(A) The purpose of this chapter is to provide areas within the corporate boundaries of the town wherein the location and development of manufactured homes, manufactured home subdivisions, mobile homes, mobile home parks, recreational vehicles, and mobile home subdivisions may be safely continued and encouraged.
(B) It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage the provision of alternative modest income housing in general residential areas by permitting the use of type I and type II manufactured homes, as defined herein, in all districts in which similar dwellings constructed on site are permitted, subject to the requirements and procedures set forth herein, to assure acceptable similarity in exterior appearance between such type I and type II manufactured homes and dwellings that have been or might be constructed under these and other lawful regulations on adjacent or nearby lots in the same district.
(C) It is the further purpose of this chapter to encourage the provision of alternative modest income housing in certain residential areas by permitting the use of type III manufactured housing, as defined herein, in certain specified districts when they are shown to meet the requirements and procedures set forth herein.
(D) It is the purpose of this chapter to recognize mobile homes constructed prior to June 15, 1975, as distinct and different from units designated as manufactured homes types I, II, and III and to prescribe appropriate procedures and requirements for their placement in the community.
(E) The regulations set forth in this chapter are designed to promote stable neighborhoods, prevent health and safety hazards, and encourage the economical and orderly development and operation of manufactured home subdivisions, mobile home parks and subdivisions, and recreational vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 12-1)