Resident urges Cloverdale to publish mobile-home rent ordinance FAQs and revisit zoning overlay

Cloverdale — A resident addressed the council during public comment seeking clearer online information about the city’s mobile-home rent ordinance and urging council to reintroduce a zoning overlay to protect existing mobile-home parks from conversion.

Nut graf: The speaker said the ordinance passed last year provided assurances for tenants and landlords but that publicly available information — FAQ pages and annual CPI-based allowable rent calculations — was not visible on the city’s website. The resident asked whether required notices had been sent to owners and tenants and asked the council to return to the zoning-overlay idea that was previously tabled.

The resident said the city previously delayed a zoning overlay to avoid slowing the ordinance adoption; they asked that council take up an overlay now to ensure mobile-home parks remain parks in perpetuity. Citing an example in nearby Petaluma where an owner issued closure notices, the speaker said Cloverdale should create a process requiring owners to seek rezoning or other approvals if they intend to exit the mobile-home business.

Council responded that staff would post informational material and FAQs at the resident’s suggestion and that the zoning-overlay idea would be brought forward for future agendas for committee review.

Ending: Staff said they will look into online FAQs and consider reissuing the agenda item on a zoning overlay for mobile-home parks for future committee and council consideration.