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Ordinance No. 2,527`t - 7 80824 -7 ORDINANCE NO. 2527 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, REPEALING CHAPTER 171, "MOBILE HOME PARKS" AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED AND SUBSTITUTING IN ITS PLACE A NEW CHAPTER 17A, "MOBILE HOMES," REGULATING MOBILE HOMES IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; CREATING A MOBILE HOME BOARD AND DESIGNATING ITS POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS; REQUIRING MOBILE HOME PARK OPERATOR LICENSES, AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS; REGULATING MOBILE HOMES OUTSIDE MOBILE HOME PARKS; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIO- LATION OF ITS PROVISIONS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, finds that the unregulated placement of mobile homes within the City poses a threat to the health, sanitation, safety, and welfare of persons residing within the City of Baytown; and WHEREAS, this Council finds strict compliance with the standards and rules set out herein is necessary for the orderly placement of mobile homes both within mobile home parks and outside of such parks; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN: Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is hereby amended by repealing the provisions of Chapter 17A, "Mobile Home Parks," as they presently exist and the same shall cease to have force and effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance. Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is hereby amended by the addition of a new Chapter 17A, "Mobile Homes," which shall read as follows, to wit: (SEE EXHIBIT "A ") Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby r" 0824 -7a repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 4: If any provision, section, exception, sub- section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the valid- ity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5: A person adjudged guilty of an offense as defined in this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred and No /100 ($200.00) Dollars. Each day an offense is committed shall constitute a separate offense. Section 6: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance. INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 24th day of August , 1978. EMMETT 0. HUTT , Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney -2- t t 824 - ?b EXHIBIT "A" la Chapter 17A MOBILE HOMES ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 17J -1. Chapter remedial. This chapter is hereby declared to be remedial and shall be construed to secure the beneficial interest and purposes thereof, which are the health, sanitation, general public safety and welfare of the citizens of Baytown, by regulating the installation and maintenance of mobile homes. Sec. 17A -2. Definitions. (a) Board. The mobile home board. (b) Mobile home. A portable vehicle constructed on a chassis and which has been designed so that it may be occu- pied and used without a permanent foundation. For the purpose of this chapter, a mobile home shall mean a single family dwelling unit suitable for year -round occupancy and which has provision for electrical and water connections and which provides for waste disposal in compliance with the plumbing code requirements for dwellings. Such vehicle shall be eligible for registration and licensing by the State of Texas for operation on the public streets and highways. (c) Mobile home lot. A parcel or tract of land for the placement of a single mobile home. This is to be distin- guished from a mobile home stand and site located within a mobile home park. (d) Mobile home park. A tract or parcel of land used for rental occupancy by five or more mobile homes. (e) Mobile home sales lot. A parcel or tract of land which is used by a mobile home dealer for the sale, lease or renting of mobile homes or travel trailers. (f) Mobile home stand. That part of a mobile home park which has been improved for the placement of the mobile home including all required appurtenant structures and having provision for available utility connections. (g) Occupy. A presumption that a mobile home or travel trailer is occupied will exist if it is connected to two or more utilities. (h) Service building. A structure housing toilet facilities, lavatories, bathing facilities, and such other facilities as may be required or permitted under the provisions of this chapter and which is used in connection with the operation of a mobile home park. (i) Sewer connection. The connection consisting of the pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home or travel trailer to the inlet of the cor- responding sewer riser pipe or the sewerage system serving the mobile home park. (j) Sewer riser. That portion of the pipe of the sewer lateral which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home stand. po 0824 -70 (k) Travel trailer. A portable vehicle built on a chassis and designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, and vacation use, which does not exceed eight feet in width and twenty -nine feet in length, exclusive of tongue. The term travel trailer shall also include all portable structures which may be moved under its own power, towed or transported by another vehicle. (1) Utilities. The water, sewage, gas or electrical dis- tribution system, which are available for connection to mobile homes or travel trailers in mobile home parks. (m) Utility connection. The connection of available utilities in a mobile home park to a mobile home or travel trailer placed on a mobile home