For an inbound placement, check both the parcel’s zoning and the home’s eligibility. The adopted ordinance requires a new, never-occupied manufactured home within its manufacture-age limit, including when replacing another manufactured home.
Never occupied
The inbound installation rule includes replacements and requires a home that has not been occupied.
Manufacture date matters
Manufacture must be within two years of the installation permit application under the cited ordinance.
Outbound is another question
A home's failure to qualify for a new city installation does not decide an outbound removal inquiry.
Check the unit before buying the move
Section 118-317 in the Nacogdoches adopted R-3M ordinance defines the installation requirement around prior occupancy and manufacture date: the home must not have been occupied, and manufacture must be within two years of the installation permit application. The text expressly includes replacement homes.
| Planning point | What the existing guidance says |
|---|---|
| Seller description | A seller calling a home “like new” does not establish these facts. |
| Required evidence | Obtain documentation of manufacture and occupancy history and have the city confirm eligibility before paying for an inbound haul. |
| Replacement assumption | An existing home at the destination does not by itself establish permission to replace it with a used unit. |
Describe your Nacogdoches move
State whether the home is arriving or leaving, its dimensions and the destination’s approval status.
R-3M is a district, not a citywide delivery approval
Use the city’s recent ordinance changes to identify the adopted change, then have Planning check the actual parcel. Creation of a district does not automatically rezone a particular property. The ordinance also addresses foundation and skirting requirements, which belong in the receiving installer’s scope.
Tell the transporter whether the job is inbound delivery, an outbound removal or another movement, and provide both endpoints. An outbound inquiry should not be rejected simply because the home would fail the rule for a new installation inside Nacogdoches. The transport quote supplies no placement approval or installation service.