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Dadeville tightens where manufactured homes are allowed in updated ordinance
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 5-28, specifying where manufactured homes may be placed in the city and preserving pre-existing manufactured homes while preventing new placement in R-1/R-2/R-3 areas without meeting standards.
The Dadeville City Council adopted Ordinance 5-28, a rewrite intended to clarify the city’s rules for placement of manufactured homes. The ordinance specifies that manufactured homes are permitted in manufactured-home parks and certain agricultural zones (AG-1, AG-2, M-1 and M-2) and clarifies the conditions under which existing manufactured homes may remain or be replaced.
The mayor explained the ordinance does not bar replacement of a manufactured home that was lawfully on a lot before 2009: "If that's the case, it can stay there. You can even replace it as long as the owner... keeps being used exactly the same way," he said. Councilors discussed concerns about affordability and whether single-wide units could be sited on parcels; the mayor said the ordinance does not set a single-vs-double-wide requirement but noted a value test in R-1/R-2/R-3 that typically prevents single-wide placement in those districts.
After questions and a brief discussion, councilors moved and approved Ordinance 5-28 by voice vote. City staff said the change is intended to make existing rules clearer and to prevent ad-hoc placement of manufactured homes in neighborhoods dominated by stick-built houses.
