Fannin County opens public hearing to remove decal requirement for manufactured homes

Fannin County commissioners opened a public hearing to consider an amendment removing the county's requirement that owners of manufactured homes report location and obtain an annual decal.

The change under consideration would delete Section 46-23, "Location disclosure and decal required," from the county code. The amendment follows a change in state law that the county said eliminated the prior sticker requirement for manufactured homes.

At the hearing, a county official explained that the existing ordinance required "Every person holding title to or possession of a ... manufactured home ... shall report the location ... and obtain a local decal ... annually no later than April 1," and that language is what the proposed amendment would remove. Commissioners noted that state law has changed and that, under county procedure, two public hearings are required to amend an ordinance.

No members of the public raised substantive comments during the portion of the meeting recorded. Commissioners asked for discussion before opening the public comment period and none were offered. The hearing was therefore left open for the statutorily required additional reading and comment before the board takes final action.

The action at this meeting was limited to opening the first required public hearing and reading the ordinance language being proposed for removal. The county did not adopt the amendment at this session; final action will await the second public hearing and any further formal vote.

Commissioners and county staff identified the ordinance section being amended (Section 46-23) and described the procedural next steps; no vote or directive to staff beyond continuing the hearing was recorded.