stand in a mobile home park. (n) Water connection. The connection and appurtenances from the water riser inlet pipe for the water distribution home or travel trailer. Sec. 17? -3. Mobile home board. of the pipes, fittings pipe to the water system of a mobile (a) There is hereby created a mobile home board consisting of five members. (b) All members shall be appointed by the city council. Membership on the board shall be as follows: (1) Property owners of the City of Baytown. (2) A licensed master plumber in good standing. (3) A licensed mobile home park operator in good standing. The five regular members will choose a chairman from among themselves. The fire marshal and the chief building inspector are designated as ex officio members. (c) Each member of the board shall serve for a term of three years and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Any member of the board shall be subject to removal from his position on the board at any time by the city council. (d) Should a vacancy occur on the board, the city council shall appoint a person having the prerequisite qualification of the place vacated to serve the unexpired term of such position. Sec. 17--4-4. Appeals. (a) Any license revocation or suspension, any order for a utility disconnection, or any decision, order or action taken by the chief building inspector may be appealed by any person affected by the decision, order or action to the board by filing written notice of appeal within ten days from the date of notice of such action by mailing postpaid or delivering such notice to the City Manager, City Hall, Baytown, Texas. When such a written appeal has been made within ten days, a license suspension or revocation, or any decision or action by the building official will be held in abeyance and such person will be given a hearing before the board, provided, any utility disconnection shall not be reconnected unless authorized by the board after a hearing. -2- IN 50824 -7e W (b) Appeals to the board shall be set for hearing within fifteen days from the date notice of appeal was received by the chairman whenever possible. Such hearings may be con- tinued from time to time until completed, but a final decision shall be made within thirty days from the date notice of appeal was received by the chairman, unless by consent or request of the person appealing a hearing is set for or continued beyond such thirty day period. (c) The board shall have authority to affirm, modify or reverse the decision or action of the building official. The building official, a licensee, or any person who appeals a decision or action of the building official may appeal a decision or action of the board to the city council. (d) A license suspension, revocation, utility disconnec- tion order, or other decision or action of the building official which has been upheld by the board shall be imme- diately effective, subject, however, to the right of the person affected thereby to appeal to the city council. Sec. 17J -5. Enforcement of license. The chief building inspector shall have authority to suspend or revoke licenses or to order utility disconnec- tions for the following violations of the provisions of this chapter: (a) A license may be suspended for any period of time up to six months for a violation affecting the health, safety or welfare of occupants of a mobile home or of other persons or property. (b) A license may be revoked for a violation which is dangerous to life. (c) A license may be revoked if the owner or operator intentionally or knowingly files an incomplete or inaccurate list of mobile home owners as required at 171- 12(c). (d) For a violation of the provisions of this chapter not '^ deemed to require a license suspension or revocation, the utility connection servicing any stand or stands, or any structure in a mobile home park, may be disconnected or caused to be disconnected, provided, a utility disconnection may be ordered in connection with a license suspension or revocation as to all or any part of a mobile home park if necessary to protect life or property. Sec. 17J -6. Transfer of license. No sale, transfer or assignment of a revoked license or of a license during the period of suspension will be recognized by the city, provided, a person may sell, transfer or assign his interest in a mobile home park to another person who may then make application for a license to operate the mobile home park. Sec. 17J -7. Permissible uses. It shall be unlawful to occupy a mobile home as any type occupancy other than as a private dwelling, provided, however, -3- 0824 -7f W a mobile home may be parked at a constructing site for use as a field office for a period not exceeding the period of construction and not more than one mobile home may be used for demonstration and office at a mobile home sales park. Sec. 171 -8. Penalty for violation of chapter provisions. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day, or portion thereof, during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars. Sec. 171 -9 - 10. Reserved. ARTICLE II. MOBILE HOME PARKS Sec. 171 -11. Construction permit required for mobile home parks. