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Montana bill would move RV and mobile-home parks from subdivision rules to building-for-rent regulations
Summary
Sen. 74 told the House Local Government Committee that Senate Bill 174 would shift regulation of manufactured-home and recreational-vehicle parks out of Montana's subdivision statute and instead govern them under the building-for-lease-or-rent rules, a change supporters say will shorten permitting time while opponents warn could reduce public notice in sensitive areas.
Sen. 74, sponsor of Senate Bill 174, told the House Local Government Committee on Feb. 14 that the bill would remove manufactured-home and recreational-vehicle parks from the Subdivision and Planning Act and regulate them instead under Montana's building-for-lease-or-rent provisions.
The sponsor said the change is intended to shorten a process that now can take months and that "this bill doesn't fix all of that. Right? There's still gonna be a robust review process, but, it will allow for some options." He told the committee the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) would…
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