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Residents urge protections for manufactured home parks; planning staff to bring options back to council
Summary
A resident asked the council to consider zoning protections for manufactured/mobile home parks; planning staff agreed to provide a memo and bring policy options (overlays, moratoriums, resident‑owned conversions) for council discussion next week.
During the public comment period, resident Irene Bowie asked the council to place preservation zoning for manufactured home parks on an agenda and said she represents residents at Viking Park and two other parks who favor zoning protections for this existing form of affordable housing.
Planning staff said they have received multiple public comments on mobile home parks and will prepare a memo for council with policy options, including zoning overlays, moratoria and other approaches such as encouraging resident‑owned communities. Planning staff asked council whether they wanted a policy discussion at the next council meeting; councilmembers signaled support and staff said a memo will be placed on an upcoming agenda for a fuller policy discussion.
Councilmembers emphasized presenting a range of options and clarifications about tradeoffs — from regulatory zoning changes to programs that would enable residents to purchase park land — and acknowledged the topic may require an extended workshop or follow‑up meeting to consider implications.
