Lakeport >> At the request of the Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS), a proposed amendment to the Lake County Zoning Ordinance that would limit the age of manufactured homes that can be installed in the county came back to the Lake County Planning Commission Thursday to approve additional language that would allow the Community Development Department (CDD) to make exceptions under specific guidelines.
Under the revised proposal, manufactured homes new to the county that are older than 10 years from the date of building permit application are not allowed. However, if the manufactured home has been owned by the applicant for a minimum of two years, currently resides within a mobilehome park within the county’s jurisdiction and is being relocated to a parcel of land that was purchased by Aug. 1, an exception may be made. Additionally, the manufactured home cannot have been manufactured prior to July 1, 1976, and must be able to be retrofitted to meet current fire codes.
The county defines a manufactured home as, ”a single-family factory-constructed housing unit built on or after June 15, 1976, that is in compliance with the standards of the United Stated Department of Housing and Urban Development promulgated under the federal National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 […] does not include a recreational vehicle, Park Model RV, commercial coach or factory-built housing defined by the California Health and Safety Code.”
Housing dubbed “mobilehomes” fall within the manufactured home designation.
Manufactured housing must also meet all other standards established by the county for housing.
The amendments to the proposal were approved by the planning commission by a vote of 3-0, with District II commissioner Bob Malley and District III commissioner Gladys Rosehill absent. It will now go back to the BOS for final approval.
