(1) Mobile home located outside a mobile home park, unless granted a temporary permit for location outside a mobile home park when so provided by a city ordinance, shall have a minimum width of 24 feet on its shortest side, and the structure shall meet minimum front, rear and side yard requirements on the lot in its residential or permitted zone. The foundation of such mobile home shall be placed on a permanent full foundation of solid concrete blocks set in mortar or on a poured concrete foundation. The footings shall be at least below the frost line and 12 inches below the top of undisturbed earth unless piling is required, in accordance with the city building code. If there is no code, the frost lines shall be deemed to be four and one-half feet below the final finish grade at the foundation, and any backfill shall be properly compacted to prevent excessive frost penetration. Footings shall meet the requirements for thickness and width required by the city zoning code, or be at least 12 inches wide and six inches thick if there is no building code. The mobile home shall be firmly anchored to the foundation in accordance with accepted practice in lieu of tie-down.

(2) A mobile home not in place outside a mobile home park on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section and not complying with the standards required for mobile homes since July 1976, under the State Building Code shall not be permitted to be converted to real estate under Iowa Code Section 435.26. Only mobile homes complying with the standards of safety and construction required since 1976, with a medallion and certificates of compliance, may be placed outside a mobile home park after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section. [Ord. 390 § 4, 1985; Code 1975 § 6-5.0113.]