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Commission approves amendment to manufactured-home design standards, allowing specified metal roofing and front-facing entrances
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend updates to Chapter 1147.02 to require front-facing primary entrances and permit higher-quality metal roofing on manufactured homes; commissioners debated wording and flexibility before approving the amendment by a 3–2 roll-call vote.
The Sandusky Planning Commission voted to recommend that City Commission adopt an amendment to the city's zoning code (Chapter 1147, Section 1147.02) updating design criteria for manufactured homes. The amendment requires the primary front entrance be located on the front elevation, requires the front façade to include at least one window and a prominent front entryway with customary architectural features, and allows metal roofing if it meets quality standards (for example, standing seam rather than corrugated metal).
Planning staff presented the proposed language and said the change responds to a manufactured home placed recently on a narrow lot and to the commission’s instruction to update roofing material language. "The front…
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