{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-land-use-4-104","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Land Use § 4–104","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “modular dwelling” means a building assembly or system of building subassemblies designed for habitation as a dwelling for one or more individuals:\n(1) that includes the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, and other service systems;\n(2) that is made or assembled by a manufacturer on or off the building site for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site; and\n(3) installed and set up according to the manufacturer’s instructions on an approved foundation and support system.\n(b) The powers granted to a local jurisdiction under this subtitle do not:\n(1) grant the local jurisdiction powers in any substantive area not otherwise granted to the local jurisdiction by any other public general or public local law;\n(2) restrict the local jurisdiction from exercising any power granted to the local jurisdiction by any other public general or public local law or otherwise;\n(3) authorize the local jurisdiction or its officers to engage in any activity that is beyond their power under any other public general or public local law or otherwise; or\n(4) preempt or supersede the regulatory authority of any unit of the State under any public general law.\n(c) (1) If a legislative body regulates off–street parking, the legislative body shall require space for the parking of bicycles in a manner that the legislative body considers appropriate.\n(2) A legislative body may allow a reduction in the number of required automobile parking spaces based on the availability of space for parking bicycles.\n(d) A legislative body may not prohibit the placement of a new manufactured home or modular dwelling in a zone that allows single–family residential uses if the home or dwelling:\n(1) (i) meets the definition of modular dwelling under subsection (a) of this section; or\n(ii) meets the definition of a manufactured home in § 9–102(a) of the Commercial Law Article and is, or will be after purchase, converted to real property in accordance with Title 8B, Subtitle 2 of the Real Property Article; or\n(2) is located on land:\n(i) currently or previously owned by the federal government;\n(ii) greater than 80 acres in size; and\n(iii) that was the site of a former U.S. military reservation.","path":["Article - Land Use"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=glu\u0026section=4-104","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:47Z","sha256":"47ce9de37100cd93283b09a35f2c520ad9f0b8baa95c29b278a582f360470484","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-land-use-4-103","next":"us-md/md.-code-land-use-4-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}