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Bay Minette council approves workforce-housing pilot amendment on first reading; local owner seeks temporary RV housing
Summary
The Bay Minette City Council on June 20 approved on first reading an amendment to a temporary workforce housing pilot (Ordinance 1035, RA-23002) and heard a request from a property owner to allow RVs in a mobile home park as temporary emergency workforce housing; follow-up with the city planner was directed.
The Bay Minette City Council on June 20 approved on first reading Ordinance 1035 (Case No. RA-23002), an amendment to a temporary workforce housing pilot project authorized under Section 11-52-01, Code of Alabama 1975, and heard a separate request to allow RVs as temporary emergency workforce housing.
The ordinance was presented during a public hearing that drew no speakers; Councilmember Shannon Clemmons moved to approve Ordinance 1035 on first reading and Mayor Pro Tempore Mike Phillips seconded. The motion carried unanimously. The ordinance was described in the meeting as a pilot amendment to the city’s temporary workforce housing rules (first reading only).
After the formal agenda, Kevin Koestler asked the council to consider allowing Koestler Parks to provide temporary emergency workforce housing by permitting RVs in the mobile home park for at least one year. Mayor Robert A. Wills directed Koestler to follow up with City Planner Clair Dorough for guidance on available options. Scotty Lewis, representing Stone-Crosby, PC, advised the council to review applicable ordinances to ensure that the requested approach would comply with local regulations.
The council’s action on Ordinance 1035 is a first reading; the meeting minutes do not record a final adoption vote or specify a date for further readings or final action. No public testimony opposing or supporting the ordinance was recorded at the June 20 hearing. The transcript does not specify financial impacts, permit changes, or precise regulatory text amendments included in Ordinance 1035 (not specified). Follow-up by the applicant and staff was directed, and additional council consideration would be required for any zoning or code changes to allow RVs as temporary workforce housing.
What happens next: City staff were directed to consult with the property owner and review ordinances; the council did not take final action on Ordinance 1035 beyond first reading during the June 20 meeting.
