North Carolina County and Code Starting Points

Granville County Manufactured Home Starting Points

Granville County allows manufactured homes, and it does not allow them the same way it allows houses. In the county's own general use table a single-family detached dwelling is marked Y in the AR-80, AR-40, R-25 and MHPD districts - permitted as a matter of right - and a manufactured home is marked L in those same four districts, which the county defines as a use permitted only after a limited review that decides whether your particular site meets the criteria. In the five remaining districts a manufactured home is marked N. The county writes the difference down plainly, and a homeowner who is told 'manufactured homes are allowed in Granville County' is being told something true and incomplete. The second thing to know is that the district changes the home. In AR-80, AR-40 and MHPD the home has to look residential, sit on a continuous foundation enclosure that may be vinyl or metal, have permanent steps, and have its towing hitch removed or screened. In R-25 the home itself must pass four more tests: no longer than four times its width, at least 960 square feet of heated living area, a roof pitch of at least two feet in twelve finished with ordinary shingles, and a continuous masonry foundation or curtain wall - and the wheels and axles gone, not just the hitch. The same home can be fine on an AR-80 lot and turned away on an R-25 lot a mile up the road. The third thing is sequence: the zoning permit comes first, the well and septic permits come from the Granville-Vance Health Department, and the county states that an application submitted without all necessary documentation attached will not be processed.

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Common Questions

Mobile homes in Granville County, answered from the county's own sources.

Can I put a mobile home on my land in Granville County?

Is there anything in Granville County that could stop a mobile home on this land?

R-25 asks the home to pass four tests a single-wide usually fails. Section 32-194 splits into two subsections, and the split is by district. In AR-80, AR-40 and MHPD the rules are about how the home is finished and secured. In R-25 the county adds four requirements about the home itself, and they are the requirements that decide whether an ordinary single-wide can be placed at all. A 14-foot-wide home 70 feet long has a length more than four times its width. A 14 by 66 single-wide is 924 square feet of floor area before anything is deducted, under the 960 square feet of enclosed and heated living area R-25 asks for. Many single-wides carry roof pitches shallower than two in twelve. The zoning permit and the health permits come first, and an incomplete application is not processed. The county publishes a four-step handout titled Steps for Obtaining a Building Permit for Mobile Homes, and the order in it is the schedule risk. Step one is a zoning permit from whichever jurisdiction your property sits in. Step two is the well and septic permits from the Granville-Vance Health Department, unless the property is on city water and sewer. Step three is the lien agent appointment. Only step four is the permit application - and the handout says, in capitals, to attach all necessary documentation or the application will not be processed. The published inspection guide is not written for a manufactured home. Granville County publishes a Guide for Residential Inspections, revised 7/1/2023, and it is the only inspection sequence found in the sources read. Its setup stages are named for other kinds of home: stage 7 is Modular Foundation/Moving House onto Lot, stage 8 is Modular Marriage Wall, and stage 9 is On-frame Modular Setup/Rough-In. A modular home and a manufactured home are different homes built to different codes, and this page will not pretend one document covers both. Source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32 Land Development Code, Sec. 32-194 Manufactured homes, reviewed 2026-09-13.

Which zoning districts in Granville County allow a mobile home?

A house is allowed by right where a manufactured home needs a review. Granville County's general use table, table 03.110A, has one row for Single-Family Detached and one row for Manufactured Home, and in the four districts where housing is allowed they do not carry the same letter. The house row reads Y in AR-80, AR-40, R-25 and MHPD. The manufactured-home row reads L in the same four. The county defines both symbols itself in section 32-141: Y is a permitted use, where the use is permitted as a matter of right subject to all performance standards, and L is a use permitted subject to limited review - a review that decides whether the locational, design or other criteria of section 32-191 have been met for the proposed site. The county even states the consequence in its own definition: not all properties may meet these requirements, thus limiting the sites upon which the use may be built. Source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32 Land Development Code, Sec. 32-194 Manufactured homes, reviewed 2026-09-13.

What setbacks and lot size does Granville County require for a mobile home?

