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Brownsville aldermen adopt ordinance aligning manufactured-home definition with state law
Summary
The Board of Aldermen approved Ordinance 1036 to update the municipal definition of “manufactured homes” to match a recently revised state definition derived from federal code; the change updates two sections of the city code but does not change other local regulations, officials said.
The Board of Aldermen for the City of Brownsville approved Ordinance 1036 during its meeting to revise the city code's definition of “manufactured homes” so it matches the new state definition, which in turn traces to the U.S. code.
City staff presented the ordinance as a technical alignment. “All this is is the reading on it, Ordinance 1036 regarding the definition of manufactured homes,” said Merrill, a staff member who presented the update. Merrill said the change updates the definition in the general definitions section and in the manufacturing/regulation section so the ordinance is consistent throughout the code.
The amendment does not alter other local regulations or add new standards, Merrill said. After a brief call for questions, aldermen moved and approved the ordinance on its reading with no recorded objections noted in the meeting transcript.
The change is limited in scope: it replaces the municipal wording with the updated state-derived definition to avoid inconsistencies between local and state law. No fiscal impacts or implementation steps beyond codification were reported during the reading.
City staff indicated the ordinance reading closed the public hearing for that item and returned the board to regular session before the motion to approve was called.
