Mesa planning board reviews proposed amendments to manufactured-home and RV park rules

The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on April 23 reviewed a staff proposal to amend Chapters 34 and 87 of Title 11 of the Mesa City Code to change rules for manufactured-home parks, manufactured-home subdivisions, recreational-vehicle parks and recreational-vehicle subdivisions. Staff recommended adoption of the amendments.

The proposal described on the agenda would: allow dwelling units of conventional construction within recreational-vehicle and manufactured-home subdivisions; add a maximum height requirement for dwelling units of conventional construction; modify how required yard setbacks are measured in manufactured-home and recreational-vehicle parks and subdivisions; revise multiple definitions (including manufactured home, manufactured home lot, manufactured home park, manufactured home subdivision, recreational vehicle accessory structure, recreational vehicle, recreational vehicle lot, recreational vehicle park, and recreational vehicle subdivision); add a definition for recreational-vehicle park model; and make minor revisions to emergency-parking language. The agenda text describes the amendment as citywide and includes a staff recommendation for adoption.

The agenda item was read into the record but the transcript supplied does not record a motion, formal vote, or additional discussion on the amendment. No public comment or board deliberations on the text are included in the provided transcript. Because the Planning and Zoning Board's role is to make a recommendation to the City Council, any final adoption would occur at a subsequent City Council action; the transcript does not show whether the board took a recommendation vote on this item.

The item appeared on the published agenda as Item 4a, "proposed amendment to chapters 34 and 87 of title 11 of the Mesa City code pertaining to manufactured home parks and subdivisions and recreational vehicle parks and subdivisions," with staff recommending adoption. The transcript shows the board read the item on the record but contains no recorded motion, vote, or further debate for Item 4a.

If the City Council considers the amendment later, the specific changes enumerated on the April 23 agenda — permitting conventional construction in certain subdivisions, a new height limit, altered setback measurement, and multiple definitional changes — would be the key points available for public review and comment.