RV/Manufactured Home Rental Communities

On October 31, 2017 the Brazos County Commissioners' Court put into place the Order Adopting Brazos County Infrastructure Requirements for Manufactured Home Rental Communities.

The Commissioners Court of Brazos County has considered the potential pollution, nuisances and injury to public health that could be caused by the existence of RV/Manufactured Home Rental Communities within the County and has adapted these regulations.

To apply to construct a RV/Manufactured Home Rental Community in Brazos County you must provide:

An Infrastructure Development Plan that includes the following:

•             Survey of the manufactured home rental community that complies with the Brazos County Infrastructure Requirements for Manufactured Home Rental Communities Ordinance, created by a registered professional surveyor licensed in the state of Texas.

•             Drainage Plan that complies with all standards of the Ordinance.

•             Road and Driveway Plan that complies with all standards of the Ordinance.

•             Documentation of approval of water supply system and/or agreement to be provided water, as set forth in section 6 of the Ordinance.

•             Provision for safe, effective and sanitary treatment of wastewater, as set forth in section 6 of the Ordinance.

•             Evidence of satisfaction of other infrastructure requirements, as set forth in section 6 of the Ordinance and compliance with the Rules set forth in Section 7 of the Ordinance.

•             Letters signed and dated from water, wastewater, and electric utilities of service commitment and availability and statement of approval of existing and proposed easements.

•             A tax certificate showing that all taxes currently due with respect to the original tract have been paid.

•             Results of soils analysis certified by a qualified site evaluator (as defined by 30 TAC Chapter 285) for on-site sewage facilities (OSSF).

•             Engineering Design Construction Plans for roadway access to each rental space for fire and emergency vehicles.

•             Engineering Report as described in Section 6 of the Ordinance.

If the Infrastructure Development Plan is complete and approved, the County Engineer will schedule a presentation of the accepted Development Plan to the Commissioners' Court.

Approval of the Development Plan by Commissioners' Court will permit construction to begin immediately.

 The County Engineer may inspect the infrastructure at any reasonable time during construction, the owner and his agents shall not hinder such inspections.

 Upon completion of construction the owner shall notify the County Engineer in writing, that the infrastructure is complete. A final inspection will be scheduled.

 When the infrastructure complies with all regulations the County Engineer will schedule a review by the Commissioners' Court. The County Engineer shall issue a County Certificate of Compliance following the Commissioners' Court approval of the plan.

 For additional information please refer to the:

ORDER ADOPTING BRAZOS COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR RV/MANUFACTURED HOME RENTAL COMMUNITIES