1171 ORDINANCE NO. 1171
kN 0RDIN~qCE OF THE CITY OF SkNFORD, FLORIDA,
TO PROVIDE ~OR THE TYING'DOWN~qD SECURING OF
MOBILE HOMES IND TRAVEL TRAILERS; PROVIDING
FOR MINIMUM GROUND ~qCHOR STANDARDS; PROVIDING
FOR MINIMUM TIE-DOWN STaNDaRDS; PROVIDING RES-
PONSIBILITIES FOR TRAVEL P~RK OPERATORS OR OWNERS;
PROVIDING FOR LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING FOR COMMERCIAL
DEALERSHIP COMPLIANCE; PROVIDING FOR TRAILERS THAT
ARE NOT WITHIN THE CITY MORE THIN FIFTEEN (1B) DAYS;
PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING ~LTERNATIVE METHODS;
PROVIDING PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF;
kND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SkNFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known as the
"Mobile Home Code."
SECTION 2. This ordinance is enacted under the
police powers of the City of Sanford for the purpose of providing
necessary standards and regulations for trailer tie-downs in the
City of Sanford in the interest of the citizens, residents and
inhabitants of the City of Sanford. This ordinance Will apply
to and be enforced within all areas of the City of Sanford.
SECTION3. All mobile homes or travel trailers
which are used as residences in the City of Sanford shall, within
one hundred twenty (120)days of the effective date of this ord-
inance, comply with Lthe minimum blocking,. ground anchor, and tie-
down standards set forth herein; provided, however, that this ord-
inance shall not apply to seIf-motorized travel trailer units,
collapsible camper units and unitsleSsthan twenty-five
feet in length,) which is not to be in the City of Sanford more
than twenty-one (21) days from the date of entering the city shall,
however, be removed from the city if a hurricane watch is declared
for the City of Sanford. In cases where the above 'one hundred
twenty-day {120) limitation would work an undue hardship and where
the affected party requests in writing an extension of said period,
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setting forth. good cause for such extension, the Building De-
partment of the City of Sanford may grant a time 'extension, not
to exceed an additional sixty (60)days, Within which ]to comply
with this ordinance.'
SECTION 4. All mobile home dealerships in the
City of Sanford shall, (with respect to mobile homes and/or
travel trailers places~ within fifty (50)feet of the property
line of the display property of said dealership or within fifty
(50) feet of any residence,) comply with the minimum blocking,
ground anchor and tie-down standards set forth herein; provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to~ SeIf-motorized
travel trailer units, collapsible camper units, and units less
than twenty-five (25) feet in length.~ Compliance with ]this ord-
inance shall not be construed torelieVe any dealership nor ind-
ividual from any civil liability for damages caused by these units.
SECTION 5. MINIMUM BLOCKING STANDARDS.
a. Pier foundations shall be installed directly
under the main frame (or chasis)of the mobile home Or traveI
trailer. The piers shall notbe'further apart than ten (10)feet
on centers and the main frame, front or back,] shall not extend
further than one {1)E foot beyond the~center line of the end piers.
b. All grass and organic materials shall be removed
and the pier foundation placed on stable soil. The pier found-
ation shall be a 16"x16"x4" cnncrete pad, precast or poured in
place.
c. Piers shall be ~constructed of two](2) regular
8"xS"x16" concrete blocks withOpen cells vertical, placed above
the foundations block and mortared together and to the foundation
block. A 2"xS"x16" wood plateshall be placed on top of the pier
with hardwood shims fitted and driven tight between the wood plate
and the main frame.
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SECTION 6. MINIMUMGROUNDANCHOR STANDARDS.
a. Anchors shall be installed on both sidesof
the unit for every tweIve '(i2)~ fee~ of trailer length. There
shall bed minimum of three (3), regardless of length, with
the furtheP requirement that one ~'C1) set shall be on each end.
b. Anchors shall be Of the screw a~ger type or of
the deadman type.
c. If screw angers are used, they shall be of not
less than fi~e~eighthS 65/8") inchh0t dipped. galvanized steel.
