Chapter 134 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

HB 2439

Relating to manufactured dwellings; amending ORS 446.100.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 446.100 is amended to read:

446.100. (1) [No] A person [shall] may not:

(a) Construct a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park at a place that is unsuitable due to swampy terrain, lack of adequate drainage or proximity to the breeding places of insects or rodents.

(b) Install a manufactured dwelling closer than five feet from a property boundary line.

(c) Construct in a mobile home or manufactured dwelling park a manufactured dwelling space less than 30 feet in width or less than 40 feet in length.

(2) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt rules pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of ORS 183.310 to 183.550 specifying minimum distances between adjacent manufactured dwellings and between manufactured dwellings and other structures. In adopting these rules, the director shall take into consideration the standards established by the National Fire Protection Association and standards recommended by the State Fire Marshal. [In no case shall]

(3) Except as provided in this subsection, the rules adopted by the director under subsection (2) of this section must provide for [less than] at least 10 feet of space between manufactured dwellings. The director may adopt a rule allowing less than 10 feet of space between manufactured dwellings that are separated by a one-hour fire-resistive wall. A standard established by the director for a one-hour fire-resistive wall separating manufactured dwellings must be at least as stringent as the equivalent standard, if any, for a fire-resistive wall in a two family dwelling under the One and Two Family Dwelling Code.

Approved by the Governor May 28, 2003

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 28, 2003

Effective date January 1, 2004

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