(1) No wrecked or dilapidated mobile home may be placed in a mobile home park. No mobile home may be placed in a mobile home park until it has been inspected to meet the requirements of this section. Mobile homes must have adequate sanitary facilities; a sanitary water supply; water heating facilities; heating equipment; cooking equipment; smoke detectors; carbon monoxide detectors;

windows; ventilation; electrical service and be structurally safe; or meet the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 enacted June 15th, 1976 with a seal certifying that it was built according to such standards. Verification may be done by submission of photographs or physical inspection at the discretion of the Building Official. Placement of mobile homes in mobile home parks shall require a building permit. Notwithstanding KMC 4.32.015—R105.5, a building permit for a mobile home shall expire ninety (90) days after the date of issuance unless an extension has been granted.

(2) The fee for a mobile home building permit shall be as set forth in the City’s schedule of fees adopted by the City Council. The fee for the mobile home building permit may be paid in installments within ten (10) months of the issuance of the permit. The fee shall cover the costs of the initial inspection and subsequent inspection of foundation, skirting, code compliance, and entrances/steps. Access shall be provided for the Building Inspector to inspect the furnaces, water heater, foundation or blocking, and verification of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

(3) Mobile home service connections shall meet the requirements of the electrical code as adopted in KMC 4.30 and the plumbing code as adopted in KMC 4.25.

(4) Foundations. Mobile homes may be attached to permanent foundations; provided that the foundations comply with the City’s building code. Additions to such mobile homes on permanent foundations shall be factory-built additions or shall comply with the building code and shall be attached to permanent foundations. Mobile homes that are not on permanent foundations shall be blocked as specified in this section, and may have either factory-built additions or additions that comply with the building code. Such additions need not be placed on permanent foundations but must be placed on preservative-treated wood or concrete pads/piers or concrete masonry units.

(5) Blocking. In order for safe mountings for mobile homes that are not attached to permanent foundations may be provided, the minimum standards for blocking shall be as follows. Blocking shall be installed under the mobile home at the front and at the rear and at approximately eight feet (8') on center under the main frame members on each side of the mobile home, and under the tongue if it is not removable. If wood is used for blocking, the ground or bearing block at each point shall be a minimum of two-inch (2") nominal thickness and of preservative treated wood. Additional blocking used may be regular lumber placed on the wood-bearing block or on a concrete pad or on a concrete masonry unit but shall be no longer or wider than the block beneath. Cored concrete blocks used for blocking the mobile home shall be placed vertically. All such concrete blocking shall be load-bearing blocks commonly known as Class A concrete blocks. Materials and methods of blocking differing from those described in this section may be approved if submitted for approval prior to installation and approved by Building Official as consistent with the safety standards and goals set forth in this section.

(6) Skirting. All mobile homes shall be skirted within ninety (90) days of placement in a mobile home park unless an extension is granted. The skirting shall be in such a manner as to withstand the elements and all access openings in skirting shall be closed when not in use and made of solid panels.

(7) All entrances to a mobile home shall be provided with at least a three-foot (3') by three-foot (3') landing and steps both of which must be made of concrete, cemented blocks, steel, preservative treated lumber or painted lumber placed on preservative treated nominal two-inch (2") by four-inch (4") runners. The entrance to an attached deck or similar extension shall be considered as an entrance to a mobile home.

(8) Additions. Only one (1) lean-to and one (1) arctic entry may be attached to any mobile home provided they meet the requirements of this section. Additions may not use the mobile home for structural support. No lean-to or combination of lean-to and arctic entry built or attached to any mobile home in a mobile home park shall have a floor area exceeding the floor area of the original mobile home to which it is attached. No addition shall be constructed or maintained of any size or in any position which violates the minimum separation distance, side yard, rear yard, front yard or maximum allowable lot coverage requirements that are applicable in the particular zone or mobile home park in which the mobile home and lean-to are located, or constructed within five feet (5') of the next adjacent mobile home space line. An arctic entry is allowed at an exit/entry door from the mobile home. Additions to mobile homes require a building permit. Additions may only be made to mobile homes meeting standards as set out in subsection (c)(1) of this section.

(9) Outbuildings and Additional Structures. Detached structures shall not exceed two hundred (200) square feet. Detached structures shall be separated from the mobile home on the same lot/space by a minimum of five feet (5') and no closer than ten feet (10') from any other mobile home or lean-to or other building in the mobile home park. Detached structures shall require a building permit as required under the residential code adopted in KMC 4.32. The construction of lean-tos and similar structures shall be accomplished only after obtaining a building permit from the building official, and then in accordance with the City’s building code.

(10) Setbacks and Separation Distance.

(11) Space Size for New Mobile Home Parks. Each conventional single-wide mobile home shall be located on a plot/space having an area of not less than three thousand two hundred (3,200) square feet and each double-wide mobile home shall be located on a plot having an area of not less than four thousand two hundred (4,200) square feet. A mobile home may not cover more than forty percent (40%) of the plot/space size for that mobile home.

(12) Space Numbers. Each mobile home must have the space number of mobile home park displayed either on the mobile home or on a post located at the front of the space.

(13) Parking. A minimum of two (2) parking spaces per mobile home will be provided per KMC 14.20.250.

(14) All mobile homes in mobile home parks shall be connected to water and sewer systems approved by the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation before they may be occupied.