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No.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, REPEALING ARTICLE
IX OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF
ORDINANCES, PERTAINING TO THE ANCHORAGE
FOR MOBILE HOMES, MODULAR HOMES AND
HOUSE TRAILERS; PROVIDING A TERM OF NINETY
DAYS OR LESS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, on April 9, 1980, the City Council of the
City of sebastian enacted Section 7-135 through Section 7-139,
inclusive, of the City Code, and
WHEREAS, the enactment of said section provided the
criteria and requirements for the anchorage of mobile homes,
modular homes and house trailers within the city limits of
the City of Sebastian; and,
WHEREAS, the provisions of said Article XI are less
restrictive and narrower in scope than the provisions in the
Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code Congress
International, Inc.; and,
WHEREAS, it is understood that the word "modular"
throughout said Article IX of Chapter 7 refers to "manufactured
building" as defined in paragraph (11) of Section 553, Florida
Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Section 553.38 (2), Florida Statutes
authorizes municipalities to adopt local on site installation
requirements for manufactured buildings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council realizes that manufactured
buildings need comply only with the provisions of Article IX
of Chapter 7, of the City Code under the current code; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the
provisions of the Standard Building Code relating to foundations,
footings, piers, steps, etc., as they pertain to conventional
building should be applied to manufactured buildings without
discrimination; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that all manufactured
buildings hereinafter installed within the City of Sebastian
comply with the applicable provisions of the Standard Building
Code; and
WHEREAS, a repeal of Article IX of Section 7 of the
Code of Ordinance accomplishes the above intent; and
WHEREAS, the Council determines that an emergency
exists and it is necessary to enact this ordinance to immediately
apply the installation provisions of the Standard Building
Code to manufactured housing, without discrimination,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, as follows:
SECTION I
That Sections 7-135, 7-136, 7-137, 7-138 and
7-139, inclusive, of the Code of Ordinances, ARE HEREBY
REPEALED.
SECTION II
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
passage, and shall expire ninety (90) days from enactment
unless sooner repealed.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
finally passed by the City Council of the City of Sebastian
by a vote of FOR ~-- , AGAINST ~) , on the 8th day
of May, 1985.
CITY OF SEBA ~TIAN, FLORIDA
by: ~~
'~Gallagher, ~ayor
A-TTEST: ,-' ',
'Cit;~ Clerk
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