A proposed zoning change by the North Myrtle Beach Planning Commission to a .61 acre parcel of land in South Carolina to correct an original error in a zoning map has raised concerns by neighbors that a manufactured home may be sited on part of it. Part of the parcel …
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From La Center, Washington MHProNews has learned the Country Hills Estates manufactured home community (MHC) was originally zoned as a condo complex because it was outside the city and the county refused to give it the designation afforded an MHC. As a result, when homeowners tried to sell their homes …
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In North Carolina, the North Wilkesboro Board of Commissioners and the Wilkesboro Town Council approved zoning requests that were presented in public hearings this week. Wilkesboro Planning and Community Development Director Andrew Carlton presented a zoning code amendment requiring that Manufactured Home Community (MHC) plans be approved by the Wilkesboro …
Council Members in Osage City, Kansas met and overrode the unanimous decision of their local zoning board about placement of manufactured homes in residential zoned areas. The discussion revolved around concerns by neighbors vs. the law. Bob Fairbanks, City Building Inspector, explained that “Cities were not allowing manufactured homes in …
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The Dodge City (Kansas) Commission listened to a group of south Dodge City residents voice disapproval of plans for a 12 modular home development, with one remonstrater referring to them as “trailers,” saying property values will suffer as the result. According to dodgeglobe.com, the city’s planning and zoning board approved …
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Following a story MHProNews published June 4, 2014 regarding the Lincoln (North Dakota) Planning Commission’s denial of a request to develop a 200 site manufactured housing community (MHC), the city council voted 2-0 to to approve rezoning for the project. Dave Patience, a civil engineer who presented the plan on …
City Council Defies Planning Commission, Approves Zoning for 200 Site MHC Read More
Harris Mobile Home Park in Nederland, Texas was rezoned from neighborhood retail commercial to manufactured home district, one step towards bringing the community into compliance with a new city ordinance that went into effect in 2010. As panews.com informs MHProNews.com, the city now requires all manufactured housing communities (MHCs) be …
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Lippert Components, Inc. of Elkhart County, Indiana received final approval from the Goshen (IN) Plan Commission to rezone 56 acres from Agricultural A-1 to Industrial M-1 for future use by the company. The city originally annexed the area April 1, 2012, according to RVBusiness.com, with the intent to rezone it …
Although the Brownwood, Texas Planning and Zoning Commission had denied a request to rezone property from MH Manufactured Home District to M1 Restricted Industrial District, the Brownwood City Council approved the request on first reading. Donald Allgood, Jr. said he uses the property to store heavy earth-moving equipment and other …
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The Brownwood (Texas) City Council agenda will include a public hearing on first reading to rezone the properties along Golding Road from C2 General Business District to MH Manufactured Home district, as brownwoodtx.com informs MHProNews. (Image credit: denvergov.org)
A new proposal from the Columbus Junction (Iowa) Planning and Zoning Commission to the city council would create a manufactured housing (MH) district, and delete MH from R-2 and R-3 residential districts. According to muscatinejournal.com, current ordinances require any MH outside of a community to be placed on a permanent …
Current zoning laws in Midland, Texas prevent updated manufactured housing (MH) from replacing dilapidated factory-built homes because the zoning has been changed since the homes were sited. 1F3 zoning in certain areas only allows for stick-built homes in certain areas. As cbs7kosa.com tells MHProNews, the city says up to 28 …
Restrictive Zoning of Manufactured Homes may be Lifted Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted yesterday, June 25, concerning the former Hilltop manufactured housing community in State College, Penn. that a builder wants to develop into student housing, the College Township Council rejected the request. Despite a modified proposal from the developer, Ind.-based Trinitas Ventures, which offered a plan that …
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According to gwdtoday, the Greenwood City Council in Greenwood, South Carolina unanimously approved the rezoning of property along Beadle Ave. from R7 (high-density residential) to RM7 (high-density residential manufactured housing). The owner of the property intends to place modular homes on the site. Several members of the council noted it …
Although Baldwin County’s planning director recommended to the planning and zoning commission and to the county commission that 1.4 acres be re-zoned from single-family to manufactured housing in far south Alabama to permit siting of seven manufactured homes, the county commissioners denied the request. AL.com tells MHProNews a small contingent …
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The columbiamissourian tells MHProNews the High Hill Circle Mobile Home Park in Columbia, MO will expand by 16 homesites if the Doris Overton Trust, the owner of the MHC, has its way. The proposal would rezone the 26.4 acres from moderate density residential to residential manufactured home. The major infrastructure …
CapeGazette VillageSoup informs MHProNews from Georgetown, Delaware Captain’s Way Development LLC has requested a zoning change for a 155-acre parcel of land from single-family site built to manufactured home community. Developer Pret Dyer, saying it is an opportunity for Sussex County to achieve its affordable housing quota, also stated he …
Salisbury Patch informs MHProNews from Allentown, Pennsylvania the Salisbury Township has proposed zoning changes that would allow manufactured homes to be sited inside Waldheim Park, which is a privately-owned community of 80 Victorian cottages. Originally a summer retreat for the Evangelical Congregational Church, only nine people live there year around. …
In re-visiting a story we last published Aug. 15, 2012 about the Clawson Mobile Home Park in Boone, North Carolina being closed to make way for a 266-unit student housing complex, the WataugaDemocrat reports the Boone Town Council unanimously voted Tue. Aug 21 to deny the petition by Mega Builders …
Following up on a story we last posted May 2, 2012 about modular medical units temporarily placed on a property to house loved ones with special needs, MHProNews has learned several states, including Virginia, New York, and California have enacted legislation to allow these units to override local regulations and …
