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Residents press Lincoln County over Lake Hills Village rezoning and alleged procedural gaps
Summary
Residents at the meeting urged county officials to explain how Lake Hills Village (Pacific Trailer Park) was treated as grandfathered after a 1988 registration deadline; the county responded that covenants may not be enforceable and that zoning enforcement is a local matter.
During public comment the board heard extended concerns from residents of Lake Hills Village who said the county improperly treated Pacific Trailer Park as grandfathered despite records they say show the park missed a required registration deadline in the late 1980s.
Marie Moore told the board she had reviewed county records and a 1988 ordinance and said the trailer park was not registered by the required date; she said the county later used a 2024 survey to treat the park as grandfathered and accused county personnel of assisting the property owners improperly. "So that means it is not a registered trailer park ... I think what you've actually done is tried to grandfather the park illegally," Moore said.
Moore also said she had engaged her state senator and additional state officials but that she had not received satisfactory answers and would pursue other agencies if needed. She raised questions about recorded rights‑of‑way and said covenants recorded with the subdivision appeared to give access rights to certain lots.
County staff responded at the meeting that the issue as presented is primarily a local zoning matter and that covenants reviewed by county attorneys were not signed by all property owners and therefore may not be enforceable through county action or neighborhood organization efforts. A county representative told residents that attorneys had reviewed the covenants and that enforcement questions often require civil court action: unless covenants are certified or agreed to by all affected property owners, they may not be enforceable as a matter of county zoning enforcement.
Residents indicated they would continue to pursue answers and possible appeals to other agencies as appropriate; county staff said they had supplied the information they could at that time.