Lot size, width and setbacks, with the caveat the table itself creates. Table 04.100B in section 32-262 sets the minimum lot area, lot width, street, side and rear yards, and maximum height for each district. The table carries more than one unlabeled row for each residential district, and the code does not name which use each row belongs to. The numbers below are the first row published for each district and they are quoted that way. Which row governs your lot is a question for the county. Source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32 Land Development Code, Sec. 32-194 Manufactured homes, reviewed 2026-09-13.

Can I put a mobile home in a park or community in Granville County?

Park rules are park rules, and they are not the rules for your own lot. Section 32-196 covers a manufactured home park or subdivision, and a Manufactured Home Park is marked L in the MHPD district and N everywhere else. If you are buying a home to place in an existing park, these are the standards the park is held to - and some of them, like the two sets of steps, reach the home itself. Source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32 Land Development Code, Sec. 32-194 Manufactured homes, reviewed 2026-09-13.

Manufactured Home Placement Questions

Start with what the sources actually support.

Do I need a permit for a mobile home in Granville County?

A manufactured home is marked L in the AR-80, AR-40, R-25 and MHPD districts - permitted subject to limited review, not as a matter of right

A single-family detached dwelling is marked Y - permitted as a matter of right - in those same four districts, so the home you buy decides which of the two rows you are in

A manufactured home is marked N, prohibited, in the county's five other districts: HB, NB, I-1, I-2 and O/I

The county defines limited review as a review that decides whether the locational, design or other criteria of section 32-191 are met for the proposed site, and section 32-191 says every limited use completes a site plan review

In AR-80, AR-40 and MHPD the home needs residential exterior finishes - ribbed or corrugated tin or plastic panels are excluded

In those districts the home needs a continuous uniform foundation enclosure, which may be brick, stone, concrete block, wood, vinyl paneling or metal made for the purpose, with any wood framing built of treated lumber

In those districts the towing hitch must be removed or permanently screened with shrubbery or with the enclosure material

In R-25 the home's length may not exceed four times its width, measured along the longest axis against the narrowest part

In R-25 the home needs a minimum of 960 square feet of enclosed and heated living area per dwelling area

In R-25 the roof must rise at least two feet for every 12 feet of run and be finished with a shingle commonly used in standard residential construction

In R-25 the foundation screening must be a continuous permanent masonry foundation or masonry curtain wall - vinyl and metal are not accepted there

In R-25 the moving hitch, the wheels and axles, and the transporting lights must all have been removed

Permanent or precast steps are required at all exterior doors, and every means of entry and exit must be built to the North Carolina Building Code and anchored securely to the ground

All areas not used for parking, the home, or required porches, decks and steps must be landscaped or graded so soil does not erode and surface water does not damage the street right-of-way or the neighbours

All of these standards must be met before the county's final inspection

The zoning permit comes from the county only if the property is outside city limits - Oxford, Creedmoor, Butner, Stovall and Stem each issue their own

Well and septic permits come from the Granville-Vance Health Department, and the county's handout says to skip that step only if the property is on city water and sewer

A lien agent appointment must be filed for the project under the North Carolina law effective April 1, 2013

The county states that an application submitted without all necessary documentation attached will not be processed

A final certificate of occupancy cannot be scheduled until the septic final, well final, termite certificate, energy code compliance certificate, duct leak test report, building air leakage report, Falls Lake stormwater approval where it applies, and any reinspection fees are all in hand

Reinspection fees are $75 for the first trip, $150 for the second and $300 for the third

The section that governed mobile homes built before 1976 was repealed on April 19, 2021, and no age cutoff was found in the sections read

Granville County Local Process Guide

Official-source-backed starting points and questions to verify.

These sections organize the public source links already reviewed for this page. Where a source does not answer a project-specific question, the item is framed as something to ask the county, AHJ, utility company, licensed professional, dealer, setup contractor, or responsible provider.

The finding

A house is allowed by right where a manufactured home needs a review.

Granville County's general use table, table 03.110A, has one row for Single-Family Detached and one row for Manufactured Home, and in the four districts where housing is allowed they do not carry the same letter. The house row reads Y in AR-80, AR-40, R-25 and MHPD. The manufactured-home row reads L in the same four. The county defines both symbols itself in section 32-141: Y is a permitted use, where the use is permitted as a matter of right subject to all performance standards, and L is a use permitted subject to limited review - a review that decides whether the locational, design or other criteria of section 32-191 have been met for the proposed site. The county even states the consequence in its own definition: not all properties may meet these requirements, thus limiting the sites upon which the use may be built.

