(a) Accessory building means any building or structure, or portion thereof, located on the same property as a manufactured home which building or structure does not qualify as a manufactured home as defined herein.
(b) Building official means the director of the City of Park City Department of Code Enforcement.
(c) Camp means a recreational vehicle campground.
(d) Code enforcement officer means the official or other authorized representative charged with the administration and enforcement of this article. The terms “building official,” “inspector,” and “department director” of the City of Park City Department of Code Enforcement are synonymous. The code enforcement officer as defined in K.S.A. 19-101d(b)(2), shall have the power to sign, issue and execute uniform complaints and notices to appear as set out by K.S.A. 19-101d.
(e) Design professional means a registered and licensed professional engineer or architect of the State of Kansas.
(f) Ground anchor means any device designed to secure a manufactured home or mobile home to the ground.
(g) Dwelling means any building or portion thereof, which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes.
(h) Manufactured home means a dwelling unit built on or after June 15, 1976, which is fabricated in one or more sections at a location other than the home site by assembly line-type production techniques or by other construction methods unique to an off-site manufacturing process. Every section shall bear a label certifying that it is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards generally known as the HUD code established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5403. A manufactured home is designed to be towed on its own chassis or be site delivered by alternative means. A manufactured home shall be transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and 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 contained therein. The term “manufactured home” does not include a recreational vehicle.
(i) Manufactured home community (MH-2) means a parcel of land which has been planned and improved in some manner, and used or intended to be used by one or more occupied mobile homes or manufactured homes not placed on permanent foundations. The term manufactured home community does not include sales lots on which unoccupied mobile or manufactured homes, whether new or used, are parked for the purpose of storage, inspection or sale, nor does it include a tract of land on which a manufactured home as a second dwelling unit has been permitted on a temporary basis as a conditional use in accordance with the zoning code.
(j) Manufactured home installation contractor means a contractor who has been licensed as required by the State of Kansas to obtain required permits to perform blocking, anchorage, tie-down installation, and skirting installation as required by this article.
(k) Manufactured home space means a plot of ground within a manufactured home community or nonconforming or nonstandard mobile home community which is to accommodate one manufactured home or mobile home and which provides service facilities for water, sewage and electricity.
(l) Manufactured home subdivision (MH-2) means a subdivision within the “MH-2” manufactured housing zoning district which is platted for development as individual home sites for manufactured homes, modular homes, residential-design manufactured homes and/or site-built single-family dwellings, to be placed on permanent foundations as required for permanent structures.
(m) Mobile home means a movable, detached single-family dwelling unit that was manufactured prior to June 15, 1976 and is not in conformance with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, or HUD code, as is now required for a manufactured home. Such units shall provide all of the accommodations necessary to be a dwelling unit and shall be connected to utilities in conformance with all applicable regulations. The term “mobile home” does not include a recreational vehicle.
(n) Modular home means a structure consisting of one or more components manufactured off-site in conformance to the standards of the building code of the City of Park City and related technical codes and moved to the construction site for final assembly as a dwelling unit, and placed on permanent foundations as required for permanent structures.
(o) Occupy, Occupancy, or Occupied means the use of any mobile home, manufactured home or recreational vehicle by any person for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes.
(p) Operator means the person or business that has charge, care or control of a licensed or unlicensed manufactured home community, nonconforming or nonstandard manufactured or mobile home community, park, or camp or portion thereof, and/or the person or business that holds the license for a manufactured home community, a nonconforming or nonstandard mobile home park, or camp.
(q) Park means manufactured home community or nonconforming or nonstandard mobile home park or court.
(r) Person means any individual, Firm, Trust, Partnership, Association, or Corporation.
(s) Pier means one of the structural supports, required by the uniform standard code for mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and manufactured homes which are not secured to the ground on a permanent foundation.
(t) Recreational vehicle means a unit designed as a temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use; units may have their own power, or be designed to be drawn or mounted on an automotive vehicle. Recreational vehicle shall include motor homes, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, converted buses, houseboats or other similar units as determined by the Director of Code Enforcement.
(u) Recreational vehicle campground or park means a lot, tract or parcel of land designed for occupancy by recreational vehicles for temporary or transient living purposes, including the use of camping spaces for tents.
(v) Residential-design manufactured home means a manufactured home on a permanent foundation which has minimum dimensions of twenty-two (22) body feet in width, a pitched roof, and siding and roofing materials which are customarily used on site-built homes, and complies with the architectural and aesthetic standards specified in the City of Park City building codes. A residential-design manufactured home shall be considered a single-family dwelling and shall not be subject to the provisions of this article.
(w) Roadway means any private street having a minimum width of thirty (30) feet located within a park or court and provided for the general vehicular and pedestrian circulation within the court or park.
(x) Service building means a building housing all of the following: separate toilet facilities for men and women; laundry facilities and separate bath or shower accommodations. Such building may also include other associated uses such as an office and recreational facilities for the camp or park.
(y) Tie down means any device designed for the purpose of anchoring a manufactured home to ground anchors.
