Bill Text: NY S04072 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to single-family dwellings of manufactured homes in residential districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04072-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4072--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 7, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
         Community  Development  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee,
         ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
         amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
         third reading
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  single-family  dwell-
         ings of manufactured homes in residential districts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Sections 600 through 612 of article 21-B of  the  executive
    2  law  are  designated title 1 and a new title heading is added to read as
    3  follows:
    4                             GENERAL PROVISIONS
    5    S 2. Section 600 of the executive law, as added by chapter 729 of  the
    6  laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    7    S  600.  Application.  This  [article]  TITLE  shall  be applicable to
    8  persons and business entities engaged in the manufacture, sale,  instal-
    9  lation and service of manufactured homes and to purchasers thereof.
   10    S  3.  The  opening  paragraph of section 601 of the executive law, as
   11  added by chapter 729 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   12    For the purposes of this [article] TITLE, the  following  terms  shall
   13  have the following meanings:
   14    S  4.  Article  21-B  of  the executive law is amended by adding a new
   15  title 2 to read as follows:
   16                                   TITLE 2
   17              SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
   18  SECTION 615. DEFINITIONS.
   19          616. MANUFACTURED HOMES AS SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS  IN  RESIDEN-
   20                 TIAL DISTRICTS.
   21          617. MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS TO BE CONSISTENT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 4072--A                          2
    1    S 615. DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING
    2  TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    3    1.  "MANUFACTURED  HOME"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN
    4  SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
    5    2.  "IDENTICAL  DEVELOPMENT  SPECIFICATIONS  AND  STANDARDS"  INCLUDES
    6  ACCESS, BUILDING SETBACK DISTANCE, ENCLOSURES AND VEHICLE PARKING SPACE.
    7    3.  "SINGLE-FAMILY  DWELLING"  SHALL  MEAN  A  BUILDING  DESIGNED AS A
    8  ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND USED OR OCCUPIED, OR INTENDED  TO  BE  USED  OR
    9  OCCUPIED  AS  THE HOME OR RESIDENCE OF ONE OR MORE PERSONS MAINTAINING A
   10  HOUSEHOLD.
   11    S 616. MANUFACTURED HOMES AS SINGLE-FAMILY  DWELLINGS  IN  RESIDENTIAL
   12  DISTRICTS. A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION
   13  AND CONFORMS WITH THE IDENTICAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICATION AND STANDARDS,
   14  INCLUDING  GENERAL  AESTHETIC AND ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, APPLICABLE TO
   15  CONVENTIONAL, SITE-BUILT  SINGLE-FAMILY  DWELLINGS  IN  THE  RESIDENTIAL
   16  DISTRICT  IN WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS TO BE SITED, SHALL BE DEEMED
   17  TO BE A CONFORMING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING FOR PURPOSES OF THE APPLICABLE
   18  LOCAL ZONING LAW OR ORDINANCE.
   19    S 617. MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS TO  BE  CONSISTENT.  MANUFACTURED  HOME
   20  PARKS  MAY BE ESTABLISHED OR EXISTING PARKS EXPANDED CONSISTENT WITH THE
   21  PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE  IDENTICAL  DEVELOPMENT
   22  SPECIFICATION  AND  STANDARDS, INCLUDING GENERAL AESTHETIC AND ARCHITEC-
   23  TURAL STANDARDS, APPLICABLE TO OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DEVELOPMENTS
   24  IN THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PARK IS, OR IS TO BE, LOCATED.
   25    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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