(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MANUFACTURED HOME. 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 a built in compliance with the 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. Rev. Stat. § 71-1557 bearing the seal of the Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure.
(B) Residential zone.
(1) There shall be allowed in the residential zone of the village the placement of manufactured homes if any such manufactured home bears an appropriate seal which indicates that it was constructed in accordance with the standards of the Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure, if prior to May 1, 1998, or by the Public Service Commission on or after May 1, 1998, or the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Such manufactured home shall be located and installed according to the same standards for foundation systems, permanent utility connections and setbacks and minimum square footage as would apply to a site-built single-family dwelling on the same lot.
(2) Any such manufactured home shall meet the following standards.
(a) The home shall have no less than 900 square feet of floor area on the ground floor.
(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 non-reflective roof material which is or simulates asphalt or wood shingles, tile or rock.
(f) The home shall have wheels, axles, transporting lights and removable towing apparatus removed from the home and removed from the building lot.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede any valid restrictive covenants of record.
(Ord. 9-501, passed 12-7-2004)