Text: HF00639 Text: HF00641 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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 2 18 tj/jj/8
Text: HF00639 Text: HF00641 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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