HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-15 Construction Standards for Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks in Flood Hazard AreaORDINANCE NO. 82-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE 17-1/2,
TITLE 13 OF THE COSTA�MESA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
INCORPORATE CONSTRUCTION STANa4mS FOR MOBILE
HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS AND SUBDIVISIONS
LOCATED IN THE FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds and
declares as follows:
A. That the City Council adopted Ordinance 80-24 to establish regulations
pertaining to flood plain land use and development pursuant to the requirements of
the National Flood Insurance Program (42-U.S.C. 4001-4128).
B. That Ordinance 80-24 has.been reviewed by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency.
C. That the Federal Emergency Management Agency has determined that it is
necessary to incorporate additional construction standards for mobile homes and
mobile hone parks and subdivisions into'the City's existing flood plain land use
and development regulations.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa herewith amends
Article 17-1/2, Title 13, as hereafter set forth:
SECTION 2.
1. Amend Section 13-258, Definitions, by adding the following:
11(21) Mobile Home: Any structure that is transportable in one or
more sections, built on a permanent chassis, and designated to be
used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the
required utilities. It does not include recreational vehicles or,
travel trailers, or manufactured housing on a permanent slab
foundation.
(22) New Mobile Home Park or Subdivision: Any parcel (or contigu-
ous parcels) of land divided into two or more mobile home lots for
rent or sale for which the construction of facilities or servicing
the lot (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities,
either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the
construction of streets) is completed on or after the effective date
of the Ordinance."
2. Amend Section 13-261(7) to read as follows:
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"(7) Construction standards for mobile homes and mobile hone parks
and subdivisions.
(a) All mobile homes and additions to mobile hones shall be
anchored to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral move-
ment by one of the foi llowing methods:
1. By providing an anchoring system designed to with-
stand horizontal forces of 15 pounds per square foot
and uplift forces',of 9 pounds per square foot; or
2. By anchoring of the units, designed to be in compli-
ance with the Department of Housing and Cammunity
Development Mobile Hone Construction and Safety
Standards (Title 25, California Administrative Code,
Installation Regulations).
(b) The following standards are required for (1) mobile homes
not placed in mobile home parks or subdivisions, (2) new
mobile hone parks or subdivisions, (3) expansions to
existing mobile hone parks or subdivisions, and (4) repair,
reconstruction, or improvements to existing mobile home
parks,or subdivisions that equal 50 percent or greater of
the value of the streets, utilities, and pads, before the
repair, reconstruction, or improvements commenced:
1. Adequate surface drainage and access for a hauler
shall be provided.
2. All mobile homes shall be placed on pads or lots
elevated on compacted fill or on pilings so that
the lowest floor of the mobile home is at or above
the base flood level. If elevated on pilings:
a. the lots or pads shall be large enough to
acccnmodate steps;
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b. the pilings shall be placed in stable soil
no more than ten feet apart; and
c. reinforcement shall be provided for pilings
more than six',feet above ground level.
(c) Written certification' of compliance with the standards con-
tained in this section shall be provided by the installer
of the mobile hone, the developer of the mobile home park
or subdivision, or the State agency responsible for regu-
lating placement. Such certification shall be maintained
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on file by the Development Services Department for flood
insurance purposes.
(d) No mobile home shall be placed in a floodway or the FP -I
District, except in an existing mobile home park or sub-
division."
3. Add Section 13-261(8) as follows:
"(8) Findings: Application for a permit may be denied where the
Development Services Director is unable to make each of the follow-
ing findings:
(a) The development will 'not produce a significant risk
to human life in the event of the design flood.
(b) The development is designed and sited so as to offer
minimal obstruction to the flow of floodwater.
(c) The development will not create a potential hazard or
otherwise adversely affect property because of diver-
sions, increased heights or velocities of floodwaters
or because of increased debris or otherwise adversely
affect the safety, use, or stability of any public
way, drainage channel, or adjacent property during a
flood condition.
Applicants for permits as provided for herein shall be required to
submit studies, plans, or other evidence prepared by a registered
professional engineer or, architect to support the required findings
necessary for approval of the permit."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty
(30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior, to the expiration of fif-
teen (15) days from its passage shall be;published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY
PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of
Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a
summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall
be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adop-
tion of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk
shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office
of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the
members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
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ATTEST:
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lst day of November, 1982.
Ci y Clerk of the City, of Costa M a
APPROVED AS TO FORM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA ) C I TY ATTO R N EY v
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance
No. 82-15 was introduced and considered 'section by section at a regular, meeting
of said City Council held on the 4th day of October, 1982, and thereafter passed
and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the lst
day of November, 1982, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Schafer,; Hall, Hertzog, McFarland, Johnson
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of November, 1982.
Ci y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk o the
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