Whereas manufactured homes are recognized as a common, affordable, and readily available form of housing across the province, particularly in rural areas, having limited long-term impact to underlying soil conditions due to their surface mounted design; And whereas on December 31, 2021, in an effort to provide housing flexibility in the Agricultural Land Reserve ALR, the province permitted a second dwelling unit to be constructed within the ALR to a maximum of 90 sq. m. on parcels of 40 hectares or less in size, which represents a non-standard, custom-sized manufactured home, often preventing the construction of flexible additional housing within the ALR: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM call on the provincial government to amend the Agricultural Land Reserve Act and associated regulations accordingly to permit the construction of either a 90 sq. m. accessory dwelling unit or a standard-sized manufactured home up to a maximum 148 sq. m. total floor area on parcels under 40 ha within the ALR.