(z) Trailer means any portable structure or vehicle designed for highway travel and to permit occupancy thereof for dwelling or sleeping purposes, which does not have individual toilet and bath.
(Ord. 865)
(a) Manufactured homes that are in existence at the time of the adoption of this article may have their use or occupancy continued if such use or occupancy was legal at the time of the adoption of this article, provided that such continued use is not dangerous to life, health and safety.
(b) The use or occupancy of any existing manufactured home shall not be changed unless evidence satisfactory to the code enforcement officer is provided to show compliance with all applicable provisions of the codes adopted by the City of Park City.
(c) Upon any change in use or occupancy, the manufactured home shall cease to be classified as such within the intent of this article.
Nothing hereunder shall pertain to “job trailers,” “construction trailers,” “portable classrooms,” or “portable offices.”
It is unlawful for any person to occupy a manufactured home or mobile home in the City of Park City unless such manufactured home or mobile home is located in a manufactured home community or a nonconforming or nonstandard mobile home park or other authorized location in conformance with all regulations and the zoning laws of the City of Park City. Any such manufactured home or mobile home shall further be required to be in compliance with the Zoning Regulations and the Existing Structure Code of the City of Park City. It is also unlawful for any person to occupy a recreational vehicle in the city unless such recreational vehicle is located in a Camp; located in compliance with one of the exceptions listed hereinbelow; or located in compliance with Article 6. 100.B.5 of the Zoning Regulations of the City.
EXCEPTIONS:
(a) A manufactured home may be occupied at a construction site by a night watchman or construction project workmen when approved by the Director of Code Enforcement as necessary for security and/ or construction purposes. This approval may be withdrawn by the Director of Code Enforcement upon three days written notice, when, in his opinion, the intent of this section is being violated.
(b) A recreational vehicle may occupy a manufactured home space or mobile home space in a community for a period not to exceed thirty days, provided a service building as required for a camp is within two hundred feet of the space so occupied. Under no circumstances shall the number of manufactured home spaces and/or mobile home spaces within a park be occupied by recreational vehicles in excess of five percent of the total number of manufactured home spaces and/ or mobile home spaces provided, or a total of three, whichever is larger.
EXCEPTION: A recreational vehicle that is fully self-contained may occupy a space in a manufactured/mobile home community for a period of not to exceed 30 days without a service building being provided.
(c) A manufactured home may be occupied on a lot in a manufactured home subdivision”MH-1” provided it is placed on a permanent foundation and a building permit is obtained for construction and conversion to a permanent structure.
(d) A manufactured home may be occupied as a single-family dwelling when used as a residence for a watchman, caretaker or guard for an industrial property used in the “I-1” or “I-2” industrial zoning districts, provided such home is placed on a permanent foundation.
(Ord. 1113)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain and operate any mobile home park, manufactured home subdivision, manufactured home community, recreational vehicle park, or camp within the City of Park City, Kansas, unless such person is licensed by the City to operate the same, with such license not being transferable, except with the consent of the City of Park City, Kansas.
(b) That there shall be assessed against each manufactured home or recreational vehicle space located within the corporate city limits of the City of Park City, Kansas, an annual, impact fee assessed and paid as follows:
(1) The fee shall be based upon the number of lots in the manufactured home community or manufactured home subdivision than existing as of January 1 of each calendar year. Said fee shall be in the amount of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each manufactured home and/or recreational vehicle space and shall be paid to the City not later than February 15 of the following year; except that for any newly added manufactured home and/or recreational vehicle space the impact fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the year in which the space is added which shall be paid immediately. Said assessment shall be against and be owed by the registered owner of the land on which the manufactured home and/or recreational vehicle spaces are situated.
(2) The failure to pay the assessed impact fee when due shall result in there being a further assessment of a five percent (5%) penalty of the total assessment for every thirty (30) days after the due date that the said assessment remains unpaid. That said assessment shall, sixty (60) days after the date due, constitute a lien against the lands on which the manufactured/mobile home and/or recreational vehicle park is located and shall be certified to Sedgwick County to be spread as a special tax against such lands.
(c) Three (3) copies of the application for a new or addition to a manufactured home community or park license and all accompanying plans and specifications for building and other structures, along with three (3) copies of the plot plan as built (Items 1-4, Section (d) below) shall be filed through the Director of Planning. Such application shall include the following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The location and legal description of the manufactured home community or park;
(3) A complete plan for the manufactured home community and/or recreational vehicle park, showing compliance with all applicable provisions of this article;
(d) A complete plan, for the purpose of obtaining a license to be issued by the Clerk upon approval of the Director of Planning, shall include:
(1) The area and dimensions of the tract of land to be used for the manufactured home community and/or recreational vehicle park;
(2) The number, location, and size of all mobile home, camp or recreational vehicles spaces;
(3) The location and width of roadways, walkways, and easements;
(4) A plot plan of existing and/or all proposed buildings and other structures; and existing or proposed utilities;
(5) Plans and specifications of all buildings, water and sewerage facilities, and other improvements to be constructed within the community or park;
(6) The topography and drainage and grading plan on new construction or additions to the community or park.