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, alter or extend any mobile home park within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown unless he first obtains a mobile home park construction permit therefor from the city. (b) Application for such permit shall be made to the chief building inspector in triplicate and the following infor- mation and items shall be furnished: (1) Name and address of applicant; (2) Interest of the applicant in the mobile home park; (3) Location and legal description of the mobile home park; (4) Complete engineering plans and specifications for the proposed park showing: (a) The area and dimensions of the tract of land; (b) A plat or map of the proposed mobile home park showing the number, location and size of all mobile home sites, widths of roadways and walkways, service buildings and other proposed structures; (c) The location of water and sewer lines and riser pipes; (d) Plans and specifications for the water supply and refuse and sewage disposal facilities; (e) Plans and specifications for all buildings to be constructed within the mobile home park; (f) The location and details of lighting and electrical systems. (c) A separate permit shall be required for the building, electrical, plumbing and driveway - sidewalk and other permits when required. (d) The failure of any of the above items to meet speci- fications as required elsewhere in this chapter shall be -4- 80824 -7g ria- sufficient reason to deny the issuance of a construction permit. Sec. 17J -12. Mobile home park operator's license required. (a) It shall be unlawful to establish, maintain or operate a mobile home park without first securing a mobile home park license therefor. (b) Licenses shall be valid for a period of one year beginning on July 1 of each year and shall be renewable annually during the month of June. A nonrefundable license application investigation fee of twenty -five ($25.00) dollars shall accompany each application for a license, provided, such investigation fee will be allowed as a credit upon the license if it is granted. The license fee shall be deter- mined by the following fee schedule: Under 16 mobile home stands ---------------- $ 50.00 16 through 40 mobile home stands ----------- $100.00 41 through 60 mobile home stands ----------- $150.00 61 through 80 mobile home stands ----------- $200.00 Each stand in excess of 80------------ - - - - -$ 2.00 The annual renewal license shall be determined by the following fee schedule: Under 16 mobile home stands ---------------- $ 20.00 16 through 40 mobile home stands------ - - - - -$ 30.00 41 through 60 mobile home stands------ - - - - -$ 40.00 60 through 80 mobile home stands------ - - - - -$ 50.00 Over 80 mobile home stands------------ - - - - -$ 60.00 (c) Prior to the issuance of any mobile home park license, and each renewal thereof, the owner or operator must file with the city a list of the owners and occupants of all mobile homes in the mobile home park as of the prior January 1. Sec. 17J -13. Inspection of mobile home park. (a) The chief building inspector shall make such inspec- tions as are necessary to insure compliance with the pro- visions of this chapter. (b) By the acceptance of the license, the licensee shall be deemed to authorize the inspection of a mobile home park at all reasonable hours. Such hours shall usually be during normal working hours and failure to permit such inspection shall be a ground for suspension or revocation of the license. Where there is reason to believe a violation may exist before or after the hours of normal inspection, the chief building inspector may authorize special inspections at any time. (c) Failure or refusal of a mobile home park occupant to permit inspection by the inspecting authority, or to permit the licensee to make necessary repairs or alterations in compliance with the requirements of the inspecting authority shall constitute a ground for disconnection of the utilities serving such mobile home. (d) Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this section shall be sufficient reason to deny the issuance of a mobile home park license. -5- /410 Sec. 17J -14. Mobile home park standards. (a) Drainage. (1) Condition of soil, ground water level, drainage and topography shall not create hazards to the property or the health or safety of the occupants. The site shall not be exposed to objectionable adverse influences, and no portion subject to unpredictable and /or sudden flooding, subsidence or erosion shall be used for any purpose which would expose persons or property to hazards. (2) Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every mobile home park shall be paved, or covered with stone screenings, or other solid material, or protected with a vegetable growth that is capable of preventing soil erosion and of eliminating objectionable dust. (3) The ground surface in all parts of every mobile home park shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, efficient manner. (b) Residential use. (1) No part of any park shall be used for nonresi- dential purposes, except such uses that are required for the direct servicing and well being of park residents and for the management and maintenance of the park. (2) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the sale of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand and connected to the utilities. (c) Spacing. (1) Mobile homes shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures by at least ten feet on the sides and end -to -end clearance of ten feet. (2) An accessory structure which has a horizontal area exceeding 25 square feet, is attached to a mobile home or located within ten feet of its window, and has an opaque top or roof that is higher than the nearest window shall, for purposes of all separation requirement, be considered to be part of the mobile home. (d) Recreational area. (1) In all parks accommodating or designed to accom- modate 25 or more mobile homes, there shall be not less than one recreation area which shall be easily accessible to all park residents. (2) The