Council amends mobile-home park rules, limits new building standards to future parks

The New Iberia City Council voted to adopt a package of amendments to a proposed mobile-home park ordinance that will apply building standards only to new mobile-home parks while operational standards will apply to both new and existing parks. The change narrows the ordinance’s immediate construction requirements while keeping sanitation, maintenance and operational rules citywide, council members said. Council members and staff said the amendment is intended to avoid forcing older parks to meet construction rules meant for new development while still giving city inspectors authority over cleanliness, trash placement, parking and access. Councilor Troy Como moved the set of amendments and Councilman David Merrill seconded the motion; the council then voted to amend the ordinance and move forward with the measure. Among the items the council added or clarified: the municipal definition of a trailer or mobile-home park was retained in the ordinance text as “a lot of record on which two or more occupied trailers or mobile homes are harbored”; the ordinance keeps a stated maximum density of 12 units per acre; building…