(e) Applications for renewal of a manufactured home park or community license shall be filed with the Director of Planning, but the attachments specified above are not required unless there are changes to the plot. The City Clerk will issue the license after the application is reviewed and approved by the Director of Planning.
(f) If the community or park is in compliance with provisions of this article, the Clerk of the City of Park City, Kansas, shall issue the license upon the approval of the Director of Planning.
(g) Any license granted hereunder shall be subject to suspension by the Director of Planning if the person holding such license fails to comply with all the provisions of this article after 30 days notice by the Director of Planning. Suspension of such license shall remain in effect until such time as all requirements of this section shall be met. If remedial action has not been instituted by the community or park operator within 30 days after the date of suspension, suspension shall become revocation with right of appeal as herein after defined.
(h) The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted in the office or in the premises of the community or park at all times.
(a) A manufactured home installation permit shall be obtained from the City of Park City for every manufactured home, which is installed or relocated within the City of Park City, Kansas. The purpose of such manufactured home installation permit is to assure that manufactured homes are anchored and placed on footings and foundations and skirted as required by the City of Park City. Manufactured home installation permits shall be obtained at least twenty-four hours prior to installation of any manufactured home within the City of Park City, Kansas.
(b) Manufactured home installation permits must be obtained for every manufactured home installed in the City of Park City, Kansas. Inspections associated with the above captioned permit shall include setbacks, blocking, tie down anchors, pad footings, permanent skirting, electrical, plumbing, and gas connections, steps, landings, handrails and guardrails. It shall be unlawful to attach any load imposing structure such as but not limited to steps, decks, patio covers, and room additions, or to connected two or more mobile/manufactured homes together, without the approval of the Department of Code Enforcement.
(c) Permits and inspections for any building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or construction work other than manufactured home anchorage, footings and foundations, or skirting, as outlined below, shall be obtained as required by the building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and health codes as currently adopted by the City of Park City, Kansas.
(d) A copy of the third party inspection report shall be presented when purchasing all residentially designed manufactured housing permits. No permit shall be issued without a third party inspection report.
(e) Manufactured home installation permits shall only be obtained by a licensed manufactured home installation contractor as defined herein or by a homeowner if they are installing a personal residence. No manufactured home installation permit shall be issued to any manufactured home installation contractor who has not first obtained a license through the State of Kansas or whose license has been suspended or revoked by the State of Kansas. No manufactured home installation permit will be issued to any manufactured home installation contractor without the contractor first providing the City the following documents:
(1) A copy of the contractor’s current manufactured home installation license issued by the State of Kansas.
(2) Proof of Worker’s Compensation insurance covering all employees to be engaged in work on the site of the manufactured home installation and in such amounts as are required by the laws of the State of Kansas.
(3) Proof that the manufactured home installation contractor has current, comprehensive, general liability insurance coverage for the contractor’s operations in an amount of not less than three hundred thousand ($300,000) for each occurrence and aggregate for bodily injury and property damage combined.
(f) Permit fees.
(1) There is hereby established a fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a permit for the installation of each manufactured home installed in a manufactured home community or park in the City of Park City.
(2) There is hereby established a fee in the amount of nineteen cents ($0.19) per square foot of above ground area for all other permits issued pursuant to this section. For manufactured homes with an unfinished basement an additional fee of fifteen cents ($.15) per square foot of basement area shall be charged. For manufactured homes with a finished basement, an additional fee of nineteen cents ($.19) per square foot of basement area shall be charged.
(Ord. 865)
(a) The City of Park City, Kansas, through its Department of Code Enforcement and/or designated representative, is hereby authorized and directed to make inspections to determine the condition of communities and parks located within the City of Park City, Kansas, in order to safeguard the health and safety of occupants of communities and parks and of the general public. The City of Park City, Kansas, through its designated agent, 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. Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing the City of Park City, Kansas, to enter a privately owned trailer, recreational vehicle, mobile home, or manufactured home except in accordance with the law.
(b) All construction or work for which a manufactured home installation permit is required shall be subject to inspection by Department of Code Enforcement personal. A survey of the lot may be required by the Department of Code Enforcement to verify that the structure is located in accordance with the approved plans.
(c) It shall be the duty of the permit applicant to cause the work to be accessible and exposed for inspection purposes. Neither the Department of Code Enforcement nor the city shall be liable for expense entailed in the removal or replacement of any material required to allow inspection.
(d) It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a manufactured home installation permit to notify the building official that such work is ready for inspection. The building official may require that every request for inspection be filed at least one (1) working day prior to when such inspection is desired. Such request may be in writing or by telephone at the option of the building official.
(e) The manufactured home shall not be occupied prior to obtaining a temporary final inspection approval by the Department of Code Enforcement of the following items:
(1) Footings and setbacks, if required, before concrete is placed.
(2) Stem wall, if required, before concrete is placed.
