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Commission seeks to streamline manufactured‑home permitting, create MHU‑2 zone and beef up code enforcement
Summary
County staff proposed zoning changes to allow manufactured homes in Rural Residential and A‑1 agricultural zones without conditional‑use permits, create a new MHU‑2 mobile‑home subdivision district, and hire a full‑time code‑enforcement officer to address blight and landlord issues.
County Manager Thomas Weaver outlined proposed changes to the county zoning code intended to simplify placement of manufactured homes and to provide tools for addressing blight.
Weaver said the current Conditional‑Use Permit (CUP) process for siting manufactured homes is cumbersome and proposed allowing manufactured homes by standard permit in Rural Residential (RR) and Agricultural (A‑1) zones. Under the proposal the county would create a new MHU‑2 zoning classification for mobile‑home subdivisions with one‑ to two‑acre minimum lot sizes and a typical 5‑lot minimum for a subdivision. The change would preserve MHU‑1 (mobile‑home park) rules, retain CUPs for used homes in MHU‑1 and other special cases, and allow the county to require paved roads and specific setbacks in MHU‑2 developments.
Weaver also proposed hiring a full‑time dedicated code‑enforcement officer to address rundown properties, absentee landlords and public‑safety concerns. Commissioner Jason Frost said his motion to pause permitting was intended as a review of processes and not an attack on anyone bringing manufactured homes into the county.
Staff asked the county attorney to draft zoning language and to return with model lot sizes and minimums for further commission consideration.
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