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City of Jal mayor says council will seek to reclaim parcel and enforce trailer ordinance
Summary
At a Sept. 18 special public hearing, Mayor Aldridge said the council is pursuing options to reacquire a parcel east of 'Signor' and will enforce an ordinance that limits residential trailers to one per lot, responding to residents’ concerns about 'man camp' style housing.
Mayor Aldridge opened a special City of Jal meeting on Sept. 18 and told attendees the council is revisiting a real-estate purchase and sales agreement tied to the city’s ICIPs and a parcel east of a property referred to in the meeting as "Signor." Aldridge said the parcel, described as across from the lake, was once city property and that the council is exploring ways to return it to city control. "We now have an opportunity to get that property back," Aldridge said, adding the intent is not to enable development by Signor but "to get it back in the City hands."
The mayor raised concerns that a recent transfer of three adjacent lots could lead to multiple residential trailers on those lots, which some residents characterized during public comment as a potential "man camp." Aldridge reiterated the city's ordinance limits occupancy: "our ordinance says they could only put one trailer out there one residential trailer. We are going to hold them to that." He also said the council would watch compliance closely and discouraged nonresidential business activity on properties zoned residential, referencing an asserted plan to build a "40x60 shop."
Aldridge discussed traffic and access as part of the enforcement conversation, noting the city owns land at the end of Sandy Lane and suggesting construction of a street or other measures so heavy traffic associated with multiple trailers would not be routed in front of existing homes. The mayor framed the agenda item as part of the city's capital project planning (ICIPs) and public concern over land use, but the council did not define the term "ICIPs" during the remarks.
No formal motion or vote on the purchase or on enforcement measures was recorded at the hearing. The mayor stated the council’s intention to hold property owners to existing zoning and occupancy rules; the council did not specify a timeline or formal next step during the remarks. The matter was discussed in the context of the agenda item on the real-estate purchase and sales agreement and related capital planning.
