Section 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: 1982 AACS; 1991 AACS; 1998 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2008 MR 11, Eff. Sept. 2, 2008.