Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SSB3063 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/16/2024

                            Senate Study Bill 3063 - Introduced   SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____   BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF   INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND   LICENSING BILL)   A BILL FOR   An Act relating to building requirements for factory-built 1   structures. 2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3   TLSB 5380DP (3) 90   ss/ns  

  S.F. _____ H.F. _____   Section 1. Section 103A.3, Code 2024, is amended by adding 1   the following new subsections: 2   NEW SUBSECTION   . 3A. Commercial modular structure means a 3   factory-built structure built for use as a commercial structure 4   and not as a single-family or two-family dwelling unit. 5   NEW SUBSECTION . 16A. Manufactured home community means a 6   location with three or more sequential lots with manufactured 7   homes installed for habitation. 8   NEW SUBSECTION   . 16B. Mobile home park means a location 9   with three or more sequential lots with mobile homes installed 10   for habitation. 11   NEW SUBSECTION   . 19A. Park model home means a 12   factory-built structure which is used as a residential dwelling 13   and which complies with the American national standard for park 14   model recreational vehicles, commonly cited as ANSI A 119.5. 15   NEW SUBSECTION   . 26. Tiny home means a factory-built 16   structure of less than three hundred twenty square feet that is 17   used as a residential dwelling. 18   Sec. 2. Section 103A.3, subsection 10, Code 2024, is amended 19   to read as follows: 20   10. Factory-built structure means any structure which 21   is, wholly or in substantial part, made, fabricated, formed, 22   or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation, or 23   assembly and installation, on a building site. Factory-built 24   structure includes the terms mobile home , manufactured home , 25   commercial modular structure   , tiny home , park model home , 26   and modular home .   27   Sec. 3. Section 103A.9, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended 28   by adding the following new paragraphs: 29   NEW PARAGRAPH   . f. Commercial modular structures must comply 30   with the code. Anchoring and support of commercial modular 31   structures must be designed by a licensed architect or licensed 32   engineer and must at a minimum comply with 24 C.F.R. pt. 3285. 33   NEW PARAGRAPH   . g. Tiny homes of two hundred square feet 34   or more of dwelling space must comply with safety requirements 35   -1-   LSB 5380DP (3) 90   ss/ns 1/ 2               

  S.F. _____ H.F. _____   listed in the code. The code does not apply to tiny homes of 1   less than two hundred square feet of dwelling space. 2   NEW PARAGRAPH   . h. Park model homes must be supported and 3   anchored in accordance with 24 C.F.R. pt. 3285 or 661 IAC ch. 4   322. 5   EXPLANATION 6   The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7   the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 8   This bill relates to building requirements for factory-built 9   structures. The bill defines manufactured home community 10   and mobile home park as a location with three or more 11   sequential lots containing manufactured homes or mobile homes, 12   respectively, that are used for habitation. The bill also 13   defines three types of factory-built structures: commercial 14   modular structure, park model home, and tiny home. 15   The bill requires commercial modular structures to comply 16   with the state building code and include anchoring and support 17   systems designed by a licensed architect or licensed engineer 18   in compliance with 24 C.F.R. pt. 3285. Tiny homes of 200 19   square feet or more of dwelling space must comply with safety 20   requirements of the state building code, but the state building 21   code does not apply to tiny homes of less than 200 square feet 22   of dwelling space. The bill also requires park model homes to 23   be supported and anchored in accordance with 24 C.F.R. pt. 3285 24   or 661 IAC ch. 322. 25   -2-   LSB 5380DP (3) 90   ss/ns 2/ 2