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Council gives Hilltop Mobile Home Park owner 30 days to submit plan after city cites code violations
Summary
The Midwest City Council granted Hilltop Mobile Home Park owner Marcell Ratcliffe additional time to address code-enforcement notices but ordered the city to provide a specific list of dilapidation concerns within 10 days and set a progress review for the next council meeting.
The Midwest City Council heard an appeal from Marcell (Marcell) Ratcliffe, owner of Hilltop Mobile Home Park, after code enforcement and building-inspection staff issued notices alleging violations of city ordinances governing mobile-home and travel-trailer parks.
"My name is Marcell Ratcliffe. My business is Hilltop," Ratcliffe told council and said her family has owned the property for decades. Ratcliffe said code enforcement originally recorded 328 notices and that she had reduced the open items to about 54 by the time notices were mailed. She argued the park existed before the ordinance she was cited under and asked the council to drop two alleged violations referenced in a building official—s letter: a separation requirement between manufactured homes and travel trailers and a dilapidation removal requirement.
City staff described the enforcement history differently. Code enforcement supervisor Mike Stroh said officers…
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