Politics & Government

New Restrictions Proposed for Manufactured Homes in Murrieta

City Council will vote Tuesday to restrict new installations of manufactured homes to those 10 years or newer.

Permits to install manufactured homes older than 10 years may no longer be granted in the city of Murrieta.

The Murrieta City Council is set to vote Tuesday on amending its regulations for manufactured and mobile homes, which are permitted in rural residential areas within the city, as well as on estate residential lots and 7,200-square-foot single family lots.

"The City now desires to limit the age of a manufactured or mobile home...to promote and ensure the aesthetic quality of neighborhoods, to minimize the devaluation of communities due to upkeep and repair, and to maintain safe building standards for occupancy of manufactured homes," states the amended development code.

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If ratified, permits will not be granted for manufactured homes if greater than 10 years has passed between the date of manufacture and the date of permit application for installation.

City staff previously took the matter to the Planning Commission. No members of the public spoke during a hearing held July 27, and the Commission voted 5-0 to recommend the change.

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No members of the public spoke during the City Council's initial review of the change on Aug. 16.

Once approved Tuesday, the amended ordinance will take effect in 30 days and will apply to new permit requests. It will not apply to legally permitted manufactured homes converting from a pier foundation to a permanent foundation.

The California Legislature prohibited exclusion of manufactured homes on single-family properties in 1980. 

However, state government code allows municipalities to apply the 10-years or newer standard.


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