(3) Blocking, pursuant to K.S.A. 75-1231 and drawings available for inspection at the Department of Code Enforcement, 6110 North Hydraulic, Park City, Kansas.
(4) Tie down, pursuant to K.S.A. 75-1227 through 75-1230 inclusive and the standards on file in the Department of Code Enforcement and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Electrical service connection as set forth herein.
(6) Fuel gas connection as set forth herein.
(7) Handrails and outside stairs, at each exit, as set forth herein.
(8) Electric or gas meters shall not be released to the utility company until the home is blocked and tied down as set forth herein and in K.S.A. 75-1227 through 75-1230.
(f) When the inspections set forth above have been approved by the Department of Code Enforcement, a temporary occupancy certificate will be issued. The manufactured home shall not be skirted before the temporary final inspection.
(g) It shall be a violation of this article to occupy a manufactured home until a temporary occupancy certificate has been issued.
(h) It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by a manufactured home installation permit that such work shall not be commenced until the permit holder or the permit holder’s agent shall have posted an inspection record card on the front door in the upper portion as to allow the building official to conveniently make the required entries thereon regarding inspection of the work. This card shall be maintained in such position by the permit holder until final approval has been issued by the building official.
(a) Communities and parks may be located only in accordance with the provisions of the zoning ordinance.
(b) Site of the community or park shall be properly graded to ensure adequate drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
(c) Each manufactured/mobile-home or trailer space shall contain a minimum of fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet with the boundaries properly marked. Manufactured/mobile homes and trailers shall be so situated on each space so that there shall be no less than twenty (20) feet of clearance between such homes and trailers and that clearance between rears of homes or trailers shall be no less than twelve (12) feet.
(d) All manufactured/mobile homes or trailers shall be so situated on the manufactured/mobile home or trailer space as to maintain a side yard of no less than five (5) feet from any side space line.
(e) All manufactured/mobile homes or trailers shall be so situated on the manufactured/mobile home or trailer space as to maintain a front setback of no less than twenty (20) feet from the centerline of the roadway; and in no instance shall such setback be less than five (5) feet from the edge of the roadway. All manufactured/mobile homes or trailers shall be as to maintain a front setback of no less than twenty-five (25) feet from the street right-of-way line of any public street or highway.
Service buildings for camps and recreational vehicle parks shall be required and constructed as specified herein below.
(a) Be located no nearer than fifteen (15) feet from any vehicle or trailer space;
(b) Be so located that the trailer or vehicle it is serving shall not be parked more than two hundred (200) feet from it.
(c) Be of permanent type construction, and be adequately lighted;
(d) Be of moisture resistant material, to permit frequent washing and cleaning;
(e) Have sufficient laundry facilities and, in order to afford privacy to each sex, one flush type toilet, one lavatory, and one shower for each sex for all parks or camp having nine (9) or fewer trailer or vehicle spaces; and one additional flush type toilet, one additional lavatory, and one additional shower for each sex for each ten (10) additional trailer or vehicle spaces or major fraction thereof. All laundry facilities, lavatories and showers shall be connected with both hot and cold water.
(f) Have adequate heating facilities to maintain a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the building and provide hot (140 degrees F) water at a minimum rate of eight (8) gallons per hour per trailer or vehicle space, and not less than eighty (80) gallons per hour. Additional water heating capacity shall be provided for laundry facilities.
(g) Have an accessible, adequate, safe and potable supply of cold water
(h) Have all rooms ventilated as required be the currently adopted mechanical code. Have at least one mop sink supplied with hot and cold water, in a room separate from toilet facilities.
(j) Comply with all applicable ordinances, resolutions and statutes regulating buildings, ADA requirements, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing installations and sanitation sewer systems.
(k) Be maintained in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of any condition that will menace the health and safety of any occupant or the public, or constitute a nuisance.
(a) An accessible, safe and potable supply of water shall be provided in each community or park and shall be piped to each trailer or manufactured home space.
(b) Each manufactured/mobile home community and trailer park shall provide an adequate water system having the following minimum flow rates:
(1) Communities or parks having less than five (5) trailer or manufactured homes spaces shall provide a minimum of four (4) gallons per minute per space.
(2) Communities or parks having six (6) fifteen (15) trailer or manufactured/mobile home spaces shall provide a minimum of twenty (20) gallons per minute plus two (2) gallons per minutes for each space more than five (5).
(3) Communities or parks having sixteen (16) to forty (40) trailer or manufactured/mobile home spaces shall provide a minimum of forty (40) gallons per minute plus one and one-half (1-1/2) gallons per minute for each space more than fifteen (15).
(4) Communities or parks having forty-one (41) or more trailer or manufactured/mobile home spaces shall provide a minimum of seventy-eight (78) gallons per minute plus one (1) gallon per minute for each space more than forty (40).
(c) Piping and pumping facilities shall be sized to provide a minimum of twenty (20) pounds per square inch of pressure at all manufactured/mobile home or trailer connections and shall comply with all applicable ordinances and statutes.
