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Home My WebLink AboutO-80-10ORDINANCE NO, 0-~-I# AN ORDINANCE CREATING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 7 OF TIlE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ANCHORAGE OF MOBILE HOMES, MODULAR HOMES AND HOUSE TRAILERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE IT IS ttEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, as follows: SECTION I. That Article III of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby created to read as follows: ARTICLE III Anchorage for Mobile tlomes, Modular Homes and ttouse Trailers Sec. 7-35. Minimum Blocking Standards (a) Pier foundations shall be installed directly under the main frame (or chassis) of the mobile home, modular home or house trailer. The piers shall not be£arther apart than ten (10) feet on centers and the main frame, front or back, shall not extend farther than one (1) foot beyond the center line of the end piers. (b) Ail grass and organic material shall be removed and the pier foundation placed on stable soil. The pier foundation shall be a sixteen (16) inch x sixteen (16) inch x four (4) inch conc'rete pad, precast or poured in place. (c) Piers may be constructed of regular eight (8) inch x eight (8) inch x sixteen (16) inch concrete block, with open ceils vertical, placed above the foundation block. A two (2) inch x eight (8) inch pressure treated wood plate shall be piaced on top of the pier with hardwood one (1) inch maximum shims fitted and driven tight between the wood plate and the main frame. Sec. 7-36. Minimum Ground Anchor Standards. (a) Anchors shall be installed on both sides of the unit for every twelve (12) feet of its 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 galvanic!ed steel. Penetration to a depth of no less than three re'bt 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 uoured-i2~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-eSghths (5/8) inch hot galvanized steel rod with a welded eye. (e) Any of the patented or expansion type bolts with a minimum of five-eights (5/8) inch diameter and inserted in sold rock formation to a minimum depth of twelve (12) inches may be used for ground anchors. (f) Ail anchors shall be capable of withstanding a vertical stress component of four thousand eight hundred (4,800) pounds. Sec. 7-37. Minimum Tie-down Standards (a) Each mobile home, modular home or house 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-eights (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 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 mobile home, modular home or house trailer. If only three (3) are used, two (2) of them will be at the front and rear of the unit. Tie-downs passing over the unit 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. 7-38. General Specifications. (a) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property or operator of a trailer park on which a unit is parked, to provide the required ground anchors 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 within the city limits for more than fifteen (15) days shall be excluded from such anchorage requirements. (d) Other types of piers and methods of blocking, ground anchors or tie-downs, cable or cables or couplings may be approved by the building inspector if deemed the equivalent of the foregoing specifications. (e) Only closed eye dropped forged turnbuckles and metal components of hot dipped galvanized finish shall be permitted. Sec. 7- 39 Enforcement. (a) The enforcement of the provisions of this article shall be the responsibility of the city building department. (b) All owners or occupants of mobile homes, modular homes or house trailers located within the city limits at the time of the adoption of this article shall be allowed a reasonable time within which to comply with the provisions of this article but such mobile homes, modular homes or house trailers located or to be located within the city limits after the adoption of this article shall be immediately subject to its provisions. -2- SECTION II. Ail Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are specifically repealed. SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon becoming law. SECTION IV. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held unconstitutional or invalid, for any reason, such ruling shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. ATTEST: Cit9 Clerk I HEREBY CERTIFY that Notice of Public Hearing of the foregoing Ordinance was given in accordance with Section 166.041 of the Florida Statutes, on~ ~ ~~ yr .... ~ , ].980, in the Vero Beach Press Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Sebastian, Florida; that said Ordinance passed on first reading on ~ f~ , 1980, and that said Ordinance passed a second and fina~ reading and was adopted by the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, on ~~ ~ , 1980. (S E A L)