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Council approves ordinance aligning manufactured-home zoning with state law
Summary
Madisonville adopted Ordinance 2026-3 to define and regulate 'qualified manufactured homes' in residential zones, aligning local code with House Bill 160 and KRS 100.348; the measure passed on a roll-call vote after a clarification on conditional-use status in high-density zones.
Madisonville’s City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-3, amending Chapter 156 of the city code to bring local zoning into compliance with House Bill 160 and KRS 100.348. The ordinance defines “qualified manufactured homes” and establishes standards for when and where they may be placed.
A council member read a summary prepared by the city attorney explaining the main provisions. Under the ordinance, a qualified manufactured home must generally be manufactured no more than five years before installation, have a minimum of 20 feet width or be two stories, contain at least 900 square feet of living area, and be set on a permanent foundation consistent with KRS 227.570. The ordinance removes a prior requirement that foundations be concrete and instead requires foundations that transfer design loads into soil or bedrock; exposed perimeters must be enclosed with masonry-compatible materials such as block, brick or stone.
The ordinance adds qualified manufactured homes as a use in agricultural, rural residential, low-, medium- and high-density residential districts, but council members clarified that in high-density zones single-family dwellings are a conditional use and that the manufactured-home provisions follow that same conditional-use pattern. “Single-family homes are conditional use in high density, so that would make these conditional as well,” Council member Frank Stevenson said during the clarification.
After the clarification, the council voted by roll call: Misty Kavanagh, Marvin High Totower, Adam Townsen, Larry Knobsinger and Frank Stevenson each voted yes and the ordinance was adopted. The ordinance also preserves existing rules for non-qualified mobile homes, manufactured-housing parks, travel trailers and modular or multifamily dwellings.
The ordinance references KRS 227.570 for foundation standards and is intended to allow newer manufactured homes to sit alongside traditional single-family dwellings subject to local standards.
The council’s action is effective per the city’s adoption rules; further administrative steps (such as mapping or permitting details) were not specified in the meeting record.