size of such recreation areas shall be based upon a minimum of 100 square feet for each mobile home stand. No outdoor recreation area shall contain less than 2,500 square feet. (3) Recreation areas shall be so located as to be free of traffic hazards and should, where the topography permits, be centrally located. (e) Setbacks, buffers. (1) All mobile homes shall be located at least ten feet from any property boundary line abutting upon a public ME la 0824 -7i street or highway and at least five feet from interior property boundary lines. (2) There shall be a minimum distance of ten feet between individual mobile home and four feet from adjoining pavement of a park street, or common parking area, or other common areas. (3) All mobile home parks located adjacent to indus- trial, commercial, or residential land uses shall be pro- vided with screening such as fences or natural growth along the property boundary line separating the park and such adjacent nonresidential uses. (f) Streets. (1) All mobile home parks shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to the internal parking area or mobile home stand. Alignment and gradient shall be property adapted to topography. (2) Access to mobile home parks shall be designed to minimize congestion and hazards at the entrance or exit and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. The entrance road connecting the park streets with a public street or road shall have a minimum road pavement width of 34 feet where parking is permitted on both sides, or a minimum road pavement width of 27 feet where parking is limited to one side. Where the primary entrance road is more than 100 feet long and does not provide access to abutting mobile home lots within such distance, the minimum road pavement width may be 24 feet, provided parking is prohibited at both sides. (3) Surfaced roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic, and in any case shall meet the following minimum requirements: (a) All streets, except minor streets, shall be not less than 24 feet in width; (b) Minor streets, when parking is prohibited, shall not be less than 20 feet in width. Such a street will be acceptable only if it is less than 500 feet long and serves fewer than 25 mobile homes, provided, such street may exceed 500 feet if it is a one -way street and provides access to abutting mobile home sites on one side only; (c) Dead -end streets shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length. Such street shall be provided with a turn around at the closed end and having an outside roadway diameter of at least 60 feet. (4) All streets shall be provided with a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be durable and well drained under normal use and weather conditions. Pavement edges shall be protected to prevent raveling of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement base. Street surfaces shall be maintained free of dust, cracks, holes, and other hazards. (5) Grades of all streets shall be sufficient to insure adequate surface drainage, but shall be not more than eight per cent. Short runs with a maximum grade of 12 per cent may be permitted, provided traffic safety is assured by appropriate paving, adequate leveling areas and avoidance of lateral curves. -7- 80824 -7j M f (6) Within 100 feet of an intersection, streets shall be approximately right angles. A distance of at least 150 feet shall be maintained between center lines of offset intersecting streets. Intersections of more than two streets at one point shall be avoided. (7) All mobile home parks shall be furnished with lighting units so spaced and equipped with luminaries placed at such mounting heights as will provide the following average maintained levels of illumination for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night. (a) All parts of the park street system shall average 0.6 foot - candles and no part shall have less than 0.1 foot - candles. (b) Potentially hazardous locations, such as major street intersections and steps or stepped ramps shall be individually illuminated and shall have a minimum of 0.3 foot - candles. (g) Offstreet parking. (1) Off- street parking areas shall be provided in all mobile home parks for the use of park occupants and guests. Such areas shall be furnished at the rate of not less than two spaces for each mobile home stand, each space to be accessible without moving another car. (2) Required car parking spaces shall be so located as to provide convenient access to the mobile home, but shall not exceed a distance of 200 feet from the mobile home that it is intended to serve. (h) Sidewalks. (1) All parks shall be provided with safe, convenient all- season pedestrian access walks of adequate width for the intended use constructed of durable material and convenient to maintain, and such walk shall be placed between individ- ual mobile homes, the park streets and all community facil- ities provided for park residents. Sudden changes in alignment and gradient shall be avoided. (2) A common walk system shall be provided and main- tained between locations where pedestrian traffic is con- centrated. Such common walks shall have a minimum width of three feet. (3) All mobile home stands shall be connected by individual walks to a common walk, or paved street, or to a paved driveway or parking space which is connected to a paved street. