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All manufactured homes sited on individual lots outside of mobile home parks and subdivisions are permitted uses in all residential zones and shall be regulated for the purposes of siting in the same manner as site built homes, or factory built (modular) homes. In addition, manufactured homes shall meet each of the following standards:

A. The manufactured home shall be comprised of at least two fully enclosed parallel sections each of not less than twelve feet wide by thirty-six feet long.

B. The manufactured home shall comply with the current installation requirements of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and the state of Washington Department of Labor and Industries (see, WAC 296-150M-0600 through WAC 296-150M-0670) and shall be set upon a permanent foundation, as specified by the manufacturer, and the space from the bottom of the home to the ground be enclosed by concrete or an approved concrete product which can either be load bearing or decorative.

C. Permanent steps with handrails shall be provided at all exits. The steps and handrails shall comply with the requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

D. The tongue, axle, traffic safety lights and any traffic warning lights shall be removed.

E. The primary use of the manufactured home shall be residential.

F. No manufactured home shall be converted or changed from one type of manufactured home to another type. The manufactured home must comply with all design standards applicable to other homes within the neighborhood in which the manufactured home is to be located.

G. The home is thermally equivalent to the state energy code.

H. T he siding shall be composed of exterior siding materials commonly used on conventional site-built International Residential Code single-family residences.

I. The roof shall have been originally constructed with, and shall now have, a composition of wood shake or shingle, coated metal, or similar roof of nominal 3:12 pitch.

J. Each manufactured home shall have a garage, carport or an on-site exterior storage structure with not less than forty (40) square feet of usable floor area and a minimum height of six feet.

K. The manufactured home must have been manufactured within five years of the date it is sited on the lot.

L. The manufactured home shall have eaves on the gable ends and shall have gutters and downspouts.

Prior to the adoption of 6379 on 04/27/2005, Section 17.56.100 read as follows.

All mobile homes sited on individual lots outside of mobile home parks and subdivisions are permitted uses in all residential zones and shall comply with each of the following requirements in addition to the requirements of each zoning district:

A. The mobile home shall have at least seven hundred forty (740) square feet of gross floor area and be at least twenty (20) feet in width. Any body part or extension which is not seventy (70) percent or more of the length shall not be included in the measurement of the width.

B. The mobile home shall comply with the installation requirements of the state of Washington Department of Labor and Industries found at WAC 296-150B-200 through WAC 296-150B-255 or their successors.

C. Permanent steps with handrails shall be provided at all exits. The steps and handrails shall comply with the requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

D. The tongue, axle, traffic safety lights and any traffic warning lights shall be removed.

E. The mobile home shall comply with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards in effect at the date of manufacture and the home shall have been manufactured on or after June 15, 1976.

F. The primary use of the mobile home shall be residential.

G. No mobile home shall be converted or changed from one type of mobile home to another type.

H. The roof shall have a minimum pitch of three inch rise for every one foot of length to be covered with wood shakes, composition or fiberglass shingles.

I. The siding shall be composed of wood, metal, particle board or hard-board siding with patterns known as decorative plywood, drop siding, shiplap, beveled siding, weatherboard, shingles or grooved plywood.

J. Each mobile home shall have a garage, carport or an on-site exterior storage structure with not less than forty (40) square feet of usable floor area and a minimum height of six feet.

K. The mobile home must have been manufactured within five years of the date it is sited on the lot.

L. The mobile home shall have eaves on the gable ends and shall have gutters and downspouts. (Prior code § 11.019.190)

(Ord. 6379, Amended, 04/27/2005. Prior code § 11.019.190)