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Zoning Resolution Z-7 e ZONING RESOLUTION NO. Z-7 WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida desires to amend certain portions of the Zoning Regulations for Monroe County, Florida, as hereinafter set forth, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows: 1. That paragraph I, Section 9A, R U -4 Mobile Home District, of the Zoning Regulations for Monroe County, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: I - TIE -DOWNS MINIMUM BLOCKING ST ANDARD 1. Pier foundations shall be installed directly under the main frame (or chasis) of the mobile home or travel trailer. The piers shall not be further apart than 10 feet on centers and the main frame, front or back, shall not extend further than one foot beyond the center line of the end pier s. 2. All grass and organic material shall be removed and the pier foundation placed on stable soil. The pier foundation shall be a 16" x 16" x 4" concrete pad, pre- cast or poured in place. 3. Piers may be constructed of regular 8" x 8" X 16" concrete block, with open cells vertical, placed above the foundation block. A 2" x 811 wood plate shall be placed on top of the pier with hardwood shims fitted and driven tight between the wood plate and the main frame. MINIMUM GROUND ANCHOR STANDARDS 1. Anchors shall be installed on both sides of the unit for every 12' of trailer length. There shall be a minimum of three, regardless of length, with the further require- ment that one set shall be on each end. 2. Anchors shall be of the screw auger type or of the dead- man type. 3. If screw augers are used, they shall be of no less than 5/8" hot dipped galvanized steel, penetration to a depth of no less than three feet with a welded eye on one end and no less than a 4" auger cup on the other. 4. If the deadman type is used, they shall be of poured-in- place concrete no less than 8" in diameter and a depth of no less than 2' in rock or 4' in soil. In this deadman there shall be cast to a minimum depth of 12" a 5/8" hot dipped galvanized steel rod with a welded eye. . 5. Any of the patented or expansion type bolts with a minimum of 5/8" diameter and inserted in solid rock formation to a minimum depth of 12" may be used for ground anchor s. 6. All anchors shall be capable of withstanding a vertical stress component of 2000 lb. minimum. MINIMUM TIE-DOWN STANDARDS 1. Each mobile home or travel trailer shall be provided with a minimum of three sets of tie-downs as de- scribed herein. 2. Ties shall be made of no less than 1/2" steel turn- buckles connected to ground anchors, with no less than 3/8" galvanized wire rope, or equal. Ties will be placed as near adjacent to the front and rear piers as possible with no less than one tie-down for each 12 feet of trailer length with a minimum of three, re- gardless of length. 3. No less than three of the required tie-downs shall pass over the trailer or mobile home. If only three are used, two of these will be at the front and rear of the unit. Tie-downs passing over the coach shall be reinforced at points of contact with the unit so the cable cannot cause cutting damage thereto. Other required tie-downs may be fastened to the frame of the unit. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 1. Units will be tied down from June 1 to December 1 in any calendar year or at any other time an official hurricane watch is declared. 2. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property or operator of a trailer park on which a unit is parked to provide the required ground anchors. 3. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the unit to provide required tie-downs and install same. 4. Travel trailers that are not to be in the county more than 15 days shall be excluded from this section, ex- cept such shall be removed if a hurricane watch is declared. 5. Other types of piers and methods of blocking, ground anchors or tie-down cables or couplings may be approved by the county if deemed the equivalent of the foregoing specifications, and specific written approval is given by the county. 6. Only closed eye dropped forged turnbuckles and metal components of hot dipped galvanized finish shall be per- mitted. PENALTY SECTION 1. The enforcement of these provisions shall rest with the County Zoning Department. e 2. Written notice shall be given to anyone in violation of these provisions, specifying same. A period of ten days shall be granted for correction, and the person or persons correcting the violation shall sign a cita- tion verifying correction of same. If violations are not corrected within the specified time, a warrant charging a misdemeanor shall be secured by the offi- cial who issued the citation, and such warrant shall be served by the Sheriff of this county. Minimum fine for each violation shall be no less than $50.00 or five days in the County Jail. 2. That paragraph 4, Site Provisions, of Section 13, Trailers _ Trailer Parks, of the Zoning Regulations for Monroe County, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding a sub- section thereto, to be known as sub- section (f) - Tie- owns, which said sub- section shall contain all of the provisions set forth above with respect to Tie-Downs under paragraph I of Section 9A, R U -4 Mobile Home District. Dated February 14th, 1967.