W. Va. Code §8-12-5(16) — Manufactured Housing Nondiscrimination Floor (WV)
Tracked preemption from the West Virginia overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1969-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:WV
Other West Virginia preemptions
Federal Protected Lands — New River Gorge NP, Monongahela NF, USACE Locks/DamsW. Va. Code §22-6A — Horizontal Well Control Act (Marcellus/Utica Preemption)W. Va. Code §8-1-5a — Municipal Home Rule Program (Authority Expansion)W. Va. Code Chapter 8A — Land Use Planning Act (Enabling + Dillon's Rule Cap)W. Va. Code §8A-7-8 — County Zoning Voter Referendum RequirementW. Va. Code §22-3 — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act (SMCRA Primacy)WV Floodplain Management — NFIP Participation MandateWV SB 187 / HB 4115 (2026) — Housing Opportunity Act (Duplex By-Right, PENDING)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
parcel.base_zone_category ∈ {res_sf, res_mf, res_th, mu}Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[category=res_sf].allowed_uses | add | manufactured_home_hud_code | HUD-code manufactured homes on permanent foundations cannot be excluded from SFR districts as a blanket rule |
base_districts[category=res_sf].building_standards_manufactured | cap_at | uniformly_applicable_to_all_dwellings | Local standards (foundation, skirting, roof pitch, width, aesthetics) must apply uniformly to all dwellings, not single out HUD-code units |
base_districts[category=res_sf].building_code_overlay_on_hud_units | waive | — | §21-9 preempts local building-code variations on HUD-labeled units |
Citation
Authority source
W. Va. Code §8-12-5(16); §21-9 (Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act); §37-15 (Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act)
§ Chapter 8, Article 12, §8-12-5(16)
Research notes
State preempts (1) blanket exclusion of HUD-code units from SFR zones, (2) building standards more stringent than HUD code on labeled units, and (3) treating manufactured homes as inherently different uses from site-built dwellings when on a permanent foundation. Cities may still impose appearance standards (pitch, width, skirting) as long as applied uniformly. Federal HUD-code (24 CFR 3280) overlays this; federal_conflict_check enabled.