All manufactured or mobile homes shall conform to the following:

a)

Underpinning and Skirting

1)

Each newly installed manufactured or mobile home in Alto that is installed in an approved manufactured or mobile home park shall be completely underpinned and skirted with approved masonry, metallic, non-metallic, wooden, or other approved manufacturer's underpinning kits. Further, each manufactured or mobile home shall be anchored in accordance with applicable provisions for non-hurricane zone anchorage. Each existing manufactured or mobile home located in a manufactured or mobile home park shall be completely underpinned and anchored in accordance with the applicable provisions for non-hurricane anchorage.

2)

Each manufactured or mobile home in Alto that is not located in a manufactured or mobile home park shall be completely underpinned and skirted with approved masonry, metallic, non-metallic, wooden, or other approved manufacturer's underpinning kits. Further, each manufactured or mobile home shall be anchored in accordance with applicable provisions for non-hurricane zone anchorage. The manufactured or mobile home shall have removed from the body of said manufactured or mobile home the tongues, (where the removing of the tongues does not affect the structural integrity of the frame) and wheels. Manufactured or mobile home parks shall fully comply with the restrictions of this paragraph.

b)

Minimum Standards

1)

Each newly installed manufactured or mobile home in Alto shall conform to the minimum construction standards required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and or as allowed by the State of Georgia law before that manufactured or mobile home is entitled to receive any utility service to said manufactured or mobile home. It is the intent of this section of this ordinance to prohibit moving manufactured or mobile homes into Alto that do not conform to the applicable Housing and Urban Development Construction Standards. To that end, no manufactured or Mobile Home shall be allowed to locate for permanent or temporary occupancy in this Town unless that manufactured or mobile home complies with the minimum construction standards required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development. Provided, however, that any manufactured or mobile home that is located in Alto at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall not be affected by the passage of this ordinance and said existing manufactured or mobile home shall be freely transferable and relocatable in Alto.

2)

If any manufactured or mobile home is damaged or destroyed by fire or other natural disaster, and if said damage or destruction to said manufactured or mobile home results in destruction to fifty (50%) percent or greater of the square footage of the manufactured or mobile home as it existed prior to the destruction, then any reconstruction of the damaged manufactured or mobile home must comply with the minimum construction standards required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department and by the State of Georgia Laws as applicable.

3)

Each new manufactured or mobile home shall be installed such that the finished floor level of the manufactured or mobile home elevation shall not exceed an average height higher than five (5) feet elevation from finished grades.

c)

Landing and Guard Rails.

Each manufactured or mobile home in Alto shall have beneath and descending from each outside door of the manufactured or mobile home a landing and guard rails around said landing, steps with handrails descending to the ground or grade level. The landing, steps and rails must be constructed of all-weather materials or manufactured kits. Furthermore, all construction and/or manufactured kits shall comply with the requirements of the Building Code Ordinance as adopted by Alto including all amendments thereto. All manufactured or mobile homes with current occupancy permits in Alto shall comply with this section. Each newly installed manufactured or mobile home in this Town shall comply with the requirements of this section before an occupancy permit is issued for said manufactured or mobile home.

d)

Adoption of All Codes of Alto.

All manufactured or mobile homes shall comply with the housing codes of the Town of Alto, and or as imposed by the State of Georgia (as amended) including but not limited to the electrical code, the mechanical code, the plumbing code, the gas code, and the building code to the extent that said building code applies to manufactured or mobile homes, and/or as allowed by State Law. Before an occupancy permit may be issued, the building official of Alto shall inspect the manufactured or mobile home to be sure that said home complies with all codes of the Town of Alto. Prior to the location or relocation of a manufactured or mobile home in Alto, Georgia, the owner or contractor shall obtain a building permit prior to the movement of the manufactured or mobile home to its permit site. A building permit fee or inspection fee, as required by the Standard Building Code of Alto, shall be paid to the designated Building Inspection department of Alto to have the issuance of the building permit to locate or relocate the mobile or manufactured home. After location of the mobile or manufactured home at its permit site, the building official shall inspect said home to be sure that it complies with all codes and ordinances of the Town of Alto. The building official shall have no duty to inspect for compliance until such time as the owner, contractor, or relocater of the home pays the inspection fees required under the codes of Alto at the time of issuance of a building permit. Upon determination of compliance with the building codes, as determined by the building officials, the designated Building Inspection Department of Alto may issue an occupancy permit to the owner or contractor of the manufactured or mobile home. After location of the home at its permit site, the building official shall inspect said home to be sure that it complies with all codes of the Town of Alto. The building official shall have no duty to inspect for compliance until such time as the owner or contractor of the manufactured or mobile home pays the inspection fees required under the codes of Alto at the time of issuance of a building permit. Upon determination by the building official, the designated Building Inspection Department of Alto may issue an occupancy permit of the owner or contractor of the manufactured or mobile home.

e)

Contractor.

1)

It shall be the duty of every contractor under this section, who shall make contracts for the location or relocation of manufactured or mobile homes, to pay a license tax of $25.00 each year and to register his name in a book provided for that purpose, which shall be maintained by the Town Clerk, and which shall indicate said contractor's full name, residence, place of business and business phone. It shall be the further duty of every such contractor to give good and sufficient bond in the sum of $10,000.00 to be approved by the Town attorney, with said bond conditioned on the contractor obligated to cause no damage by the location or relocation of the manufactured or mobile home, and that said homes shall conform to this ordinance and the codes of the Town of Alto concerning mobile or manufactured homes.

2)

No contractor, mover, hauler, person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall:

(i)

move a manufactured or mobile home to any location beyond the limits of the lot or parcel of land upon which it presently is located; or

(ii)

move a manufactured or mobile home into Alto; or

(iii)

move a manufactured or mobile home out of Alto without the owner first obtaining a moving permit authorizing such relocation from the Alto official in charge of issuing building permits. Provided, however, this relocation permit shall not be required when a home is moved from the manufactured site to the dealer's place of business or moved within the confines of an existing manufactured or mobile home park.

f)

Payment of Taxes.

It shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of any permit required by this ordinance that the owner of said manufactured or mobile home submit to the Town Clerk of Alto that all state, county, and Town taxes (if applicable) theretofore accruing and payable with the respect that such home have, in fact, been paid. The proof required by this section shall be met when the applicant presents the Town Clerk with either the manufactured or mobile home location decal permit or a receipt for such decal and proof of payment of county and Town taxes. Both these documents (decal or receipt) are issued by Habersham County/ Banks County when the owner of a home pays the taxes due on the home. If the receipt has been lost and the decal has been permanently affixed to the manufactured or mobile home, the applicant may provide the Town Clerk with the permit number and, upon verification by personnel in the Habersham County/ Banks County Tax Office that the taxes on that home have, in fact, been paid, the Town Clerk being satisfied that taxes have been paid, the applicant shall be deemed to have met the proof required by this section.

g)

List of Homes.

Every person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity owning or operating a manufactured or mobile home park, and each such entity engaged in the sale or rental of manufactured or mobile homes or lots upon which to place them, shall furnish the Town Clerk on or before the 10 ^th day of each month with a complete list of all manufactured or mobile homes parked, rented, or otherwise located as of the first day of that month upon the property of the entity or in a manufactured or mobile home park operated by the entity.