HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1193BILL NO. 8
ORDINANCE NO. 1193
BY COUNCILMAN KEYS
AN ORDINANCE FOR.THE REGULATION OF THE PLACEMENT AND LOCATION
OF INDIVIDUAL MOBILE HOME UNITS ON INDIVIDUAL PARCELS OF LAND.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City
of Caldwell, Idaho:
Section 1. Definitions:
A. Accessory Building as used herein is any awning,
cabana, storage cabinet, utility building, ramada, carport,
fence, windbreak, porch, or factory built addition.
B. Awning means any stationary structure, permanent
or demountable, used in conjunction with the mobile home or
trailer, other than a window awning for the purpose of providing
shelter from the sun and rain, and having a roof with supports
and not more than one wall or storage cabinet substituting for
a wall.
C. Cabana means a stationary lightweight structure
which may be prefabricated, or demountable, with two or more
walls, used adjacent to and in conjunction with a trailer to
provide additional living space meant to be moved with the
trailer.
D. Carport means a stationary structure consisting of
a roof with its supports and not more than one wall, or storage
cabinet substituting for a wall, and used for sheltering a motor
vehicle.
E. Lease as used herein is a written contract for
the use, possession and occupancy of the property.
F. Mobile Home or House Trailer means a vehicle or
structure constructed with wheels for the use on public high-
ways, or has been so designed as to be readily portable; that
has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, is intended for
human occupancy and is being used for single family residential
purposes.
G. Permanent living quarters means the use of a
mobile home or house trailer on one specific site for living
quarters for a period in excess of 45 days in any twelve -month
period shall constitute a use for permanent living quarters.
H. Ramada means a stationary structure having a roof
extending over a mobile home or house trailer, which may also
extend over a patio or parking place for motor vehicles, and
is used principally for protection from sun and rain.
Section 2. Conditions for Use of Mobile Homes and
House Trailers Outside Parks: The establishment and use of
house trailers or mobile homes for permanent living quarters
on property other than in licensed trailer parks or mobile
home parks shall be permitted in the City of Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho, when all the following conditions have been met:
A. No trailer or mobile home shall be occupied
upon a parcel of land which contains less than 5000 square
feet or which contains an area less than that required by the
zone in which it is placed, whichever is the smaller area.
Trailers not used for permanent living quarters are excluded
from area requirements.
B. No trailer or mobile home shall be placed upon a
parcel of land which is less than 50 feet in width.
C. A mobile home or house trailer placed on a parcel
of land shall meet the set -back requirements of the zone in
which it is placed.
D. A permit shall not be issued for a mobile home or
house trailer less than 10 feet in width.
E. Permits shall be issued only for those mobile
homes and house trailers meeting all of the specifications of
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the United States of America Standards Institute - Standards
for Mobile Homes, 1969 Edition (and subsequent editions).
F. No trailer or mobile home shall be established in
Caldwell City, unless the same shall be a modern trailer,
containing flush -type toilet and other sanitary facilities.
Sanitary connections shall conform to the regulations of the
agencies having jurisdiction over them. Outside electrical
connections shall also conform to the regulations of the agencies
having jurisdiction over them.
1. Such trailer or mobile home shall contain
heating, plumbing, illumination, cooking and electrical
equipment and installations which conform to nationally
recognized safety standards for plumbing, heating,
illuminating, cooking and electrical equipment in
installations in trailers and mobile homes that the
State of Idaho plumbing inspector and electrical
inspector shall adopt from time to time.
2. All construction and installations of plumbing,
gas piping, electric equipment and wiring shall be in
compliance with the State of Idaho statutes presently
in force and maintained to these standards as they may
be amended, and the regulations made pursuant thereto.
G. Prior to any construction or the establishment
of a trailer or mobile home on a lot or parcel of land to be
used for this purpose, the owner of such trailer or mobile home
or his agent shall obtain a building permit from the City of
Caldwell.
H. Following establishment of said trailer or mobile
home, all further building improvements on said lot or parcel
of land may be permitted by obtaining an additional building
permit from the City of Caldwell; provided such permit would
be required from the owner of a conventional and fixed residence
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in the zone wherein the trailer or mobile home is situated.
Accessory building heights shall not exceed 13 feet in height,
or the height of the roof line of the trailer or mobile home,
whichever is greater, provided, however, this height shall not
include an antenna and /or cooler.
I. Said house trailer or mobile home shall be skirted
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on its perimeter with a fireproof skirting.