This is the difference between 'you may build' and 'you may apply'. Both rows are permission of a kind, and only one of them is decided before you buy.
Section 32-191 adds a step people do not expect: all limited, minor or major special uses shall complete a site plan review process. A site plan is a drawing of your lot, and producing one is work and usually money.
The limited review is processed by the land development administrator, which is the county officer named in section 32-141 - not the board of adjustment and not the commissioners. That is the office to call with a parcel number before you sign anything.
In the county's five other districts - HB, NB, I-1, I-2 and O/I - the manufactured-home row reads N, and section 32-141 says no use prohibited in a district shall be permitted under any circumstances.
Nothing read states what the limited review costs or how long it takes. No fee and no review time is quoted on this page because none was found in the sources read.

Adverse finding

R-25 asks the home to pass four tests a single-wide usually fails.

Section 32-194 splits into two subsections, and the split is by district. In AR-80, AR-40 and MHPD the rules are about how the home is finished and secured. In R-25 the county adds four requirements about the home itself, and they are the requirements that decide whether an ordinary single-wide can be placed at all. A 14-foot-wide home 70 feet long has a length more than four times its width. A 14 by 66 single-wide is 924 square feet of floor area before anything is deducted, under the 960 square feet of enclosed and heated living area R-25 asks for. Many single-wides carry roof pitches shallower than two in twelve.

R-25 test one: the home's length may not exceed four times its width, length measured along the longest axis and width at the narrowest part of the axis.
R-25 test two: a minimum of 960 square feet of enclosed and heated living area per dwelling area.
R-25 test three: a roof with a minimum vertical rise of two feet for each 12 feet of horizontal run, finished with a type of shingle commonly used in standard residential construction.
R-25 test four: screening of the foundation area by a continuous permanent masonry foundation or masonry curtain wall built to the North Carolina Building Code, unbroken except for required ventilation and access. The vinyl and metal enclosure that satisfies AR-80 does not satisfy R-25.
R-25 also requires that the moving hitch, the wheels and axles, and the transporting lights have all been removed - more than the hitch-only rule in the other districts.
The practical consequence: the same home is buyable for one lot and unbuildable for another, and the district is a fact about the land, not about the home. Confirm the district before you choose the home, not after.
These are the county's zoning standards for appearance and size. They are separate from the state installation requirements, and meeting one set does not satisfy the other.

Adverse finding

The zoning permit and the health permits come first, and an incomplete application is not processed.

The county publishes a four-step handout titled Steps for Obtaining a Building Permit for Mobile Homes, and the order in it is the schedule risk. Step one is a zoning permit from whichever jurisdiction your property sits in. Step two is the well and septic permits from the Granville-Vance Health Department, unless the property is on city water and sewer. Step three is the lien agent appointment. Only step four is the permit application - and the handout says, in capitals, to attach all necessary documentation or the application will not be processed.

The lot answers land before the county sees your application. A septic permit that comes back requiring a different system, a different location or a smaller home changes what you can buy - and by then a deposit may already be down.
The zoning permit is issued by a different office depending on where the parcel is: Granville County Zoning outside city limits, or the City of Oxford, the City of Creedmoor, the Town of Butner, the Town of Stovall or the Town of Stem inside theirs.
The health department is a two-county department - Granville-Vance - and it is not the same office as county zoning or county inspections. Three separate offices have to say yes before an application is complete.
The lien agent appointment is a North Carolina requirement for construction projects beginning on or after April 1, 2013, filed at LiensNC.com. It is easy to miss because it is not a county office at all.
The county lists what the application must carry with it: the signed zoning permit, the health department permits, the signed building permit application, and detailed drawings or plans for the project.
An application returned unprocessed does not tell you your project is refused. It tells you nothing yet, and the calendar keeps moving. Ask the Development Services office for the document list for your job before you file.

Adverse finding

The published inspection guide is not written for a manufactured home.

Granville County publishes a Guide for Residential Inspections, revised 7/1/2023, and it is the only inspection sequence found in the sources read. Its setup stages are named for other kinds of home: stage 7 is Modular Foundation/Moving House onto Lot, stage 8 is Modular Marriage Wall, and stage 9 is On-frame Modular Setup/Rough-In. A modular home and a manufactured home are different homes built to different codes, and this page will not pretend one document covers both.

