinghouse, dormitory, lodginghouse, fraternity, hotel or similar establishment shall not be construed as a family.
Fire marshal.The legally designated fire inspection/prevention officer of the city or his/her authorized representative, when acting in an official capacity.
HUD-code manufactured home.(1) A structure:
(A) Constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Built on a permanent chassis;
Designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities;
Transportable in one or more sections; and
In the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on site, at least 320 square feet;
Includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems of the home; and
Does not include a recreational vehicle as defined by 24 CFR. section 3282.8(g).
IHBA.Texas Industrialized Housing and Building Act which regulates the construction of modular buildings, both residential and commercial.
Individual or individually.Either of these words shall refer to a mobile home placed on a mobile home lot which is interspersed among conventional structures; a mobile home not in a mobile home park.
Lot.Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory building and including such open spaces as required under this article and having its principal frontage upon a public street or officially approved place.
(1) Depth.The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lots lines
(2) Fractional.A portion of a lot that has been cut off of a corner lot having the side adjacent lot as its rear line and the rear line of the remainder of the corner lot as a single line.
(3) Front.That boundary of a building lot running parallel to the street on an interior lot. On a corner lot, either street line may be selected as a front lot line, providing a front and rear yard are provided adjacent and opposite, respectively, to the front lot line.
(6) Lot area.The area of a horizontal plane intercepted by the vertical projections of the front, side and rear lot lines of the building lot.
(7) Rear.That boundary of a building lot which is most distant from and is, or is most nearly, parallel to the front lot line.
(8) Side.That boundary of a building lot which is not a front line or rear lot line.
(9) Through.A lot having a frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets.
(10) Width.The minimum distance between the side lot lines of a building lot measured along a straight line at the rear of the required front yard and parallel to the street line tangent thereto.
MHSA.Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act.
Mobile home.(1) A structure:
(A) Constructed before June 15, 1976;
Built on a permanent chassis;
Designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities;
Transportable in one or more sections; and
In the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on site, at least 320 square feet; and
Includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems of the home.
Mobile home or manufactured housing park.Any premises in which two or more mobile homes are parked or situated and used for living or sleeping purposes, or any premises used or held out for the purpose of supplying to the public a parking space for two (2) or more mobile homes, whether such vehicles stand on wheels or rigid support. A trailer park is a mobile home park.
Modular or industrialized housing.Defined as structures that are constructed in one or more modules or modular components built at a location other than the permanent site, which are transported to the permanent site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system which include one- and two-family (duplex) dwellings, apartment complexes, equipment shelters, restaurants, offices, classrooms, medical complexes, hazardous storage building, and more. Modular or industrialized housing and buildings must meet or exceed the requirements of the International Building Code, the International Plumbing Code, the International Mechanical Code, the International Fuel Gas Code, and the National Electrical Code. Residential one- and two-family housing must also comply with the requirements of the International Residential Code.
Nonconforming use.Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use at the time of the adoption of this article (August 12, 2003) or amendments thereto, which does not conform after the adoption of this article.
Parking area.An open unoccupied space used or required for parking of vehicles exclusively and in which no gasoline or vehicular accessories are sold or no other business is conducted and no fees are charged.
Permanent.A mobile home, RV, or any other portable dwelling shall be considered permanent after such mobile home, RV, or portable dwelling is used as a place of habitation or a place of work for 45 days.
Plot plan.A graphic representation, drawn to scale, in a horizontal plane, delineating the outlines of the land included in the plane and proposed use locations, accurately dimensioned, the dimensions also indicating the relation of each is to the adjoining the boundaries of the property.
Red certification label.Should be on each section of a HUD-code manufactured home. This label on the exterior of each section serves as the manufacturer’s certification that the section is built in accordance with HUD standards.
Replacement.The act of moving a mobile home from a mobile home space and replacing it with another mobile home with [within] the same mobile home [space].
TDHCA.State department of housing and community affairs.
TDLR.State department of licensing and regulation.
TDLR decal.The decal is manufacturer’s certification that the module is constructed and inspected in accordance with the mandatory construction standards.
(Ordinance 3-05 adopted 8/12/03)