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Planning commission approves redevelopment of Watertown mobile home park, requires sprinklers
Summary
Rapid City Planning Commission approved a final plan development overlay to redevelop the existing mobile home park at 110 East Watertown Street, preserving 43 spaces but requiring fire suppression systems as a condition for reduced clearances and other code exceptions.
The Rapid City Planning Commission on Aug. 7 approved a final plan development overlay to redevelop the existing mobile home park at 110 East Watertown Street, allowing 43 mobile-home spaces to be renovated and 42 new HUD-certified units to be brought on site, contingent on installing fire suppression systems in the new units.
City planning staff said the 3.46-acre property is a legal, nonconforming mobile home park that currently contains 43 spaces (26 occupied, 17 vacant), a duplex and two accessory buildings. The application would consolidate four parcels into a single lot, upgrade internal roads to asphalt, and connect all new units to the master water meter before building permits are issued.
Staff and the applicant framed the project as a redevelopment rather than creation of a new park. The proposal preserves the existing number of spaces while replacing most homes: 21 one-bedroom units (14-by-40 feet) and 21 two-bedroom units (14-by-54 feet), plus one…
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