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width of two feet. (i) Water. An accessible, adequate, safe, and potable supply of water shall be provided in each mobile home park. Where a public supply of water of satisfactory quantity, quality, and pressure is available, connection shall be made thereto and its supply used exclusively. When a satisfactory public water supply is not available, a private water supply system may be developed and used as approved by the health author- ity. A private water supply system shall comply with the requirements of the plumbing code for the City of Baytown and State of Texas. 0824 -7k W (j) Sewage. (1) An adequate and safe sewage system shall be provided in mobile home parks. Such system shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with city ordinances and the City of Baytown building code. (2) All sewer lines shall be located in trenches of sufficient depth to be free of breakage from traffic or other movements and shall be separated from the park water supply system at a safe distance as provided by state law and ordinances of the city. Sewers shall be at a grade which will insure adequate flow as provided in the building code. All sewer lines shall be constructed of approved materials, shall be adequately vented, and shall have water- tight joints. (3) Each mobile home stand shall be provided with at least one four inch diameter sewer riser pipe. The sewer riser pipe shall be so located on each stand that the sewer connection to the mobile home drain outlet will approximate a vertical position. Each mobile home stand shall be provided with a four inch P -trap for the mobile home sewer connection and be properly vented. (4) The sewer connection shall have an inside diameter not less than three inches, and the slope of any portion thereof shall be at least one - fourth inch per foot. The sewer connection shall consist of one pipe line only without any branch fittings. All joints shall be watertight. (5) All materials used for sewer connections shall be semi - rigid, corrosive resistant, nonabsorbent and durable. The inner surface shall be smooth. (6) Provision shall be made for capping the sewer riser pipe when a mobile home does not occupy the lot. Surface drainage shall be diverted away from the riser. The rim of the riser pipe shall extend at least four inches above ground elevation. (7) Sewer lines laid on city easements or right -of -way shall conform to all city codes and ordinances. (8) Where the sewer lines of the mobile home park are not connected to a public sewer, all proposed sewage disposal facilities shall be approved by the inspecting authority prior to construction. Effluents from sewage treatment facilities shall not be discharged into any waters of the state except in compliance with the applicable law. (k) Electrical distribution system. (1) Every park shall contain an electrical wiring system consisting of wiring, fixtures, equipment and appur- tenances which shall be installed and maintained in accor- dance with the building code and the National Electrical Code governing such systems. (2) Each mobile home stand shall be provided with an approved disconnecting device and overcurrent protective equipment. The minimum service per outlet shall be 120/240 volts AC, 50 amperes. A minimum of 50 amperes per mobile home stand shall be used for calculating the main service. (3) Outlet receptacles at each mobile home stand shall be located not more than 25 feet from the overcurrent pro- tective devices in the mobile home and a three -pole, four MOM ZSVZSG4 '!1 wire grounding type shall be used. Receptacles shall be of weatherproof construction and configurations shall be in accordance with American Standard Outlet Receptacle C -73. (4) The mobile home shall be connected to the outlet receptacle by an approved type of flexible cable with con- nectors and a male attachment plug. (5) Where the connected load of the mobile home is more than 50 amperes either a second outlet receptacle shall be installed or electrical service shall be provided by means of permanently installed conductors. A single, pro- viding more than 50 amperes, may be used subject to the express approval of the electrical inspector who will ascertain the safety and capability of the receptacle. (6) All exposed noncurrent carrying metal parts of mobile homes and all other equipment shall be grounded by means of an approved grounding conductor with branch circuit conductors or other approved method of grounded metallic wiring. The neutral conductor shall not be used as an equipment ground for mobile homes or other equipment. (1) Service building. (1) The requirements of this section shall apply to service buildings, recreation buildings and other community service facilities when constructed including but not limited to: (a) Management offices, repair shops and storage areas; (b) Sanitary facilities; (c) Laundry facilities; (d) Indoor recreation areas. (2) Barbecue pits, fireplaces, stoves and incinerators. Cooking shelters, barbecue pits, fireplaces, wood - burning stoves and incinerators shall be so located, constructed, maintained and used as to minimize fire hazards and smoke nuisance both on the property on which used and on neighboring property. No open fire shall be permitted except in facilities provided. No open fire shall be left unattended. No fuel shall be used and no material burned which emits dense smoke or objectionable odors. (3) Structural requirements for buildings. (a) A permanent type management office shall be constructed at each licensed mobile home park. Construction standards for this office shall comply with the City of Baytown building code. All other permanent type structures shall be at the option of the licensee. (b) All portions of a structure shall be properly protected from damage by ordinary uses