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Committee approves zoning text changes to implement state law for modern manufactured homes
Summary
On Sept. 4 the committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of staff’s alternate zoning text to implement new state requirements (House Bill 160) that require certain modern manufactured homes to be treated like site‑built dwellings where local code criteria are met.
The Planning Commission’s Zoning Committee on Sept. 4 recommended approval of staff’s alternate text amending Lexington’s zoning code to align with state law requirements for modern manufactured housing.
Daniel Kron (planning staff) summarized the changes and said the update is intended to implement House Bill 160, which requires cities to treat qualifying manufactured homes as equivalent to site‑built homes for zoning purposes when they meet specified criteria. The staff alternative text tightens definitions and clarifies where qualified manufactured homes will be allowed and where legacy mobile‑home park standards remain applicable.
Staff said qualifying manufactured homes must meet the state‑specified criteria: generally units built within the last five years, removal of transport apparatus and installation on permanent foundations, and a minimum size threshold. The draft text also updates Article 10 (manufactured/mobile home park regulations) and related definitions so that newer, qualifying manufactured homes are treated consistently with state law while older, nonqualifying units remain subject to existing mobile‑home park rules.
Commissioners had time to review the draft text, which staff circulated in advance, and no substantive objections were raised in the committee discussion. Commissioner Wilson moved to approve the staff alternative text; Commissioner Jonathan Davis seconded. The motion carried unanimously. Staff said the committee’s recommendation will move to the Planning Commission and then to the Urban County Council for final adoption.
