4-26 Residential Zones Design Standards

The following conditions apply to all single and multiple family structures within the residential zones: A. Each dwelling must be taxed as real property. If the dwelling is a manufactured home, affidavits as required by Utah Code Annotated Section 70D-2-401 must be filed under that section and a copy thereof submitted to the city prior to receiving a Certificate of Occupancy. B. Each dwelling shall have a code-approved site built concrete, masonry, steel, or treated wood permanent foundation which meets the requirements of the City adopted building codes, Utah Code, as set forth in Utah Code Annotated Section 15A-2-103, and the International Code Council (ICC) guidelines for the manufactured housing installations, including any amendments or successors thereto, and must be capable of transferring design, dead loads and live loads and other design loads unique to local home sites due to wind, seismic, soil and water conditions that are imposed by or upon the structure into the underlying soil or bedrock without failure. All perimeter footings must be minimum of 18 inches below grade. All tie down devices must meet City adopted building codes or other applicable building codes. The space beneath the structure must be enclosed at the perimeter of the dwelling with concrete or masonry type foundation materials. At each exit door there shall be a landing which meets the minimum requirements of the City Building Codes. All manufactured home running gear, tongues, axles and wheels must be removed at the time of installation. C. The roof surface shall consist of wood shakes, asphalt, composition wood shingles, offwhite membrane material, tile, metal, or fiberglass shingles. D. 1. All dwelling units (building front) shall face the public street where adequate public street frontage exists, unless otherwise approved by the city council upon recommendation of the planning commission. 2. The City Council upon recommendation of the planning commission may reduce the front setback on a public street to fifteen feet (15') for homes with a covered, but otherwise open front porch. The front porch shall be part of the overall house design and extend at least one-half (1/2) of the width of the home with a minimum depth of eight feet (8'). The porch covering shall be part of the roof or roof extension and of the same material as dwelling and not simply an awning over the porch. The front setback to the garage or carport shall be at least twenty-five feet (25') on public streets. 3. Existing single-family dwellings shall not be converted to multi-family units, except when permitted and licensed as an internal accessory dwelling unit. 4. Multi-family housing shall be new construction. Additions to legally existing multifamily buildings shall be considered a conditional use and shall require a conditional use permit. 5. No garage, carport or parking space shall be converted to living space unless the building inspector determines that adequate off-street parking is available. E. Each dwelling shall have exterior materials of sufficient quality, durability and resistance to the elements to satisfy the purpose of this section. Exterior siding materials shall consist of wood, hardwood, brick, stucco, glass, metal, lap vinyl, lap tile or stone meeting the requirements of the City Building Codes. F. The width of the dwelling shall not be less than twenty-four feet (24) feet at the narrowest point of its first floor exclusive of any garages, bay windows, room additions or other similar appendages. A basement shall not be considered as a first floor. The width shall be considered as the lesser of the two primary dimensions. Manufactured homes shall be multiple transportable sections at least twelve feet (12) wide unless transportable in three (3) or more sections, in which case only one section needs to be twelve (12) feet wide. G. Replacement of an existing non-conforming manufactured home on any lot must comply with all the requirements contained in this section. H. Each dwelling shall have a minimum floor area on the main floor or floors, exclusive of garages as shown in Section 15-2. A basement shall not be considered as a floor. Measurements to determine the minimum area of the dwelling shall be taken from the outside of the foundation walls. I. Any manufactured home that has been previously owned or has been modified is subject to inspection by the building inspector. The building inspector may deny hookups and occupancy if the unit if found to be in noncompliance with Annex A (a final inspection checklist) and Annex C of and ANSI A225.1 - 1994, of the American National Standard Manufactured Home Installations, approved January 4, 1994, by the American National Standards Institute, Inc. A decision of the inspector is considered to be an administrative decision and may be appealed to the Appeals Officer and then to the District Court.