HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-OR-40ORDINANCE NO. 84-OR-40
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING DEVELOPMENT OF
MANUFACTURED HOUSING IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES
AN ORDINANCE regulating the placement of manufactured
housing.
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of jeffersonville
finds that standards should be established for the installation
of manufactured homes in order to protect their occupantS and
other persons from
installation; and
THEREFORE,
CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE THAT THE JEFFERSONVILLE CITY
CODE BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
damage or injury resulting from inadequate
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
BUILDING
INTENT
A.
TYPE I PURPOSE
It is the inten~ of this Ordinance to allow the
provision of alternative modest income housing in
general residential areas by permitting the use
of TYPE I Manufactured Homes, as defined herein,
in all districts in which similar dwellings ccn-
structed on site are permitted,
requirements and procedures set
assure acceptable
between such TYPE
that have been or
and other ].awful
lots in the same
subject no the
forth herein to
similarity in exterior appearance
I Manufactured Homes and dwellings
might be constructed under these
regulations on adjacen5 or nearby
district.
II.
TYPE II AND TYPE III PURPOSE
It is the further intent of this Ordinance
the provision of alternative modest income
procedures set
DEFINITIONS
to allow
housing
in certain residential areas by permitting the use
of TYPE II AND TYPE III Manufactured Housing, as
defined herein, in certain specified districts,
when they are shown to meet the requirements and
forth herein.
A. ADD-A-ROOM UNIT
A unit of manufactured housing,
a part of the
less occupied
section.
B. ANCHORING SYSTEM
An approved system of
not designed as
original structure, which may have
space than a manufactured housing
straps, cables, turnbuckles,
chains, ties or other approved materials used to
secure a manufactured or mobile home.
ANSI/NFPA 501 A STANDARD FOR INSTALLATION OF (MANUFACTURED)
MOBILE HOMES
Mode] national standards (including ail authorized
successor documents) for installation of manufactured
and mobile homes, as adopted and copywrited by the
National Fire Protection Association and the Manufactured
Housing Institute.
APPROVED
Acceptable to the approprfate authority having jurisdiction,
by reason of investigation, accepted principles
or tests by nationally recognized organizations.
EXPANDO UNIT
An expandable manufactured housing unit.
FOUNDATION SIDING/SKIRTING
A type of wainscoting constructed of fire and weather
resistant material, such as aluminum, asbestos board,
treated pressed wood or other approved materials,
enclosing the entire undercarriage of the manufactured
or mobile home.
G. MANUFACTURED HOME
A dwelling unit fabricated in an off-site manufacturing
facility for installation or assembly at the building
site, bearing a seal certifying that it is built
in compliance with the federal Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Code or Indiana
Public Law 360, Acts of 1971, as promulgated by
the Indiana Administrative Building Council. The
three types of manufactured homes (TYPE I, TYPE
II AND TYPE III) are defined as meeting all of the
appropriate requirements of Article IV of this chapter.
H. MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION
A parcel of land platted for subdivision according
to all requirements of the comprehensive plan, designed
or intended for lots to be conveyed by deed to ~ndividual
owners for residential occupancy primarily by manufactured
homes.
I. MANUFACTURED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
CODE
Title VI of the 1974 Housing and Community Development
Act (42 U.S.C. 5401 et sequentia), as amended (previously
known as the federal Mobile Home Construction and
Safety Act), rules and regulations adopted thereunder
(~ncluding Information supplied by the home manufacturer,
which has been stamped and approved by a Design
Approval Primary Inspection Agency, an agent ~f
the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
pursuant to HUD rules), and regulations and interpretations
of said code by the Indiana Administrative Building
Council; all of which became effective for mobile/
manufactured home construction on June 15, 1976.
MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY (PARK)
A parcel of land on which two (2) or more manufactured
or mobile homes are occupied as residences.
K. MOBILE HOME
A transportable structure
and twenty (320)
as a year-round
L. OCCUPIED SPACE
larger than three hundred
square feet, designed to be used
residential dwelling.
Qe
system completely
joisns of
loads from
depth below the established
the safe bearing capacity
Indiana Administrative
regulations
factory-built
for the construction, repair or maintenance of
one or two family residential dwellings.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A portable vehicular structure not built to the
federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Code (or the obsolete ANSI 119.1 Mobile
Home Design and Ccnstruction Standard) designed
for travel, recreational camping or vacation purposes,
either having its own motor power or mounted onto
The total area of earth horizontally covered by
the structure, excluding accessory structures, such
as, but not limited to, garages, patios and porches.
ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLING CODE, INDIANA
The national]y-recognized model building code prepared
by the Council of American Building Officials, adopted
by the Indiana Administrative Building Council (ABC)
as mandated through Public Law 360, Acts of 1971,
and, which includes those supplements and amendments
promulgated by the ABC.
N. PERMANENT PERIMETER ENCLOSURE
A permanent perimeter structural
enclosing the space between the floor
the home and the ground.
O. PERMANENT FOUNDATION
Any structural system for transposing
a structure to the earth at a
frost line without exceeding
of the supporting soil.
p. PUBLIC LAW 360, ACTS OF 1971
Enabling legislation requiring the
Building Council to adopt rules and
III.
or drawn by another vehicle, and including but not
limited to travel and camping trailers, truck campers
and motor homes.
