2017-002 - Amending Chapter 22, Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, Amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1710

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"Mobile home means a structure constructed before June 15, 1976; built on a permanent chassis; designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities; transportable in one or more sections; and in the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on site, at least 320 square feet. A mobile home includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems of the home. "Manufactured home park means a manufactured home parks conforming to Article III. Manufactured Home Parks, where multiple manufactured homes and mobile homes are placed on a single lot approved under the City's subdivision regulations. "Manufactured home subdivision means development where manufactured homes and mobile homes are placed on individual lots approved under the City's subdivision regulations. "Modular Housing or Industrialized Housing is a residential structure that is designed for the occupancy of one or more families; constructed in one or more modules or constructed using one or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent site; and designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when the module or the modular component is transported to the permanent site and erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. Industrialized housing includes the structure's plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. "Industrialized housing does not include: a residential structure that exceeds three stories or 49 feet in height; housing constructed of a sectional or panelized system that does not use a modular component; or a ready -built home constructed in a manner in which the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling and moving the home to another location. "Natural or artificial barrier means any river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment, fence or hedge. Fences shall be constructed with solid panels and shall be of a minimum height of six (6) feet and of a maximum height of eight (8) feet. A hedge shall be a minimum of six (6) feet in height. "Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1 -3. Tex.Occ.Code Secs. 1201.003, 2102.002. "Sec. 22 -2. -- Permitted location of manufactured homes and mobile homes. "No mobile home or manufactured home shall be located within the City except within a manufactured home park or a manufactured home subdivision as permitted in the City of Paris Zoning Ordinance. Freestanding mobile homes and 3