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STRATEGIC OUTCOMES |
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Department: |
☒ Safe & Prosperous |
☐ Motion |
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Community Development |
☐ Active & Appealing |
☒ Resolution |
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☐ Respected & Responsible |
☐ Ordinance - Introduction |
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Division: |
☒ Connected & Engaged |
☐ Ordinance - Adoption |
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Building Safety |
☐ Unique & Creative |
☐ Public Hearing |
TITLE:
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Intergovernmental Agreement: Arizona Department of Housing
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SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION:
Summary Recommendation
Authorize the City Administrator to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) to allow the City to inspect the installation of manufactured homes and factory-built buildings to ensure consistency with the installation standards of ADOH. (Community Development/ Building Safety) (Randall Crist)
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STRATEGIC OUTCOME:
This IGA aligns with the City Council’s strategic outcomes of Safe and Prosperous and Connected and Engaged by providing local support, timely permitting, and inspection services for manufactured homes and factory-built buildings built within the City of Yuma.
REPORT:
Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 41-4004(A)(5) authorizes and directs ADOH to enter into agreements with local enforcement agencies to enforce the installation standards in the agency’s respective jurisdiction that are consistent with the installation standards of ADOH. Since 1999, the City, through an IGA with ADOH, has been inspecting manufactured homes and factory-built buildings for ADOH. The current IGA with ADOH will terminate on December 31, 2025 and needs to be renewed.
ADOH does not have sufficient personnel to send inspectors to the City to complete the inspections on a timely basis. Without the City’s assistance, the manufactured homes and factory-built buildings would not receive next-day inspection service like the City provides for the rest of the construction community. The City’s Building Safety Division has been trained by ADOH to perform these inspections, which include proper foundation blocking and seismic tie downs, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspections. Information is documented to ADOH weekly and the City is audited by ADOH each year to ensure inspections were performed correctly and properly documented.
Under this IGA, the City will continue to monitor and enforce the installation standards set forth in A.R.S. § 41-4004(A)(4) and Arizona Administrative Code R4-34-102, R4-34-204, R4-34-606 and R4-34-801. The City shall collect and retain all fees for any installation permits issued. Pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-4010(A)(4), 41-4010(A)(5) and Arizona Administrative Code R4-34-501, the City collects $700.00 ($750.00 for pit set homes) per installation permit for manufactured homes and approximately $720.00 for factory-built buildings. Over the past five (5) years, the City has issued approximately fifty (50) permits for manufactured homes per year, and one to two permits for factory-built units per year.
The Department of Community Development recommends the renewal of the IGA with ADOH in order to provide life safety inspections and timely service to the manufactured home and factory built building community, and to continue gathering permit revenue for the City. The IGA has a term of three (3) years.
FISCAL REQUIREMENTS:
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CITY FUNDS: |
$ 0.00 |
BUDGETED: |
$ 0.00 |
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STATE FUNDS: |
$ 0.00 |
AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER: |
$ 0.00 |
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FEDERAL FUNDS: |
$ 0.00 |
IN CONTINGENCY: |
$ 0.00 |
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OTHER SOURCES: |
$ 0.00 |
FUNDING ACCOUNT/FUND #/CIP: |
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TOTAL |
$ 0.00 |
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FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:
NONE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION FORM THAT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK:
NONE
IF CITY COUNCIL ACTION INCLUDES A CONTRACT, LEASE OR AGREEMENT, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTING THE DOCUMENT FOR SIGNATURE AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL?
☐ Department
☐ City Clerk’s Office
☐ Document to be recorded
☐ Document to be codified
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Acting City Administrator: |
Date: |
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Jennifer Reichelt for John D. Simonton |
10/27/2025 |
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Reviewed by City Attorney: |
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Richard W. Files |
10/26/2025 |