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HOUSE BILL NO. 201 – Manuf home/mobile home, roof

HOUSE BILL NO. 201

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H0201......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
MANUFACTURED HOMES - Amends existing law relating to siting of manufactured
homes in residential areas to provide that a local governing board may
adopt a standard that places certain limits on roof requirements of
manufactured homes and mobile homes located outside mobile home parks.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 201
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SITING OF MANUFACTURED HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS;  AMENDING  SEC-
  3        TION  67-6509A,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL GOVERNING BOARD MAY
  4        ADOPT A STANDARD THAT PLACES CERTAIN LIMITS ON ROOF REQUIREMENTS OF  MANU-
  5        FACTURED HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES LOCATED OUTSIDE MOBILE HOME PARKS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That Section 67-6509A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        67-6509A.  SITING OF MANUFACTURED HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS -- PLAN TO BE
 10    AMENDED. (1) By resolution or ordinance adopted, amended or repealed in accor-
 11    dance with the notice and hearing procedures provided under  section  67-6509,
 12    Idaho  Code,  each governing board shall amend its comprehensive plan and land
 13    use regulations for all land zoned for single-family residential uses,  except
 14    for  lands falling within an area defined as a historic district under section
 15    67-4607, Idaho Code, to allow for siting of manufactured homes as  defined  in
 16    section 39-4105, Idaho Code.
 17        (2)  Manufactured  homes  on individual lots zoned for single-family resi-
 18    dential uses as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall be  in  addi-
 19    tion to manufactured homes on lots within designated mobile home parks or man-
 20    ufactured home subdivisions.
 21        (3)  This section shall not be construed as abrogating a recorded restric-
 22    tive covenant.
 23        (4)  A  governing  board  may  adopt any or all of the following placement
 24    standards, or any less restrictive standards, for the approval of manufactured
 25    homes located outside mobile home parks:
 26        (a)  The manufactured home shall be multisectional and enclose a space  of
 27        not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet;
 28        (b)  The  manufactured home shall be placed on an excavated and backfilled
 29        foundation and enclosed at the perimeter such that the home is located not
 30        more than twelve (12) inches above grade;
 31        (c)  The manufactured home shall have a pitched roof, except that no stan-
 32        dards shall require a slope of greater than a nominal three  (3)  feet  in
 33        height for each twelve (12) feet in width;
 34        (d)  The manufactured home shall have exterior siding and roofing which in
 35        color,  material  and  appearance  is  similar  to the exterior siding and
 36        roofing material commonly used on residential dwellings within the  commu-
 37        nity or which is comparable to the predominant materials used on surround-
 38        ing dwellings as determined by the local permit approval authority;
 39        (e)  The  manufactured  home shall have a garage or carport constructed of
 40        like materials if zoning ordinances  would  require  a  newly  constructed
 41        nonmanufactured home to have a garage or carport;
 42        (f)  No manufactured home or mobile home shall be required to have a sepa-
 43        rate roof structure placed over the manufactured or mobile home, nor shall
                                                                        
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  1        any  original roof of a manufactured home or mobile home be required to be
  2        strengthened to a standard higher than the original structural  design  of
  3        the manufactured or mobile home.
  4        (g)  In  addition to the provisions of paragraphs (a) through (ef) of this
  5        subsection, a city or county may subject a manufactured home and  the  lot
  6        upon which it is sited to any development standard, architectural require-
  7        ment  and  minimum size requirements to which a conventional single-family
  8        residential dwelling on the same lot would be subjected.
  9        (5)  Any approval standards, special conditions  and  the  procedures  for
 10    approval  adopted by a local government shall be clear and objective and shall
 11    not have the effect, either in themselves  or  cumulatively,  of  discouraging
 12    needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17007

The purpose of this amendment is to protect manufactured
homes and mobile homes from being required to have their roofs
rebuilt or a "snow roof" built over them in order to be eligible
to receive a setting or building permit if they are to be moved. 
Additionally, it will prohibit municipalities from enacting a
"roof load requirement" that exceeds what the homes were
constructed to hold.  


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact on the general fund.




Contact
Name: Rep. Jim Clark 
Phone: 332-1000
Senator Michael Jorgenson



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 201