House File 158 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HOGG
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the authority of cities and counties to
2 require storm shelters in manufactured home communities or
3 mobile home parks, and providing effective and applicability
4 dates.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 331.301, subsection 15, paragraph a,
1 2 Code 2005, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting
1 3 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 a number up to 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. Each
1 33 evacuation plan prepared pursuant to this subparagraph shall
1 34 be filed with, and approved by, the local emergency management
1 35 agency. The community or park owner shall provide unimpeded
2 1 and immediate twenty=four=hour access to such a storm shelter.
2 2 (5) A storm shelter structure may be exempt from taxation
2 3 as provided in section 427.1, subsection 30.
2 4 Sec. 2. Section 364.3, subsection 8, paragraph a, Code
2 5 2005, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
2 6 lieu thereof the following:
2 7 a. (1) A city may adopt an ordinance requiring the
2 8 construction of a storm shelter or shelters at a manufactured
2 9 home community or mobile home park.
2 10 (2) Such an ordinance shall require all of the following:
2 11 (a) The storm shelter shall be constructed in accordance
2 12 with design and construction guidelines for community shelters
2 13 promulgated by the federal emergency management agency.
2 14 (b) The storm shelter shall have adequate space for the
2 15 maximum residential capacity of the manufactured home
2 16 community or mobile home park. This capacity shall be based
2 17 on the number of platted manufactured and mobile home spaces
2 18 in the manufactured home community or mobile home park
2 19 multiplied by a number up to twenty=two square feet.
2 20 (c) A storm shelter shall be placed at a maximum distance
2 21 of one thousand two hundred feet from any mobile or
2 22 manufactured home.
2 23 (d) A minimum of one storm shelter per manufactured home
2 24 community or mobile home park shall be required.
2 25 (e) The community or park developer or owner shall provide
2 26 immediate twenty=four=hour access to the storm shelter.
2 27 (3) The shelter may include a restroom if the shelter is
2 28 used exclusively as a storm shelter.
2 29 (4) In lieu of construction of a storm shelter in the
2 30 manufactured home community or mobile home park, a community
2 31 or park owner may provide a plan for evacuation of community
2 32 or park residents if an adequately sized storm shelter located
2 33 outside the manufactured home community or mobile home park is
2 34 within one thousand five hundred feet of the farthest
2 35 manufactured or mobile home space in the development. Each
3 1 evacuation plan prepared pursuant to this subparagraph shall
3 2 be filed with, and approved by, the local emergency management
3 3 agency. The community or park owner shall provide unimpeded
3 4 and immediate twenty=four=hour access to such a storm shelter.
3 5 (5) A storm shelter structure may be exempt from taxation
3 6 as provided in section 427.1, subsection 30.
3 7 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act takes
3 8 effect and applies to ordinances adopted on or after July 1,
3 9 2006.
3 10 EXPLANATION
3 11 This bill relates to mobile homes and manufactured homes.
3 12 The bill provides that a county or a city may adopt an
3 13 ordinance requiring the construction of a storm shelter or
3 14 storm shelters at a manufactured home community or mobile home
3 15 park. If a storm shelter is constructed, the ordinance
3 16 adopted or enforced shall require the storm shelter to be
3 17 constructed in accordance with design and construction
3 18 guidelines for community shelters promulgated by the federal
3 19 emergency management agency.
3 20 The bill also provides that a storm shelter shall have
3 21 adequate space for the maximum residential capacity in the
3 22 manufactured home community or the mobile home park, that the
3 23 storm shelter shall be placed at a maximum distance of 1,200
3 24 feet from any mobile or manufactured home, that there shall be
3 25 a minimum of one storm shelter per manufactured home community
3 26 or mobile home park, that the shelter may include a restroom
3 27 if the shelter is used exclusively as a storm shelter, that a
3 28 community or park owner shall not provide an evacuation plan
3 29 in lieu of construction of a storm shelter in the manufactured
3 30 home community or mobile home park, unless the closest,
3 31 adequately sized storm shelter located outside the community
3 32 or park is within 1,500 feet of the furthest manufactured or
3 33 mobile home space in the development, and that the
3 34 manufactured home community or mobile home park developer or
3 35 owner shall provide 24=hour access to the storm shelter.
4 1 Evacuation plans shall be filed with and approved by the local
4 2 emergency management agency. The bill further provides that a
4 3 storm shelter structure may be exempt from taxation as
4 4 provided in Code section 427.1, subsection 30.
4 5 The bill takes effect and applies to ordinances adopted on
4 6 or after July 1, 2006.
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