by Jackie Nunnery
LANCASTER—Following changes made at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, the Lancaster planning commission on Thursday, September 17, scheduled a public hearing for October 15 on revisions to its zoning ordinance to address manufactured homes and utility scale solar facilities.
Laws that took effect July 1 require localities to “permit manufactured homes in areas zoned for agriculture by expanding the requirement to all zoning districts where site-built housing is allowed, with certain conditions,” said planning/zoning director Andrea Pruett.
While the law states that “the manufactured home is to be converted to real estate and affixed to the plan,” there are many ways to affix a manufactured home to real property, but the county cannot be as specific in its ordinance, said Pruett. The new law “says localities shall not adopt or enforce any zoning, land use or development regulation that treats manufactured homes differently or more restrictive than….
