Sec. 18-130. - Pre-setup and mobile home setup permits required.
Sec. 18-131. - Requirement of affidavit to obtain a pre-setup permit.
Sec. 18-132. - Requirement of pre-setup inspection.
Secs. 18-134—18-143. - Reserved.
This article does not apply to new mobile/manufactured homes and park trailers which have never been installed, set up, or placed onto a site. This article does not apply to homes or trailers located on a commercial sales lot that is in compliance with the county's zoning laws. This article does not apply to recreational vehicles that are fully licensed and ready for highway use. A recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is on its wheels or internal jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick disconnect type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached structures. This article applies to all other mobile/manufactured homes and park trailers that are parked, stored, or placed at any location, or moved to a different location, in the unincorporated area of Pasco County after June 11, 2007.
(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)
Sec. 18-130. - Pre-setup and mobile home setup permits required.
No person shall park, store, place, cause to be parked, stored, placed, or allow to be parked, stored, or placed, in any location in the unincorporated area of Pasco County, any mobile/manufactured home or park trailer without first obtaining a pre-setup permit, passing a presetup inspection, and obtaining a mobile home setup permit.
(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)
Sec. 18-131. - Requirement of affidavit to obtain a pre-setup permit.
To obtain a pre-setup permit, the owner of the mobile/manufactured home or park trailer, or land on which the home or trailer is to be parked, stored or placed, must submit an application, the form of which is to be determined by the central permitting manager, which includes an affidavit stating that the mobile/manufactured home or park trailer meets, at a minimum, the code requirements in effect at the time the home or trailer was manufactured. The owner must also swear that the home or trailer meets with Pasco County's minimum housing standards as provided in article V of this chapter, except for positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, making minor adjustments, assembly of multiple or expandable units, and connection to utilities. A dealer, if any, must also sign the same affidavit required of the owner.
(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)
Sec. 18-132. - Requirement of pre-setup inspection.
Prior to bringing it into Pasco County or moving it within the county, the owner and dealer, if any, of the mobile/manufactured home or park trailer, or land on which the home or trailer is to be parked, stored or placed, must call the building official or his designee for an inspection of the home or trailer prior to parking, storing, or placing the home or trailer at any location within the unincorporated area of Pasco County. A fee will be charged for the inspection based on the county's estimated actual costs that will be incurred to provide the inspection at the location of the home. The fee must be paid at the time the pre-setup permit is issued.
(a)
If upon inspection the building official or his designee determines that the mobile/manufactured home or park trailer meets, at a minimum, the code requirements in effect at the time the home or trailer was manufactured, and also meets with county's minimum housing standards as provided in article V of this chapter (except for positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, making minor adjustments, assembly of multiple or expandable units, and connection to utilities) the building official or his designee shall approve the issuance of a mobile home setup permit to a licensed installer or any other person authorized by state law to obtain the permit, upon payment of required fees and satisfaction of all other permitting requirements.
(b)
If the building official or his designee determines that the mobile/manufactured home or park trailer does not meet, at a minimum, the code requirements in effect at the time the home or trailer was manufactured, and/or does not meet the county's minimum housing standards as provided in article V of this chapter (except for positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, making minor adjustments, assembly of multiple or expandable units, and connection to utilities), or both, the building official or his designee may:
(1)
Approve the issuance of a mobile home setup permit to a licensed dealer, manufacturer, or installer, or any other person authorized by state law to obtain the permit, and require the owner to obtain a minimum housing code violation repair permit within a specified number of days and to make required repairs and successfully pass required inspections by the building official within a specified number of days; or
(2)
Do not approve issuance of a setup permit, and require the home or trailer to be demolished or removed from the unincorporated area of the county if it was placed in its current location without required permits or inspections, and/or enforce other county requirements such as the codes pertaining to minimum housing and/or slum and blighted structures.
(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)
The following acts are violations of this article:
(a)
Parking, storing, placing, or causing to be parked, stored, placed, or allowing to be parked, stored, or placed, in any location in the unincorporated area of Pasco County, any mobile/manufactured home or park trailer without a pre-setup permit, a pre-setup inspections, and/or a mobile home setup permit.
(b)
Incorrectly or falsely swearing in an affidavit to obtain a pre-setup permit that a mobile/manufactured home or park trailer meets, at a minimum, the code requirements in effect at the time the home or trailer was manufactured; that the home or trailer meets with county's minimum housing standards as provided in article V of this chapter, except for positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, making minor adjustments, assembly of multiple or expandable units, and connection to utilities; and/or incorrectly or falsely swearing to the date of manufacture. Ignorance of the home or trailer's condition and/or the minimum housing standards, the code requirements in effect at the time the home or trailer was manufactured, and/or the date of manufacture, is not a defense to a violation of this section.
(c)
Failing to obtain the required permits, make required repairs, and/or obtain required inspections within the time specified by the building official, of the violations identified by the building official or his designee of the county's minimum housing standards or the technical codes in effect at the time the home or trailer was manufactured when the building official or his designee allows set up of the home or trailer but identifies minimum housing code violations pursuant to section 18-132
(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07)