As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them:
Common Access Route.
A private way which affords the principal means of access
to individual mobile home lots or auxiliary buildings.
Driveway.
A minor entranceway off the common access route within the
park into an off-street parking area serving one or more mobile homes.
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
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. The term does not include a recreational vehicle.
Mobile Home.
Means a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976,
transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent
chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without
a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and
includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems.
Mobile Home Park.
A unified development of mobile or manufactured home spaces
arranged on a tract of land under single entity ownership, meeting
all requirements of this article and any applicable deed restrictions.
A mobile home subdivision is not a mobile home park.
Mobile Home Subdivisions.
A mobile home subdivision is a unified development of mobile
or manufactured home lots arranged on a tract of land which has been
subdivided and is under ownership of two or more persons meeting all
requirements of the subdivision regulations.
Parking, Off-Street.
A minimum space nine (9) feet in width by eighteen (18) feet
in length, located within the boundary of a mobile or manufactured
home space, or in a common parking and storage area, having unobstructed
access to an internal street.
Replacement.
The act of moving one mobile or manufactured home from its
existing stand and replacing it with another mobile or manufactured
home.
Sewer Connection.
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances
from the drain outlet of a mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding
sewer service riser pipe of the sewage system serving the mobile home
park.
Water Connection.
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances
from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution
system within a mobile home park.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-1; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) Inspections
Required.
The building inspector, the health officer,
the fire marshal, the police chief and their authorized representatives,
are hereby authorized and directed to make such inspections as are
necessary to determine compliance with this article.
(b) Entry
on Premises.
The building inspector, the health officer,
the fire marshal, the police chief and their authorized representatives,
shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private
or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating
conditions relating to the enforcement of this article.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-2)
(a) Off-Street
Parking.
All mobile home parks shall provide off-street
parking for all occupants; their guests, servants, employees, etc.
(b) Access
Route.
If a mobile park includes more than one mobile
unit, there shall be a common access route.
(c) Water
Supply.
(1) An accessible, adequate, safe and potable supply of water shall be
provided in each mobile home park. Connection shall be made to the
public supply of water unless a special exception is granted by the
city council to use a private water supply system. If a private supply
is utilized for service to the park, the private supply shall be adequate
both for domestic requirements and for fire fighting requirements
established by the city.
(2) Water Distribution System.
(A) The water supply system of the mobile home park shall be connected
by pipes to all mobile homes, buildings and other facilities requiring
water.
(B) All water piping, fixtures and other equipment shall be constructed
and maintained in accordance with state and city regulations and requirements.
(d) Sewage
disposal.
The following shall apply:
(1) General requirements.
An adequate and safe sewerage
system shall be provided in all mobile home parks for conveying and
disposing of all sewage. The sewer system for a mobile home park shall
be constructed in accordance with Texas Department of Health Resources
requirements and all applicable city codes and ordinances. All proposed
sewage disposal facilities shall be approved by the city health officer
prior to construction. Effluents from sewage treatment facilities
shall not be discharged into any waters of the state except with prior
approval of the city health officer and the appropriate regulatory
agency of the state.
(2) Sewer lines.
All sewer lines shall be constructed of
materials in accordance with all applicable city codes and ordinances
and requirements of the Texas Department of Health Resources.
(e) Refuse
and garbage handling.
Refuse and garbage handling shall
be in compliance with city ordinances.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-3)
The property described in the zoning ordinance for such purpose
shall be zoned as mobile home property.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-4)
All mobile or manufactured homes located on other property than
a mobile home park shall not be affected by this article so long as
said mobile homes conform to all applicable city ordinances, but upon
removal of same, if not replaced within ten (10) days, the property
no longer qualifies as a parking place or use for mobile or manufactured
homes unless an exemption is granted by the city council.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-5)
Mobile homes as defined in Section
10.101 above will not be allowed to be placed within the city limits of Tahoka, Texas.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
This article is subject to and encompasses the Mobile Homes
Standards Act effective September 1, 1975, and codified as article
5221f, V.AC.S.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-6)
The city council is hereby empowered to make exceptions to this
article, to conduct hearings, and determine same. Any requests for
exemptions must be in writing and upon the filing of such request,
this article will be stayed until the next regular or special meeting
of the city council at which time it shall issue an order sustaining,
modifying or withdrawing the refusal.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-7)
Whenever the standards and specifications in this article conflict
with those contained in another ordinance or elsewhere in this code,
the most stringent or restrictive provision shall govern.
(1979 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12, Sec. 12-8)
The subdivision ordinance, adopted by the city on 6/14/10, as
amended, is
included at the end of this chapter as exhibit A. Due
to the nature of the subdivision ordinance and the technicalities
involved in adopting or amending it, such ordinance is printed herein
as enacted, with only nonsubstantive formatting and style changes.
Capitalization, punctuation and numbering of articles, sections and
subsections have been retained as enacted. Subsequent amendments will
be inserted in their proper place and denoted by a history note following
the amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates the
material is unchanged from the original. Obviously misspelled words
have been corrected without notation. Any other material added for
purposes of clarification is enclosed in brackets.
(Editorially supplied)