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Relating to the regulation by counties and cities of continuing nonconforming uses of manufactured, modular, and mobile homes and site-built dwelling units
Sponsored by the Senate State Government Committee
Topics:State governmentCities & counties
Same legislation: SSB 1165
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2021
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 8, 202129–18
- Done: House committeeMarch 31, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the regulation by counties and cities of continuing nonconforming uses of manufactured, modular, and mobile homes and site-built dwelling units. Current law prohibits a county or city from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, or restriction that would prevent the continuance of a property owner’s lawful nonconforming use that had existed for a preexisting manufactured, modular, or mobile home that is being replaced by another manufactured, modular, or mobile home containing no more than the original number of dwelling units, or a preexisting site-built dwelling unit that is being replaced with a manufactured, modular, or mobile home or site-built dwelling unit, within a manufactured home community or a mobile home park.
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In addition to the current prohibitions, the bill prohibits a county or city from imposing any conditions on the replacement home that were not required of the preexisting home that would prevent the continuance of a lawful nonconforming use. Current law provides four exceptions to the prohibitions, two of which the bill amends. One exception is if a discontinuance is necessary for the safety of life or property. The bill instead states that the prohibitions do not apply if the replacement of a particular home would result in an increased risk to the safety of life or property. The second exception is if the nonconforming use has been discontinued for the period of time established by ordinance, unless such discontinuance is caused by circumstances outside the control of the property owner. The bill specifies that this exception applies if the property owner has discontinued and abandoned the nonconforming use. The bill provides examples for when a discontinuance is caused by circumstances outside the control of the property owner. The bill also states that a property owner shall not be considered to have discontinued and abandoned the nonconforming use if the property owner demonstrates that the applicable home site continues to be available for use as a home site for a replacement home.
House subcommittee
Named March 10, 2021. On March 16, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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