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 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis designated 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. Unless specifically provided for otherwise, the term “mobile home” as used herein shall refer to both mobile homes and HUD-code manufactured homes.
HUD-Code Manufacture Home.
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 (8) body feet or more in width or forty (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 designated 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 recreational vehicle.
Mobile Home Park.
A unified development of two (2) or more mobile home spaces or stands arranged on a tract of land under private ownership. A site plan for a mobile home park must be approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission.
Mobile Home Subdivision.
A unified development of lots for mobile home sites which have been divided for the purpose of individual ownership, and which is governed by the provisions of the subdivision regulations of the City of Atlanta.
Parking Space.
An area measuring approximately 180 square feet not on a public street or alley, surfaced with an all-weather surface, enclosed or unenclosed, together with an all-weather driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley permitting unimpeded ingress and egress.
Recreational Vehicle.
A vehicle which is not designed to be used as a permanent dwelling, and in which the plumbing, heating, and electrical systems are self-contained and may be operated without connection to outside utilities and which is self-propelled or designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
(Ordinance 406, adopted 5/15/92, Section 1; Ordinance 430, adopted 12/6/96, Section 1)
Each mobile home park or mobile home subdivision situated within the city shall meet the following requirements:
(1) 
Minimum Site Requirements.
The minimum area of a lot shall be 5,500 square feet. The minimum width of each lot shall be 50 feet. The minimum depth of each lot shall be l00 feet. Lots that back up to a major thoroughfare shall have a minimum depth of 130 feet;
(2) 
Open Space Requirements.
(A) 
The minimum front yard setback shall be 25 feet from the nearest corner of the mobile home to the front line of the lot;
(B) 
No mobile home shall be closer than 10 feet to any property line;
(C) 
The minimum distance between mobile homes at any point shall be 15 feet.
(3) 
Height Regulations.
(A) 
The height limit for any structure intended for occupancy shall be 35 feet;
(B) 
The average height of the mobile home frame above the ground elevation measured at 90 degrees to the frame, shall not exceed three (3) feet.
(4) 
Drainage.
The ground surface in all parts of a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe and efficient manner; No mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall be permitted to exist within any portion of the city’s most current flood plane developed by the United States Corps of Engineers.
(5) 
Minimum Off-street Parking Requirements.
Each mobile home site shall have at least two off-street parking spaces per mobile home.
(Ordinance 406, adopted 5/12/92, Section 2)
Each mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall be encompassed by a six foot high or higher site-barring fence or wall. The fence or wall shall be maintained in a good state of repair.
(Ordinance 406, adopted 5/12/92, Section 3)
Each lot within a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall have individual municipal water meters and connections, and sanitary sewer connections installed at the sole expense of the owner or developer of each mobile home park or mobile home subdivision.
(Ordinance 406, adopted 5/12/92, Section 4)
All interior streets within any mobile home park or mobile home subdivision shall comply with the curb, gutter and paving requirements of the city’s subdivision ordinance.
(Ordinance 406, adopted 5/12/92, Section 5)
From and after the effective date of these provisions, it shall be unlawful to place any mobile home, as opposed to a manufactured home, in the City of Atlanta. Manufactured homes shall be allowed upon compliance with all relevant provisions of this article. Those mobile homes now present in the city shall be unaffected by this section, however, said mobile homes may not be moved to any new location in the city.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or shall fail to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine, and upon conviction of such violation, shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code. Each day any such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense and shall be subject to the foregoing penalty.
(Ordinance 389, adopted 10/2/89, Section 6)