15.74.160 Standards for mobile homes, mobile home parks and manufactured homes.
A. All new mobile homes and additions to mobile homes within areas of special flood hazards shall be set on permanent foundation by anchoring the unit to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement by one of the following methods:
1. By providing an anchoring system designed to withstand horizontal forces of fifteen pounds per square foot and uplift forces of nine pounds per square foot; or
2. By the anchoring of the units system, designed to be in compliance to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards; or
3. By bolting the frame or undercarriage to a reinforced, permanent foundation such as a retaining wall or storm wall used to set the unit.
B. Certification that the standards above have been satisfied shall be required of the installer or state agency responsible for regulating the placement, installation, and anchoring of individual mobile home units, such certification to be filed with the administrator.
C. The following standards are required for (1) mobile homes not placed in mobile home parks or subdivisions, (2) new mobile home parks or subdivisions, (3) expansions to existing mobile home parks or subdivisions, and (4) repair, reconstruction, or improvements to existing mobile home parks or subdivisions that equals or exceeds fifty percent of the value of the streets, utilities, and pads before the repair, reconstruction, or improvement commenced within areas of special flood hazards:
1. Adequate surface drainage and access for a hauler shall be provided;
2. All mobile homes shall be placed on pads or lots elevated on compacted fill or on pilings so that the lowest floor of the mobile home is at or above the base flood level. If elevated on pilings:
a. The pilings shall be placed in stable soil no more than ten feet apart; and
b. Reinforcement shall be provided for pilings more than six feet above ground level;
3. Certification of compliance, filed with the administrator, is required of the developer responsible for the plan or state agency responsible for regulating mobile home placement.
D. All manufactured homes that are placed or substantially improved, within zones A1-30, AH, and AE on the community’s flood insurance rate map, on sites located:
1. Outside of a manufactured home park or subdivision;
2. In a new manufactured home park or subdivision;
3. In an expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision; or
4. In an existing manufactured home park or subdivision on a site upon which a manufactured home has incurred substantial damage as the result of a flood, shall be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is elevated above the base flood elevation by a minimum of one foot and be securely fastened to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation, collapse, and lateral movement.
E. All manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved on sites in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision within zones A1-30, AH, AE, V1-30, V, and VE on the community’s flood insurance rate map that are not subject to the provisions of this section will be securely fastened to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation, collapse, and lateral movement, and be elevated so that either the:
1. Lowest floor of the manufactured home is at or above the base flood elevation; or
2. Manufactured home chassis is supported by reinforced piers or other foundation elements of at least equivalent strength that are no less than thirty-six inches in height above grade.
F. Upon the completion of the structure, the elevation of the lowest floor including basement shall be certified by a California registered engineer or California licensed surveyor, and verified by the city of Bakersfield building director or designee to be properly elevated. Such certification and verification shall be provided to the floodplain administrator. (Ord. 5062 § 1, 2021; Ord. 4469 § 1, 2007)