(a) All plumbing in the community or park shall comply with all applicable ordinances and statutes.
(b) Each trailer or manufactured/mobile home space shall be provided with no less than a four (4) inch sewer connection. Such individual connections shall be so constructed that they can be closed when not linked to a trailer or manufactured/mobile home, and shall be trapped in such a manner as to maintain them in an odor-free condition.
(c) Individual trailer or manufactured/mobile home sewer connections shall be made to sub-mains of sufficient size to service the park at its ultimate maximum capacity.
(d) When the sewer lines of the park are not connected to a public sewer, a sewage treatment plant or sewage disposal system approved by the State Board of Health shall be provided. The design of such facilities shall be based on the ultimate maximum capacity of the park. The approval of the State Board of Health shall be obtained on the type of treatment proposed and on the design of the facility prior to construction.
Provision for refuse storage and collection shall comply with standards as determined by the City of Park City, Kansas.
Insect and rodent control measures to safeguard public health, as determined by the City of Park City, Kansas, shall be applied in the communities or parks.
(a) Homes placed in manufactured home communities shall have a main disconnect and shall be a main breaker type only. Homes placed in areas other than manufactured home communities shall have a main breaker and room for a minimum of two single pole breakers. The minimum size electrical service shall be one hundred (100) amps, but not less than that required by the main breaker within the manufactured home. Disconnect means shall be within thirty (30) feet of the home. Fusible disconnects are not acceptable. The size of the electrical service shall be determined by the nameplate on the home or in compliance with the current City of Park City electrical code. All homes shall be hard-wired. No cord and plug connected homes shall be permitted. All electrical wiring shall comply with applicable provisions of the current City of Park City electrical code. No power lines shall be permitted to lay on the ground or to be suspended less than fifteen (15) feet above the ground over any roadway, parking or service area. All electrical work shall be completed by a licensed manufactured home electrician or licensed electrical contractor.
(b) Manufactured home service equipment. The manufactured home service equipment shall not be permitted to be installed in or on a manufactured home.
(a) Liquefied petroleum gas shall not be used at trailer or manufactured/mobile home sites, except:
(1) ICC cylinders of twenty-five (25) pound capacity or less shall be permitted to be attached to the pulling hitch of the manufactured/mobile home or trailer, provided that it shall be securely fastened in an upright position to the pulling hitch and properly connected in accordance with rules and regulations issued by the office of the State Fire Marshall.
(2) In the event that a single one hundred (100) pound ICC cylinder is used, it shall be attached firmly in an upright position to the front 18” of the trailer hitch upon a fire proof base and provided with a suitable cap or cover for the valve fittings; provided that this location meets all State Fire Marshall Requirements concerning minimum distance from window and door openings.
(3) In the event that two one hundred (100) pound ICC cylinders are used they shall be located in the upright position at the front 18” of the trailer hitch on a fire proof base, with standard hood of a type approved by the office of State Fire Marshall Department.
(4) Recreational barbecue grills or smokers not exceeding twenty-five (25) pounds capacity.
(b) Liquefied petroleum containers larger than one hundred (100) pound ICC cylinders are not permitted on trailer or manufactured/mobile home spaces.
(c) Gas piping shall not be installed underground beneath buildings or that portion of the manufactured or mobile home or recreational vehicle lot reserved for the location of manufactured or mobile homes or recreational vehicles, manufactured or mobile home or recreational vehicle accessory buildings or structures, concrete slabs or automobile parking, unless installed in a gas tight conduit.
(d) For each individual manufactured home there shall be a gas cock and an American Gas Association approved flexible outdoor connector. Maximum length of flexible connector shall be three (3) feet.
(e) Approved gas piping shall extend laterally out from under the home a minimum of six (6) inches. No flex connectors or shutoff valves shall be allowed under the home. Permanent foundations shall be sleeved.
(f) All gas piping work shall be completed by a certified manufactured home plumber, a licensed plumbing contractor, or a licensed LP installer.
(a) Every new or relocated manufactured home installed after the effective date of this article shall be anchored in accordance with the manufacturer’s printed instructions complying with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act and any regulations promulgated hereunder. It shall be the responsibility of the manufactured home owner or licensed manufactured home installer to demonstrate compliance with this anchoring requirement, and in the event the owner or licensed manufactured home installer is unable to do so, the manufactured home shall be anchored in the following manner:
(1) Ground anchors shall be attached both to the frame and to straps or cables that pass from one (1) side over the top and down the opposite side.
(2) Ground anchors shall be clearly marked with identification as required by K.S.A. 75-1228, and as noted on approved certificates issued by the director of the architectural services division of the state department of administration.
(3) Each ground anchor shall be capable of withstanding a vertical pull force of four thousand seven hundred fifty (4,750) pounds in place.
(4) The number of anchors required shall be: Three on each lengthwise side for manufactured homes not less than thirty-six (36) feet nor more than fifty (50) feet in length; four (4) on each lengthwise side for manufactured homes more than fifty (50) feet but not more than seventy (70) feet in length; and five (5) on each lengthwise side for manufactured homes more than seventy (70) feet in length. Anchors shall be spaced such that each anchor will resist approximately the same force as the others.
