Section 4-104 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Limitations(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) that includes the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, and other service systems;(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) installed and set up according to the manufacturer's instructions on an approved foundation and support system.(b) The powers granted to a local jurisdiction under this subtitle do not:(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) 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) 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) preempt or supersede the regulatory authority of any unit of the State under any public general law.(c)(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) A legislative body may allow a reduction in the number of required automobile parking spaces based on the availability of space for parking bicycles.(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)(i) meets the definition of modular dwelling under subsection (a) of this section; or(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) is located on land: (i) currently or previously owned by the federal government;(ii) greater than 80 acres in size; and(iii) that was the site of a former U.S. military reservation.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 122,Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2025.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.