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Council denies plan to add eight spaces at Central Rogue Mobile Home Community
Summary
The Rogue River City Council voted 5-0 to deny CUP 2025-01, an application to add eight manufactured dwelling units to the Central Rogue Mobile Home Community at 515 E. Main Street, citing unresolved fire-safety, utility, parking and condition-of-approval deficiencies.
The Rogue River City Council denied an application to expand the Central Rogue Mobile Home Community at 515 E. Main Street after hearing resident complaints and staff concerns about safety and infrastructure.
Contract Planner Onnie Heater summarized the staff report, saying the proposal would amend a 1978 conditional use permit to add eight manufactured dwelling units, request a zone change for Tax Lot 1002 and a property-line vacation. Planner Heater told the council the Planning Commission recommended denial because the project “fails to meet broader CUP and zoning criteria,” including unresolved fire-safety risks, utility and infrastructure deficiencies, parking non-compliance and failure to meet prior development-agreement conditions.
The applicant’s agent, Ian Cole of NexGen Engineering & Consulting LLC, joined the hearing online and said the owners were updating site plans, hiring a full-time manager and had retained a hydrogeologist and legal counsel. Cole told the council he hoped a continuance would allow the applicants to address the cited deficiencies. “If this project was to move forward, I can guarantee that there will be a lot of improvements,” he said.
Two residents who live at 515 E. Main Street spoke against the application. Jerry Hallett submitted emails into the record alleging ongoing problems with utility billing and failure to maintain perimeter fencing; Dee Zimmerman said owners had not followed through on commitments to residents. Councilors noted specific outstanding conditions staff recommended before any expansion, including a revised site plan, repaired perimeter fencing, improved lighting, corrected garbage handling, weed abatement, an on-site manager and either construction of a secondary fire apparatus access road meeting Oregon Fire Code Appendix D or installation of NFPA 13D-compliant automatic sprinklers for new units.
Councilor Barb Hilty moved to deny CUP 2025-01, and Councilor Sherrie Moss seconded. The roll call vote was 5-0 to deny the permit. The denial incorporated the findings in the staff report; the council also recorded that the park’s previous owner and permit date (1978) do not match current ownership, and that several prior conditions were not being met at present. City staff indicated residents’ submitted written materials would be added to the record and provided to the applicant.
The council returned to regular business after the vote; Councilor Mark Minegar, who had recused himself earlier because of a family connection to the park, returned to the dais.
