Chapter 1 code of ordinances

CHAPTER 146

MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES

146.01 Definitions	146.03 Foundation Requirements
146.02 Conversion to Real Property

146.01 DEFINITIONS. For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 435.1)

1. 
   “Manufactured home” means a factory-built structure built under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5403 which was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, and is required by Federal law to display a seal from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
   
2. 
   “Manufactured home community” means any site, lot, field, or tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more occupied manufactured homes are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and includes any building, structure or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of the manufactured home community.
   
3. 
   “Mobile home” means any vehicle without motive power used or so manufactured or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways and so designed, constructed or reconstructed as will permit the vehicle to be used as a place for human habitation by one or more persons; but also includes any such vehicle with motive power not registered as a motor vehicle in Iowa. A mobile home means any such vehicle built before June 15, 1976, which was not built to a mandatory building code and which contains no State or Federal seals.
   
4. 
   “Mobile home park” means any site, lot, field or tract of land upon which three (3) or more mobile homes or manufactured homes, or a combination of any of these homes, are placed on developed spaces and operated as a for-profit enterprise with water, sewer or septic, and electrical services available.
   

The term “manufactured home community” or “mobile home park” is not to be construed to include manufactured or mobile homes, buildings, tents, or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual, educational institution, or company on its own premises and used exclusively to house said entity’s own labor or students. The manufactured home community or mobile home park shall meet the requirements of any zoning regulations that are in effect.

146.02 CONVERSION TO REAL PROPERTY. A mobile home or manufactured home that is located outside a manufactured home community or mobile home park shall be converted to real estate by being placed on a permanent foundation and shall be assessed for real estate taxes except in the following cases:

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 435.26 & Sec. 435.35)

1. 
   Retailer’s Stock. Mobile homes or manufactured homes on private property as part of a retailer’s or a manufacturer’s stock not used as a place for human habitation.
   
2. 
   Existing Homes. A taxable mobile home or manufactured home that is located outside of a manufactured home community or mobile home park as of January 1, 1995, shall be assessed and taxed as real estate, but is exempt from the permanent foundation requirement of this chapter until the home is relocated.
   

146.03 FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS. A mobile home or manufactured home located outside of a manufactured home community or mobile home park shall be placed on a permanent frost-free foundation system that meets the support and anchorage requirements as recommended by the manufacturer or required by the State Building Code. The foundation system must be visually compatible with permanent foundation systems of surrounding residential structures. Any such home shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the State Building Code.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 103A.10 & 414.28)

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CHAPTER 147

WATER WELL PROTECTION

147.01 Shallow Public Wells	147.04 Wells Classified
147.02 Deep Public Wells	147.05 Existing Nonconforming Uses
147.03 Applicability

147.01 SHALLOW PUBLIC WELLS. No structure or facility of the following enumerated and listed types shall be located within the distances hereinafter set forth after each structure or facility from a shallow public well within the City.

1. Well house floor drains – 5 feet;

2. Water treatment plant wastes – 50 feet;

3. Sanitary and industrial discharges – 200 feet;

4. Floor drains from pump house to surface:

A. None within 5 feet;

B. 5 to 10 feet – water main materials enclosed in concrete permitted;

C. 10 to 25 feet – must be water main material;

D. 25 to 75 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe;

5. Floor drains to sewer, water plant wastes, storm or sanitary sewers or drains:

A. None permitted within 25 feet;

B. 25 to 75 feet – must be water main material;

C. 75 to 200 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe;

6. Force mains:

A. None permitted within 75 feet;

B. 75 to 200 feet – must be water main materials;

7. Land application of solid waste – 200 feet;

8. Irrigation of wastewater – 200 feet;

9. Concrete vaults and septic tanks – 200 feet;

10. Mechanical wastewater treatment plants – 200 feet;

11. Cesspools and earth pit privies – 200 feet;

12. Soil absorption fields – 200 feet;

13. Lagoons – 200 feet;

14. Chemicals:

A. Application to ground surface – 200 feet;

B. Above ground storage – 200 feet;

C. On or underground storage – 200 feet;

15. Animal pasturage – 50 feet;

16. Animal enclosure – 200 feet;

17. Animal wastes:

A. Land application of solids – 200 feet;

B. Land application of liquid or slurry – 200 feet;

C. Storage tank – 200 feet;

D. Solids stockpile – 200 feet;

E. Storage basin or lagoon – 200 feet;

18. Earthen silage storage trench or pit – 200 feet;

19. Basements, pits, sumps – 10 feet;

20. Flowing streams or other surface water bodies – 50 feet;

21. Cisterns – 100 feet;

22. Cemeteries – 200 feet;

23. Private wells – 200 feet;

24. Solid waste disposal sites – 200 feet.

147.02 DEEP PUBLIC WELLS. No structure or facility of the following enumerated and listed types shall be located within the distances hereinafter set forth from a deep public well within the City.

1. Well house floor drains – 5 feet;

2. Water treatment plant wastes – 50 feet;

3. Sanitary and industrial discharges – 200 feet;

4. Floor drains from pump house to surface:

A. None within 5 feet;

B. 5 to 10 feet – water main materials enclosed in concrete permitted;

C. 10 to 25 feet – must be water main material;

D. 25 to 75 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe;

5. Floor drains to sewer, water plant wastes, storm or sanitary sewers or drains:

A. None permitted within 25 feet;

B. 25 to 75 feet – must be water main material;

C. 75 to 200 feet – must be watertight sewer pipe;

6. Force mains:

A. None permitted within 75 feet;

B. 75 to 200 feet – must be water main materials;

7. Land application of solid waste – 100 feet;

8. Irrigation of wastewater – 100 feet;

9. Concrete vaults and septic tanks – 100 feet;

10. Mechanical wastewater treatment plants – 200 feet;

11. Cesspools and earth pit privies – 200 feet;

12. Soil absorption fields – 200 feet;

13. Lagoons – 200 feet;

14. Chemicals:

A. Application to ground surface – 100 feet;

B. Above ground storage – 100 feet;

C. On or underground storage – 200 feet;

15. Animal pasturage – 50 feet;

16. Animal enclosure – 100 feet;

17. Animal wastes:

A. Land application of solids – 100 feet;

B. Land application of liquid or slurry – 100 feet;

C. Storage tank – 100 feet;

D. Solids stockpile – 200 feet;

E. Storage basin or lagoon – 200 feet;

18. Earthen silage storage trench or pit – 100 feet;

19. Basements, pits, sumps – 10 feet;

20. Flowing streams or other surface water bodies – 50 feet;

21. Cisterns – 50 feet;

22. Cemeteries – 200 feet;

23. Private wells – 200 feet;

24. Solid waste disposal sites – 200 feet.

147.03 APPLICABILITY. Proscriptions as set forth in Sections 147.01 and 147.02 shall apply to all public water wells existing within the City except public water wells formerly abandoned for use by resolution of the Council.

147.04 WELLS CLASSIFIED. The Council shall designate each water well within the City as being a “shallow well” or “deep well” for the purposes of this chapter.

147.05 EXISTING NONCONFORMING USES. The use of structures or facilities existing at the time of enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter may be continued even though such use may not conform with the regulations of this chapter. However, such structure or facility may not be enlarged, extended, reconstructed or substituted subsequent to adoption of such ordinance.

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