Can manufactured homes and accessory structures occupy up to 90 percent of the space? Yes/No/Maybe
The correct answer is No. Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) rules say that home owners may occupy 75 percent of spaces. The occupied area of a space consists of the home and accessory structures. It does not include open areas such as patios and landscaping.
Must park operators install and maintain space lot line markers? Yes/No/Maybe
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| Metal pin in asphalt used to identify space boundary. |
Can park operators change space boundaries without obtaining permission of affected home owners? Yes/No/Maybe
The correct answer is No. Park operators must obtain permits to create or change lot lines. For example, if park owners want to sell spaces to residents they might conduct a land survey to identify formal lot lines. Prior to submitting a permit application, they should prepare a drawing showing proposed lot lines. Manufactured homes, accessory structures, and buildings within ten feet of proposed lot lines need to be shown on the drawing. Park managers deliver copies of the drawing to each affected home owner. Lot line changes cannot be approved unless manufactured home owners approve the change. Home owners certify in writing that they received the drawing and approve lot line changes. HCD or local enforcement agencies cannot approve lot line changes that create violations of other State rules. If lot line changes will increase or decrease the number of park spaces, park operators have to notify local planning agencies.
“Mobilehome Parks and Installations.” Title 25, Article 2, Section 1104, 1105, 1110, 1118, and 1119.
Copyright - Carl Eric Leivo, Ph.D.
if HCD do not enforce Title 25, article 2, to protect lot line setback of neighboring homes, during the construction of a new mobile home, what good is it?
ReplyDeleteSometimes government agencies need to be prodded. I recommend taking photos and measurements. Prepare a letter/email stating the Title 25 requirement and the actual distance in violation. Send it to the Park Manager and HCD. Let us know if you make progress.
Deletei have been prodding them for three years now, 1105,1330,2105, 18300 or 18400 i went so far as to set an appointment with the senator staff and HCD.
ReplyDeleteat the meeting they said it should have never gone this far, then supervisor come out the following week to inspect, and the owner make the claim the marker has always been there not true i watch them drive the corner marker in.
who verifies the constuction permit dimensions of the lot and the installation to this new mobile home the permnit dimensions do not match the lot dimensions, there are no records of plot plans or lot dimensions for all the lots on this park. i lost access to one side of my house about 2 weeks after i purchased it, HCD continues to claim it is a civil matter, bull pucky it's a major screwup on HCD inspectors part, i have copys of the permit and assessors map to this park.
thank you Carl
Frank
seems my reply to you was not posted
ReplyDeletei have complained multiple times to HCD, and the park owner. Park owner told me i have no right to access one side of my home shortly after purchase of my home, this all started about two weeks after the purchased, when i learned from a neighbor that a manufacture home would be installed in the empty lot next to me.
a copy of the permit to construct this new home shows i have 3 feet in the drawing, but this is not true, corner markers were missing and recently installed and HCD inspector failed to confirm the permit dimensions and corner markers, and my complaints never get directly answered from HCD, with concern to setback requirement, HCD always deflect from answering the setback requirements to a separation issue.
it is my beleif, HCD is refusing to except gross negligence of the inspector and is why they keep referring to this matter as a separation issue (16 feet between homes rather then a setback ( no access )this is 3 years in the making
Frank
Sorry for the delay in posting your comments and getting back to you. What do you want (such as access to the side of your home)? HCD might call this a "civil matter" if the park manager does not allow you access to the full space that you lease. A letter from an attorney to the park manager explaining your right to access might help. If you want to put an accessory structure in the side yard, then separation becomes an issue because of fire safety. You may need a accessory structure permit and the park manager and HCD approval. As a consequence of history, plat maps of parks often do not exist. Many times original lot line markers are destroyed over the years.
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