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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4965 (2026)

Regulation of manufactured housing

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 424 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 53 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 647, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§A1,C106 (RP). PL 1987, c. 770, §§8,9 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 878, §§C32,33 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1985–2002 · leading case: Minster v. Town of Gray, 584 A.2d 646 (Me. 1990).
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Minster v. Town of Gray, 584 A.2d 646 (Me. 1990). · cites it 2× “In 1988, the Legislature amended 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965 (Supp.1983) (the Act), to be effective January 1, 1989, to provide that any municipality that allowed mobile home park developments under its zoning ordinance could not enforce minimum lot sizes in excess of 20,000 square feet.”
Paladac v. City of Rockland, 558 A.2d 372 (Me. 1989). · cites it 5× “; whether code enforcement authorities can refuse to consider evidence of compliance that is submitted after a building permit has been denied; and whether a zoning requirement that all manufactured housing be set back at least 300 feet from any dwelling over one and one-half…”
Your Home, Inc. v. City of Portland, 501 A.2d 1300 (Me. 1985). · cites it 3× “2 The Superior Court concluded that the plaintiffs’ action was moot because of the enactment of 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965 (Supp.1985-1986), which requires that as of January 1, 1985, municipalities must permit the erection of single unit manufactured housing on single house lots.”
Bangs v. Town of Wells, 2000 ME 186 (Me. 2000). “” 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965(3)(A) (1988) (repealed and recodi-fied as 30-A M.”
Sanford Props., Inc. v. Town of Sanford, 609 A.2d 287 (Me. 1992). “First, effective January 1, 1989, the law precluded towns from enforcing, with regard to then-existing mobile home park ordinances, a requirement that “the minimum size of lots within [the] parks .”
Bangs v. Inhabs. of the Town of Wells (Me. Super. Ct 2002). “City of Rockland, the Law Court determined that an ordinance violated 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965(2), not because the ordinance treated manufactured housing differently than single-family dwellings, but because there --was no zone -where-both single-family_dwellings and manufactured…”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4965(2) — 2 cases
Paladac v. City of Rockland, 558 A.2d 372 (Me. 1989). “; whether code enforcement authorities can refuse to consider evidence of compliance that is submitted after a building permit has been denied; and whether a zoning requirement that all manufactured housing be set back at least 300 feet from any dwelling over one and one-half…”
Bangs v. Inhabs. of the Town of Wells (Me. Super. Ct 2002). “City of Rockland, the Law Court determined that an ordinance violated 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965(2), not because the ordinance treated manufactured housing differently than single-family dwellings, but because there --was no zone -where-both single-family_dwellings and manufactured…”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4965(3) — 2 cases
Minster v. Town of Gray, 584 A.2d 646 (Me. 1990). “In 1988, the Legislature amended 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965 (Supp.1983) (the Act), to be effective January 1, 1989, to provide that any municipality that allowed mobile home park developments under its zoning ordinance could not enforce minimum lot sizes in excess of 20,000 square feet.”
Sanford Props., Inc. v. Town of Sanford, 609 A.2d 287 (Me. 1992). “First, effective January 1, 1989, the law precluded towns from enforcing, with regard to then-existing mobile home park ordinances, a requirement that “the minimum size of lots within [the] parks .”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4965(3)(A) — 1 case
Bangs v. Town of Wells, 2000 ME 186 (Me. 2000). “” 30 M.R.S.A. § 4965(3)(A) (1988) (repealed and recodi-fied as 30-A M.”
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