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Council adopts ordinance related to mobile-home placement for Dorothy Bridgewater after divided vote
Summary
The Tangipahoa Parish Council adopted Ordinance 25-21 addressing a variance request for mobile/manufactured-home placement for Dorothy Bridgewater despite a planning commission denial; council vote was 6–3–1.
The Tangipahoa Parish Council adopted Ordinance 25-21, an item relating to a variance request to allow placement of one manufactured home on a single lot for Dorothy Bridgewater (assessment number 2686708).
Dorothy Bridgewater, the applicant, told the council she is trying to replace an older home on her property and cannot afford a full rebuild: "I'm barely. I'm in there. I'm in 1 room." She asked for the council's consideration so she could replace her home with a manufactured unit.
Council staff noted that the planning commission had voted to deny Bridgewater's variance request for lack of required acreage. During floor debate Councilmember Joseph said he visited the site "not once, but twice," agreed with the planning commission and staff, and concluded, "my voice is no." Despite those objections the council approved the ordinance on a recorded vote: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 abstention.
The council did not record in the meeting transcript additional conditions attached to the ordinance. The planning office's denial and council action were both recorded on the agenda. The parish clerk will publish the adopted ordinance language and any conditions in the official minutes and codified ordinance record.
Votes: Motion to adopt was made by Mister Wells and seconded by Mister Rydstel; recorded roll-call results were 6 yes, 3 no, 1 abstention.
