1615 - Ordinance - Repealing Ordinance 1335 Mobile Homes and RV'sRepealed by Ordinance 1700
Date: 12-22-97
�wu ORDINANCE NO. 1615
P� lQI` t, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
�� 0 REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1335 AND ADOPTING DEFINITIONS
k AND REGULATIONS FOR MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the
enforcement of these regulations:
1.1 Mobile Home Park. Mobile Home Park means a plot of ground
divided into spaces, under the ownership or management of one person, firm, or
corporation for the purpose of locating two or more mobile homes for dwelling
purposes. A municipal RV park is not considered to be a mobile home park. A
Temporary Use Permit as allowed by the City Council shall not be considered a
mobile home park.
1.2 Mobile Home. Mobile home means a transportable, single-family
dwelling unit suitable for year-round occupancy and containing similar plumbing,
waste disposal, and electrical conveniences as immobile housing. A factory
assembled structure equipped with the necessary connections and made so as to be
readily movable as a unit on its own running gear and designed to be used as a
dwelling unit without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without a permanent
foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that
the mobile home placed thereon will be moved from time to time at the convenience
of the owner.
1.3 Recreational Vehicle (RV). Means vehicles such as travel
trailers, tent trailers, vans, designed for recreational use with or without
sanitary facilities. A motor home, travel trailer, truck, camper or camping
trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for
recreational or emergency occupancy is considered an RV.
1.4 Health Officer. The Term "Health Officer" means the District
Health Officer as defined in Chapter 70.05 Revised Code of Washington or his or
her authorized representative.
1.5 Person. The "person" means an individual, firm, corporation,
partnership, association, or agency of the Federal Government which is subject
to the jurisdiction of the State.
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1.6 Temporary Use Permit. Temporary Use Permits may be allowed by
the City Council to permit a resident to place a mobile home on a parcel of
property, regardless of the number of homes already existing on that property.
When a Temporary Use Permit is allowed, the City Council will do so at a City
Council meeting and shall specify the duration of the Temporary Use Permit at its
discretion. The City Council may specify any site conditions that it deems
necessary.
2.1 No mobile home shall be parked and occupied outside an approved
mobile park unless adequate sanitary facilities are provided and approved by the
Health Officer and unless permitted by applicable City of Port Orchard building
and zoning requirements.
SECTION 3. PERMITS FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS
3.1 No person shall operate a mobile home park within the City of
Port Orchard who does not possess an unrevoked permit as issued by Health Officer
in the name of such person for the specific mobile home park.
3_2 RV Parks owned and operated by the City of Port Orchard exempt
from Health Officer permit requirements.
SECTION 4. INSPECTION OF MOBILE HOME PARKS.
4.1 The Health Officer and his or her agent is authorized and
directed to make inspections of mobile home parks and mobile homes as are
necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with health regulations and shall
have free access to such premises at reasonable times for the purpose of
inspection.
4.2 In accordance with RCW 43.22.440 the City of Port Orchard shall
administer, inspect and enforce the installation of all mobile homes locating or
relocating within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City.
SECTION 5. FIRE PROTECTION
5.1 The mobile home park area shall be subject to the ordinances,
rules and regulations of the City of Port Orchard, in regard to fire prevention
and fire flow. The Port Orchard Fire Chief or his agent shall review plans for
compliance with this system. The Fire Chief shall advise the Health Officer in
writing of either compliance or the specific discrepancies.
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SECTION 6. LAND USE
6.1 The mobile home park shall be subject to the ordinances, rules,
and regulations of the City of Port Orchard in regard to land use administration.
SECTION 7. ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS
7_1 All plumbing and electrical alterations or repairs in the mobile
home park shall be made in accordance with applicable local regulations.
7_2 Skirting of all mobile homes is required and that area enclosed
by such skirting shall be maintained so as not to provide a harborage for
rodents, or create a fire hazard.
7.3 Accessory Structures. Unless designed and/or built by the
manufacturer, accessory structures such as porches, decks and carports are
regulated under City Codes and Ordinances.
No accessory structure unless designed and/or constructed by the
manufacturer can rely on the mobile home for support. A carport adjacent to the
building may be attached to have a weather -tight connection. However, the mobile
home cannot support the carport.
Where windows required for ventilation and egress are covered by a
carport, that carport shall be designed and built in such a way as to allow
egress from the windows and maintain access to light and air.
SECTION 8. RESTRICTION OF ANIMALS AND PETS
8_1 No owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other pet animal
shall permit it to run at large, or to commit any nuisance within the limits of
any mobile home park.
SECTION 9. PARKING OF MOBILE HOMES
9_1 No person shall park or locate and use any mobile home for human
occupancy on any lot, tract or parcel of land in the City of Port Orchard for a
period longer than three (3) hours except: (1) in approved mobile home parks, (2)
as provided in the zoning ordinance of the City of Port Orchard, or (3) with City
Council approval of a Temporary Use Permit.
9_2 Provisions for the parking of mobile homes shall not apply to
the following: emergency parking of less than twenty-four (24) hours subject to
limitations that may be imposed by codes, ordinances and regulations of the City
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SECTION 10. REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 1335
10.1 City of Port Orchard Ordinance No. 1335 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 11. VIOLATIONS - PENALTY
11.1 Any person, firm, or corporation violating or failing to comply
with the provisions of these rules and regulations shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. Each person, firm or corporation is guilty of a separate offense
for each and every day or portion thereof during which the violation of these
regulations continue.
11.2 Penalty upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than
ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 12. SEVERABILITY
12.1 Should any part of these rules and regulations be declared
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the
validity of the remainder.
SECTION 13: EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of October
28, 1994.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by
the Mayor and attested by the Clerk in authentication of such passage this loth
day of October, 1994.
ATTEST:
Patricia Parks, City Clerk
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LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: SPONSORED BY:
ty Attorney Councilman Grable
NOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City Council at their
regular Council meeting held October 10, 1994.
ORDINANCE NO. 1615
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 1335 AND ADOPTING DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR
MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
Copies of Ordinance No. 1615 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City
of Port Orchard. Upon written request a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed
to any interested person without charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No.
1615 will be provided at a nominal charge.
City of Port Orchard
Michelle Hager
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Port Orchard Independent
October 26, 1994