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Show Centerville revamps 'mobile' home codes By TOM HARALDSEN CENTER VILLEActing on the advice of Salt Lake County, which recently fought a court case involving involv-ing the issue, Centerville City Council has adopted an ordinance amending zoning requirements for so-called "manufactured homes." The ordinance deals with mobile homes, which are now called manufactured homes. Many owners of the homes across the country are now seeking to locate them in residential communities just as any other house. Planning administrator Wilf Sommerkom told the Council that such an application has been made in one Davis County community, and he referred to a memorandum which Salt Lake County sent to neighboring communities about the issue. He said Salt Lake County now allows such location of manufactured homes in just about every location. A group called.the Manufactured Housing Association had threatened to take Salt Lake County to court unless it amended its ordinance on zoning requirements for such homes. A compromise was reached which still allows the County some flexibility in detennining various criteria for location of the homes. Sommerkom told Council that the current Centerville requirements were quite old, and thus left the city vulnerable for possible legal problems. prob-lems. He recommended a revised ordinance, which the Council adopted. Under the new ordinance, manufactured homes can be located in an R-3 zone, but only through issuance is-suance of a conditional use permit. The homes must meet the same criteria for setback and yard areas as required of any R-3 zone single-family single-family dwelling. The ordinance also changed the name of the category of such homes from "mobile park" to ' 'manufactured home. ' |