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Local Planning Assistance PLANNING BRIEFS Publication No. 07 -83 -024 FEB 1 I983 1982 MANUFACTURED HOUSING LAW: January 1983 olitan 404 n �n V CITY OF LOCAL CONTROL OF THE LOCATION OF MANUFACTURED HOUSING LITTLE CANADA n w INTRODUCTION The 1982 Minnesota Legislature passed a law (Laws of 1982, Chapter 490) that amended the Municipal Planning Act (Minn. Stat. 462.357, subd. 1, 1980) providing that, "No regulation may prohibit. . .manufactured homes built in conformance with Minn. Stat., sec. 327.31 -35 that comply with all other zoning ordinances promulgated pursuant to this section." The 1982 law also amended the County Planning Act (Minn. Stat., sec. 394.25, 1980) to the same effect. It became effective for both cities and counties Aug. 1, 1982. On Nov. 10, 1982, the Metropolitan Council's Local Planning Assistance program held the first in a series of Planners' Forums to review and discuss issues of 3 interest to local planning and zoning officials. The topic of the first forum was the effect of the 1982 legislation on local control of manufactured housing. To foster discussion, Rep. Gordon Voss, the legislation's principal author; John Farmer, executive vice president of the Minnesota Manufactured Housing Association; and Duke Addicks, from the League of Minnesota Cities, were invited to speak. This planning brief summarizes the conclusions of that discussion, reviews the recent Attorney General's opinion given to the City of Moorhead related to the legislation, discusses how to amend local zoning ordinances to bring them into conformance with the legislation, and provides a short bibliography of publications dealing with manufactured housing. A SUMMARY OF THE FORUM A "manufactured home" is defined in Minn. Stat., sec. 327.31, subd. 6, as "a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electricial systems contained therein, except that the term includes any structure which meets all the requirements, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary and complies with the standards established under this chapter." Farmer observed that the manufactured housing industry has made significant strides in recent years to improve the quality of its housing. Since 1972, the 2 ;3