1. (a) In this section, “modular dwelling” means a building assembly or system of building subassemblies designed for habitation as a dwelling for one or more individuals:

   1. (1) that includes the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, and other service systems;
   2. (2) that is made or assembled by a manufacturer on or off the building site for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site; and
   3. (3) installed and set up according to the manufacturer's instructions on an approved foundation and support system.

2. (b) The powers granted to a local jurisdiction under this subtitle do not:

   1. (1) grant the local jurisdiction powers in any substantive area not otherwise granted to the local jurisdiction by any other public general or public local law;
   2. (2) restrict the local jurisdiction from exercising any power granted to the local jurisdiction by any other public general or public local law or otherwise;
   3. (3) authorize the local jurisdiction or its officers to engage in any activity that is beyond their power under any other public general or public local law or otherwise; or
   4. (4) preempt or supersede the regulatory authority of any unit of the State under any public general law.

3. (c)

   1. (1) If a legislative body regulates off-street parking, the legislative body shall require space for the parking of bicycles in a manner that the legislative body considers appropriate.
   2. (2) A legislative body may allow a reduction in the number of required automobile parking spaces based on the availability of space for parking bicycles.

4. (d) A legislative body may not prohibit the placement of a new manufactured home or modular dwelling in a zone that allows single-family residential uses if the home or dwelling:

   1. (1)

      1. (i) meets the definition of modular dwelling under subsection (a) of this section; or
      2. (ii) meets the definition of a manufactured home in § 9-102(a) of the Commercial Law Article and is, or will be after purchase, converted to real property in accordance with Title 8B, Subtitle 2 of the Real Property Article; or

   2. (2) is located on land:

      1. (i) currently or previously owned by the federal government;
      2. (ii) greater than 80 acres in size; and
      3. (iii) that was the site of a former U.S. military reservation.

Added by Acts 2012, c. 426, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 122, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.