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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 335.30A LAND-LEASED COMMUNITIES.
1 2 A county shall not adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision
1 3 regulations or other ordinances which disallow the plans and
1 4 specifications of land-leased communities solely because the
1 5 housing within the land-leased community will be modular or
1 6 manufactured housing. A county shall not adopt or enforce
1 7 zoning or subdivision regulations or other ordinances which
1 8 mandate width standards for a single modular or manufactured
1 9 housing unit which is sited upon land otherwise zoned as
1 10 agricultural.
1 11 "Land-leased community" means any site, lot, field, or
1 12 tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more
1 13 occupied manufactured homes, modular homes, or a combination
1 14 of the homes are harbored, either free of charge or for
1 15 revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure,
1 16 or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment
1 17 of the land-leased community. The term "land-leased
1 18 community" shall not be construed to include homes, buildings,
1 19 or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual,
1 20 educational institution, or company on their own premises and
1 21 used exclusively to house their own labor or students.
1 22 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 414.28A LAND-LEASED COMMUNITIES.
1 23 A city shall not adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision
1 24 regulations or other ordinances which disallow the plans and
1 25 specifications of land-leased communities solely because the
1 26 housing within the land-leased community will be modular or
1 27 manufactured housing.
1 28 "Land-leased community" means any site, lot, field, or
1 29 tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more
1 30 occupied manufactured homes, modular homes, or a combination
1 31 of the homes are harbored, either free of charge or for
1 32 revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure,
1 33 or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment
1 34 of the land-leased community. The term "land-leased
1 35 community" shall not be construed to include homes, buildings,
2 1 or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual,
2 2 educational institution, or company on their own premises and
2 3 used exclusively to house their own labor or students.
2 4 EXPLANATION
2 5 This bill provides a definition of land-leased community to
2 6 be a site or tract of land under common ownership upon which
2 7 10 or more occupied manufactured homes, modular homes, or a
2 8 combination of those homes are harbored, free of charge or for
2 9 revenue purposes.
2 10 The bill also amends city and county zoning laws to
2 11 prohibit ordinances and regulations from disallowing plans and
2 12 specifications of land-leased communities solely because the
2 13 housing will be modular or manufactured housing units. The
2 14 bill also prohibits ordinances which mandate width standards
2 15 for single modular or manufactured housing units which are
2 16 sited on land zoned as agricultural.
2 17 LSB 2394HV 77
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