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NDCC §40-47-16 — Manufactured & Modular Housing Parity in Residential Districts (ND)

Tracked preemption from the North Dakota overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1985-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:ND
Other North Dakota preemptions
Short-Term Rentals — No Statewide Preemption (Local Authority Preserved)NDCC Ch. 11-09.1 — County Home Rule Charter Authority ExpansionNDCC §40-47-01.1 — Extraterritorial Zoning Jurisdiction (Population-Tiered)NDCC §11-33-02 — Agricultural Land & Existing Farm Structures County Zoning Carve-OutNDCC Ch. 40-05.1 — City Home Rule Charter Authority ExpansionNDCC Ch. 38-08 — Oil & Gas Downhole / Spacing / Flaring State OccupationNDCC §40-47-07 / §11-33-08 — 20% Protest Petition Two-Thirds Vote TriggerFederal & Tribal Jurisdictional Carve-Outs (MHA Nation, USACE, Theodore Roosevelt NP, AFB AICUZ)

Trigger predicate

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

AND
  • parcel.base_zone_category ∈ {res_sf, res_mf, res_th, mu}
  • city.tribal_land_status ≠ tribal

Preempted fields

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

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[category=res_sf].allowed_usesaddmanufactured_home_hud_codeHUD Code (42 USC ch. 70) manufactured homes installed on a permanent foundation cannot be excluded from any residential district
base_districts[category=res_sf].allowed_usesaddmodular_home_irc2025 HB 1213 extended parity to IRC-code modular dwellings on permanent foundations
base_districts[*].exclusion_by_construction_typewaive—Cities/counties may not single out factory-built dwellings for exclusion or stricter standards than site-built homes

Citation

Authority source
NDCC §40-47-16 (cities); NDCC §11-33-02 (counties, parallel); HB 1213 (2025, 69th Legislative Assembly — modular parity extension)
§ §40-47-16; HB 1213 (2025)
https://www.ndlegis.gov/cencode/t40c47.pdf

Research notes

The dominant ND zoning preemption. A locality may impose neutral aesthetic/compatibility standards (roof pitch, siding, minimum width, foundation) ONLY IF applied equally to all single-family dwellings — singling out factory-built homes is preempted. Reaches counties by §11-33-02 incorporation. Tribal lands (MHA Nation / Fort Berthold etc.) carved out — federal/tribal jurisdiction governs. 2025 HB 1213 strengthened the rule by adding IRC-code modular dwellings.