This article is based on the Affordable Housing Act of 1983 and may be so known and cited.
Based on legislative findings and declarations:
A. Only 1/2 of the estimated annual need for new housing units in New
Jersey has actually been constructed.
B. The costs of conventional housing construction, mortgages, land and
utilities have increased tremendously, making it difficult for the
majority of the population to afford conventional housing.
C. The community has responsibility to encourage alternate means of
housing.
D. The design, durability and appearance of manufactured housing has
improved significantly so that many manufactured homes are difficult
to distinguish from conventional homes.
E. Despite improvements in manufactured homes, their cost has not escalated
accordingly; hence, these homes remain affordable for the general
population.
F. Therefore, it is in the public interest and the purpose of this article
to promote the use of manufactured homes in order to provide affordable
housing.
The Borough of Buena shall permit manufactured homes on land,
the title to which is owned by the manufactured home owner, subject
to the regulations of this chapter.
The Borough of Buena shall not exclude or restrict, through
its development regulations, the use, location, placement or joining
of sections of manufactured homes which are not less than 22 feet
wide; are on land, the title to which is held by the manufactured
home owner; and are located on permanent foundations, unless those
regulations shall be equally applicable to all buildings and structures
of similar use.
When reviewing and approving regulations pertaining to residential
developments, the Planning Board shall review those regulations to
determine whether or not mobile home parks are a practical means of
providing affordable housing within the municipality.
Trailers shall not be subject to the provisions of this article.