Section 197.493 – Placement and occupancy of recreational vehicle.

(1) A state agency or local government may not prohibit the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle, or impose any limit on the length of occupancy of a recreational vehicle as a residential dwelling, solely on the grounds that the occupancy is in a recreational vehicle, if the recreational vehicle is:

(a)(A) Located in a manufactured dwelling park, mobile home park or recreational vehicle park;

(B) Occupied as a residential dwelling; and

(C) Lawfully connected to water and electrical supply systems and a sewage disposal system; or

(b) Is on a lot or parcel with a manufactured dwelling or single-family dwelling that is uninhabitable due to damages from a natural disasters, including wildfires, earthquakes, flooding or storms, until no later than the date:

(A) The dwelling has been repaired or replaced and an occupancy permit has been issued;

(B) The local government makes a determination that the owner of the dwelling is unreasonably delaying in completing repairs or replacing the dwelling; or

(C) Twenty-four months after the date the dwelling first became uninhabitable.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not limit the authority of a state agency or local government to impose other special conditions on the placement or occupancy of a recreational vehicle. [2005 c.619 §12; 2021 c.235 §1]

Note: See note under 197.492.