(5) Strap or cable tie-downs used to connect the manufactured home to its anchors shall be of a type that is marked with identification as required by K.S.A. 75-1228, and as noted on an approved certificate issued by the director of architectural services division of the state department of administration.
(6) Corner roof protectors shall be used with over-the top cables or straps, which are not factory-installed with the manufactured home.
(a) Every new or relocated manufactured home installed after the effective date of this article shall have a support system in accordance with the manufacturers printed instructions complying with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act and any regulations promulgated hereunder. It shall be the responsibility of the manufactured home owner or licensed manufactured home installer to demonstrate compliance with this requirement and in the event the owner or licensed manufactured home installer is unable to do so, the manufactured home shall be mounted on masonry piers in the following manner:
(1) Blocking footings for piers shall be installed directly under the mainframe or chassis of the manufactured home. Blocking footings shall be placed on stable, undisturbed soil from which grass or organic material has been removed, or in controlled fill free of organic materials compacted to a minimum load-bearing capacity of one thousand (1,000) pounds per square foot. Prior to installation, homes placed on fill shall have a soil analysis to determine whether fill will carry the minimum load-bearing capacity. A state licensed soil engineer or person of equal qualification shall do soil analysis. A copy of the soil analysis shall be filed with the Department of Code Enforcement and attached to the permit. Blocking footings shall consist of no less than two (2) four-inch thick by eight-inch wide by sixteen-inch long solid concrete blocks with the long dimensions of each block parallel with the steel I-Beam frame. Blocking footings shall have a minimum load-bearing capacity of two thousand (2,000) pounds per square foot. The Director of Code Enforcement may authorize alternate footing materials or designs, which have been engineered and tested by an approved testing agency.
(2) Piers less than thirty (30) inches in height, measured from the top of the blocking footing to the bottom of the I-beam, shall be constructed of either open cell or solid concrete blocks each of which shall be eight (8) inches wide, eight (8) inches high, and sixteen (16) inches long. Open cell masonry blocks shall be installed with the open cells aligned vertically. A two (2) inch concrete cap or wood of at least one (1) inch nominal thickness and not greater than four (4) inches nominal thickness, eight (8) inches nominal width and sixteen (16) inches long shall be placed on the top of each pier, with weather proof shims when needed, fitted and driven tightly between the wood or concrete cap plate and the main frame I-beam. Such shims shall not exceed one (1) inch in nominal thickness and shall be at least four (4) inches nominal width and six (6) inches long. Piers shall be installed perpendicular to the I-beam. Piers shall not be spaced further apart than ten (10) feet on centers. The main frame shall not extend further than one (1) foot beyond the centerline of the end of the piers. Piers shall be spaced so as to not be located directly under the axle mounting(s).
(3) For any pier over thirty (30) inches in height, measured from the top of the blocking footing to the bottom of the I-beam, the pier shall be double-tiered with blocks interlocked and capped with solid concrete block. The cap plate shall consist of one (1) four-inch thick by sixteen-inch wide by sixteen (16)-inch long solid concrete block or two (2) four-inch thick by eight (8)-inch wide by sixteen-inch long solid concrete blocks. The gap between the cap plate and the main frame may be filled with a piece of solid wood at least one (1) inch in nominal thickness but not greater than two (2) inches nominal thickness, eight (8) inches nominal width and sixteen (16) inches long, centered under the I-beam. The solid concrete cap or solid wood piece shall be installed with shims, as needed, fitted and driven tightly between the wood or concrete cap plate and the main frame I-beam. Such shims shall not exceed one (1) inch in nominal thickness and shall be at least four (4) inches nominal width and six (6) inches in length.
(4) Piers shall not exceed forty-eight (48) inches in height, unless designed and sealed by a design professional.
(5) Substitute footing and pier blocking materials may be approved by the Director of Code Enforcement if approved by and installed as required by K.S.A. 75-1231.
(a) All manufactured homes installed in the incorporated area of the City of Park City shall be placed only in accordance with the provisions of the Park City Zoning Regulations. After August 29, 1997, no mobile home, as defined in this Code, shall be moved, relocated or otherwise placed on any property, including within any manufactured home community, manufactured home subdivision, or on an individual lot, whether platted or un-platted without the approval of the Director of Planning.
(b) All manufactured homes installed in the incorporated area of the City of Park City shall conform to the following standards:
(1) The manufactured home shall be placed on a permanent enclosed perimeter foundation, or be skirted around the perimeter of the home, within forty-five (45) days of the placement of the home, by solid concrete or masonry walls or a material designed to be used as manufactured home skirting that does not have a flame spread rating in excess of twenty-five (25). Vinyl skirting shall be a minimum of thirty (30) mil thickness and metal skirting shall have vertical metal supports of at least twenty (20) gauge thickness spaced not more than five (5) feet on centers. All skirting over twenty-six (26) inches in height shall be supported with vertical supports spaced not more than three (3) feet on centers, and a horizontal support centered between the ground and the bottom of the manufactured home of at least twenty (20) gage metal. Metal and vinyl skirting shall be fastened with screws, or by other means, to manufacturers’ specifications.
