Article IV – Planning Commission – Revised - October 8, 2009Board of Commissioners - Adopted - October 13, 2009Effective - December 1, 2009- Page 2 of 12

Effective – December 1, 2009Article IV: Mobile Homes/Manufactured HomesSections 401 through 417

Section 401 Jurisdiction and authoritySection 402 PurposeSection 403 DefinitionsSection 404 Nonconforming mobile home/manufactured home parksSection 405 Location disclosure and decal requiredSection 406 Issuance of mobile home/manufactured home permitSection 407 Permit application proceduresSection 408 Exception to issuance of mobile home permitSection 409 Mobile home/manufactured home minimum construction standardsSection 410 Mobile home/manufactured home installation requirementsSection 411 Process of inspection for mobile/manufactured homesSection 414 EnforcementSection 415 Appeals and variancesSection 416 Conflict with other ordinancesSection 417 Effective Date

Article IV – Planning Commission – Revised - October 8, 2009Board of Commissioners - Adopted - October 13, 2009Effective - December 1, 2009- Page 3 of 12

ARTICLE IV - MOBILE HOMES/MANUFACTURED HOMESSection 401. Jurisdiction and authority.

This article shall govern the use and operation of all mobile home/manufactured homeson single lots or within parks used for permanent residential occupancy in theunincorporated areas of the county and at such time as local municipalities adopt thecounty’s governance of this ordinance. It is the intent of this article to empower theplanning commission, the health department, and the building inspection department toreview the development of mobile home/manufactured home sites within theunincorporated areas of the county for the purposes stated in this article.

Section 402. Purpose.

This article is being promulgated to protect the health, safety and general welfare of thecitizens of the county. The county recognizes that mobile home/manufactured housingmeets the needs of many county residents for affordable housing and is compatible withsite-built housing if developed in accordance with comparable standards.

Section 403. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have themeanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates adifferent meaning:

Approved mobile home/manufactured home space

means any lot or parcel of landdesigned and designated for the location of one mobile home/manufactured home, itsaccessory buildings or structures, and accessory equipment for exclusive use of the homemeeting the requirements of this article, as administered by the building inspector.

Dwelling

means any mobile home or manufactured home which contains one or twodwelling units used, intended, or designed to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to beoccupied, or which are occupied for living purposes.

Dwelling unit

means a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for oneor more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking andsanitation.

Industrialized building

means any structure or component thereof which is wholly or insubstantial part made, fabricated, formed, or assembled in manufacturing facilities forinstallation or assembly and installation on a building site and has been manufactured insuch a manner that all parts or processes cannot be inspected at the installation sitewithout disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof. Industrialized buildings areconstructed and regulated in accordance with the "Industrialized Buildings Act: GeorgiaLaw 1982 PP 1637-1643 (O.C.G.A., Title 8, and Chapter 2, Art. 2, Part 1).