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Grey Forest City Zoning Code

§ 4

NONCONFORMING USAGE.

Any mobile home parked lawfully within the city limits on the effective date of this ordinance may be continued subject to the limitations, restrictions, and regulations set forth below, to wit:
Abandonment:
Any person, firm or corporation or association who abandons or allows a mobile home to remain unoccupied for six (6) consecutive months shall forfeit on the last day of such six (6) months the right to be classified as a nonconforming use under this ordinance.
The following standards must be met by the nonconforming mobile homes by Jan. 1, 1997:
All mobile homes must be tied down and properly anchored.
All mobile homes must rest on reinforced concrete foundations.
All mobile homes must meet the electrical and plumbing standards as set forth in the adopted Building Codes.
Skirting is mandatory for all mobile homes and must be done with masonry. Masonry construction shall be defined as that form of construction composed of stone, brick, concrete, hollow clay tile, tile, stucco, or other similar building units or materials or combinations of these materials laid up unit by unit and set in mortar. Brick veneer construction is included in this definition of masonry.
All mobile home siding must be of natural material (wood or masonry) or be a natural looking material similar to wood or stone.
Editor’s note–Ord. 27A, sec. 3, amended Ord. 27 but did not specify a section number. Inclusion of such provisions as replacing subsection (b) of section 4 was at the discretion of the editor.
Damage or destruction:
In the event 40% or more of the current value of a mobile home is damaged or destroyed by fire, the elements, or other cause, it shall not be replaced by a mobile home or any such nonconforming structure.
In the event of partial destruction of a mobile home by fire, the elements, or other cause, where the damage does not exceed 40% of the current value thereof, and the destruction and repair occur prior to December 31, 1985, reconstruction will be permitted but the function of the nonconforming use cannot be expanded and the repaired structure shall meet the requirements of paragraph (b) above.
In the event of partial destruction of a mobile home by fire, the elements, or other cause where the damage does not exceed 40% of the current value thereof and the destruction occurs after December 31, 1985, the nonconforming structure shall not be replaced by a mobile home or any such nonconforming use.
Sale:
In the event of a sale of a nonconforming mobile home prior to 1985, the requirements of paragraph (b) above shall become effective for such mobile home at the time of sale.
(Ordinance 27 adopted 3/13/80; Ordinance 27A, sec. 3, adopted 7/23/96)