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1-1 Section 1. Chapter 278 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2 the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3 Sec. 2. "Mobile home park" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS

1-4 118B.017.

1-5 Sec. 3. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in an

1-6 ordinance relating to the zoning of land adopted or amended by a

1-7 governing body, the definition of "single-family residence" must include

1-8 a manufactured home.

1-9 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, a governing body

1-10 shall adopt standards for the placement of a manufactured home that

1-11 will not be affixed to a lot within a mobile home park which require that

1-12 the manufactured home:

2-1 (a) Be composed of more than one section and enclose a space of at

2-2 least 960 square feet;

2-3 (b) Be placed on a foundation that complies with the standards for a

2-4 foundation for a manufactured home as set forth in the Uniform

2-5 Building Code in the form most recently adopted before January 1, 2000,

2-6 by the International Conference of Building Officials;

2-7 (c) Have a roof that is sloped, but the degree of slope is not required to

2-8 exceed 3 feet in height for each 12 feet in width, unless the governing

2-9 body determines that local conditions warrant a more restrictive

2-10 standard;

2-11 (d) Have exterior siding and roofing which is:

2-12 (1) Similar in color, material, appearance and age to the exterior

2-13 siding and roofing commonly used on other residential dwellings in the

2-14 community in which the manufactured home is located; or

2-15 (2) Constructed of materials that are comparable to the materials

2-16 predominantly used for the exterior siding and roofing on residential

2-17 dwellings in the immediate vicinity of the manufactured home, as

2-18 determined by the city or county building inspector, appointed pursuant

2-19 to NRS 278.570, or an employee of the inspector;

2-20 (e) Have a carport or garage that is attached to or detached from the

2-21 manufactured home, if a predominant number of other residential

2-22 dwellings in the immediate vicinity of the manufactured home are

2-23 equipped with such a carport or garage;

2-24 (f) Including the lot on which the manufactured home will be affixed,

2-25 meets any requirement regarding size, architecture or development of

2-26 real property that would be imposed with respect to a conventional

2-27 single-family residential dwelling constructed on the same lot; and

2-28 (g) Be manufactured after January 1, 1996.

2-29 The governing body of a local government in a county whose population

2-30 is less than 25,000 may adopt standards that are less restrictive than the

2-31 standards set forth in this subsection.

2-32 3. Standards adopted by a governing body pursuant to subsection 2

2-33 must be objective and documented clearly and must not be adopted to

2-34 discourage or impede the construction or provision of affordable

2-35 housing.

2-36 4. The provisions of this section do not abrogate a recorded

2-37 restrictive covenant.

2-38 5. As used in this section, "manufactured home" has the meaning

2-39 ascribed to it in NRS 489.113.

2-40 Sec. 4. NRS 278.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-41 278.010 As used in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, and sections 2

2-42 and 3 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and

3-1 terms defined in NRS 278.0105 to 278.0195, inclusive, and section 2 of

3-2 this act have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

3-3 Sec. 5. NRS 361.035 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-4 361.035 1. "Real estate" or "real property" means:

3-28 sum in lieu of taxes to the State of Nevada.

3-29 Sec. 6. NRS 361.244 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-30 361.244 1. A mobile home is eligible to become real property if the

3-43 current fiscal year;

4-1 (c) An affidavit of conversion of the mobile home from personal to real

4-2 property has been recorded in the county recorder’s office of the county in

4-3 which the mobile home is located; and

4-4 (d) The dealer or owner has delivered to the division a copy of the

4-5 recorded affidavit of conversion and all documents relating to the mobile

4-6 home in its former condition as personal property.

4-7 3. A mobile home which is converted to real property pursuant to this

4-8 section shall be deemed to be a fixture and an improvement to the real

4-9 property to which it is affixed.

4-10 4. Factory-built housing, as defined in NRS 461.080, constitutes real

4-11 property if it becomes, on or after July 1, 1979, permanently affixed to land

4-12 which is owned by the owner of the factory-built housing.

4-13 5. A manufactured home, as defined in NRS 489.113, constitutes

4-14 real property if it becomes, on or after January 1, 2000, permanently

4-15 affixed to land which is owned by the owner of the manufactured home.

4-16 6. For the purposes of this section, "land which is owned" includes

4-17 land for which the owner has a possessory interest resulting from a life

4-18 estate, lease or contract for sale.

4-19 Sec. 7. NRS 489.288 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-20 489.288 Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of this act:

4-35 361.244.

4-36 Sec. 8. NRS 489.461 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-37 489.461 [Any] Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of this act, a

4-42 systems, body and frame design and construction requirements.

5-1 Sec. 9. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2000.