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Garland City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

MANUFACTURED HOME ZONE MH1

9-17-1: USE REGULATIONS:

The purpose of the manufactured home zone is to provide an appropriate area for suitable development for manufactured home subdivisions. It is also to ensure that such facilities receive adequate planning and services and blend harmoniously with surrounding neighborhoods and other uses.
   A.   Permitted uses:
Accessory building and use customarily incidental to any permitted use.
Manufactured home, singlewide or wider, in an approved manufactured home subdivision or development.
Temporary building or use incidental to construction work. Such building(s) shall be removed within sixty (60) days of completion or abandonment of the construction work.
   B.   Conditional uses:
Manufactured home subdivision in accordance with the site development standards prescribed by the Garland City subdivision ordinance.
Public utility substations in accordance with chapter 15 of this title.
   C.   Site development standards:
      1.   Area: Development minimum area will be three (3) acres. Minimum lot size will be three thousand three hundred (3,300) square feet. Average lot size of entire development will be four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet minimum. Minimum lot width will be thirty feet (30').
      2.   Yard Setbacks: Front yard setback will be fifteen feet (15') minimum and all frontages on the street will match. Side yard setbacks will be five feet (5') minimum each side from property line. For lot on the periphery of a manufactured home subdivision abutting a different land use a greater setback may be required as part of conditional use permit review. Corner lots will have a fifteen foot (15') minimum side yard on side facing the street.
      3.   Accessory Building: See R1 requirements for outbuildings.
      4.   Lot Coverage: No main structure or accessory structures shall cover more than sixty percent (60%) of the lot area.
      5.   Main Building Height: Maximum one story with a fifteen foot (15') maximum height. Accessory building height will not exceed main structure height. (Ord. 14-07, 11-19-2014)

9-17-2: SPECIAL PROVISIONS:

   A.   Each manufactured home must have wheels and tow tongue removed prior to occupancy.
   B.   There shall be two (2) off street parking spaces provided on the same lot with each manufactured home. Required parking spaces may be in tandem, but may not be located in the front yard setback.
   C.   No manufactured home containing less than four hundred (400) square feet of habitable floor area shall be permitted to locate in a manufactured home subdivision.
   D.   Each manufactured home shall be skirted with either a concrete foundation, decorative masonry, concrete block, aluminum, vinyl, or a continuation of the facing material of the manufactured home.
   E.   Each manufactured home shall meet construction standards and as specified by the department of housing and urban development, mobile home construction and safety standards. No occupancy permit will be granted for a manufactured home older than twenty (20) years at time of permit acquisition. (Ord. 14-07, 11-19-2014)

9-17-3-1: CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, APPLICABILITY:

The provisions established herein shall apply to all lands within the civil jurisdiction of Garland City, Utah. Where there is conflict between the terms and/or requirements contained in this section and any other section contained in this chapter, as amended, or any other ordinance, code, regulation of Garland City, Utah, the more strict shall apply. (Ord. 14-07, 11-19-2014)

9-17-3-2: ENFORCING OFFICER:

An assigned enforcing officer (who may also be referred to herein as the "building official" or "inspector") shall have the authority and the duty to ensure that all buildings and structures and use of all land comply with the provisions of this title. The enforcing officer shall be appointed by city council. (Ord. 14-07, 11-19-2014)

9-17-3-3: GENERAL PROVISIONS:

   A.   Any building or structure erected contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter and any use of any building or land which is conducted, operated or maintained contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of any approval granted by the city under this chapter shall be a violation of this chapter and the same declared to be unlawful.
   B.   Any person, whether owner, lessee, principal, agent, employee or otherwise, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or permits any such violation, or fails to comply with any of the requirements hereof, or who erects any building or structure or uses any building, structure or land in violation of the provisions of this chapter or provisions of any approval granted by the city under this chapter shall be subject to the enforcement provisions of this chapter.
   C.   In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the building official may initiate injunctive action, mandamus, abatement or any other appropriate action to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove any unlawful building, structure or use.
   D.   If the person responsible for the alleged violation denies that a violation exists, he may appeal the decision of the building official to the city council in the same manner and within the same time deadline as stated in section 9-16-4 of this title.
   E.   Whenever a violation occurs, or is alleged to have occurred, any person may file a written complaint. Such complaint stating fully the cause and basis thereof shall be filed with the building official. The building official shall record such complaint, investigate, and take action thereon as provided by this chapter. (Ord. 14-07, 11-19-2014)

9-17-3-4: DISPOSAL OF VIOLATIONS:

If the building official concludes there exists an objectionable condition in violation of this title, then he or she shall:
   A.   Ascertain the names of the owners and occupants and descriptions of the premises where such objects and conditions exist;
   B.   Serve notice in writing upon the owner and occupant of the premises, either personally or by mailing notice, postage prepaid, addressed to the owner and occupant at their last known post office addresses as disclosed by the records of the county assessor or as otherwise ascertained, requiring such owner or occupant, or both, as the case may be, to eradicate, destroy or remove the objectionable condition/violation, and to bring the real property in question into full compliance with the ordinances of the city, within such time as the building official may designate, provided that any person notified pursuant to this subsection shall be given not more than thirty (30) days, as determined by the building official following the date of service of such notice, to correct the objectionable condition or file an appeal with the city council. The notice shall:
      1.   Contain a specific statement of the nature of the violation and generally describe the premises on which the violation exists.
      2.   Inform the owner, occupant or other person that in the event he or she disagrees with the determination of the building official and does not intend to comply with the provisions of the notice or that he or she objects to the factual or legal basis for the notice, he or she may appeal the administrative finding in the notice to the city council within the time deadline and per the other requirements found in section 9-16-4 of this title, provided such appeal is filed on or before the last day of the time period stated in such notice within which to correct the objectionable condition/violation.
      3.   Inform the person that in the event he or she fails or neglects to correct the objectionable condition/violation, the building official will issue, or cause to be issued, a citation pursuant to title 1, chapter 4 of this code.
   C.   In the event the owner or occupant files an appeal disputing the determination of the building official or objecting to the amount of time allowed to mitigate and correct the noted objectionable condition/violation on the notice served, the appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as stated in section 9-4-4 of this title. (Ord. 14-07, 11-19-2014)