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Council advances major zoning rewrite to allow 'qualified manufactured homes' under new state standard
Summary
Council gave first reading approval to ordinance 26-04, an extensive amendment to the Calvert City planning and zoning ordinance implementing Kentucky's new KRS 100.348 requirements and setting standards (roof pitch, minimum living area and orientation) for 'qualified manufactured homes' in single-family zones.
Calvert City Council on first reading advanced an amendment to the city’s planning and zoning ordinance to conform local rules to Kentucky Revised Statute KRS 100.348 and to establish standards for "qualified manufactured homes." The measure (ordinance 26‑04) was presented by staff and recommended by the planning commission.
The ordinance replaces the term “mobile” with “manufactured” throughout the zoning code, adds a definition that treats a qualified manufactured home as a form of single-family dwelling where allowed, and sets specific construction and placement standards. Among the requirements contained in the draft text presented to council:
• Roof pitch: in certain residential districts a required minimum rise (examples read into the record included at least 5 inches per 12 inches of horizontal run for R1 and R2 in some subsections and 4 inches in others).
• Minimum living area by district: R1 — not less than 1,200 square feet; R2 — not less than 1,000 square feet; other districts (R3/R4) — not less than 900 square feet as laid out in the draft.
• Orientation and appearance: front entrance must face a public street; skirting, porches and permanent access structures are required; roofing and exterior materials should be comparable to site-built residences in the subject neighborhood.
Staff said the planning commission reviewed a higher minimum earlier in the process and reduced the thresholds based on field surveys and common local house sizes. Council members asked whether nonconforming homes destroyed more than 50% must be rebuilt to current standards (staff said yes, unless a variance is approved), and discussed whether rezoning particular stretches of Main Street would be a more direct way to reflect existing neighborhood building patterns.
Council voted on the ordinance’s first reading and recorded affirmative votes, sending the measure back to the usual second-reading and publication process. Staff said the changes are intended to address housing shortage issues identified in state guidance while ensuring manufactured homes allowed in single‑family zones meet appearance and construction standards similar to stick-built homes.