No manufactured-home-specific inspection checklist was found for Granville County in the sources read. That is recorded as not found, and it is not a statement that no inspections apply.
What the guide does state applies to any final: before a final certificate of occupancy can be scheduled the county needs the septic final, the well final, the termite treatment certificate, the energy code compliance certificate, the duct leak test report, the building air leakage report, Falls Lake stormwater approval where it applies, and any reinspection fees paid.
Reinspection fees escalate: $75 for the first trip, $150 for the second, $300 for the third. A failed inspection has a price here, and who pays it is a question for your contract.
The stage 9 description - call when all piers and tie downs are installed, plumbing, electrical and mechanical rough-in has been done with a test, and prior to skirting being installed - is the closest published description of a setup inspection, but it is written for an on-frame modular home. Ask Development Services which stages they will call for your manufactured home.
Falls Lake stormwater approval appears in the county's own final-inspection list with the words 'if applicable'. Whether it applies to your parcel is a parcel question, and it is worth asking before the home is on the ground rather than at the final.

The numbers

Lot size, width and setbacks, with the caveat the table itself creates.

Table 04.100B in section 32-262 sets the minimum lot area, lot width, street, side and rear yards, and maximum height for each district. The table carries more than one unlabeled row for each residential district, and the code does not name which use each row belongs to. The numbers below are the first row published for each district and they are quoted that way. Which row governs your lot is a question for the county.

AR-80 first row: 80,000 square feet minimum lot area per dwelling unit, 150 feet of lot width, a 50-foot street yard, a 15-foot side yard, a 25-foot rear yard and a 35-foot maximum height.
AR-40 first row: 44,000 square feet, 150 feet of width, 50 feet street, 15 feet side, 25 feet rear, 35 feet high.
R-25 first row: 40,000 square feet, 150 feet of width, 50 feet street, 15 feet side, 25 feet rear, 35 feet high.
MHPD first row: 40,000 square feet, 150 feet of width, 50 feet street, 15 feet side, 25 feet rear, 35 feet high.
Each of those districts also publishes a 25,000-square-foot row at 100 feet of width with the same setbacks, and a two-acre row at 200 feet of width with a 50-foot street yard, a 25-foot side yard and a 50-foot rear yard. The code does not label which use each row serves.
The table's footnote allows uncovered stairs, landings, terraces, porches, balconies and fire escapes to project into a setback by no more than seven feet, and never closer than ten feet to a property line. Steps and a landing are required at every exterior door, so this footnote is a real constraint on a tight lot.
No septic separation distances are quoted on this page. The full numerical septic setback table was not found in the sections read, and the Granville-Vance Health Department is the authority that answers it.

If the home is going in a park

Park rules are park rules, and they are not the rules for your own lot.

Section 32-196 covers a manufactured home park or subdivision, and a Manufactured Home Park is marked L in the MHPD district and N everywhere else. If you are buying a home to place in an existing park, these are the standards the park is held to - and some of them, like the two sets of steps, reach the home itself.

Every home in a park must have skirting completely enclosing the perimeter in materials compatible with the exterior, or other materials approved by the county building inspector, plus a 24-inch by 36-inch access door to the crawl space.
Every home must have two complete sets of steps, of precast concrete, mortared concrete block, metal or wood as approved by the county building inspector.
No more than one home may be parked on any one space, and no living compartment other than a Florida room or a prefabricated structure made for the purpose may be added to a home.
Each home must sit at least 100 feet back from any public road or highway right-of-way, and each space must be clearly numbered so the number can be seen from the access street.
Where a park adjoins AR-80, AR-40 or R-25 land or an existing residential subdivision, a 25-foot buffer strip planted with evergreen trees and shrubbery is required along that boundary.
Park streets are paved on a three-year schedule: four inches of crushed stone in year one, three more inches added and packed in year two, then eight inches of packed stone paved with two inches of asphalt in year three. Maintenance of those private streets is the owner's or operator's.
None of this is a rule for a home on its owner's own land, and this page does not carry it across.

What is not written down

Several answers were not found in the sources read, and that is not a yes.

