An Act to Amend the Regulations of Manufactured Housing to Increase Affordable Housing
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0337
Committee Amendment CA_A_H791 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §4358

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A'' to H.P. 211, L.D. 337, "An Act to Amend the 
Regulations of Manufactured Housing to Increase Affordable Housing" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Regulation of Manufactured Housing to 
Increase Affordable Housing' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inse1ting the 
following: 
'Sec, 1. 30-A MRSA §4358, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c, 199, §1, is fmther 
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 requfred by this section, municipal ordinances may not require 
that manufactured housing on individual lots be greater than 14 feet in 1i¥idth, 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. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •A "to H.P. 211, L.D. 337 
C. 
This section does not prohibit municipalities from establishing controls on 
manufactured housing whleh 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 
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 ether provision of law to the cont!]Jy, manufactured housing 
and any modular home that meets construction standards for state-ce1tified 
manufactured hemes housing adopted pursuant to Title 10, section 9042 must be 
allowed in all zones where other single-family homes are allowed.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Prut letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill, which is a concept draft, and changes the title. 
Current law governing land use ordinances states that municipalities must allow 
manufactured housing in ce1iain locations on undeveloped lots where single-family 
dwellings are allowed. 
The amendment provides that a municipality must allow 
manufactured housing wherever single-family dwellings are allowed, subject to the same 
design criteria as the municipality may establish for single-family dwellings. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/ 16/24 ;::t!?ac:.. 
LD337 
LR 1984(02) 
An Act to Amend the Regulations of Manufactured Housing to Increase Affordable Housing 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amen~ed by Co~mittee Amendment Jt·' (f{ _, / 9 f) 
Committee: Housmg 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential cun·ent bie1111ium cost increase - Municipalities 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to municipalities that choose to update certain ordinances and zoning documents cannot be 
determined and will depend on the extent of the review that will need to be conducted by individual co1mnunities. 
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