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Show need for review Moab City, after meeting with the Moab City Planning Plan-ning Commission Thursday evening, has decided to ask a professional planning consultant for advice . on the matter of allowing placement of large mobile or modular homes on certain areas of the City presently zoned against ag-ainst such practice. The matter came to a Head following the application appli-cation of a property owner in the City to sell private lots in a particular area presently zoned for agriculture, along with large double-wide mobile homes. - The City's decision to ask for advice is in order. With modular and mobile homes currently moving in to fill the gap in low-cost housing resulting from rising building costs, we feel that communities are going to have to find a satisfactory way of living with the situation. sit-uation. Simply denying persons the opportunity of sucK type of living within the confines of a municipality ig far from realistic. ! A number of questions pertaining to restrictions were raised at Thursday's meeting which are valid. These will have to be answered in any new zoning law that might be considered by the City. At any rate, the situation situ-ation needs review. The present ordinances are :too restrictive. ' . |