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Midwest City updates manufactured-homes code after extended council debate
Summary
After extended discussion about industry outreach and nonretroactivity, the Midwest City Council approved an ordinance rewriting Chapter 23 of the municipal code to modernize manufactured-home park rules, update definitions, change licensing and permitting rules, and add requirements for new units.
The Midwest City Council voted to adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 23 of the Midwest City Municipal Code to update rules for manufactured homes, mobile home parks and related permits.
The measure, presented by city staff, replaces portions of a code last broadly revised in 1985 and revises definitions, licensing, permit procedures and technical requirements for new manufactured homes brought into the city. City staff said the rewrite was a yearlong, multi-department effort intended to modernize language and align city practice with current state and local processes.
“Some parts have not been touched since 1985 and we needed to bring the language up to date,” said Mr. Summers, the staff presenter, summarizing the multi-department work. Summers listed changes that include…
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