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Everett staff proposes new manufactured‑home‑community zone, plans to remove century‑old park rules
Summary
City planning staff told the Parks and Built Environment Committee the city will create a standalone manufactured‑home‑community zoning designation (not an overlay), will allow one‑for‑one unit replacement, and will propose deleting municipal code chapter 17.28; the proposal returns to planning commission in December and to council in January.
Lisonbee Wetzel, long range planning manager for the City of Everett, told the Parks and Built Environment Committee on Nov. 12 that staff will propose a new, standalone manufactured‑home‑community zone for the city’s existing mobile and manufactured home parks, not an overlay applied over other zones.
Wetzel said staff are not changing park densities and ‘‘if the pad is vacant, they can replace on that pad,’’ but they are not increasing allowable units per acre. ‘‘We are not doing an overlay. It will be a zone for itself,’’ she said.
Wetzel said staff mailed letters to owners, managers and known residents of manufactured‑home parks; she reported hearing from one park owner who asked whether a removed unit could be replaced on…
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