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THE ZONING REPORT Page Four (i). The~federal act. Mobile/manufactured homes built after June 15, 1976, are re- quired ~o meet standards of safety and construction set ~orth in the National Manu- facture(i Home Construction Safety Standards Act, enacted in 1974 and administered by HUD~ In 1980, the terminology for these living units was changed from mobile homes to manufactured homes. (ii). Manufactured homes include mobile homes manufactured after June 15, 1976 that meet' thee federal standards. Zoning codes should be Careful to define all manufactur- ed horn ~s to include these mobile homes. But mobile home homes are defined in zon- ing codas as any unit manufactured before that date not certified as meeting the federal ~tandards. (iii). Mi~.imum dimensions of the units. The unit is placed on the site ready to be lived inL-when connected to utilities. A manufactured home must have a minimum body size of 18 x 40 ft, excluding hitches and transport apparatus. Sections can have a maximu~n width of 16 ft, the width allowed for transport on public highways, but practically, sections are 10-12 ft wide. (iv). Permanent foundations allow manufactured homes to be located in manufactured home' s~bdivisions. If the unit is attached to a masonry and concrete permanent foun~ dation,~as whee'ls and axles removed, and meets local standards of width and ap- pearane~ that emulate conventional site-built single-family dwellings, it can be locat- ed in manufactured home subdivisions. (v). $om~, state's laws mandate they be allowed as single-family dwellings. As requir- ed by 2~ states, a manufactured home is classified for zoning purposes as a single- family dwelling if it meets certain design standards and can be located on a lot of record ~y r~ght ~n any zone allowing a s~ngle-fam~Iy dwelhng. The minimum required width o{ a manufactured home classified as a single-family dwelling ranges from 18- 24 ft, i0 zoning codes, with 20-22 ft most c0.mmon; appearance standards require its walls tol be wood or masonry or emulate exterior wood or masonry walls of a house and its ~oof must have or appear to have shingles much like a conventional dwelling, be pitc}~ed like the roof on a conventional site-built house, and have eaves that over- hang th~ walls, typically by one foot except where attached to garages and porches. (c)..Modular ho~nes are not regulated by zoning codes. They consist of pre-cu! panels, parts or components that can be constructed off site and affixed to conventional permanent single family dwelling~ on sites. Modular components consist of roof trusses, wall sections, door and window units, plumbing trees, bathrooms, kitchen counter units and dormer units. Modu- lar components~ must' meet local building codes and are inspected and approved by local building offxc~a~. Modular homes are conventional single-family dwellings in all zoning codes and are not regulated as mobile homes and manufactured homes. C. Define mobile hom~ space and stand and manufactured home lot. (a) A mobile h~me space is a site in a mobile home park rented to a person for exclusive righ't of occupancy in a mobile home or manufactured home. The site includes land area for other activitie~ immediately adjacent to the unit cUstomarily associated with personal resi- dential occupancy, for off-street parking, private outdoor space'and patios, storage build- ings, and for 9nobstructed.open space to adjacent living units, to adjoining streets and to other common fareas of the mobile home park. In older zoning codes~ a mobile home space was described ~s a mobile home lot; this term was confused with platted lots in subdivisions and lots of re~ord. September 9, 1994 ii, sue ?