Sorry this reply took me awhile. But here's the answer. Last year the
legislature passed a law which doesn't let local jurisdictions discriminate
against either modular homes or trailer homes. This was done because
Representative McElroy has a modular home factory in his district.
So I asked Black Graham on our staff to figure out another way to make sure
these types of units would fit into residential neiughborhoods since we
couldn't prevent them outright. So now we have an administrative review
process that requires that they have a front door a certain amount of
windows etc. so that they just don't back a trailer into the lot. We know
that we have a particular property owner in the city who has snapped up a
lot of vacant lots for this purpose.
However all that being said. My sister in Ohio and her husband bought a
modular home that was built in four parts in the factory, totally finished
there, down to cupboards, etc. and then brought to the site and assembled.
If you didn't know that, you never would be able to tell it was a modular
house. Because of the assembly on site everything has to be perfect in order
for it to match up. So as in anything the term modular housing covers a
whole host of product some good some bad.
Lisa McDonald
Tenth Ward Council member
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Modular Housing in Minneapolis
>
> I would be very interested if anyone knows the status of modular housing
> in
> Minneapolis. I remember driving down Bloomington Avenue one day and
> somewhere between 26th and Lake on the West side of the street is a truly
> ugly structure - no entrance on the street frontage (it is on the side),
> no
> windows on the street side, etc. and it looks like a modular structure. I
>
> realize that the costs of these structures may be less than built in
> place,
> but it certainly does not help neighborhood appearance.
>
> Jan Del Calzo
> Lynnhurst
