Under the current Sussex County (Delaware) code, manufactured homes (MH) are lumped together with hotels, motels and tourist homes, but a new proposal under consideration would consider them as dwellings, according to villagesoup. A public hearing on a proposed RV community and campground for Castaways at Massey’s Landing triggered the possible new ordinance.

County code requires campsites be at least 400 feet from an existing dwelling. The boundary for the proposed campground falls within that dimension of homes in a nearby manufactured housing community, but because MH are not viewed there as dwellings, the setbacks have not applied.

However, that project, which had been recommended for approval by planning and zoning June 27, has not come up for a vote by county council, and as MHProNews understands, will not be approved once manufactured homes are considered dwellings under the proposed ordinance. ##

(Photo credit: Ron MacArthur/capegazette – Rehoboth Beach near Long Neck, Delaware)

(Submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews)