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Paducah commission backs zoning text changes to allow ‘qualified manufactured homes’ and set roof and size standards
Summary
The Paducah Planning Commission on June 1 recommended several text amendments to the city zoning ordinance to align with a forthcoming state law (KRS 100.348), renaming "mobile home parks" to "land lease communities," permitting qualified manufactured homes in residential zones with stricter model-year and size limits, and setting a minimum roof pitch and permanent foundation requirement for new single-family homes.
The Paducah Planning Commission on June 1 voted unanimously to recommend multiple text amendments to the Paducah zoning ordinance intended to align local rules with a forthcoming change in state law (cited in the record as KRS 100.348).
Planning staff member Mr. Summers described three related changes: renaming "mobile home parks" to "land lease communities" and allowing them in residential zones; updating the definition and standards for "qualified manufactured homes" in section 126-79 (including a tightened model-year requirement); and adopting performance standards for new single-family dwellings (sections 126-102 and 126-103) that set a minimum roof pitch and permanent foundation requirement.
On the manufactured-home provisions Mr. Summers said the code is being updated because "on July 1st of this year, the state law is going to be changing, which is KRS 100.348." He described the primary substantive changes in 126-79 as a new definition of "qualified manufactured home" that requires the home to be no more than five years old at the time of installation (tightening a prior allowance referenced as July 2002), a minimum square footage requirement (900 square feet in general, with R1 and R2 zones subject to their zone minimums of 1,200 and 1,000 square feet respectively), and a requirement that the units be placed on permanent foundations and be compatible with surrounding housing stock.
For single-family performance standards Mr. Summers highlighted roof pitch as one of the few features local code can regulate under the cited statute: the amendment sets a minimum roof pitch of 5:12 (five inches of rise for every 12 inches of run) and clarifies that foundations must be permanent for new principal dwellings. He also noted front-yard and side-street setback clarifications for R1 and that accessory dwelling units are addressed separately in the code.
No members of the public spoke at the hearings on the text amendments. The commission moved to recommend adoption of each text amendment to the Board of Commissioners; all motions passed on recorded roll-call votes with the commissioners present voting in favor. The Board of Commissioners will receive the recommendations for final action.
