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INDIAN 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.
BY 61a
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Chairman
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