Mobile Homes & Parks Code

What Is It?

We regulate the location, development, and closure of mobile home parks. We also require that mobile home parks be licensed.

• Apply for a license at the city’s Department of Finance and Administrative Services

To close a park, the mobile home park property owner must submit a plan to us; see Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 22.904.420. Once we approve the plan, the owner must give the park’s tenants 12 months' notice that they will have to move. See Chapter 59.21.030 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) for specific notice requirements.

What It Isn't

Our City code does not govern relocation assistance payments for mobile home park residents. The state of Washington requires that mobile home park property owners pay relocation assistance to tenants who have to move because of a park’s closure. (See Chapter 59.21.021 RCW.)

Read the Code

• Mobile Homes and Mobile Parks, SMC 22.904
• Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act, Chapter 59.20 RCW
• Mobile Home Relocaton Assistance, Chapter 59.21 RCW

Proposed Changes

None.