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Davidson County health board to redraft mobile home park rules, aims for board review by December
Summary
Staff told the board the county'level mobile home park rules are more than 20 years old, create recurring compliance and permitting challenges (wells, septic, expansions) and will undergo substantial redrafting with a target to present revisions to the board by December, likely requiring a public hearing.
The Davidson County Board of Health was notified that staff will undertake a substantial rewrite of the county'level mobile home park rules, which the director said are more than two decades old and often inadequate for current planning, water and sewage issues.
"When we go and look at the rules, Randy and I, if I'm being honest with you board members, we sort of cringe because we know that we've got some work to do," the director said, explaining that rules written years ago use dated language and often do not address modern expansion requests or landlord'tenant responsibilities.
Staff and board members discussed specific recurring problems: many parks rely on private wells (the department samples wells where present), older parks were built with multiple homes on single wastewater systems that carry risk of large plume failures, some park owners face conflicts when local planning rules have changed since the parks were established, and permit revocation language needs clarification. Staff said they monitor more than 260 active parks annually and that records for older installations can be incomplete.
The director said the rewrite will be a significant undertaking and staff expect to return a draft to the board for review by December; because the changes may be substantial, the department anticipates holding a public hearing as part of the rulemaking process and will follow statutory requirements for notice and appeal procedures.
No vote was taken; board members asked staff to prioritize clear, concise language that helps enforcement and planning partners and to coordinate statutory review during drafting.
