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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 2196-2006SUBSTITUTE Suggested by: Administration CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 2196-2006 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, ANIENDING KMC 1420.240(c) 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 Ciry 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, other housing built or placed within the City of Kenai has minimum standards it must meet; and, WHEREAS, such mirumum standards would improve the safety, aesthetics and living conditions in mobile homes in the City of Kenai; and, WI~EREAS, it is beneficial to residents of mobile home parks to provide for minimum standards for such mobile homes; and, WHEREAS, such minunum 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 moUile homes placed in mobile home parks after the effectivc date of this ordinance. NOW, THEREFOI2~, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA that KMC 14.20.240(c) is amended to read as stated Uelow. 14.20.240 Mobile Homes. (c) Mobile homes for residenlial use may be established oniy in mobile home parks as permitted in the Land Use Table, subject to the followin~ mobile home standards. (1) No wrecked or dilapidated mobile home may be placed in a mobile home park. No mobile home ma ~} be placed in a mobile home park until it has been inspected to meet the requirements of this ordinance. Mobile homes must have adequate sanitarv facilities; a sanitarv water supplv; water heating facilities• heatin~ equipment; cookinE equinment; smoke detectors; carbon monoxide detectors• windows ventilation; electrical service and Ordinance No.2196-2006 Page 2 of 4 be structurallv safe; or meet the Nationai Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 enacted June 15, 1976 with a seal certifyin~ that it was built accordina_ to such standards. Verification may be done bv submission of uhoto raAhs or uhvsical inspection at the discretion of the Buildin Official. Placement of moUile homes in mobile home parks shall require a buildin~ permit. Notwithstandin~ KMC 4.32.015-R105.5, a buildin~ nermit for a mobile home shall expire 90 davs after the date of issuance unless an extension has been ranted. (2) The fee for a mobile home building permit shall be $100. The fee for the mobile home buildin~ permit mav be paid in installments within ten (10) months of the issuance of the permit The fee shall cover the eosts of the initial inspection and subsequent insAection of foundation, skirtin~, code compliance, and entrances/steps. Access shall be provided for the buffding inspector to inspect the furnaces, water heater, foundation or Ulockin~, and verification of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. (3) Mobile home service connecfions shall meet the requirements of the electrical code as adopted in KMC 4.30 and the plumUin~ code as adopted in KMC 4.25. (4) Foundations. Mobile homes may be attached to permanent foundations; provided that the foundations complv with the citV's buildin~ code. Additions to such mobile homes on permanent foundations shall Ue factory-built additions or shall complV with the buildin~ 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 factorv-built additions or additions that complv with the building code. Such additions need not be placed on permanent foundations but must be placed on preservative- treated wood or concrete pads/piers or conerete masonrv units. (5) Blockin~. In order for safe mountin~s for mobile homes that are not aitached to permanent foundations mav be provided, the minimum standards for blockin~ shall be as follows. Biocking shall be installed under the mobile home at the front and at the rear and at appro~matel~~ht feet on center under the main frame members on each side of the mobile home and under the ton~ue if it is not removable. If wood is used for blockin~, the ~round or bearin~ block at each point shall be a minimum of two-inch nominal thickness and of preservative treated wood. Additional blockinE used may be re~ular iumber placed on the wood-bearing block or on a concrete pad or on a concrete masonry unit Uut shall be no lon~er or wider than the block beneath. Cored concrete blocks used for blockin~ the mobile hoine shall be placed vertically. All such concrete blockin~ shall Ordinance No. 2196-2006 Page 3 of 4 be load-bearinE blocks commonlv known as Class A concrete blocks. Materials and methods of blockin~ differin~ from those descriUed in this section ma~pproved if submitted for section. (6) SkirtinE. All mobile homes shall be skirted within 90 davs of ap nels• (7j All entrances to a mobile home shall be provided with at leasC a 3' lumber placed on preservative treated nominal 2" bv 4" runners. The entrance to an attached deck or similar extension shall be considered as an entrance to a mobile home. (8) Additions. Onlv one lean-to and one arctic entrv may be attached to anv mobffe home provided thev meet the repuirements of this section. Additions ma~ not use the mobile to ana arcnc entrv Uullt~ or attacnea to anv moblle home ln a mobile home park shall have a floor area exceedin~ t17e floor area of the ori~inal mobile home to which it is attached. No addifion shall be constructed or maintained of anv size or in anv position which violates the minimum separation distance, side vard rear which the mobile home and lean-to are located or constructed within five feet of the neat adjacent mobile home space line. An arctic entrv is allowed at an e~it/entry door from the mobile home. Additions to mobile homes reauire a buildinE permit. (9) Outbuildin~s and additional structures. Detaehed structures shall not exceed two hundred spuare feet. Detached structures shall be separated from the mobile home on the same lot/space by a minimum of five feet and no closer than ten feet from anv other mobile home or lean-to or other buildin~ in the mobile home park. Detached structures shall require a buildin~ permit as required under the residential code adopted in KMC 4.32. The construction of lean-tos and similar structures shall be accomplished onlV after obtainin~ a buildin~ permit from the buildin~ official, and then in accordance with the citv's buffdin~ code. (10) Setbacks and separation dastance. Ordinance No. 2196-2006 Page 4 of 4 (i) In new mobile home parks, there shall be a side vard of not less than 15 feet at the entrv side of the mobile home, a side yard of not less than 5 feet at the non-entrv side, a rear yard of not less than 5 feet and a front vard of not less than 10 feet. (ii) In mobile home parks established before the adoption of Uzis ordinance, there shall be a minimum 10' separation distance between anV mobile home or buildin~ and anv other buildin~ or mobile home in the moUile home park. (iii) Mobile homes shall have a minimum of one side frontin~ a roadwav or other accessorV havin~ a ininimum unobstructed width of 24 feet. (11) ~ace si~e for new mobile home parks. Each conventional sin~le- wide mobile home shall be located on a plot/space havin~ an area of not less than 3,200 square feet and each double-wide mobile home shall be located on a plot havin~ an area of not less than 4,200 square feet. A mobile home mav not cover more than 40 percent of the plot/space size for that mobile home. (12) Space numbers. Each mobile home must have the space number of mobile home park displayed either on the mobile home or on a post located at the front of the space. (13) Parking. A minimum of two parkin~ spaces per mobile home will be provided per KMC 14.20.250. (14) All mobile homes in mobile home parks shall be connected to water and sewer systems approved bv the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation before they may be occupied. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of NovemUer 2006. ~` ~~r,~i /~~~~~ PAT PORT~R, MAYOR ATTEST: ~~.~~'t.~,~;t/ ~- Cl,c`3C'_~,t~"G'~'r~..i Jen°'er C~.ockwood,~ eputy City Clerk Introduced; October 17, 2006 Adopted: November 21, 2006 Effective: December 21, 2006