(2) The manufactured home shall be provided with handrails on all outside stairs that have four (4) or more risers from grade to finished floor elevation. Outside stairs shall be constructed to the standards of the current one-and two-family dwelling code of City of Park City, Kansas.
(3) The manufactured home shall have stairs, porches and handrails and guardrails constructed so as to be structurally sound and which shall comply with the standards of the current one-and two-family dwelling code of the City of Park City. Wooden stairs, porches and handrails that are subject to weather shall be constructed with either wood of natural resistance to decay and/or termites or with treated wood. Field treatment of lumber is not acceptable.
(4) A manufactured home shall be limited to use as a single family dwelling unit.
(5) Accessory buildings shall be classified as to occupancy by the building official as set forth in the current one-and two-family dwelling code of the City of Park City.
(6) Manufacturers’ installation instructions are the minimum standards for the installation of the manufactured home.
(7) The manufactured home shall meet the appropriate section of currently adopted codes of the City of Park City, i.e., commercial building, one-and two-family dwelling, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and zoning codes.
(a) Roof. The roof must be predominantly double-pitched and have a minimum vertical rise of two and two-tenths (2.2) inches for every twelve (12) inches of horizontal run, and must be covered with material that is customarily used on site-built dwellings, including approved wood, asphalt composition shingles, or fiberglass, but excluding aluminum, corrugated fiberglass, or metal roof. The roof shall have a minimum eave projection and roof overhang of ten (10) inches, which may include a gutter.
(b) Siding. Exterior siding shall be of a material customarily used on site-built dwellings, which does not have a high gloss finish, such as wood, composition, simulated wood, clapboards, convention vinyl or metal siding, brick, stucco, or similar materials, but excluding smooth, ribbed or corrugated metal or plastic panels. Siding material shall extend below the top of the exterior of the foundation or curtain wall or the joint between siding and enclosure wall shall be flashed in accordance with the current one-and two-family dwelling code of the City of Park City, Kansas.
(c) Installation. A continuous, permanent concrete or masonry foundation or masonry curtain wall, un-pierced except for required ventilation and access, which may include walkout basements and garages, shall be installed under the perimeter of the home.
(d) Entrance landing area. At the main entrance door there shall be a landing that is a minimum of three (3) feet by three (3) feet that is constructed to meet the requirements of the current one-and two-family dwelling code of the City of Park City, Kansas.
(e) Transport equipment. All manufactured home running gear, tongues, axles, and wheels must be removed at the time of installation of the home on the lot.
(f) Finished floor elevation. The finished floor of the residential-design manufactured home shall be a maximum of twenty-four (24) inches above the exterior finish grade of the lot on which it is located, as measured at the main entrance into the dwelling.
(g) Attached additions. Any attached addition shall comply with the current one-and two-family dwelling code of the City of Park City, Kansas. The architectural and aesthetic standards, as specified above, shall be applicable to all additions. All additions shall have a drawing sealed by a design professional.
(h) Basements and foundations. Plans and specifications for foundations and basements under manufactured homes are on file in the Department of Code Enforcement and are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this article as though fully set out herein. Copies of these plans and specifications are available upon request. A design professional must seal plans submitted by homeowners that vary from the plans on file at the code enforcement office.
(a) It shall be the duty of the operator to keep a register containing a record of all manufactured/mobile home and trailer owners and tenants located within the park or community. The register shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of each occupant.
(2) The make, model, year of manufacture and serial number of manufactured/mobile homes and trailers.
(3) The dates of arrival and departure of each manufactured/mobile home or trailer.
(b) The operator shall keep the register available for inspection at all times, by law enforcement officers, assessor, public health officials, and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained in the register. The individual records of the register shall not be destroyed for a period of three (3) years following the date of registration.
All improvements of trailer parks or manufactured/mobile home communities required under the terms of this article shall be provided by the developer of the community or park. No license shall be granted for the maintenance or operation of a trailer park or manufactured/mobile home community until all such improvements have been installed and approved by the City of Park City, Kansas, or until a performance bond in an amount equal to the estimated cost of such improvements and approved by the city attorney shall have been filed with the City of Park City, Kansas. All improvements shall conform to the requirements of applicable local and state regulations and to design standards specified by Park City Planning Commission.
(a) Alterations and additions which are affected by provisions herein, within or to a trailer park or manufactured/mobile home community and facilities shall be made only after application to the Code Enforcement Officer and in conformity with all of the regulations of this article.
(b) No additions of any kind shall be built on to or become a part of any manufactured/mobile home or trailer except with a City of Park City building permit. Skirting of recreational vehicles is permissible but such skirting shall not permanently attach the recreational vehicle to the ground, provide a harborage for rodents, or create a fire hazard.
