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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-22INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 74-22 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MOBILE HOMES, AMENDING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE 71-2, PROVIDING FOR ON SITE INSPECTION, REQUIRING BLOCKING AND ANCHORING, ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS, ESTAB- LISHING RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CERTI- FICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND ENFORCEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, That Indian River County Ordinance 71-2 is hereby amended to read as follows: MOBILE HOMES Sec. 1: Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for a mobile home, occupied as a dwelling, an on site inspection shall be conducted by the County Building Department to insure the provisions of this ordinance and Chapter 320 of the Florida Statutes have been complied with. Where the provisions of this ordinance are more restrictive than Chapter 320, then the provisions of this ordinance shall control. Sec. 2: Every mobile home occupied as a dwelling shall be blocked and anchored in accordance with this chapter. Sec. 3: (a) Pier foundations shall be installed direc- tly under the main frame (or Chassis) of the mobile home or travel trailer. The piers shall not be further apart than ten (10) feet on centers and the main frame, front or back, shall not extend further than one (1) foot beyond the center line of the end piers. (b) All grass and organic material shall be removed and the pier foundation placed on stable soil. The pier foundation shall be a sixteen (16) inch by six- teen (16) inch by four (4) inch concrete pad, precast or poured in place. (c) Piers may be constructed of regular eight (8) inch by eight (8) inch by sixteen (16) inch concrete block with open cells vertical, placed above the foundation block. A two (2) inch by eight (8) inch wood plate shall be placed on top of the pier with hardwood shims fitted and driven tight between the wood plate and the main frame. Sec. 4: (a) Anchors shall be installed on both sides of the unit for every twelve (12) feet of trailer length. There shall be a minimum of three (3), regardless of length, with the further requirement that one (1) set shall be on each end. (b) Anchors shall be of the screw auger type or of the deadman type. (c) If screw augers are used, they shall be of no less than five-eighths (5/8) inch hot dipped galvanized steel. Penetration to a depth of no less than three (3) feet with a welded eye on one end and no less than a four (4) inch auger cup on the other. (d) If the deadman type is used, they shall be of poured -in-place concrete, no less than eight (8) inches in diameter and a depth of no less than two (2) feet in rock or four (4) feet in soil. In this deadman, there shall be cast to a minimum depth of twenty-four (24) inches a five - eights (5/8) inch hot galvanized steel rod with a welded eye. (e) Any of the patented or expension type bolts with a minimum of five-eighths (5/8) inch diameter and in- serted in solid rock formation to a minimum depth of twelve (12) inches may be used for ground anchors. (f) All anchors shall be capable of withstanding a vertical stress component of two thousand (2,000) pound minimum. Sec. 5: (a) Each mobile home or travel trailer shall be provided with a minimum of three (3) sets of tie -downs as described herein. (b) Ties shall be made of no less than one-half (1/2) inch galvanized steel turnbuckles connected to ground anchors, with no less than three-eighths (3/8) inch galvanized wire rope, or equal. Ties will be placed as near adjacent to the front and rear piers as possible with no less than one (1) tie -down for each twelve (12) feet of trailer length, with a minimum of three (3) regardless of length. (c) No less than three (3) of the required tie - downs shall pass over the trailer or mobile home. If only three (3) are used, two (2) of these will be at the front and rear of the unit. Tie -downs passing over the coach shall be reinforced at points of contact with the unit so the cable cannot cause cutting damage thereto. Other required tie -downs may be fastened to the frame of the unit. Sec. 6: (a) It shall be the responsibility of the owners of the property or operator of a trailer park on which a unit is parked to provide the required ground anchors to be installed. (b) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the unit to provide required tie -downs and install the same. (c) Travel trailers that are not to be in the county more than fifteen (15) days shall be excluded from this section. (d) Other types of piers and methods of blocking, ground anchors or tie -down cable or cables or couplings may be approved by the county if deemed the equivalent of the foregoing specifications and specific written approval is given by the county. (e) Only closed eye dropped forged turnbuckles and metal components of hot dipped galvanized finish shall be permitted. Sec. 7: (a) The enforcement of these provisions shall rest with the county building department. (b) Written notice shall be given to anyone in violation of these provisions, specifying same. A period of ten (10) days shall be granted for correction and the person or persons correcting the violation shall sign a citation verifying correction of same. (c) Upon conviction violations of this ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be punishable in accordance with law. Sec. 8: This Ordinance shall become effective on January 1_1975. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA. Chairman ATTEST• C