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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 21, 2023 Page 7 would be unable to protect. She thought there were certain life and safety requirements that,regardless of what the State Law says,the City would be able to enforce just as a matter of common sense. Mayor Roe explained one thing in the State Law is that, at the very end of the law, it states"Micro units must comply with municipal setback requirements established by Ordinance for manufactured homes. If a municipality does not have such an Ordinance, micro units must be set back on all sides by at least ten feet." He did have some questions about exactly how that is interpreted but pointed out the section of the City Code that was provided to the Council as a bench handout related to setbacks for manufactured homes. There are front yard setbacks, side yard setbacks, setbacks from streets,and exterior boundaries. There is also one category in the City Code that is called"Distance Between Mobile Homes Twenty Feet"but given that it is not called a setback, he was unsure if it can be enforced as one, although in the State Law it talks about ten feet on all sides. He did not know if that meant ten feet on all sides of each unit or ten feet on all sides of the cluster of units. He would be curious about this. Councilmember Strahan indicated when she read this, she was concerned that some church facilities might be able to put housing on front yards. She wondered if there was anything that would prevent that if there was ten feet around the home. Ms.Gundlach explained her thought was if Councilmember Strahan was concerned about a front yard setback, the setback standards for their manufactured home park is what would apply, and staff provided those as a bench handout. Mayor Roe did not think the City had a lot of options, but a conditional use does not make sense if other conditions cannot be applied to it. Councilmember Etten indicated he was not ready to make a motion yet,but agreed with Mayor Roe that part of what the City should be looking for is to have manufactured home park setbacks and rules come back to make sure the City's language is clear to reduce confusion in the future. Councilmember Strahan indicated this is on units under 400 square feet. She wondered if there was a next category on what constitutes a cottage home and does the City have the ability to make any changes or address that or is that something the City should consider in the future. Ms. Gundlach explained somebody wanting to take advantage of this legislation has to meet these requirements full stop and if someone wants to build a 401 square foot unit, it is considered a courtyard cottage under the City's Zoning Code and would have to meet all of the zoning requirements, the building code, connect to sewer and water, etc.