A mobile home or transportable factory built housing unit may be used as a dwelling in all zones allowing single-family dwellings when such mobile home meets the following minimum requirements in addition to all other provisions applicable to the site. (Government Code Section 65852.3)

1.

The mobile home or transportable factory built housing unit shall be structurally certified per requirements of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974.

2.

The mobile home shall be installed on an approved permanent foundation.

3.

Roofs shall have a minimum pitch of three (3) in twelve (12), and shall be shingled or tiled in a manner sufficient to have the same appearance as a standard dwelling built on the site.

4.

Siding material shall be of masonry, wood, stucco or similar material having the same appearance as a standard dwelling built on the site.

5.

The town shall prohibit the installation of a mobile/manufactured home older than ten (10) years of age. The age measurement period shall be from the year of manufacture of the mobile/manufactured home to the year of the permit application.

(Ord. No. 579, § 5, 10-8-2019, eff. 11-7-2019; Ord. 227, § 8, 1993; Ord. 214, § 2 (part), 1992)