06/13/2006 Ordinances 9050
I
I
I
ORDINANCE NO. 9050
An ordinance to amend Chapter 21 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Sections 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 21-5, 21-6, 21-8, 21-10, 21-13, 21-14, 21-22, 21-28, and 21-30
pertaining to housekeeping matters; to repeal Sections 21-1, 21-2,21-3, 21-5,21-6,21-8,21-10,
21-13, 21-14, 21-22, 21-28, and 21-30 as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 21-1 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-1. Definitions
For the ptrrposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section:
Chief building official means the legally designated authority of the city or his authorized representative.
Manufactured Home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode,
is eight body feet or more in width, and forty body feet or more in length, or when erected on site is three hundred
twenty or more square feet in size and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling
unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities.
Manufactured home lot means any individually owned plot of ground zoned and platted so that it is
permissible to place a single manufactured home upon it after a permit is issued by the chief building official or
his/her designee. The manufactured home may be attached to a permanent foundation or basement built in
accordance with approved codes.
Manufactured home vark means any lot of ground zoned and licensed as such by the City within which
two or more manufactured home spaces are located.
Manufactured home space means an area within a manufactured home park for the placement of a single
manufactured home and reserved for the exclusive use of its occupants.
Manufactured home stand means that facility for the placing of a single manufactured home and
appurtenant structures thereto onto a foundation system designed to resist horizontal wind pressure of fifteen (15)
pounds per square foot minimum and nine (9) pounds per square foot minimum for uplift, or upon a surface
foundation system designed to resist the same forces.
Permit means a written permit issued by the chief building official or his/her designee promulgated
thereunder.
Recreational Vehicle as defined in Chapter 22, Article IX of the Grand Island City Code.
Service building means a building housing toilet and bathing facilities for men and women with laundry
facilities and such other facilities as may be required by this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 21-2 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Approved as to Form
June 14, 2006
~~ilr""-t; .~
I
I
I
ORDINANCE NO. 9050 (Cont.)
~21-2. Jurisdiction
It is intended that the provisions of this chapter shall be enforced within the city and in the two mile area
beyond its corporate limits.
SECTION 3. Section 21-3 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-3. Permit Required
It shall be unlawful for any person to open, conduct, establish or maintain any site for the purpose of a
manufactured home park unless a permit to do so shall have first been issued by the city.
SECTION 4. Section 21-5 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-5. Renewed Permit
Renewal of permits shall be made to the City Building Department.
SECTION 5. Section 21-6 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-6. Park Plan to be Filed
The applicant for a permit required by this chapter or authorized agent shall file with the chief building
official or his/her designee a complete plan showing:
(1) The area and dimensions of the tract ofland to be used for such manufactured home park.
(2) The number, location, and size of all manufactured home spaces.
(3) The location and width of roadways and walkways.
(4) The location of service buildings and any other proposed structures.
(5) The location and size of water and sewer lines.
(6) Plans and specifications of all buildings and other improvements constructed or to be constructed within the
manufactured home park.
(7) Parks may have spaces for recreational vehicles provided that such spaces shall be identified on the park
plan filed, and shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total number of spaces. Recreational vehicles shall
be limited in duration of stay. No recreational vehicle shall be allowed to remain in a space for more than one
hundred eighty (180) days within any consecutive three hundred sixty five (365) day period. Any revisions or
additions to such plan must be reviewed and approved by the City Council as provided in Section 21-7 of this
chapter.
SECTION 6. Section 21-8 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
- 2 -
I
I
ORDINANCE NO. 9050 (Cont.)
~21-8. Permit Fee
(1) Ifthe city council grants such permit required by this chapter to any such applicant, it shall thereupon
direct the chief building official or his/her designee to issue such permit upon prepayment of a permit fee to the
building department, in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(2) Prior to expiration of the annual permit, a permit may be renewed upon prepayment of the annual
permit fee in accordance with the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(3) Failure to obtain a permit renewal by January 31 of each subsequent year, an investigation fee equal to
the permit fee shall be paid, in addition to the permit fee, prior to obtaining a renewal of such permit.