and by decay, corrosion, termites, and other destruc- tive elements. Exterior exposed portions of such materials shall be constructed and pro- tected as to prevent entrance or penetration of moisture and weather. -10- ka 80824 -?m '1 (c) All rooms containing sanitary or laundry facilities shall have: (1) Sound resistant walls extending to the ceiling between male and female sanitary facilities. Walls and partitions around showers, bathtubs, lavatories and other plumbing fixtures shall be constructed of dense, nonabsorbent, waterproof material or covered with moisture resistant material. (2) At least one window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum aggregate gross area of windows for each required room shall be not less than ten per cent of the floor area served by them. (3) At least one window which can be easily opened, or a mechanical device which will adequately ventilate the room. (d) Toilets shall be located in separate compart- ments equipped with self- closing doors. Shower stalls shall be of the individual type. The rooms shall be screened to prevent direct view of the interior when the exterior doors are open. (m) Refuse handling. The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home park shall be so conducted as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air pollution (see Code of Ordinances and other city ordinances for specific require- ments). (n) Fuel supply. (1) Natural gas system. (a) Natural gas piping systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the building code and other regulations governing such systems. (b) Each mobile home stand provided with piped gas shall have an approved manual shutoff valve installed upstream of the gas outlet. The outlet shall be equipped with an approved cap to prevent accidental discharge of gas when the outlet is not in use. (2) Liquefied petroleum gas systems. (a) Liquefied petroleum gas systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable laws, ordinances and regulations governing such systems. Bulk storage and distribution system plans shall be submitted to the fire marshal for approval. (3) Fuel oil supply systems. (a) All fuel oil supply systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable -11- 0824 -7n laws, ordinances and regulations governing such systems. (b) Storage tanks located in areas subject to traffic shall be protected against physical damage. (o) Fire protection. (1) Mobile home parks shall be kept free of litter, rubbish and other flammable materials. (2) Portable fire extinguishers of a type approved by the fire marshal shall be kept in service buildings and all other locations designated by the fire marshal or fire inspectors and such extinguisher shall be maintained in good operating condition. (3) Fires shall be made only in stoves, incinerators and other equipment intended for such purposes. (4) Fire hydrants shall be located within 500 feet of any mobile home, service building or other structure in the park. Fire hydrant locations shall be determined by the fire marshal. (p) Miscellaneous. (1) Responsibilities of the mobile home park licensee. (a) The person to whom a license for a mobile home park has been issued shall be responsible for operation of such park in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and he shall provide adequate supervision to maintain such park, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition. (b) The licensee shall be responsible for notifying park occupants of the applicable provisions of this chapter. (c) The licensee shall be responsible for supervising the placement of mobile homes on mobile home stands within the mobile home park. The licensee shall be responsible for maintaining a register containing the names of all park occupants. Such register shall be available to any authorized person inspecting the park for the enforcement of this chapter, or any other ordinances of the City of Baytown. A copy of this register shall be filed with the City of Baytown at least semi- annually. (2) Responsibilities of park occupants. (a) Mobile home park occupants shall comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter and such occupant shall maintain his mobile home, mobile home stand, mobile home site and appur- tenances and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition. (b) The mobile home park occupant shall be respon- sible for the proper placement of his mobile home on the mobile home stand and for proper installation of all utility connections. -12- 80824 =70 (3) Restrictions on occupancy. A mobile home shall not be occupied for dwelling purposes unless it is properly placed on a mobile home stand and connected to water, sewerage, and electrical utilities, and other services where required for health, welfare, and safety of the occupants. (q) Density. No more than seven mobile home stands shall be situated per acre of unimproved land. By unimproved land is meant land upon which no roadways or sidewalks have been constructed as well as other types of improve- ments. In addition to this requirement, all space and distance requirements as elsewhere herein set out shall be observed and complied with so that in the enforcement of this density requirement the more restrictive of the two standards shall be applied in any situation to determine compliance with this section. (r) Mobile home parks in annexed areas. Mobile home parks built outside the city limits and subsequently brought within the city limits by annexation shall have six months after the effec- tive date of annexation to comply with the require amendments of this article. The