17.40.150 Mobilehome/manufactured housing.
A. Purpose and Applicability. This section provides standards for mobilehomes and manufactured housing when used as a single-family dwelling.
B. Development Standards. Mobilehomes and manufactured housing are permitted on individual residentially zoned lots, subject to site plan review approval, and shall comply with all of the following:
1. Mobile or manufactured homes may be used as single-family dwellings if the home is certified under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.
2. Mobile or manufactured homes which are used as single-family residences shall be installed on an approved permanent foundation system in compliance with applicable codes in all residential zones.
3. The planning director shall determine that the subject lot together with the proposed mobile or manufactured home is compatible with surrounding development. This determination shall include an assessment of on-site design and development standards and materials, architectural aesthetics, setbacks, building height, accessory buildings, access, off-street parking, and any other criteria determined appropriate by the planning director. If individual codes, covenants and restrictions governing development within a subdivision are applicable, and more restrictive than those imposed by this chapter, the codes, covenants and restrictions shall prevail.
4. The following design standards shall govern the installation and construction of manufactured and mobilehomes:
a. All homes shall have a minimum eave dimension of eighteen inches.
b. All roofing and siding shall be of similar materials to dwelling structures on adjacent properties excepting that siding and roofing shall be nonreflective and shall be installed from the ground up to the roof.
c. All roofs shall have a minimum pitch of 1:4.
d. All homes shall have a minimum width (across the narrowest portion) of twenty feet.
e. Not more than ten years shall have elapsed between the date of manufacture of the manufactured home and the date of the application for the issuance of a permit to install said manufactured home.
f. The main floor of any proposed mobile and/or manufactured home shall be a maximum of eighteen inches above grade.
g. All new mobile and/or manufactured homes shall be required to have skirting of either concrete cinder blocks or similar material. No prefabricated metal, vinyl, wood, etc., skirting shall be permitted. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).