(c) Alterations and additions to manufactured homes or mobile homes which are affected by provisions contained in this chapter, within or to a park and facilities, shall be made only after application to the code enforcement officer and then only in conformity with all of the sections of this code.
(d) No permanent additions shall be made to a manufactured home or mobile home, including any non-conforming units, unless the manufactured home or mobile home is on a permanent foundation and all applicable building permits have been obtained. Such additions shall comply with the current one-and two-family dwelling code of the City of Park City. No singlewide or doublewide manufactured home or mobile home shall be combined with or attached to another manufactured home or mobile home unless such manufactured home or mobile home units are specifically constructed to HUD codes to be so combined.
(e) Accessory buildings, decks, landings, patio covers, steps and stairs and similar appurtenances shall not be structurally supported by or attached to a manufactured home or mobile home unless engineering calculations are submitted to substantiate any proposed structural connections.
(f) Such additions may themselves be a certified manufactured home unit or they may be site built. When additions are site built, they must be structurally separated from the existing manufactured home or mobile home unless engineering calculations are provided to show that the existing manufactured home can safely sustain additional vertical and horizontal loads.
(a) All manufactured/mobile home communities, trailer parks, and the owner of any manufactured/mobile home not located within such a community or park and which is leased to another person for occupancy as a dwelling shall provide storm shelter space as provided below.
(b) The storm shelter space shall be provided according to the following formula:
(1) Each park or community shall provide ten (10) square feet of shelter space times the maximum number of lots for the park or community.
(1.a.) A manufactured/mobile home within the corporate city limits of the City of Park City, Kansas, shall not be required to have a shelter if it is not located within a manufactured/mobile home community and/or trailer park, and if it is owned by its occupant. If the manufactured/mobile home is non-owner-occupied, then the owner of that manufactured/mobile home shall be required to provide shelter space of not less than twenty-five (25) square feet per home.
(1.b.) Shelters and shelter plans shall be submitted to the City of Park City, Kansas, for review and approval by the City Planning Commission. Shelters shall either be sub-surface or above-surface, and depending on which type of shelter is proposed, shall be compliant with the requirements, construction standards, and conditions as promulgated by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Building Code as adopted by the City of Park City. The plan for each park in terms of providing storm shelter space for its occupants shall be submitted to the City Planning Commission not later than September 15 of each year.
(c) Shelters shall be inspected not less than semi-annually, and sooner if requested by the City of Park City, Kansas, and/or its duly authorized agent.
(d) All newly constructed shelters built pursuant to this article shall be handicapped-accessible and meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(e) Shelters provided and/or constructed as required herein shall not have an accumulation of water within them and shall be lighted, but it shall be at the option of the owner of the manufactured/mobile home community and/or trailer park whether or not such lighting shall be hard-wired to an outside electrical source, or served by battery power. Shelters of eighty (80) square feet and smaller shall not be required to have lighting.
(f) Occupants of manufactured/mobile home communities and rented individual manufactured/mobile homes shall be given notice in writing, within five (5) days of February 1, May 1, and August 1 of each year advising as to the location of all shelters in the community, or trailer park, the means of gaining access to said shelter, and a point of contact regarding questions about the shelter(s), and notice of the city ordinance that requires the same.
(g) New manufactured/mobile home communities and/or trailer parks, defined as those manufactured/mobile home communities and/or trailer parks not operating as of the date of the enactment of this article, shall be required to have shelters located so that no home is more than six hundred (600) feet from an accessible shelter. The term “operating” as used in this subsection is defined as meaning, “a manufactured/mobile home community and/or trailer park that has been issued a community or park license and which has twenty percent (20%) or more of its available lots leased and manufactured/mobile homes and/or trailers located on that percentage of its available lots or spaces.
All communities or parks that do not meet the requirements of this article on its effective date shall be designated non-standard communities or parks. The owner or operator of such non-standard community or park shall have one hundred eighty (180) days to make such improvements as are needed to meet fully the health, safety and sanitary requirements of this article. Under no circumstances shall any such non-standard community or park be granted a conditional use permit by the City of Park City.
Manufactured homes, trailers, or recreational vehicles shall not be allowed to utilize bottled or compressed natural gas to heat, operate, cool, and/or otherwise provide power to any individual unit, trailer, or otherwise. Said power shall be provided through the hook-ups available through the park, camp, or recreational vehicle park.
Any person aggrieved by any action of the City of Park City, Kansas, taken under the provisions of this article may appeal the ruling of the City of Park City, Kansas, to the Park City City Council by filing with such council a written request for a hearing within fifteen (15) days after the issuance of a ruling by an agent of the City. The City Council shall set the matter for hearing within a reasonable time and shall give written notice thereof to all interested parties. At such hearing the council shall give all interested parties an opportunity to be heard. Thereafter the council shall determine whether the actions of the City’s agent were reasonable and proper and enter an order accordingly.
Should any section or provision of this article be declared invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense, and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Payment of fine alone will not constitute compliance with this article.