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Council narrows where manufactured and modular homes may locate; allows modular homes in mixed and suburban zones
Summary
The council amended the zoning code to prohibit manufactured homes in mixed‑use areas and to allow modular homes in mixed‑use and suburban neighborhoods (by council amendment making modular homes a permitted option). The measure passed unanimously.
The Common Council of the City of El Mirage on May 6 adopted a text amendment to the zoning code (land use volume 2, chapter 154.052) that changes where manufactured and modular homes may be built in the city.
The council’s final action removed municipal permission for older-style manufactured homes in mixed‑use (downtown) areas and clarified that factory‑built modular homes — which local staff said are built to state or local building codes and are equivalent to site‑built units — may be used in mixed‑use and suburban neighborhoods as a…
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