APPROVED CHAPTER
MARCH 19, 2024 552
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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H.P. 211 - L.D. 337
An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Regulation of Manufactured
Housing to Increase Affordable Housing
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4358, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 199, §1, is further
amended to read:
2. Location of manufactured housing. Municipalities shall permit manufactured
housing to be placed or erected on individual house lots in a number of locations on
undeveloped lots where single-family dwellings are allowed, subject to the same
requirements as single-family dwellings, except as otherwise provided in this section.
A. For the locations required by this section, municipal ordinances may not require
that manufactured housing on individual lots be greater than 14 feet in width, although
municipalities Municipalities may establish design criteria, including, but not limited
to, a pitched, shingled roof; a permanent foundation; and exterior siding that is
residential in appearance, provided that as long as:
(1) The requirements do not have the effect of circumventing the purposes of this
section; and
(2) The design requirements may are not be used to prevent the relocation of any
manufactured housing, regardless of its date of manufacture, that is legally sited
within the municipality as of August 4, 1988.
B. Providing one or more zones or locations where mobile home parks or mobile home
subdivisions or developments are allowed does not constitute compliance with this
section.
C. This section does not prohibit municipalities from establishing controls on
manufactured housing which that are less restrictive than are permitted by this section.
D. Municipalities may not prohibit manufactured housing, regardless of its date of
manufacture, solely on the basis of a date of manufacture before June 14, 1976, or the
failure of a unit to have been manufactured in accordance with the National
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, United States
Code, Title 42, Chapter 70. Municipalities may apply the design standards permitted
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by this section to all manufactured housing, regardless of its date of manufacture, and
may apply reasonable safety standards to manufactured housing built before June 15,
1976, or not built in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 70.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, manufactured housing
and any modular home that meets construction standards for state-certified
manufactured homes housing adopted pursuant to Title 10, section 9042 must be
allowed in all zones where other single-family homes are allowed.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 552: 30-A.4358