Every item below was looked for in the Granville County sources named on this page and was not found there. Nothing found is recorded as nothing found. A town ordinance, a watershed or flood provision, a recorded covenant, or a written answer from county staff can still supply the answer for your parcel.

No age cutoff for a manufactured home was found in the sections read. Section 32-193, which the code's editor's note says pertained to mobile homes, pre-1976, was repealed by the April 19, 2021 amendment, and the same amendment changed the title of section 32-194 from 'manufactured homes, post-1976' to 'Manufactured homes'. The repeal of an age section is not permission to place an older home: the state's manufactured-home program and the federal standards still govern what may be installed, and the county is the office to ask.
No standalone minimum width rule was found. The width constraint in R-25 is the four-to-one length-to-width ratio and the 960-square-foot floor area, not a stated number of feet.
No poured-footing-only rule, no pier or footer dimensions and no anchoring specification were found in the county sections read. The state installation requirements are what govern there.
No gutter requirement and no driveway surface requirement for a home on its own lot were found. The three-year paving schedule in section 32-196 is a park street standard.
No seed, hay or planting specification was found. The landscaping rule in section 32-194 is stated as a performance - landscaped or graded to prevent erosion and to remove surface water without damaging rights-of-way or neighbouring property.
No individual house-numeral size and no mailbox specification were found. The numbering rule that was found is a park rule: each space clearly numbered so as to be seen from the access street.
No general county tree-cutting ordinance was found in the sections read.
No permit fee amount and no review time are quoted anywhere on this page, because none was read from a Granville County source. The reinspection fees of $75, $150 and $300 are the only figures published in the documents read.
Nothing is quoted here from the county's watershed or flood provisions. They were not read in this session, and not read is recorded as not read - never as the county being silent.

One more thing to verify

Two cross-references in the use table point at sections that now hold other subjects.

This is small, and it costs a homeowner an afternoon. The use table's Other column sends the reader to section 32-230 for a hardship mobile home and to section 32-229 for a mobile home used as an office or exhibition. In the code as published today, section 32-230 is Adult establishments and section 32-229 is Designed group developments. The standards with those titles are five sections earlier: hardship mobile homes are at section 32-225 and a mobile home for temporary use as an office is at section 32-224.

If you follow the table's pointer you land on the wrong rule, and nothing on the page tells you so.
What section 32-225 actually says about a hardship mobile home: the lot owner is the applicant, the lot must already contain a single-family dwelling, the home may be occupied only by a named relative, a genuine hardship based on medical reasons must be documented by a letter on professional stationery signed by the attending physician, only one is permitted at a time, the home must meet the district setbacks, the approval is reviewed 12 months after it is granted and annually thereafter, and the home must be removed when the hardship ends.
The hardship row is marked MinS in the four residential districts. The code's own symbol list in section 32-141 defines Y, N, L, C and MajS and does not define MinS - C is the symbol it explains as a minor special use decided by the board of adjustment.
This page records both mismatches as observations of the published text on 2026-09-13, not as errors established with the county. Ask the land development administrator which section governs before relying on either.

Local Prerequisites To Verify

Environmental health, utilities, zoning, and access may shape the sequence.

Septic approval or existing-system review

County sources often require septic approval, construction authorization, or existing-system authorization before or alongside manufactured-home permitting.

Septic

Well or water availability

County sources may require well, public water, or water-sewer tap documentation before a permit can move forward.

Well Plumbing

Water/sewer availability

Some county sources ask for sewer approval, tap receipts, or public water documentation when applicable.

Plumbing Septic Well

Utility service availability

Some county sources connect power release or final readiness to completed trade inspections or utility-provider steps.

Electrical HVAC Propane / Gas

Zoning or land-use review

County sources may require zoning, municipal zoning, watershed, floodplain, or land-use review before manufactured-home placement.

Engineering

Driveway or access

Driveway, access, or delivery-route questions belong in the library only where county or source-backed process notes make them relevant.

Driveway Improvement Grading and Site Preparation Transport and Setup

Inspection-Related Scopes

Limited to source-backed manufactured-home scopes.

Grading and Site Preparation

Use only where source-backed county or state guidance ties grading to pad, drainage, foundation readiness, access, footers, or setup readiness.

Several county sources reference site grading, drainage, footings, setup readiness, or documents needed before power or final signoff.

