19.08.210 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, tiny homes and recreational vehicles.
A. Definitions.
1. The definition of “manufactured home,” “mobile home,” “mobile home park subdivision,” “manufactured housing subdivision,” “mobile home park,” “manufactured housing community” or “manufactured/mobile home community” shall have the same meaning as set forth in RCW 59.20.030.
2. The definition of “designated manufactured home” or “new manufactured home” has the same meaning as set forth in RCW 35.63.160.
3. “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicle which is (a) built on a single chassis; (b) four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; (c) designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and (d) designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
4. “Tiny home,” “tiny house” or “tiny house with wheels” has the same meaning as set forth in RCW 35.21.686, which is a dwelling to be used as permanent housing with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation built in accordance with the state building code.
5. “Tiny house communities” has the same meaning as set forth in RCW 35.21.686, which is real property rented or held out for rent to others for the placement of tiny houses with wheels or tiny houses utilizing the binding site plan process in RCW 58.17.035.
B. Where Allowed.
1. Manufactured Homes, New or Designated. A new or designated manufactured home may be placed on any lot within the city in the same manner and meeting the same design and development standards as site built homes, factory built homes, or homes built to any other state construction or local design standards, subject to the following:
a. The manufactured home must be set upon a permanent foundation, as specified by the manufacturer, and the space from the bottom of the home to the ground must be enclosed by concrete or a concrete product approved by the planning director which can be either load bearing or decorative;
b. The manufactured home is thermally equivalent to the state energy code; and
c. The manufactured home meets all other requirements for a designated manufactured home as defined in RCW 35.63.160.
2. Manufactured Homes or Mobile Homes. A manufactured home or mobile home may be placed in a mobile home park subdivision, manufactured housing subdivision, mobile home park, manufactured housing community or manufactured/mobile home community that was legally in existence before June 12, 2008, as set forth in RCW 35.21.684.
3. Recreational Vehicles or Tiny Houses.
a. A recreational vehicle or tiny house may be used as a primary residence in a manufactured/mobile home community which was legally in existence before June 12, 2008, as set forth in RCW 35.21.684 if the recreational vehicle or the tiny house meets the following requirements:
(1) The recreational vehicle or tiny house meets fire, safety and other requirements of the city building official and fire marshal;
(2) The recreational vehicle or tiny house contains at least one internal toilet and at least one internal shower, or the manufactured/mobile home community provides toilets and showers for use of the recreational vehicle or tiny house’s occupants.
b. A recreational vehicle or tiny house may be used as temporary where allowed pursuant to Chapter 19.05 EMC.
c. A recreational vehicle or tiny house may not be used as a primary residence within the city except as otherwise allowed above.
4. Tiny House Communities. See Chapter 19.05 EMC to see where tiny house communities are permitted. (Ord. 3774-20 § 5(G) (Exh. 3), 2020.)