(A) For any or all of the purposes designated in Neb. RS 19-901, the City Council may divide the city into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of Neb. RS 19-901 to 19-914 and may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or land within the districts. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations applicable to one district may differ from those applicable to other districts. If a regulation affects the Niobrara scenic river corridor as defined in Neb. RS 72-2006 and is not incorporated within the boundaries of the city, the Niobrara Council shall act on the regulation as provided in Neb. RS 72-2010.
(B) (1) The City Council shall not adopt or enforce any zoning ordinance or regulation which prohibits the use of land for a proposed residential structure for the sole reason that the proposed structure is a manufactured home if such manufactured home bears an appropriate seal which indicates that it was constructed in accordance with the standards of the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, being Neb. RS 71-4604.01; the State Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act, being Neb. RS 71-1555 et seq.; or the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The City Council may require that a manufactured home be located and installed according to the same standards for foundation system, permanent utility connections, setback, and minimum square footage which would apply to a site-built, single-family dwelling on the same lot. The City Council may also require that manufactured homes meet the following standards:
(a) The home shall have no less than 900 square feet of floor area;
(b) The home shall have no less than an 18-foot exterior width;
(c) The roof shall be pitched with a minimum vertical rise of two and one-half inches for each 12 inches of horizontal run;
(d) The exterior material shall be of a color, material, and scale comparable with those existing in residential site-built, single-family construction;
(e) The home shall have a nonreflective roof material which is or simulates asphalt or wood shingles, tile, or rock; and
(f) The home shall have wheels, axles, transporting lights, and removable towing apparatus removed.
(2) The City Council may not require additional standards unless such standards are uniformly applied to all single-family dwellings in the zoning district.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede any valid restrictive covenants of record.
(C) For purposes of this section, manufactured home shall mean a factory-built structure which is to be used as a place for human habitation, which is not constructed or equipped with a permanent hitch or other device allowing it to be moved other than to a permanent site, which does not have permanently attached to its body or frame any wheels or axles, and which bears a label certifying that it was built in compliance with National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 24 C.F.R. §§ 3280 et seq., promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or a modular housing unit as defined in Neb. RS 71-1557 bearing a seal in accordance with the State Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act, being Neb. RS 71-1555 et seq.
(D) Subdivision regulations and building, plumbing, electrical, housing, fire, or health codes or similar regulations and the adoption thereof shall not be subject to Neb. RS 19-901 to 19-915.
(Prior Code, § 150.111)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 19-902