Maine 30-A M.R.S. §4358(2) — Manufactured Housing Protection (ME)

Tracked preemption from the Maine overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1991-01-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:ME

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.has_zoning_ordinance == True
  • city.in_unorganized_territory == False

Preempted fields

3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[category=res_sf].allowed_usesaddmanufactured_homeHUD-Code manufactured homes (24 CFR 3280) must be permitted wherever site-built SF is permitted
base_districts[*].design_standards_manufactured_housingwaiveDesign standards (foundation, roof pitch, minimum width) may only be applied if equally applied to site-built housing
base_districts[*].manufactured_home_park_only_restrictionwaiveCannot confine manufactured housing exclusively to mobile-home parks beyond the state floor of a reasonable residential-land fraction

Citation

Authority source
30-A M.R.S. §4358(2)
§ §4358(2) (Manufactured housing)
https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec4358.html

Research notes

Universal protection for any Maine zoning municipality. Stacks with the LD 2003 ADU mandate — an ADU may be a manufactured unit if it meets the district's neutral standards. Effective date is approximate; the manufactured-housing floor predates LD 2003 by decades and was carried forward in the 1991 Growth Management Act recodification.