{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-100.348","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 100.348","heading":"Compatibility standards for manufactured homes -- Definitions --","body":"Adoption of standards by local governments.\n(1) The Kentucky General Assembly hereby recognizes and affirms that the protection\nof property values is a legitimate issue to loc al governments and the enactment of\nregulations designed to protect property values is a proper exercise of local\ngovernment legislative power. At the same time, the Kentucky General Assembly\nhereby recognizes and affirms that while local governments have legitimate\nauthority to enact reasonable zoning regulations, the provision of quality, affordable\nhousing through qualified manufactured homes serves an essential public purpose.\n(2) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(a) \"Compatibility standards\" means standards that have been enacted by a local\ngovernment under the authority of this section for the purpose of protecting\nand preserving the monetary value of real property located within the local\ngovernment's jurisdiction;\n(b) \"Local government\" means a city, county, urban -county government, charter\ncounty government, unified local government, or consolidated local\ngovernment that is engaged in planning and zoning under KRS Chapter 100;\n(c) \"Manufactured home\" means a single -family residential dwelling constructed\nafter June 15, 1976, in accordance with the National Manufactured Home\nConstruction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et\nseq., as amended, and designed to be used as a single -family residential\ndwelling with or without permanent foundation when connected to the\nrequired utilities, and which includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning,\nand electrical systems contained therein;\n(d) \"Qualified manufactured home\" means a manufactured home that mee ts all of\nthe following criteria:\n1. Is manufactured on a date not to exceed five (5) years prior to the date\nof installation and has all parts that operate only during transport\nremoved;\n2. Is affixed to a permanent foundation and is connected to the appr opriate\nfacilities and is installed in compliance with KRS 227.570;\n3. Has a widt h of at least twenty (20) feet at its smallest width\nmeasurement or is two (2) stories in height and oriented on the lot or\nparcel so that its main entrance door faces the street; and\n4. Has a minimum total living area of nine hundred (900) square feet; and\n(e) \"Permanent foundation\" means a system of supports that is:\n1. Capable of transferring, without failure, into soil or bedrock, the\nmaximum design load imposed by or upon the structure and complies\nwith KRS 227.570;\n2. Constructed with materials that a re compatible with surrounding\nresidential structures so long as the materials do not compromise the\nstructural engineering of the home in conflict with KRS 227.570; and\n3. Placed at a depth below grade adequate to prevent frost damage, in\naccordance with the manufacturer's installation requirements and KRS\n227.570.\n(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a local government shall not\nadopt or enforce any zoning regulation, ordinance, or other requirement that:\n(a) Excludes qualified manufa ctured homes from any residential zone where\nsingle-family residences are permitted;\n(b) Discriminates against qualified manufactured homes; or\n(c) Imposes foundation requirements on manufactured homes that:\n1. Conflict with the structural engineering of the homes;\n2. Conflict with KRS 227.570; or\n3. Require more than one (1) type of permanent foundation system.\n(4) Any local government may adopt and enforce, as a part of its zoning regulations,\ncompatibility standards governing the placement of qualified m anufactured homes\nin residential zones within the local government's jurisdiction. Compatibility\nstandards shall be adopted, amended, and enforced in the same manner as other\nzoning regulations and shall be in addition to any zoning regulations that are\ngenerally applicable to single -family residences. Any architectural compatibility\nstandards applied to qualified manufactured homes must be equivalent to, and not\nmore stringent than, those standards applied to other single -family residential\nstructures in the same zone. The compatibility standards shall be designed to ensure\nthat when a qualified manufactured home is placed in a residential zone it is\ncompatible, in terms of assessed value, with existing housing located with a one -\neighth (1/8) mile or less r adius from the proposed location of the qualified\nmanufactured home. The compatibility standards adopted by a local government\nshall be limited to the following architectural features that have a significant impact\non the overall assessed value of the structure:\n(a) Roof pitch;\n(b) Square footage of livable space;\n(c) Type and quality of exterior finishing materials;\n(d) Foundation skirting;\n(e) Existence and type of attached structures; and\n(f) Setback restrictions, lot dimensions, and orientation of the h ome on the lot, so\nlong as they are no stricter than those for site -built homes within the same\nzone.\n(5) A manufactured home that does not meet the minimum width of twenty (20) feet or\nminimum total living area of nine hundred (900) square feet needed to be\nconsidered a qualified manufactured home under subsection (2)(d) of this section\nmay be treated as a qualified manufactured home for purposes of subsections (3)\nand (4) of this section if:\n(a) The setback requirements or lot dimensions would not reasona bly\naccommodate a home meeting these minimum dimensions;\n(b) The home is the maximum width and square footage that could reasonably fit\non the lot while complying with all applicable setback requirements and other\nzoning regulations; and\n(c) The home otherwise meets all other requirements of a qualified manufactured\nhome under this section.\n(6) This section shall not be construed to affect, modify, or abolish restrictions\ncontained in recorded deeds, covenants, or developers' subdivision restrictions.\n(7) This section shall not be construed as limiting in any way the authority of local\ngovernments to adopt regulations designed to protect historic properties or historic\ndistricts.\n(8) Any zoning regulation, ordinance, or requirement that violates this section  is void\nand unenforceable.\n(9) Cities located in a county containing a consolidated local government that do not\nhave the authority to adopt zoning regulations as set out in KRS 100.137(3) may\nenact compatibility standards pursuant to subsection (4) of this section that are in\nlieu of standards adopted by the consolidated local government.","path":["KRS Chapter 100"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56694","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:05Z","sha256":"fb2b13001668b008f3bc8030d3383c642004480c10907ebcbf51dd741fc5090f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-100.3471","next":"us-ky/krs-100.349"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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