Development Controls for Mobile-Component Housing: A Ten-Year Review of the Law

摘要

This paper presents in summary form court cases and legislation concerning development control of mobile - component housing (M - C H) reported from 1970 to 1980. M - C H refers to that form of housing built to the Federal Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards administered by HUD. Most of the cases and legislation reported are abstracted from reports found in the 'Land Use and Zoning Digest.' They are presented in the following form: State and item number, Zoning Digest reference number (where applicable), short summary of case or law, and legal reference. In the case of those few States where there are a sufficient number of cases or laws, a brief summary of the legal and institutional climate of the State regarding M - C H is presented. The paper's last section presents a set of observations resulting from the review of M - C H development controls. Comments are offered regarding the location specificity and minimal amount of precedent for development controls for M - C H. Finally, the paper discusses dominant topics in the laws and court cases of the decade. These include the questions of whether M - C H's are residences, whether M - C H's are nuisances, and what the rights of park owners and residents are. Three references are provided. (Author abstract modified).