Ordinance No. 8,736Published in The Baytown Sun:
Tuesday, November 2, 1999, and
Wednesday,\'November 3, 1999
ORDINANCE NO. 8736
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® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
58 "MANUFACTURED HOMES, MOBILE HOMES AND PARKS," ARTICLE I "IN
GENERAL" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY ADDING
A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED AND ENTITLED SECTION 58 -6
"SKIRTING REQUIRED"; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE
HUNDRED AND N01100 DOLLARS ($500.00); PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 58 "Manufactured Homes, Mobile Homes and Parks," Article I "In
General," of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by adding Section 58 -6
"Skirting required," which section reads as follows:
CHAPTER 58. MANUFACTURED HOMES, MOBILE HOMES AND PARKS
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 58 -6. Skirting required.
(a) From and after November 7, 1999, whenever a manufactured home is placed or otherwise moved,
each tenant and owner thereof shall maintain such home and lot on which the same is located in
compliance with the following:
Fire - resistant skirting or an equal substitute approved by the building official shall be
required around all manufactured homes and shall be installed within sixty (60) days after
emplacement of the manufactured home. Such skirting may include any vents, screens
and /or openings necessary for utility and mechanical system hookups.
2. Skirtings shall be maintained in good repair, free from broken or missing sections, pieces,
or cross members. Skirting must be securely attached and sized from the ground to the
lower outside perimeter of the structure. Replacement or new skirting shall be construed
of materials intended for exterior use and properly sized and mounted to prevent free
access to the crawl space of the structure.
The use of space immediately underneath a manufactured home for storage shall be
permitted only under the following conditions:
a. the storage area shall have a base of impervious material,
b. stored items shall not interfere with the underneath inspection of the
manufactured home, and
C. the stored items are noncombustible and stored in a manner to prevent rodent
harborage and insect breeding.
® (b) A person commits an offense if the person is a manufactured home tenant or owner and
knowingly fails to maintain the person's manufactured home in compliance with this section.
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person owns or operates a manufactured home park and
knowingly allows or suffers a violation of this section by a tenant.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this
ordinance are hereby 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 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of circumstances, shall for any
reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity 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 4: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding FIVE
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00). Each act of violation and each day upon which any
such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the penalty prescribed above,
the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, administrative
adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 5: 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 passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown, this the 280' day of October, 1999.
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EILEEN P° -HALJ =City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
eft(NACIO RAMIREZ, t""'I City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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