17.100.070 Manufactured Homes in the Floodplain.
(1) All manufactured homes located in the floodplain after the effective date of this Title shall meet the following requirements:
(a) The manufactured home must be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is one (1) foot or more above the base flood level. This regulation does not apply to manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision except where the repair, reconstruction, or improvement of the streets, utilities, and pads equals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of the value of the streets, utilities, and pads before repair, reconstruction, or improvement has commenced.
(b) The manufactured home must be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement by having over-the-top and frame ties. Specific requirements shall be that
(i) over-the-top ties be provided at each of the four (4) corners of the manufactured home, with two (2) additional ties per side at intermediate locations; provided manufactured homes less than fifty (50) feet long shall be required one (1) additional tie per side and that no over the-top ties shall be required for:
aa. manufactured homes at least twenty (20) feet in width; and,
bb. insignia manufactured homes as defined in Chapter 17.105.
(ii) manufactured homes over fifty (50) feet long must have frame ties at each corner with five (5) additional ties per side at suitable structural points; manufactured homes less than fifty (50) feet long must have only four (4) additional ties per side at equal intermediate points;
(iii) all components of the anchoring system shall be capable of withstanding a direct tensile load of 4,800 pounds; and
(iv) any additions to a manufactured home shall be similarly anchored.
(2) Manufactured homes presently located in the floodplain shall be allowed to remain without meeting the requirements of 17.100.070(1).
(3) Manufactured homes presently located in the floodplain which are relocated to a different space after the effective date of this Title shall be required to meet the requirements of 17.100.070(1).
(4) No new manufactured home parks and no expansions of existing manufactured home parks shall be located in the floodplain or the floodway.
(5) Manufactured homes to be located within the floodplain shall be placed only within manufactured home parks in existence prior to the effective date of this Title.
(6) Travel trailers and recreational vehicles may be placed in the floodplain subject to compliance with other requirements of this Title for such placement or use during any time of the year except the flood season. During the flood season, travel trailers and recreational vehicles may be placed in the floodplain if they are fully licensed and ready for highway use and provision has been established with the City for the owner or tenant to move the vehicle out of the floodplain upon twelve hours’ notice by the City. Such recreational vehicles and travel trailers shall not otherwise be subject to the requirements of 17.100.070.
(7) Every owner and lessee of any manufactured home park or manufactured home located in the floodplain is required to notify in writing any prospective lessee, sublessee, or purchaser of a manufactured home or manufactured home space of the requirements of 17.100.070.
(8) No owner, lessee, or sublessee of a manufactured home or any owner, lessee, or sublessee of property upon which any such manufactured home rests shall permit any person to occupy any manufactured home located in the floodplain if it fails to conform to the requirements of 17.100.070.
(9) No owner, lessee, sublessee, or agent thereof of a manufactured home or of property upon which a manufactured home is located shall install or permit the installation of a manufactured home in the floodplain if the requirements of 17.100.070 are not met. (Ord. 15-21 §1, 2015; Ord. 89-10 §5, 1989; Ord. 89-1 §7, 1989; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).