Section 125.1175. Declaratory rulings.

The commission and the department, at the request of an interested person, may issue a declaratory ruling in accordance with the department  of   labor and economic  growth declaratory ruling procedures prescribed in R 338.81.

R 125.1185  Home Construction Standards.

(1) All new homes sold within Michigan shall comply with the construction standards promulgated by the United States department of housing and urban development, 24 C.F.R. part 1700 to 1799, and parts 3280 and 3282, under the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §601 to §628. The standards are adopted by reference in R 125.1102 of these rules. (2) All new or pre-owned United States department of housing and urban development-approved  homes  brought into or sold within the state of Michigan shall be in compliance with the requirements for the appropriate roof load. All homes sited on July 16, 1998 may be sold on the home site.

(3)      The dividing line between the south roof load zone (20 pounds per square foot) and the middle roof load zone (30 pounds per square foot) shall be the centerline of highway M-55 west from Tawas City to the intersection of highway M-115 and then northwest along the centerline of M-115 to Frankfort. The beginning and end of the dividing line shall be at waters' edge.

History: 1979 AC; 1998 AACS; 2001 AACS; 2008 AACS.