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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.301, subsection 15, paragraph a, 1 2 Code Supplement 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph and 1 3 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 4 a. (1) A county may adopt an ordinance requiring the 1 5 construction of a storm shelter or shelters at a manufactured 1 6 home community or mobile home park. 1 7 (2) Such an ordinance shall require all of the following: 1 8 (a) The storm shelter shall be constructed in accordance 1 9 with design and construction guidelines for community shelters 1 10 promulgated by the federal emergency management agency. 1 11 (b) The storm shelter shall have adequate space for the 1 12 maximum residential capacity of the manufactured home 1 13 community or mobile home park. This capacity shall be based 1 14 on the number of platted manufactured and mobile home spaces 1 15 in the manufactured home community or mobile home park 1 16 multiplied by twenty-two square feet. 1 17 (c) A storm shelter shall be placed at a maximum distance 1 18 of one thousand two hundred feet from any mobile or 1 19 manufactured home. 1 20 (d) A minimum of one storm shelter per manufactured home 1 21 community or mobile home park shall be required. 1 22 (e) The community or park developer or owner shall provide 1 23 immediate twenty-four-hour access to the storm shelter. 1 24 (3) The shelter may include a restroom if the shelter is 1 25 used exclusively as a storm shelter. 1 26 (4) In lieu of construction of a storm shelter in the 1 27 manufactured home community or mobile home park, a community 1 28 or park owner may provide a plan for evacuation of community 1 29 or park residents if an adequately sized storm shelter located 1 30 outside of the manufactured home community or mobile home park 1 31 is within one thousand five hundred feet of the farthest 1 32 manufactured or mobile home space in the development. The 1 33 community or park owner shall provide unimpeded and immediate 1 34 twenty-four-hour access to such a storm shelter. 1 35 (5) A storm shelter structure may be exempt from taxation 2 1 as provided in section 427.1, subsection 30. 2 2 Sec. 2. Section 364.3, subsection 8, paragraph a, Code 2 3 Supplement 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph and 2 4 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 2 5 a. (1) A city may adopt an ordinance requiring the 2 6 construction of a storm shelter or shelters at a manufactured 2 7 home community or mobile home park. 2 8 (2) Such an ordinance shall require all of the following: 2 9 (a) The storm shelter shall be constructed in accordance 2 10 with design and construction guidelines for community shelters 2 11 promulgated by the federal emergency management agency. 2 12 (b) The storm shelter shall have adequate space for the 2 13 maximum residential capacity of the manufactured home 2 14 community or mobile home park. This capacity shall be based 2 15 on the number of platted manufactured and mobile home spaces 2 16 in the manufactured home community or mobile home park 2 17 multiplied by twenty-two square feet. 2 18 (c) A storm shelter shall be placed at a maximum distance 2 19 of one thousand two hundred feet from any mobile or 2 20 manufactured home. 2 21 (d) A minimum of one storm shelter per manufactured home 2 22 community or mobile home park shall be required. 2 23 (e) The community or park developer or owner shall provide 2 24 immediate twenty-four-hour access to the storm shelter. 2 25 (3) The shelter may include a restroom if the shelter is 2 26 used exclusively as a storm shelter. 2 27 (4) In lieu of construction of a storm shelter in the 2 28 manufactured home community or mobile home park, a community 2 29 or park owner may provide a plan for evacuation of community 2 30 or park residents if an adequately sized storm shelter located 2 31 outside the manufactured home community or mobile home park is 2 32 within one thousand five hundred feet of the farthest 2 33 manufactured or mobile home space in the development. The 2 34 community or park owner shall provide unimpeded and immediate 2 35 twenty-four-hour access to such a storm shelter. 3 1 (5) A storm shelter structure may be exempt from taxation 3 2 as provided in section 427.1, subsection 30. 3 3 Sec. 3. Section 562B.10, subsection 4, Code 2001, is 3 4 amended to read as follows: 3 5 4. Rental agreements shall be for a term of one year 3 6 unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement. Rental 3 7 agreements shall be canceled by at least sixty days' written 3 8 notice given by either party. Cancellation under this 3 9 section, initiated by the landlord, shall be for good cause. 3 10 "Good cause" means any material noncompliance with this 3 11 chapter, the lease agreement, or for any legitimate business 3 12 reason.A landlord shall not cancel a rental agreement"Good 3 13 cause" does not include cancellation solely for the purpose of 3 14 making the tenant's mobile home space available for another 3 15 mobile home. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 This bill relates to mobile homes and manufactured homes. 3 18 The bill provides that a county or a city may adopt an 3 19 ordinance requiring the construction of a storm shelter or 3 20 storm shelters at a manufactured home community or mobile home 3 21 park. If a storm shelter is constructed, the ordinance 3 22 adopted or enforced shall require the storm shelter to be 3 23 constructed in accordance with design and construction 3 24 guidelines for community shelters promulgated by the federal 3 25 emergency management agency. 3 26 The bill also provides that a storm shelter shall have 3 27 adequate space for the maximum residential capacity in the 3 28 manufactured home community or the mobile home park, that the 3 29 storm shelter shall be placed at a maximum distance of 1,200 3 30 feet from any mobile or manufactured home, that there shall be 3 31 a minimum of one storm shelter per manufactured home community 3 32 or mobile home park, that the shelter may include a restroom 3 33 if the shelter is used exclusively as a storm shelter, that a 3 34 community or park owner shall not provide an evacuation plan 3 35 in lieu of construction of a storm shelter in the manufactured 4 1 home community or mobile home park, unless the closest, 4 2 adequately sized storm shelter located outside the community 4 3 or park is within 1,500 feet of the furthest manufactured or 4 4 mobile home space in the development, and that the 4 5 manufactured home community or mobile home park developer or 4 6 owner shall provide 24-hour access to the storm shelter. The 4 7 bill further provides that a storm shelter structure may be 4 8 exempt from taxation as provided in Code section 427.1, 4 9 subsection 30. 4 10 The bill further provides that a landlord must have good 4 11 cause before terminating a mobile home space rental agreement. 4 12 "Good cause" means any material noncompliance with the 4 13 provisions of Code chapter 562B, the lease agreement, or for 4 14 any legitimate business reason. 4 15 LSB 6219XS 79 4 16 rh/cls/14
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