AB 2997

Bill Subjects

Subdivisions Manufactured Homes

Abstract

Existing law, the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce various laws pertaining to the structural, fire safety, plumbing, heat-producing, or electrical systems and installations or equipment of a manufactured home, and generally requires that manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and floating homes sold or used within this state be subject to annual registration with the department and payment of registration fees, as prescribed. The act defines "manufactured home" for these purposes to mean a structure that meets specified requirements, including that the structure is transportable in one or more sections and is 8 body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected onsite, is 320 or more square feet, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained within the structure. Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would exempt the review and approval, conditional approval, or denial of a subdivision for a manufactured home development project from CEQA if the project satisfies specified conditions. In this regard, among other things, the bill would require the manufactured home development project to (1) be located on a site that is zoned for residential use and that is no larger than 10 acres, (2) consist of no more than 100 manufactured homes, and (3) include a childcare facility. The bill would require all of the housing units of the project be manufactured homes and subject to specified state building standards. The bill would require a project proponent subject to these provisions to certify to the local government that certain wage and labor standards will be met, including a requirement that all construction workers be paid at least the general prevailing rate of wages, as specified. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. By imposing new duties on local governments in the review of subdivisions for certain manufactured home developments and by expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.