Transport and Setup

Core manufactured-home installation scope for delivery, setup, pier/blocking, anchoring, tie-downs, setup contractor information, and inspection readiness.

The NC Installation Manual is the primary statewide installation source; county manufactured-home process pages may add local setup contractor, permit, and inspection steps.

Electrical

Electrical service, site-installed electrical work, utility handoffs, and inspection readiness when source-backed.

County sources commonly separate electrical permits or inspections for mobile/manufactured-home setup.

Plumbing

Plumbing connections, water and waste lines, pressure or water tests, and final readiness where source-backed.

County sources commonly separate plumbing permits or inspections for mobile/manufactured-home setup.

HVAC

Mechanical systems, heat pump or air-conditioning work, ducting, and final readiness where source-backed.

County sources commonly reference mechanical permits or inspections for mobile/manufactured-home setup.

Propane / Gas

Use only when official guidance mentions gas service, gas appliance connections, LP systems, fuel-gas inspection, pressure testing, shutoffs, or installation-manual requirements.

Onslow County explicitly groups gas fuel work with prescriptive code and NC manufactured-home regulations for manufactured-home permits.

Decks / Stairs / Landings / Handicap Ramps

Egress, steps, landings, handrails, ramps, deck thresholds, and final access readiness where source-backed.

County manufactured-home guides may reference stoops, steps, landings, handrails, and deck-size thresholds.

Masonry / Block / Foundation

Footings, piers, blocking, masonry skirting/foundation presentation, soil bearing, anchorage, and foundation readiness where source-backed.

County sources reference footings, piers, blocking, anchorage, soil bearing, tie-downs, or foundation-related items in inspection processes.

Vinyl Skirting

Skirting or underpinning only where source-backed guidance connects it to inspection timing, access, ventilation, appearance, or placement requirements.

County manufactured-home inspection documents may reference skirting timing, access panels, or underpinning requirements.

Trim-Out / Carpentry

Use only where official guidance touches final trim-out, marriage line completion, close-up, access panels, finish details, weatherproofing, or readiness for final inspection.

Onslow County references marriage wall inspection for multi-wide homes and close-up type items within manufactured-home setup inspections.

Questions To Ask The County

Bring better questions to the right local office.

Which zoning district is my parcel in, and is it inside the limits of Oxford, Creedmoor, Butner, Stovall or Stem?

If my parcel is in R-25, does the home I am buying meet all four of the R-25 tests - the four-to-one ratio, 960 square feet, the two-in-twelve roof and the masonry curtain wall?

What does the limited review look at for my site, how long does it take, and who decides it?

Which row of the bulk table applies to my lot - the minimum lot area, the lot width and the street, side and rear setbacks?

Has the Granville-Vance Health Department issued the well and septic permits for this lot, and do they match the home I have chosen?

Is my project inside the Falls Lake watershed, and will stormwater approval be required before the final?

Which inspection stages apply to a manufactured home here, given that the published guide is written for modular and on-frame modular homes?

Who files the lien agent appointment for my project, and when?

What is on the county's list of necessary documentation for my application, so it is not returned unprocessed?

If an inspection fails, who pays the $75, $150 or $300 reinspection fee - me or the contractor?

Dealer Quote Responsibility Questions

Ask who owns each step before the project depends on it.

Which zoning district is the lot in, and have you confirmed it with Granville County rather than assumed it?

If the lot is R-25, does this home meet the four-to-one length-to-width ratio, 960 square feet of heated area, a two-in-twelve roof pitch with residential shingles, and a masonry curtain wall?

Is the masonry foundation enclosure in this quote, or is it my line to pay for?

Who prepares and submits the site plan for the limited review, and is that cost in your price?

Who obtains the zoning permit, and from which office - the county, or the town my parcel is in?

Who files the lien agent appointment at LiensNC.com, and when?

Are the permanent steps and landings at every exterior door included, anchored to the ground as the county requires?

Will the towing hitch, the wheels, the axles and the transporting lights be removed, and is that in writing?

If an inspection fails, who pays the reinspection fee - the first at $75, the second at $150, the third at $300?

What To Gather

Better details make county and provider questions clearer.