J. Nothing within these regulations shall be construed
to allow a camping trailer as a permanent dwelling.
Section 3. Authority to Inspect and Proof of
Inspection:
A. The Building Official of Caldwell City prior to
such occupancy of the mobile home or house trailer may inspect
such mobile home or house trailer to determine if such occupancy
for permanent living quarters complies with all the laws,
provisions, ordinances and regulations of the State of Idaho, and
Caldwell City.
B. Upon issuance of an installation permit for the
installation of the trailer, decals indicating approval of the
trailer and its installation shall be placed by the Building
Inspector as follows:
1. One decal shall be placed on the unit so as
to be visible from the street or road, unless other-
wise screened from view.
Section 4. Permanent Installation Permits:
A. Prior to the occupancy of any mobile home or
house trailer upon real property in Caldwell City, in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance, the property owner shall
secure an installation permit from the Building Inspector of
Caldwell city.
B. The fee for such installation permit shall be
$25.00 which will include the cost of inspection by the Building
Inspector.
C. Said permit shall be valid until removal of such
house trailer or mobile home from said property.
D. As to any mobile homes or house trailers now
situate upon real property within Caldwell city, six months
shall be allowed for compliance with sanitation requirements of
this ordinance, and all other requirements of this ordinance
shall be met when such mobile home or house trailer is replaced
with another mobile home or house trailer.
E. An installation permit herein provided for shall
not be transferrable from one location to another, but shall be
transferrable from one person to another at the same location.
F. When an. approved trailer installation for which a
$25.00 installation permit has been obtained is replaced by
its owner with a house trailer or mobile home using the same
connections., the fee for the use permit for the replacement of
the trailer shall be $25.00, which will include the cost of
inspection.
Section 5. Temporary Use Permits:
Temporary use permits for a mobile home or house
trailer not to exceed 45 days in any 12- month period shall be
used by the Building Inspector which will permit the use of
one or more trailers upon a parcel of land of single ownership
upon payment of a $10.00 fee. Any such temporary permit shall
not, other than permitting a smaller area requirement, vary or
alter the provisions of this ordinance. No public hearing shall
be required for the issuance of such. temporary use permit. The
intent of this section is to allow friends, relatives and
bona fide visitors to place and use their mobile homes or house
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trailers for a limited period of time under circumstances which.
would otherwise be prohibited by this ordinance. No permit
shall be required of friends, relatives or bona fide visitors
staying two weeks or less and not using plumbing or electrical
connections to the mobile home or house trailer.
Section 6. Emergency Permits:
When a true emergency condition exists (example: Fire,
flood, etc.) a mobile home may be used for temporary living
quarters for a period of time not to exceed sixty (60) days.
Documentation of the emergency condition must be submitted with
application for the emergency permit. Said permit may at the
time be issued by the Building Inspector of the City of Caldwell.
This emergency permit may be renewed at the discretion of the
Building Inspector when an extended emergency exists.
Section 7. Recordation.
A. Applicant for permit shall furnish evidence of
the ownership or tenancy of the land upon which the trailer or
mobile home is placed by recorded deed, contract of sale, or
written lease.
B. This provision shall not apply to an applicant
for a temporary use permit.
Section S. Variances:
An application for variance of any of the provisions
of this ordinance will be considered by the Building Inspector.
However, no variance shall be granted until such variance is
submitted to and approved by the Board of Adjustment subject to
the applicable sections of the Caldwell City zoning ordinance.
Section 9. Repeal:
All ordinances and parts of ordinances of Caldwell
city in conflict with this ordinance to the extent of the
conflict with this ordinance and no further are hereby
repealed.
Section 10. Area included:
No provision of this ordinance shall be construed to
permit the use of mobile homes or house trailers in locations
other than the area described as follows:
South boundary shall be the centerline and the center-
line extended of the alley between Albany Street and
Belmont Street,
West boundary shall be the Boise River,
North Boundary shall be the Notus Canal,
East boundary shall be the center of Blocks between
North Ninth Avenue and North Tenth Avenue.
Section 11. Constitutionality:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconsti-
tutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council
hereby declare it would have passed this ordinance and every
section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said sections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or
invalid.
Section 12. This ordinance shall be in force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication.
PASSED By the City Council this 5th day of May ,
1970.
First reading: 4- 6 -70
Second readings 4 -20 -70
Third reading: 5- 5 -70