R. SECTION
A unit of a manufactured home at ]east ten (10)
body feet in width and thirty 130) body feet in
length.
S. SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT
A device for permitting a use within a district
other than a principally permitted use.
T. SUPPORT SYSTEM
A pad or a combination of footings, piers, caps,
plates and shims, which, when properly installed,
support the manufactured or mobile home.
APPLICABILITY
A. PERMITTED PLACEMENT
The establishment, location and use of
homes as permanent residences approved
by specific
in any zone
manufactured
individually,
materials, or by design, shall be permitted
permitting installation of a dwelling
unit, subject
generally to such
and provided such
requirements and
to requirements and
residential use
homes shall meet
limitations:
limitations applying
in the district,
the following
the dwelling shall meet the appropriate
Appearance Standards, as hereinafter set
in Article IV;
Exterior
forth
2. the dwelling shall be sited in a district where
such use is permitted in the Schedule of Uses,
as hereinafter set forth in Article V;
3. the dwelling shall receive all required permits
and conform with the Comprehensive Plan and
other Ordinances of the City of Jeffersonvil]e.
IV.
Bo
NON-CONFORMING HOMES
A manufactured ar mobile home placed and maintained
on a tract of ]and and deemed To be a legal non-
conforming use prior to the adoption of this Ordinance,
shall continue 5o be a legal non-conforming use.
If the non-conforming use is discontinued, the land
thereafter must be used in conformity with all provisions
of the Ordinance.
REPLACEMENT OF NON-CONFORMING HOMES
Thereafter, upon application to
and subsequen~ approval thereof,
the designated administrator
a manufactured
or mobile home, deemed a legal non-conforming use,
may be replaced by a manufactured home, provided
the replacement is of an equal or a higher type,
as specified in Article IV of this Ordinance, (Exterior
Appearance Standards). Equal or higher type means
that a mobile home may be replaced with a TYPE I,
II or III Manufactured Home or another mobile home;
a TYPE III Manufactured Home could be rep]aced with
a TYPE I, II or III Manufactured Home; a TYPE II
Manufactured Home could be rep]aced with a TYPE
I or II Manufactured Home; a TYPE I Manufactured
Home could be replaced with another TYPE I Manufactured
Home.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Due to its integral design, any structural alteration
or modification of a manufactured or mobile home
after it is placed on the site must be approved
by the a~thorized building administrator of the
City of Jeffersonville.
EXTERIOR APPEARANCE STANDARDS
MANUFACTURED HOME CLASSIFICATION
Manufactured homes shall be classified as to acceptable
compatibility or similarity in appearance with site-
constructed residences, as follows:
A TYPE I Manufactured Home shall:
a. have mo~e than nine hundred and
sixty (960)
square feet of occupied space in a square
feet of occupied space in a double-section
or larger multi-section unit,
b. be placed onto a permanent foundation,
c. utilize a permanent perimeter enclosure
in accordance with approved Installation
Standards, as specified in Article VI,
d. be anchored to the ground, in accordance
with the One and Two Family Dwelling Code
and to the manufacturer's specifications,
e. have wheels, axles and hitch mechanisms
removed,
f. have utilities connected, in accordance
with the One and Two Family Dwelling Code
and manufacturer's specifications,
g. have siding material of a type customarily
used on site-constructed residences (the
Plan Commission's designated adminstrator
may compile a list of approved
meeting the compatibility test
Materials List).
materials
see Approved
a TYPE II Manufactured Home shall:
a. have more than nine hundred and sixty~
(960) square feet of occupied space in a
single, double, expando or multi-section
unit (including those with add-a-room units),
b. be placed onto a support system, in accordance
with approved Installation Standards, as
specified in Article VI,
c. be enclosed with foundation siding/skirting,
in accordance with approved Installation
Standards, as specified in Article VI,
d. be anchored to the ground, in accordance
with manufacturer's, specifications or the
ANSI/NFPA 501 A Installation Standards,
o
have utilities connected in accordance with
manufacturer's specifications or the ANSI/NFPA
501 A Installation Standards,
have siding material of a type customarily
used on site-constructed residences (the
'Plan Commission's designated administrator
may compile a list of approved materials
meeting the compatibility test see Approved
Materials List), and
g. have roofing material of a type customarily
used on site-constructed residences (the
Plan Commission's designated administrator
may compile a list of approved materials
meeting the compatability test - see Approved
Materials List).
a TYPE III Manufactured Home shall:
a. have more than three hundred and twenty
(320) square feet of occupied space in a
single, double, expando or multi-section
unit (including those with add-a-room units),
b. be placed onto a support system, in accordance
with approved Installation Standards, as
specified in Article VI,
c. be enclosed with foundation siding/skirting,
in accordance with approved Installation
Standards, as specified in Article VI,
d. be anchored to the ground, in accordance
with manufacturer's specIfications or the
ANSI/NFPA 501 A Installation Standards,
and
e. have utilities connected, in accordance
with manufacturer's specificaticns or the
ANSI/NFPA 501A Installation Standards.
