6943RESOLUTION NO. 6,943
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK TO HOUSE BILL 505 IN THE 74th GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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WHEREAS, House Bill S05 pending in the 74th General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas would prescribe and limit the authority
of counties and cities to prohibit or restrict the permanent install-
ation of manufactured homes on lots zoned for single family dwellings;'
and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock
deems such proposal to be adverse to the interest of local governments
in regulating the use of property within their jurisdictions for the
benefit of their residents, particularly in protecting property values
in their localities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, hereby states its opposition to the passage of House Bill
SOS.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to transmit
a certified copy of this Resolution to the Speaker of the House of
Respresentatives, the President of the Senate and each member of
the Pulaski County delegation to the 74th General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force
from the date of its approval.
ADOPTED: February 23, 1983
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State of Arkansas
74th General Assembly A Bill 505
Regular Session, 1983 , HOUSE BILL
By: Representatives-M. Wilson, D. Wood, Stephens, McKissack
For An Act To Be Entitled
1 "AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE AND LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES
2 AND CITIES TO PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT THE PERMANENT INSTALLATION
3 OF MANUFACTURED HOMES ON LOTS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS;
4 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
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6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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8 SECTION 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Manufactured
9 Home Land Use Act ".
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11 SECTION 2. It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly
12 that there is an urgent need for affordable single family housing in Arkansas
13 and that manufactured housing can fill this urgent need and give residents
14 of this State an opportunity to own and live in decent, safe and affordable
15 permanent housing; that in many areas of the State, local zoning ordinances
16 prohibit or severely restrict the permanent installation of manufactured
17 homes on lots zoned for single family dwellings; that such unreasonably
18 restrictive zoning ordinances serve to deprive residents of the State of the
19 opportunity of acquiring and owning affordable single family housing; and
20 that it is the purpose and intent of this Act to remove the authority of
21 counties and cities to impose prohibitive or unreasonably restrictive
22 conditions on the permanent installation of manufactured homes on lots
23 zoned for single family dwellings.
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25 SECTION 3. Counties, cities and towns in the State shall not
26 prohibit the permanent installation of manufactured homes
27 built and certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction
28 and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401 et seq.) and
29 regulated by the Arkansas Manufactured Home Commission under authority of
30 Act 533 of 1981, on lots zoned for single family dwellings.
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SECTION 4. Any county or city may by ordinance subject any such
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manufactured home and the lot on which it is placed only to the standards
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and requirements to which a conventional family residential dwelling on the
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same lot would be subject, including but not limited to,
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(a) set back distance,
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(b) side and rear area,
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(c) standards for foundations and enclosures,
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(d) minimum square footage of the dwelling and /or lot size,
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(e) access and vehicle parking requirements.
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In addition, any county or city may impose reasonable architectural
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and aesthetic requirements regarding roofing and siding materials on
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manufactured homes permanently installed on lots zoned for single family
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dwellings but no such county or city shall apply any development, architectural,
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or aesthetic standards or requirements which will have the effect of totally
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precluding the permanent installation of manufactured homes on lots zoned
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for single family dwellings.
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SECTION 5. Any county, city or town may by ordinance designate lots
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zoned for single family dwellings for manufactured housing as described in
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this Act when it is determined that such designation is necessary or
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appropriate.
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SECTION 6. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable only with
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respect to the permanent placement of manufactured homes certified under the
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National Manufactured Housing Constuction and Safety Standards Act of 1974
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and regulated by the Arkansas Manufactured Home Commission under authority
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of Act 533 of 1981, on lots zoned for single family residential dwellings,
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and shall not be applicable to nor affect existing laws governing mobile
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homes or other factory built housing built prior to the National Manufactured
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Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act and.shall not affect laws
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governing manufactured housing land use zoning policies not herein described
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nor other laws regulating manufactured housing and its uses not related to
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the single family residential zoning policies. However, to the extent that
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the provisions of this Act are in conflict with any ordinance of any county,
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city or town, the provisions of this Act shall apply and shall supersede
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1 SECTION 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
2 hereby repealed.
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