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Hopkinsville council advances zoning changes to align with House Bill 160 on manufactured housing
Summary
The council moved amendments to local zoning to apply minimum compatibility standards to qualified manufactured homes the same as single‑family housing, citing a state law change effective July 1; the planning commission had recommended the measures and council voted to forward the text for council action.
Tom Britain told the council that House Bill 160 requires the city to treat qualified manufactured housing the same as single‑family housing, and he presented a package of text amendments recommended by the planning commission to implement that change.
The amendments add basic compatibility standards — addressing orientation, roof pitch and foundation walls or skirtings — that would apply equally to single‑family dwellings and qualified manufactured homes. Britain also described provisions for potential manufactured‑housing park districts and a path to convert existing nonconforming manufactured home parks to stick‑built, modular or qualified manufactured‑home parks, language the city added to allow future upgrades.
Britain said the new state law takes effect July 1 and that the city’s ordinance would take effect after council second reading and publication. A motion to forward the amendments for formal council consideration was made and seconded.
Supporters framed the changes as minimal compatibility standards intended to protect neighborhood character while complying with state law; no substantive opposition was recorded during the presentation. Council did not adopt the text at the meeting but authorized further action that will lead to second reading and publication if approved.
The council’s action next requires a formal second reading and publication before the local changes take effect.
