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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ06-69~. --. ttiecityof KENA~ SKA CITY OF KENAI PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. PZ06-69 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL THAT TITLE 14 OF THE KENAI MUNICIPAL CODE AT KMC 14.20.240(c) BE AMENDED BY ADOPTING MOBILE HOME STANDARDS FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS WITHIN THE CITY OF KENAI WHEREAS, KMC 14.20.240(c) allows mobile homes for residential use in mobile home parks within the City of Kenai, and WHEREAS, KMC 14.20.240(c) does not provide for minimum standards for mobile homes brought into mobile home parks; and WHEREAS, such minimum standards would improve the safety, aesthetics and living conditions in mobile homes in the City of Kenai; and WHEREAS, it is beneficial to residents of mobile home parks to provide for minimum standards for such mobile homes; and WHEREAS, such minimum standards would benefit the mobile home parks and nearby property; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Kenai to provide for minimum. standards for mobile homes in mobile home parks; and WHEREAS, the minimum standards adopted in this ordinance would apply to mobile homes placed in mobile home parks after the effective date of this ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA that KMC 14.20.240(c) is amended to read as stated below. 14.20.240 Mobile Homes. (c) Mobile homes for residential use may be established only in mobile home parks as permitted in the Land Use Table, subject to the following mobile home standards. (1) No mobile home may be placed in a mobile home park until it has been inspected to meet the requirements of this ordinance. Mobile homes must meet the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards and displa~a seal certifying that it was built according to such standards. Inspection may be done by submission of photographs or ph sy ical inspection at the discretion of the Building Official. Placement of mobile PZ06-69 Page 2 homes in mobile home parks shall require a building_permit. Notwithstanding KMC 4.32.015-R105.5, a building_permit for a mobile home shall e moire 90 dam after the date of issuance unless an extension has been granted. The fee for a mobile home building_permit shall be $100. The fee shall cover the costs of the initial inspection and subsequent inspection of foundation, skirting, code compliance, and entrances/steps. Access shall be provided for the buildin inspector to inspect the furnaces, water heater, foundation or blocking, and verification of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. No wrecked or dilapidated mobile home made placed in a mobile home park. Mobile home spaces shall meet the requirements of the electrical code as adopted in KMC 4.30 and the plumbing code as adopted in KMC 4.25. (2) Foundations. Mobile homes may be attached to permanent foundations; provided that the foundations comply with the city's buildin cg ode. Additions to such mobile homes on permanent foundations shall be factory-built additions or shall comply with the building code and shall be attached to permanent foundations. Mobile homes that are not on permanent foundations shall be blocked as specified in this section, and may have either factory-built additions or additions that comply with the building code. Such additions need not be placed on permanent foundations but must be placed on preservative-treated wood or 8" by 8" by 8" concrete pads or concrete masonry units. (3) Blocking. In order that safe mountings for mobile homes which are not attached to permanent foundations mawprovided, the minimum standards for blocking shall be as follows. Blocking shall be installed under the mobile home at the front and at the rear and at approximately eight feet on center under the main frame members on each side of the mobile home and under the tongue if it is not removable. If wood is used for blocking the ground or bearing block at each point shall be a minimum of two-inch thickness b~four square feet of surface and of preservative treated wood. Additional blocking used shall be a minimum of one and one-half square feet but in no instance be longer or wider than the block beneath. The block that is in contact with the frame shall be a minimum of two b sy ix by twelve inches nominal size. Blocking may be laminated of material not less than two-inches. The use of shims will be allowed, provided the shim is of the same length and width and length as the block above it and in no case less than six inches by twelve inches in area. The use of wedges will not be acceptable. If cored concrete blocks are used for blocking the mobile home, the core shall be placed vertically on a solid concrete pad not less than four inches thick and not less than four square feet in area at eachpoint of blocking. All such concrete blocking shall be load-bearing blocks commonly known as Class A concrete blocks. Materials and methods of blocking differing from those described in this section mawapproved if submitted for approval prior to installation and_ a~~roved by Building Official as consistent with the safety standards and goals set forth in this section. PZ06-69 Page 3 (4) Skirting. All mobile homes shall be skirted within 90 damplacement in a mobile home park. The skirting shall be in such a manner as to withstand the elements and all access openings in skirting shall be closed when not in use and made of solid panels. (5) All entrances to a mobile home shall be provided with permanent steps of pre-cast concrete, properly laid and cemented blocks, or treated lumber. The entrance to an attached deck or similar extension shall be considered as an entrance to a mobile home. An~piers used to provide stabili to a mobile home must meet the requirement of the building code in effect at the time of installation. (6) Additions. Only one lean-to and one arctic entry may be attached to anY mobile home provided they meet the requirements of this section. Additions may not use the mobile home for structural support. No lean-to or combination of lean-to and arctic entry built or attached to any mobile home in a mobile home park shall have a floor area exceeding the floor area of the original mobile home to which it is attached. No lean-to shall be constructed or maintained of any size or in anyposition which violates the side yard, rear yard, front yard or maximum allowable lot coverage requirements that are applicable in the particular zone or mobile home park in which the mobile home and lean-to are located, or constructed within five feet of the next adjacent mobile home space line. An arctic entry is allowed at an exit/entry door from the mobile home. Additions to mobile homes require a buildingpermit. Additions may only be made to mobile homes meeting the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards and displa~g a seal certi ing it was built according to such standards. (7) Outbuildings and additional structures. Detached structures shall not exceed two hundred square feet. Detached structures shall be separated from the mobile home space by a minimum of five feet and no closer than ten feet from any mobile home or lean-to or other building in the mobile home park. Detached structures shall require a building_permit as required under the residential code adopted in KMC 4.32. The construction of lean-tos and similar structures shall be accomplished only after obtaining a building_permit from the building official, and then in accordance with the city's buildin cg ode. (8) Setbacks. There shall be a side yard of not less than 15 feet at the entry side of the mobile home, a side yard of not less than 8 feet at the non-entry side, a rear yard of not less than 10 feet and a front yard of not less than 10 feet. (9) Space size. Each conventional single-wide mobile home shall be located on a plot/space having an area of not less than 3,200 square feet and each double-wide mobile home shall be located on a plot having an area of not less than 4,200 square feet. A mobile home may not cover more than 40 percent of the plot/space size for that mobile home. PZ06-69 Page 4 NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMEND KMC 14.20.240(c) BY ADOPTING MOBILE HOME STANDARDS FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS WITHIN THE CITY OF KENAI PASSED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 11th day of October, 2006. CHAIRMAN AT EST: