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Council approves PDD for 12707 Murphy Road over objections, enabling manufactured-home park improvements
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing and debate over long-term land-use, the council voted 4–3 to rezone 12707 Murphy Road to a planned development district, adding "manufactured home park" as a use by right so the current nonconforming park can be improved and individual unit owners can obtain permits.
City planner Sylvia Bolivar presented the rezoning request to convert the property at 12707 Murphy Road (approx. 9.536 acres) from Primary Corridor (PC) to a Planned Development District to allow the existing manufactured-home park to be brought into conformance with current standards. "Approval of the PDD would allow the city to establish updated development standards for the property, encourage reinvestment in the site, and ensure that future improvements are consistent with city regulations and comprehensive plan objectives," Bolivar said.
Justin Prewitt, attorney for the property owner, told council the PDD is intended to remove the site's nonconforming designation so lenders would permit improvements by a buyer or the current owner. "All we're really doing is adding manufactured home park in [the list of uses by right] so that the nonconforming status goes away and improvements can proceed," Prewitt said. He and the ownership representative emphasized the change was meant to preserve the residents and allow infrastructure fixes (road, drainage, fire access), not to flip the land to industrial or remove residents.
Council discussion was split. Some council members expressed concern the PDD would lock in manufactured-home use in perpetuity and could conflict with the comprehensive plan vision for Murphy Road. One council member noted, "We don't want to have a patchwork of things that really modify what our strategic objective for our community is and what it's gonna look like in the future." Supporters and several public commenters argued the change enabled necessary safety and code compliance work that otherwise could not happen while the site retained its nonconforming status.
After public comments, the council voted on the ordinance amendment to create the PDD. The motion passed 4–3. The PDD adds manufactured-home park as a use by right on the site and removes the nonconforming designation, allowing permit-based improvements to the park.
What to expect: Staff said future permit applications will be required for any site or unit upgrades and that PDD conditions will include development standards and landscaping requirements; the city's comprehensive-plan process may later revisit corridor zoning more broadly.
