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Mobile home park means any lot or tract of land designed, used or intended for the purpose of providing a location or accommodations for one or more mobile homes and upon which any mobile home or homes are parked or located, whether or not the lot or tract or any part thereof is held or operated for gain. Automobile or mobile home sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for inspection and sale shall not be considered mobile home parks. Mobile home space means a plot of ground within a mobile home park designated for the accommodation of one mobile home and its accessory structures. Motor home means a motor vehicle containing cooking and/or sleeping facilities and designed as temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use. "Motor home" shall include vehicles designated as "camper buses," and shall also include vehicles which may have been originally designed for use as vans, buses, and the like, but which have been converted to be used as living quarters. Travel trailer means a portable structure, mounted on wheels and designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, and containing cooking and/or sleeping faculties to provide temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use. Such structure may be constructed with rigid sides, or may have collapsible side walls of fabric, plastic or other pliable material. Sec. 15.20.030. Additions to code generally. The sections set forth in sections 15.20.040 to 15.20.140 are added to the NFPA 225: Model Manufactured Home Installation Standard, 2013 Edition. Sec. 15.20.040. Licenses, permits, deposits and fees required. The following permits and licenses shall be obtained for the installation of a mobile home: a) A mobile home installer's license shall be obtained by any person, firm or company involved in the installation of mobile homes from the building official. The owner of a mobile home may install the unit without obtaining an installer's license. b) The owner of a mobile home located in the city, for any use, shall obtain an inspection/permit from the building official prior to attaching the unit to public utilities. The fee for the permit shall be as established by resolution of the city council. c) The owner of a mobile home shall pay a water deposit to the city clerk prior to attachment of the unit to the city water system. The amount of the deposit shall be as established by resolution of the city council. d) Building permits are required for all work on a unit, except: the installation of a water evaporative cooler where no extension of electrical service is required, or for the installation of factory built steps or skirting. e) A variance shall be required for a nonresidential use not related to construction or remodeling activities. Ordinance No. 1655,Series 2014 Page 3 of 11