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ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
July 19, 2004
4:15 p.m.
Council Chambers
Mayor Pro Tem Welper called the meeting to order at 4:36 p.m.
Members present: Mayor Hurley, Welper, Kincaid, Cole, Greenwood, Clark, Schmitt,
Gunderson.
Moved by Kincaid, seconded by Gunderson that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes:
Seven. Motion carried.
Lou Cutwright, Building Official/Maintenance Administrator, reviewed changes to Chapter 9,
Manufactured Homes, of the 2001 Code of Ordinance as it pertains to area or width of
manufactured homes in a lot of recording. In 1998 an ordinance change was adopted regulating
manufactured homes that were erected on lots outside an approved mobile home or trailer park.
The current discussions and influx of manufactured homes have uncovered a conflict between
the zoning ordinance regulating single-family dwellings and the building ordinance regulating
manufactured homes.
State law addressing manufactured homes states that a municipality cannot adopt an ordinance
that holds manufactured homes to a higher standard than normal stick -built homes. Section 9-9-
1(B)3 regulates that manufactured homes shall be placed on lots with a minimum width of 50'
and a minimum area of 6,000 square feet. The zoning ordinance has the same requirement for
stick -built homes. However, it does have an exception in that a stick -built home can be built on
any "lot of record" in the city. Some platted lots in the city are 40" wide and less than 6,000
square feet in area.
Mr. Cutwright is proposing that Section 9-9-1(B)3 read as follows: "The lot size of a
manufactured home shall have a minimum width of fifty feet (50') and a minimum total square
footage of six thousand (6,000) square feet. Exception: A manufactured home may be located
on any lot or plot of official record as of the effective date of this ordinance regardless of its area
or width.
A "lot of record" is defined as: A lot which is a part of a subdivision recorded in the Office of
the County Recorder of Black Hawk County, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds
prior to February 7, 1969, the description of which has been so recorded."
This change would alleviate the conflict in the ordinance and bring the city into compliance with
state law.
The council discussed the definition of trailer home, manufactured home and modular home.
The council discussed the current issue with front entrance of manufactured home to be placed
on the front of the building facing the street and addressed where it faces the street.
Mr. Cutwright will forward the change to the ordinance to the full council for approval in a week
or two.
With no further business before the committee, it was moved by Gunderson, seconded by Cole
that the meeting be adjourned at 4:50 p.m. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried.
Nancy Eckert
City Clerk