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Commissioners approve setback variance to regularize manufactured home at Ranch View Drive
Summary
Sweetwater County commissioners unanimously approved a variance allowing a manufactured home at 105 Ranch View Drive to remain 3 feet into the front setback and 5 feet into the rear setback after staff said similar encroachments are common in the neighborhood and Planning & Zoning recommended approval.
Commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 19 to approve Resolution 25-08-ZO-01, granting a variance that will legalize a single‑wide manufactured home placed at 105 Ranch View Drive in Rock Springs.
County planner Cassidy Brown told the board the property’s MH (manufactured home) zoning and small lot sizes made the variance necessary. "This variance request is necessary due to the lot small lot sizes within the neighborhood," Brown said, adding staff had found similar encroachments in the area and that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 4–0. Brown said agency reviews returned no objections. After opening and closing the public hearing with no speakers, the commission moved and seconded the resolution and carried it unanimously, subject to staff recommendations.
The variance allows a three‑foot encroachment into the 20‑foot front setback and a five‑foot encroachment into the 10‑foot rear setback to bring the structure into conformance with county regulations. Brown noted that if the variance had been denied, the applicant would have been required to remove the home from the lot.
The decision completes the local permitting step for the applicant; the board did not attach unusual conditions beyond standard staff recommendations. The county planner said staff is also reviewing whether setback standards in the MH zone should be adjusted for the neighborhood in a broader zoning update.