Penetration shall be to a depthof no less than three (3)feet
with ~a we~ded eye On one end and no lees than a four (4) inch
auge~ cup on the other.
d. If a deadman-type anchor is used, it shall be
of poured-in-place concrete, no less than ei'gh~ (8) inchesin
diameter and buried to a depthof four (4) feet insoil. In
this deadman there shall be a cast to a minimum depth of twenty-
four (24) inches, a five~eighths~(5/8") inch h0t~galvanized stee~
rod with a weIdedeye.
e. All anchors shall be capabie of withstanding
vertical stress component of two thousand (2,000)pounds minimum.
SECTION 7. MINIMUM TIE-DOWN STANUARDS.
a. Each mobile home or travel trailer shall be
provided with ~a minimum of three '(3)' se~s of tie-downs as des-
cribed herein.
b. Ties shall be made of no less than one-half (½)
inchgalvanized steel turnbuckIeeconneCted to. ground anchors
with no less than three-eighths(3/8") inch.'galvanized wire rope,
one-quarter ~") inch aircraft cable, or equal, in. good condition
and without weakening defects. Ties will be placed as nearly
adjacent to the front and rear piers as possible withno less
than one(l) tie-down for each twelve (12) feet trailer length,
with ~a minimum of three.C3)', reg~ardlessof length. Where, due
to passage of time or due ta wear or use,~any tie or wire com-
ponent shall become 'defeCtive,' it ~shall be ~replaced within ten
(10) days of discovery of such 'defeCt.
c. No less than tb_~ee '.~)' of the required tie-
downs shall passover the trailer or mobile home. if only three
are used, two (2)of these Will beat the front and rear of the
unit. Tie-downs passing over the coaChs~all be ~reinforced at
points of contact with the unit ~sa that ~thecable cannot cause
cutting damage thereto. other required tie~downs' may be fastened
to the ~frame of the unit.
SECTION ~8. As 'shall relate 'to trailer parks or
rental trailer spaces, it shall be the reSponSibility of the owner
of the mobile 'hOme or traile~ t~ provide 'the~required. ground
anchors, blocking, tie~downs, and theinstallation of the same.
Provided wherever, that where any owner of the property or operator
of the ~traile~ park on which a unit is parked shall require that
a speCific type Of ground anchors or blocking shall beused, said
owner or operator shall bear the reSponSibility for providing and
installing the same.
SECTION 9. The jenforcement of these provisions
shall rest with ~the City of Sanford Building Department, and the
City Commission may establish 'such inspection fees as shall be
necessary to defray the 'costs of all such ~e~for~ement and inspection.
SECTION10. The Building Department shall provide
written notice to anyone in violationof the provisions of this
ordinance specifying the 'nature of the violation and necessary
corrective action. A period of ten (10) days shall begranted
for correction and the persGnor'persons correcting the violation
shall sign a citation certifying the correction of the same. If
violations are not corrected within the specified time, the
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Violator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as
provided by law. Each ~day a violationskall occur or continue
shall beconsidered a separate offense and punishable accord-
ingly. Upon recommendation by the 'Building Department, the
City Commissioner may bring suit to restrain, .enjoin/or other-
wiseprevent the Violation of this ordinance.
SECTION 11. Other than those types and methods
specified herein, types of piers and methods of blocking,.ground
anchors ortie-downs, cables or couplings may be approved by the
Building Department if deemed the equivalent of the foregoing
specifications, and specific written approval is given by the
Building Department. This seCtionshall especially apply, but
not be limited.to, those situations where any permanent cabana,
addition or .adjoining structure ~to any trailer shall existas of
the effective date Of this ordinance, and where the eXistance of
any such caba~a, addition or adjoining structure would create
and undue hardship were the provisions of this ordinance literally
applied. In such cases, the hardship exception of this s~ction
shall be liberally construed.
SECTION 12. Itis declared to be the city commissioner's
intent that any section', subseCtion, sentence,~ clause,'ph~ase or
any portion of this ordinance is 'for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional or inconsistent with law, by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such 'portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portion hereof.
SECTION 13. This ordinance shall become effective
on the 1st day of 0ctober~': ,~.D.~197~3.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 0~Ctember ,
A.D., 1973.
Mayor
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CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do
hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance
No. 1171, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Florida, on the 10th day of September, 1973, was POSTED at the front door
of the City Hall in the City Of Sanford, Florida, on the llth day of
September, 1973.
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