Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 100.348 to prohibit a local government from adopting or enforcing zoning regulations that treat manufactured homes differently from single-family homes; allow only regulation of certain architectural features of manufactured homes and require that those same standards be applied to single family homes; permit placement of manufactured home with smaller dimensions if a larger manufactured home could not be situated on the lot; remove language regarding legislative purpose of statute; add noncodified statement of the intent of the General Assembly.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- P. Flannery

Summary Delete the original provisions of Section 1 and reinsert and amend KRS 100.348 to retain original provisions except reinsert language regarding intent of General Assembly that protection of property values is a legitimate exercise of a local government's power; change the definition of "qualified manufactured home" to remove date of manufacture and include that it must be installed within five years of it being built; remove references to manufacturer's installation requirements and instead require compliance with KRS 227.570; reinsert language regarding compatibility of manufactured homes with site-built homes within a one eighth mile radius; reinsert language permitting compatibility standards for square footage of livable space; add a permissable compatibility standard related to setbacks, lot dimensions, and orientation, so long as manufactured and site-built homes are subject to the same standard.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except include additional language regarding legislative purpose of the statute; require qualified manufactured homes to have all parts only related to transport removed; indicate that subsection (4) is an exemption to the prohibitions in subsection (3); remove language indicating that compatibility standards shall be the same for manufactured and new site-built homes within the same zone; make subsection (5) permissive rather than mandatory; allow cities located in a consolidated local government that cannot enact zoning regulations to enact their own compatibility standards; remove noncodified language regarding the intent of the General Assembly; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 100.348
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 100.348
Current: 100.348