SECTION 7. Section 21-10 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-10. Permit; Revocation; Notice; Hearing
If any operator of a manufactured home park to whom a permit has been issued shall continue to violate the
ordinances of the city or the laws of the state pertaining to sanitation, public health and welfare after due notice by
the officials of the city or the state of such violation, the city council shall have the right to revoke such permit to
operate such park in the following manner:
A notice shall be served on the person holding such permit, setting forth wherein permittee has failed to
comply with the ordinances of the city or laws of the state and citing permittee to appear before the city council at a
day and hour therein specified, not less than three days after the personal service of such notice of such permittee or
agent in charge of such manufactured home park and show cause, if any, why such permit should not be revoked or
suspended. At the time and place mentioned in such notice, the permittee shall have the right to appear in person or
by counsel and to introduce evidence.
SECTION 8. Section 21-13 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-13. Parking on Private Property
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or permit the parking of any manufactured home on private or
public property unless such property is within an approved zoning district permitting manufactured homes, or within
a permitted manufactured home park or an approved space. A permit for the placement of the manufactured home
must be issued by the City Building Department prior to placement.
SECTION 9. Section 21-14 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-14. Annual Inspections; Reports
It shall be the duty of the chief building official or his/her designee to inspect all manufactured home parks
now existing in the city and in the area two miles beyond its corporate limits, and all manufactured home parks
hereafter established at least annually. No charge shall be made for such inspection, and the owners of such
manufactured home parks shall be furnished in writing the results of such inspection.
- 3 -
I
I
.'~
0,
ORDINANCE NO. 9050 (Cont.)
SECTION 10. Section 21-22 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-22. Appurtenances; Accessory and Administrative Buildings
All accessory and service buildings shall be detached and located the same as regulations concerning
accessory buildings provided in Chapter 36 of the Grand Island City Code, and shall be constructed in conformance
with the City Building, Plumbing, and Electrical Codes pursuant to a permit issued by the Building Department prior
to construction. No additions shall be permitted onto a manufactured home except an add-on unit constructed by a
manufacturer of manufactured homes recognized by the State of Nebraska. Such add-ons shall receive a permit
from the Building Department prior to placement and attachment to the manufactured home and shall be placed onto
a foundation system equal to that which the manufactured home rests upon.
Exceptions:
(A) A one hundred twenty (120) square foot or less covered entry porch (no living space) which is open on
at least two (2) sides;
(B) Carport or patio cover open on at least three (3) sides;
(C) Manufactured home on a private lot placed upon a permanent foundation.
No additions shall be constructed without first obtaining a permit from the Grand Island Building Department.
SECTION 11. Section 21-28 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-28. Fire Prevention
(1) Fire prevention in all manufactured home parks shall be under the direct supervision of the City Fire
Department.
(2) Manufactured home park areas shall be kept free oflitter, rubbish, and other flammable materials.
(3) Portable fire extinguishers of a type approved by the fire prevention authority shall be kept in service
buildings and at all other places designated by such fire prevention authority and shall be maintained in good
operating condition.
SECTION 12. Section 21-30 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~21-30. Existing Manufactured Home Parks
This chapter shall not apply to existing mobile home parks, now referred to as manufactured home parks, in
existence prior to March 10, 1975, except in the following instances:
(1) Any installation, reconstruction, remodeling, or reconfiguration of manufactured home spaces, utility
connections, streets, sidewalks, or other infrastructure upon which work is commenced after April 30, 1998,
shall comply with all provisions of this chapter.
(2) Any placement of a new or different manufactured home on an existing manufactured home space
occurring after April 30, 1998, shall comply with all provisions of this chapter.
-4-
'~k ..
i~
I
I
I
ORDINANCE NO. 9050 (Cont.)
SECTION 13. Sections 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 21-5, 21-6, 21-8, 21-10, 21-13, 21-14,
21-22, 21-28, and 21-30 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 14. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof.
SECTION 14. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, in pamphlet form, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand
Island Independent as provided by law.
Enacted: June 13,2006.
Attest:
~ illw~
RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
- 5 -