Requirements to obtain a building permit for a Manufactured Home (singlewide or doublewide mobile homes)

  1. Zoning Permit
  2. Water permit
  3. Sewer permit
  4. Building Permit Application
  5. Installation guide from manufacturer on column layout and beam size with a seal from a Pennsylvania design professional with tie down details and attachment to the foundation details
  6. Stair details for all interior and exterior stairways (code compliant means of egress required from each door of the home)
    • Landings (min. 3’x3’)
    • Stairway detail: Minimum width = 3’; Maximum stair rise = 8-1/4”; Minimum tread depth = 9” with Ύ” to 1-1/4” nosing; Minimum headroom = 6’8”. Open risers are permitted, provided that the opening between treads doesn’t allow the passage of a 4” sphere.
    • Stairway detail: Minimum width = 3’; Maximum stair rise = 8-1/4”; Minimum tread depth = 9” with Ύ” to 1-1/4” nosing; Minimum headroom = 6’8”. Open risers are permitted, provided that the opening between treads doesn’t allow the passage of a 4” sphere.
    • Handrail details: Required at stairs with three or more risers. 34”-38” above leading edge of nosing: The handgrip portion of the handrails shall not be more than 2-5/8 inches in cross-sectional dimension, or the shape shall provide an equivalent gripping surface.
    • Guardrail details: Required for porches, balconies, open sides of stairs, or raised floor surfaces > 30” above floor or grades below; Minimum 36” above finished floor at horizontal locations; Minimum 34” above leading edge of nosing measured vertically at stairs; Opening limitations = < 4” and < 6” at triangle formed by rise and run of stairs and bottom of guardrail
  7. Deck plans (see “One and Two Dwelling Deck Guide”)
  8. For finished basements (see “Basement Finish Plan Submittal Guide”)