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GA HB516
Bill
Status
Passed
5/20/2010
Primary Sponsor
Jon Burns
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AI Summary
- Redefines "industrialized building" to explicitly require design and construction in compliance with state minimum standards codes, covering factory-built structures assembled off-site that cannot be fully inspected without disassembly
- Creates a new definition for "residential industrialized building" as a dwelling unit built to Georgia's One and Two Family Dwelling Code, affixed to a permanent load-bearing foundation without a permanent metal chassis, and explicitly excluding manufactured homes under federal law (42 U.S.C. § 5401)
- Industrialized and residential industrialized buildings bearing the commissioner's insignia of approval are deemed to comply with both state minimum standards codes and all applicable local ordinances and regulations
- Prohibits counties and municipalities from excluding residential industrialized buildings from residential zoning districts solely because the building is a residential industrialized building
- Reserves local government authority over land use, zoning, building setbacks, side and rear yard requirements, utility connections, subdivision regulations, and architectural and aesthetic requirements for the county or municipality where the building is sited
Legislative Description
Industrialized buildings; comply with local ordinances and resolutions; provisions
Last Action
Effective Date
5/20/2010
Committee Referrals
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs3/12/2009
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs2/24/2009
Full Bill Text
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