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Williston amends zoning rules to ease placement and roof requirements for manufactured homes
Summary
The Williston Board approved Ordinance 1179 to allow mono‑pitch and multi‑pitch roofs and to permit placement of manufactured units that meet HUD U‑Value requirements (1994 or newer) instead of the prior 15‑year age limit. The measure passed unanimously.
The Williston Board of City Commissioners on May 12 approved Ordinance 1179, an amendment to Ordinance No. 613, Section 31, that relaxes roofing and manufactured‑home placement rules in the city code. The change allows mono‑pitch and multi‑pitch roofs with a minimum 3:12 pitch and permits the placement of manufactured units that meet HUD U‑Value requirements (1994 or newer) rather than enforcing the previous 15‑year age restriction.
Lisa Weidner, staff planner, told commissioners the amendment "allows a little more flexibility with these manufactured homes" and would bring qualifying manufactured units "up to the standard building code that you would see in any single‑family home." President Howard Klug opened and closed the public hearing with no public comments before commissioners voted.
Commissioner Bervig moved to approve the ordinance and Commissioner Gjovig seconded. The motion carried 5–0 (Bekkedahl, Siemieniewski, Bervig, Gjovig, Klug voting aye).
The ordinance references HUD U‑Value requirements and the transcript cites "HUD 58 FR 58204 Amendment" as the regulatory standard staff relied on in drafting the language. The amendment is framed as a code‑definition change (roof pitch and manufactured‑home placement standards) and does not itself appropriate funding or alter other zoning classifications. Next procedural steps will follow the city’s ordinance adoption process per local code.
