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1 1 SENATE FILE 433
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO REGULATION AND LOCATION OF A LAND-LEASED
1 5 COMMUNITY OR A MODULAR OR MANUFACTURED HOME AND
1 6 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 335.30, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 11 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 12 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A county shall not adopt or
1 13 enforce construction, building, or design ordinances,
1 14 regulations, requirements, or restrictions which would mandate
1 15 width standards greater than twenty-four feet, roof pitch, or
1 16 other design standards for manufactured housing if the housing
1 17 otherwise complies with 42 U.S.C. } 5403. A county shall not
1 18 adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision regulations or other
1 19 ordinances which mandate width standards for a single modular
1 20 or manufactured home which is sited upon land otherwise zoned
1 21 as agricultural land. However, this paragraph shall not
1 22 prohibit a county from adopting and enforcing zoning
1 23 regulations related to transportation, water, sewerage, or
1 24 other land development.
1 25 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 335.30A LAND-LEASED COMMUNITIES.
1 26 A county shall not adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision
1 27 regulations or other ordinances which disallow the plans and
1 28 specifications of land-leased communities solely because the
1 29 housing within the land-leased community will be modular or
1 30 manufactured housing.
1 31 "Land-leased community" means any site, lot, field, or
1 32 tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more
1 33 occupied manufactured homes or modular homes are harbored,
1 34 either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall
1 35 include any building, structure, or enclosure used or intended
2 1 for use as part of the equipment of the land-leased community.
2 2 The term "land-leased community" shall not be construed to
2 3 include homes, buildings, or other structures temporarily
2 4 maintained by any individual, educational institution, or
2 5 company on their own premises and used exclusively to house
2 6 their own labor or students.
2 7 Sec. 3. Section 414.28, Code 1997, is amended by adding
2 8 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 9 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A city shall not adopt or
2 10 enforce construction, building, or design ordinances,
2 11 regulations, requirements, or restrictions which would mandate
2 12 width standards greater than twenty-four feet, roof pitch, or
2 13 other design standards for manufactured housing if the housing
2 14 otherwise complies with 42 U.S.C. } 5403. However, this
2 15 paragraph shall not prohibit a city from adopting and
2 16 enforcing zoning regulations related to transportation, water,
2 17 sewerage, or other land development.
2 18 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 414.28A LAND-LEASED COMMUNITIES.
2 19 A city shall not adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision
2 20 regulations or other ordinances which disallow the plans and
2 21 specifications of land-leased communities solely because the
2 22 housing within the land-leased community will be modular or
2 23 manufactured housing.
2 24 "Land-leased community" means any site, lot, field, or
2 25 tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more
2 26 occupied manufactured homes or modular homes are harbored,
2 27 either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall
2 28 include any building, structure, or enclosure used or intended
2 29 for use as part of the equipment of the land-leased community.
2 30 The term "land-leased community" shall not be construed to
2 31 include homes, buildings, or other structures temporarily
2 32 maintained by any individual, educational institution, or
2 33 company on their own premises and used exclusively to house
2 34 their own labor or students.
2 35 Sec. 5. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
3 1 takes effect upon enactment.
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5 MARY E. KRAMER
3 6 President of the Senate
3 7
3 8
3 9
3 10 RON J. CORBETT
3 11 Speaker of the House
3 12
3 13 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 14 is known as Senate File 433, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
3 15
3 16
3 17
3 18 MARY PAT GUNDERSON
3 19 Secretary of the Senate
3 20 Approved , 1997
3 21
3 22
3 23
3 24 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
3 25 Governor
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