The parcel identification number and the zoning district, and whether the parcel is inside Oxford, Creedmoor, Butner, Stovall or Stem

The home's width, length, heated square footage and roof pitch, from the manufacturer's specification rather than from a brochure

Whether the lot will be on a well and septic system or on city water and sewer

The well and septic permits from the Granville-Vance Health Department, or the written approval to connect to city water and sewer

A site plan showing the home, the driveway, the septic area and the distances to every property line

The lien agent appointment filing for the project

Whether any part of the parcel drains to Falls Lake

The date of manufacture of the home, so the county can answer the age question directly

Related provider types

Transport and Setup Septic Well Electrical Plumbing HVAC Grading and Site Preparation Driveway Improvement

Related project stages

Purchasing or Acquiring Land Permits, Septic, and Utilities Preparing Your Land Setup and Installation After Installation / Move-In

Source notes

Every quotation on this page was read cold from a Granville County source on 2026-09-13: the county's Municode code content for sections 32-141, 32-142, 32-191, 32-194, 32-196, 32-224, 32-225 and 32-262, its Steps for Obtaining a Building Permit for Mobile Homes handout, and its Guide for Residential Inspections. No brief, summary or second-hand description was used.

The code read is Granville County's Code of Ordinances as published on Municode, supplement 24 update 1, codified through January 20, 2026. The reader copy is at library.municode.com/nc/granville_county/codes/code_of_ordinances.

The headline finding rests on two rows of table 03.110A in section 32-142 - Single-Family Detached marked Y and Manufactured Home marked L in AR-80, AR-40, R-25 and MHPD - and on the definitions of those symbols in section 32-141, which the county writes itself.

The requirement that a limited use complete a site plan review process is from section 32-191, and the statement that limited review is processed by the land development administrator is from section 32-141.

The AR-80, AR-40 and MHPD standards and the four additional R-25 tests are from section 32-194 as amended April 19, 2021. The editor's note recording that the section's title changed from 'manufactured homes, post-1976', and the note recording that section 32-193 - mobile homes, pre-1976 - was repealed by the same amendment, are both published with those sections.

The observation that a 14 by 66 single-wide is 924 square feet is arithmetic on the home's nominal dimensions, shown to make the 960-square-foot rule concrete. It is not a county statement, and the heated area of a specific home is a question for the manufacturer's specification.

The park standards are from section 32-196 and are labelled as park standards throughout. They are not applied on this page to a home on its owner's own lot.

The bulk numbers are the first published row for each district in table 04.100B of section 32-262. The table carries additional unlabeled rows for each district and the code does not say which use each row serves, so the applicable row for any particular lot is recorded here as a county and parcel question rather than answered.

The four permit steps, the offices and telephone numbers, the LiensNC filing and the capitalised warning that an application without documentation will not be processed are from the county's Steps for Obtaining a Building Permit for Mobile Homes handout. That handout shows no revision date, so its as-of date is the date it was read.

The inspection stages, the documents required before a final certificate of occupancy can be scheduled, and the $75, $150 and $300 reinspection fees are from the Guide for Residential Inspections, revised 7/1/2023. That document is a residential guide whose setup stages name modular and on-frame modular homes; this page says so rather than presenting it as a manufactured-home checklist.

The cross-reference mismatch is recorded as an observation of the published text on 2026-09-13: table 03.110A cites section 32-230 for a hardship mobile home and section 32-229 for a mobile home office, while the sections carrying those titles in the same supplement are 32-225 and 32-224. No county confirmation of that observation is claimed.

The items listed under what is not written down were looked for in the sources named on this page and were not found there. Nothing found is never read as permission and never read as a prohibition.

Nothing was read from the county's watershed or flood provisions in this session, and nothing from them is quoted. The Falls Lake stormwater line on this page is the county's own wording in its final-inspection document, including its 'if applicable'.

No written answer from Granville County Development Services, county zoning, or the Granville-Vance Health Department is on file for this page, and no staff confirmation is claimed. No staff names appear here, and no project approval, inspection result or utility-release outcome is implied.

Helpful Next Steps

Move from Granville County questions into the right My Manufactured Home Guide path.

Use these pages to organize the next question by stage, responsibility, utility path, setup readiness, or private project summary. They do not replace county, utility, AHJ, or professional confirmation.

Do I need a permit for a mobile home in North Carolina?

