Planning commission accepts minutes after clarifying mobile home park trash enclosure rule

The City of Twentynine Palms Planning Commission approved its previous meeting minutes after commissioners sought clarification on trash-enclosure requirements for mobile home parks.

Commissioners reviewed language in the minutes that said mobile home parks would require two trash enclosures if the parcel is under five acres and three for each additional five-acre increment. One commissioner said staff member Jessica had called and recalled the discussion slightly differently, prompting commissioners to restate their recollection: if individual homes in a park receive separate trash service, those homes would not be required to use shared enclosures; otherwise the commission recalled agreeing to require shared trash enclosures at the counts noted in the minutes.

Following that clarification, a commissioner moved to accept the minutes as written; another commissioner seconded. The motion passed by voice vote with the attending commissioners recorded as "aye" in the transcript (individual yea votes were given by Commissioner Garcia, Commissioner Crucio, Commissioner Paul Hanna and Vice Chair Keogh). The transcript does not include a roll-call tally beyond the recorded ayes.

Commissioners also noted that staff could place the mobile-home-related code items on a future agenda for further alignment with ongoing mobile home specialty park work.

Details from the meeting: - Minutes language under discussion: two trash enclosures for parcels under five acres, three enclosures per five acres thereafter (as noted in the minutes). - Exception discussed: individual mobile-home units that receive separate trash service would not be required to use shared park enclosures (as recollected by commissioners and staff).

The commission approved the minutes and asked staff to bring any necessary code clarifications back for future consideration.