2026-036 - Amending Zoning to establish the MH Manufactured Housing District, amending section 3-100 zoning districts established, allow individual HUD-Code Manufactured Homes, etc.

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(i) Transport components. Wheels, axles, towing hitches, tongues, drawbars, and similar transport components shall be removed or fully concealed before final approval, except when required to remain under the manufacturer's approved installation instructions or applicable law. (j) Exterior features and access. The home shall have residential exterior siding and roofing, finished exterior trim, and permanently installed landings, stairs, guards, and handrails where required by adopted codes. (k) Additions and accessory structures. A porch, deck, landing, carport, garage, room addition, patio cover, or accessory structure shall comply with applicable zoning and construction regulations and shall be independently supported unless attachment to the manufactured home is authorized by the manufacturer and applicable federal or state law. (1) Parking. At least two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each individual HUD - code manufactured home. (m) Address, utilities, and occupancy. The home shall have an official City address and approved utility connections. The home shall not be occupied until required documentation has been accepted, required inspections have been approved, parking and foundation enclosure are complete, and the City has issued a certificate of occupancy. (n) Review period. An application to install a new HUD -code manufactured home for use as a dwelling is considered granted unless the City denies the application in writing and states the reason for denial not later than the forty-fifth day after the date the application is received, as provided by Texas Occupations Code Section 1201.008. (o) Mobile homes. A mobile home constructed before June 15, 1976, shall not be newly placed, relocated into, or relocated within the City. A mobile home lawfully located within the City before the applicable prohibition may remain as a legal nonconforming use or structure subject to the nonconforming -use, property -maintenance, unsafe -structure, and nuisance regulations of the City. SECTION 7. Existing Manufactured Home Park, Subdivision, and Special -Vehicle Regulations Preserved. (a) Except for the amendment to Section 4.08.003 expressly made by Section 6 of this Ordinance, Chapter 4, Article 4.08 remains unchanged. (b) Division 2, "Recreational Vehicles, Trailers and Other Special Vehicles," including Sections 4.08.031 through 4.08.034, is not repealed or amended by this Ordinance. (c) Division 3, "Manufactured Home Parks," including Sections 4.08.061 through 4.08.109, is not repealed or amended by this Ordinance. SECTION 8. Administration. (a) The City Planner shall administer zoning and Land Use Matrix determinations under this Ordinance.