The statewide permit question, before Granville County's four-step order of operations.

How to check zoning for a manufactured home

In Granville County the district decides which home you can buy; this is how to ask the question.

Manufactured-home site plan checklist

A limited review here means a site plan review, so this is the list to have ready.

Source Hierarchy

State installation guidance first, then local process.

The NC Installation Manual sets how a home is installed statewide. Granville County's own offices set the permit steps, zoning, septic and inspections.

NC installation guidance

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Primary statewide installation source: NC Installation Manual

Primary statewide installation source for North Carolina manufactured-home installation requirements, published as the State of North Carolina Regulations for Manufactured Homes.

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State program authority: NC OSFM Manufactured Homes

Official state manufactured-homes program landing page and document hub; use the NC Installation Manual for installation-specific requirement details.

state program authority

State program authority: NC OSFM Manufactured Building

Official NC OSFM manufactured building division page for manufactured and modular housing resources.

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Granville County local process sources

County and local AHJ sources explain local process layers; they do not replace statewide installation guidance or project-specific authority.

County Links and Source Notes

Official source links reviewed for this page.

We organize Granville County's own sources. Rules change — confirm them with the county before you rely on them.

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Local ordinance source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32 Land Development Code, Sec. 32-194 Manufactured homes

The section that sets what a manufactured home must be and must have in each district where one is allowed. Subsection (a) covers AR-80, AR-40 and MHPD; subsection (b) sets the four extra tests that apply in R-25. Read cold on 2026-09-13 from the county's Municode code content, supplement 24 update 1, codified through January 20, 2026. The section carries an editor's note recording that the April 19, 2021 amendment changed its title from 'manufactured homes, post-1976'.

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Purpose and coverage: local process source
Last verified: 2026-09-13
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Fallback status: Direct local-process starting point

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Local ordinance source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32, Secs. 32-141 and 32-142 - the symbols and the general use table

Section 32-141 defines the symbols used in the use table - Y a permitted use as a matter of right, N a prohibited use, L a use permitted subject to limited review, MajS a major special use - and section 32-142 carries table 03.110A itself. The manufactured-home row and the single-family detached row are the evidence behind the headline finding on this page. Read cold on 2026-09-13.

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Local ordinance source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32, Sec. 32-196 Manufactured home park or subdivision

The park and subdivision standards - skirting and a crawl-space access door, two complete sets of steps, the 100-foot setback from a public road right-of-way, the 25-foot planted buffer beside AR or R-25 land, and the three-year street paving schedule. These are rules for a park, not for a home on its owner's own lot, and this page keeps them separate. Read cold on 2026-09-13.

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Last verified: 2026-09-13
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Local ordinance source: Granville County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 32, Sec. 32-262 District performance standards - table 04.100B bulk standards

The lot-size, lot-width, setback and height table for every district. It carries more than one unlabeled row for each residential district, so which row governs your lot is a county and parcel question - the numbers on this page are quoted as the first row for each district and are marked that way. Read cold on 2026-09-13.

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Purpose and coverage: local process source
Last verified: 2026-09-13
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Fallback status: Direct local-process starting point

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Local process source: Granville County, Steps for Obtaining a Building Permit for Mobile Homes

The county's own four-step handout for a mobile home: the zoning permit from whichever jurisdiction your property sits in, the well and septic permits from the Granville-Vance Health Department, the lien agent appointment, and the permit application with every document attached. It carries the county's own capitalised warning that an application without the documentation will not be processed. Read cold on 2026-09-13; the handout shows no revision date, so the as-of date is the read date.

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Purpose and coverage: local process source
Last verified: 2026-09-13
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Fallback status: Direct local-process starting point

local process source

Local process source: Granville County Development Services, Guide for Residential Inspections

The inspection stages the county publishes, the list of documents required before a final certificate of occupancy can be scheduled, and the reinspection fees of $75, $150 and $300. It is a residential guide revised 7/1/2023 and it is not a manufactured-home checklist: its setup stages are written for modular and on-frame modular homes, which are a different kind of home. Read cold on 2026-09-13.

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Purpose and coverage: local process source
Last verified: 2026-09-13
Link health: Verified when reviewed; reconfirm the current page or form before relying on it.
Fallback status: Direct local-process starting point

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