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Sebring council adopts temporary moratorium on mobile and manufactured-home park petitions
Summary
City Council approved Ordinance No. 1535 on second and final reading, imposing a temporary moratorium on acceptance, processing and consideration of development petitions related to mobile or manufactured-home parks and associated zoning or comprehensive-plan amendments.
The City of Sebring City Council voted to approve Ordinance No. 1535 on second and final reading, imposing a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing and consideration of petitions, applications or requests for development orders related to mobile-home or manufactured-home parks.
The ordinance, read into the record by the city attorney during the meeting, says it applies to petitions for development orders “including, but not limited to, a zoning change or comprehensive plan amendment related to mobile home parks, any development which allows mobile or manufactured homes and/or includes mobile and manufactured home standards.” It includes legislative findings and directions for administrative implementation and sets out standard conflict, separability and effective-date language.
City Attorney (name not specified) summarized the measure on the dais before council members moved and seconded approval. No public comment on the ordinance was recorded in the transcript. Councilmembers voted in favor on the second and final reading; the roll call recorded affirmative votes from Hazel, Carl, Patrick, Stewart and Mr. Nagler.
Ordinance No. 1535 places a temporary pause on the city’s consideration of applications and legislative requests tied to mobile and manufactured dwelling developments while staff and council address the legislative findings and administrative steps required by the ordinance. The measure as described on the agenda text delegates specific administrative actions to implement the moratorium and preserves the usual legal provisions for conflicts and separability.
The council approved the ordinance as presented; the transcript does not record amendments to the text or additional conditions tied to the vote. The ordinance will take effect as provided in the text; the effective date in the ordinance language was not specifically read aloud in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: Ordinance No. 1535 — approved on second and final reading; roll call in the transcript shows affirmative votes from Hazel, Carl, Patrick, Stewart and Mr. Nagler.