MOBILE HOMES
For purposes of ~etermining appropriateness
placemenT, mobile homes shat]:
1. have more than three hundred and
square feet of occupied space,
o
for
twenty (320)
be placed onto support system, in accordance
with approved installation Standards, as specified
in Article VI,
be enclosed with foundation siding/skirting,
in accordance with approved installation Standards,
as specified in Article VI,
be anchored to the ground, in accordance with
manufacturer's specifications or the ANSI/NFPA
501 A installation Standards, and
have utilites connected, in accordance with
manufacturer's specifications or the ANSI/NFPA
501 A installation Standards·
SCHEDULE OF USES p = Permitted Use
SE = with Special Exception
Manufactured or mobile homes Permit Only
are permitted uses, as follows: X Prohibited Use
TYPE I TYPE II TYPE III MOBILE
MH MH MH HOME
Single Family Dwelling P P X X
(R-l) p X X
Multi-Family Dwelling P
(R-2) p P
Mobile Home Park P P
Local Business p p X
(B-l) p X X
Service Business P
(B-2) p X X
General Business P
(B-3) p p X X
Light Industry
(I-i) X X
General Industry X X ,
(I-2)
4 o
*Any building
in a Historical District must meet the requirements
the Historical District.
I~ST~LLATION STANDARDS
A. PERMANENT PERIMETER ENCLOSURE
Those manufactured homes designated in the Zoning
Ordinance as requiring a permanent perimeter enclosure
must be set onto an excavated area, with foundations,
footings and crawl space or basement walls constructed
in accordance with the terms of the One and Two
Family Dwelling Code. The space between the floor
joists of the home and the excavated underfloor
grade shall be completely enclosed with the permanent
perimeter enclosure (except
FOUNDATION SIDING/SKIRTING
All manufactured or mobile
for required openings).
(FOR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES)
homes without a permanent
perimeter enclosure shall have an approved foundation
siding/skirting enclosing the entire perimeter of
the home. Foundation siding/skirting and back-up
framing shall be weather-resistant, non-combustible
or self-extinguishing materials, which blend with
the exterior siding of the home. Below grade level
and for a minimum distance of slx (6) inches above
finish grade, the materials shall be unaffected
by decay or oxidation. The siding shall be installed
in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations
or approved equal standards.
The siding shall be ventilated by openings, which
shall have a net area of not less than one and one-half
(1-1/2) square feet for each twenty-five (25) linear
feet of exterior perimeter. The openings shall
be covered with corrosion resistant wire mesh not
larger than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
The underfloor area shall be provided with an eighteen
(18) inch by twenty-four (24) inch minimum size
access crawl hole, which shall not be blocked by
pipes, ducts or other construction interfering with
the accessibility of the underfloor space, or other
approved access mechanism.
VII.
VIII.
SUPPORT SYSTEM
1.
TYPE I MANUFACTURED HOMES:
All HUD-Code TYPE I Manufactured Home load-
bearing foundations shall be installed in conformance
with the regulations in the One and Two Family
Dwelling Code and with the manufacturer's installation
specifications.
PL 360 CODE HOMES:
All PL 360 code Home foundations shall be installed
in conformance with the regulations in the One
and Two Family Dwelling Code and with the manu-
facturer's installation specifications.
TYPE II AND III MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MOBILE
HOMES:
All HUD-Code TYPE II and III Manufactured Homes
and all MobiIe Homes not placed on a permanent
foundation, shall be installed on a support
system in conformance with the manufacturer's
installation specifications or with the Support
Systems regulations in the ANSI/NFPA 501 A 1977
Installation Standards.
Any person seeking to erect, build or install a
manufactured home or mobile home as defined in this
Ordinance must obtain all permits, certificates
or other documents required for a single family
residence in the same
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
area.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
Each day of non-compliance with the provisions of
this Ordinance constitutes a separate and distinct
ordinance violation. Judgment of up to five hundred
dollars ($500) per day may be entered for a violation
of this Ordinance.
/!
SUBJECT TO REMOVAL
A home, sited upon property in violation of this
Ordinance, shall be subject to removal from such
property. However, the home owner must be given
a reasonable opportunity to bring the property into
compliance before action for removal can be taken.
If action finally is taken by the appropriate authority
to bring compliance, the expenses involved may be
made a lien against the property.
REMOVAL METHOD
The Plan Commission's designated administrator may
institute a suit in an appropriate court for injunctive
relief to cause such
abated or removed.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any section, subsection,
violation to be prevented,
paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconsti-
tutionally shall not affect the validity or constitutionality
of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. It is
being expressly declared that this Ordinance and each
section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause and
phrase would have been adopted regardless of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared inva]id~or
unconstitutional ·
Duly adopted by the Common Council
this /~ day of
MAYOR DALE L. OREM
ATTEST:
C. RICHARD SPEN~ER, J~/
CLERK-TREASURER
presented by me as
City of jeffersonville
1984.
Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of said
this /~_ day of /~y '
~. Ri~CHARD SPENC~
CLERK-TREASURER
Adopted and signed by me this
day of
, 1984.
· OR~M