Chapter 8 - Regulations—General Provisions

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 18871-18871.11

Sections (3)

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.

It is unlawful for any person to use or cause, or permit to be used for occupancy, any of the following manufactured homes, mobilehomes, park trailers, or recreational vehicles in a park or recreational vehicles outside of special occupancy parks:

(a)Any recreational vehicle, park trailer, mobilehome, or manufactured home supplied with fuel, gas, water, electricity, or sewage connections, unless the connections and installations conform to regulations of the department.

(b)Any recreational vehicle, mobilehome, or manufactured home that is permanently attached with underpinning or foundation to the ground, except for a mobilehome or manufactured home bearing a department insignia or federal label that is installed in accordance with Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200), and any recreational vehicle, mobilehome, manufactured home, or park trailer that is not in compliance with Sections 18027.3 and 18871.5.

(c)Any recreational vehicle, mobilehome, or manufactured home in an unsafe or unsanitary condition or that is structurally unsound and does not protect its occupants against the elements.

(d)Any mobilehome or manufactured home that does not conform to the registration requirements of the department.

§ 18871.10

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.

The department shall adopt regulations to govern the use and occupancy of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and recreational vehicles located in special occupancy parks. Those regulations shall establish minimum requirements to protect the health and safety of the tenants, occupants, and residents and the public, and shall also provide for the repair or abatement of any unsafe or unsanitary condition of a manufactured home, mobilehome, park trailer, or recreational vehicle or the electrical, mechanical, or plumbing installations

therein.

§ 18871.11

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.

(a)A camping cabin shall be designed to resist the following live loads:

(1)floor live loads not less than 40 pounds per square foot of floor area; (2) horizontal live loads not less than 15 pounds per square foot of vertical wall and roof area; and (3) roof live loads not less than 20 pounds per square foot of horizontal roof area. In areas where snow loads are greater than 20 pounds per square foot, the roof shall be designed and constructed to resist these additional loads.

(b)Each sleeping room in a camping cabin shall have a second exit to the outside of the camping cabin, except that a window exit may be permitted as an alternative if the opening is not less than 20 inches wide and 24 inches high and the bottom of the window is located not more than 44 inches above the floor.

(c)Each sleeping room in a camping cabin shall be provided with an approved smoke detector. If the camping cabin contains an electrical system, the smoke detector shall be energized from that electrical system with a battery backup. If there is no electrical system in the camping cabin, a battery-operated smoke detector is permitted.

(d)All wall and ceiling surfaces in a camping cabin shall have a flame spread rating of not more than 200.

(e)Fuel-burning heating or cooking appliances shall not be operated within a camping cabin.

(f)Access for disabled persons to camping cabins shall be provided in conformance with applicable state and federal laws.