Chief Building Inspector may give a mobile home park up to an additional six months to comply with this article, if in his opinion such additional time is necessary. ARTICLE III. MOBILE HOMES OUTSIDE PARKS Sec. 17J -15. Parking of mobile home outside of licensed mobile home park. (1) No mobile home shall be parked in violation of any enforceable deed restriction or covenant. (2) A mobile home may be parked on a vacant lot or plot outside a mobile home subdivision as defined in section 171- 2 (mobile home lot), provided the lot or plot has 4,000 square feet of land. The mobile home shall set back from the front property line no closer than established building lines; no mobile home, however, shall set within 15 feet of the front property line or within five feet of any side or back lot line. (3) If a lot is adjacent to two or more streets, the owner may designate any one side adjacent to a street to be the lot front; that portion of the lot opposite the designated front shall be considered the back lot line. (4) Not more than four mobile homes shall be parked on a vacant lot or plot without first obtaining a mobile home park license. Such lot or plot shall contain a minimum of 4,000 square feet per home. Any mobile home placed on such a lot or plot shall meet the minimum standards for plumbing, heating, electrical systems, and spacing outlined or referred to in this chapter. (5) A mobile home may be parked adjacent to a residence, or place of business, provided a spacing of ten feet from the nearest building, on the same property, is maintained -13- W 80824 -7p /011 and five feet from any interior property lines, or not less t 15 feet setback from a street. Not more than one mobile home shall be parked on the same lot or plot with a residence or commercial building without first obtaining a mobile home park license regardless of the number of mobile homes to be placed on the lot. No mobile home shall be parked adjacent to a residence or place of business where such placement would create a hazard to life, safety or health. (6) All mobile homes located outside a mobile home park or mobile home sales park for more than 48 hours shall be connected to all required utilities, and permits shall be obtained from the building official for a foundation, drive- way, plumbing and electricity. (7) Mobile homes located outside mobile home parks will be connected by separate and individual water and sewer taps to city services where such services are available. (8) The building official may permit of a mobile home in a location outside licensed mobile home park for a period hours, provided such location shall no traffic, or other hazard, and provided shall not be occupied. the temporary parking an approved and in excess of 48 t create a health, such mobile home (9) All mobile homes, both existing and new, and all parts thereof, shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. All devices or safeguards which are required by this chapter and other regulations, pamphlets, or data made a part hereof, when installed, repaired, or altered, shall be maintained in good working order. The owner or occupant shall be responsible for the maintenance of the mobile home. (10) No mobile home located outside a mobile home park shall be parked in a flood hazard area as defined at Sec. 12J -1(b). (11) No travel trailer shall be used as or occupied as a residence except in a licensed mobile home park. Travel trailers so occupied shall comply with American Standard Association Pamphlet A 119.2 -1963 Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Systems in Travel Trailers. (12) All mobile homes shall be provided with streets or driveways for safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to the parking area for the mobile home. (13) All streets and driveways shall be provided with a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be durable and well drained under normal use and weather conditions. Pavement edges shall be protected to prevent raveling of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement base. Street and driveway surfaces shall be maintained free of dust, cracks, holes, and other hazards. (14) Off- street parking areas shall mobile homes for the use of occupants areas shall be furnished at the rate (2) spaces for each mobile home, each without moving another car. -14- be provided for all and guests. Such of not less than two space to be accessible r" ORDINANCE NO. 2528 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY -FOUR AND 30/100 ($1,834.30) DOLLARS TO BAYTOWN DEVELOPMENT LTD. FOR A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF A SANITARY SEWER LINE ON GARTH ROAD. WHEREAS, in connection with a proposed development, Baytown Development Ltd. agreed to install a ten inch (1011) sanitary sewer line along the east side of Garth Road to Park Street; and WHEREAS, Baytown Development Ltd. has sought reimbursement from the City for the cost of said line; and WHEREAS, the line provided by Baytown Development Ltd. was larger than that required by the development, and provided a benefit to the City; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes payment of One Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty -Four and 30/100 ($1,834.30) Dollars to Baytown Development Ltd. for the City's share of the costs of a ten inch (1011) sanitary sewer line on Garth Road. Section 2: That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council on this 24th day of August 1978. EMMETT 0. HUT 0, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, tity Clerk APPROVED: SC-OTT-BOUNDS, City Attorney