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177. Regular Meeting December 10, 2001 Page 3 Taylor if the City would be setting a precedent by allowing this rezoning, and Mr. Taylor stated it would be difficult to deny future requests. This would be considered spot zoning. The Staff would consider the precedent to be a land use issue. Ms. Tatum stated she understood Mrs. Williams could not replace her present home with a similar home. Ms. Tatum stated San Marcos has a lack of affordable housing and she wants Mrs. Williams to be able to place a manufactured home on her property. Mr. Mayhew stated he would support looking at this new zoning designation and having the Task Force look at this issue. Mr. Cox stated he would support looking at the zoning designation. Mr. Cox asked Mr. Patterson if it was better to look at a land use change for a segment of that area, and was the Sector Plan already adopted for this area. Mr. Patterson stated yes. In Low Density Residential, there can be no more than six units per acre. Mr. Patterson stated from a land use standpoint, it would be okay, but the difficulty is whether or not the zoning is appropriate. Mr. Cox stated this zoning would not violate the land use in the Sector Plan. Mr. Patterson stated a precedent to zoning is the issue. Mr. Patterson stated the City could not prohibit someone from replacing a pre-existing 1976 mobile home with a manufactured home, and there tends to be many owner- occupied mobile homes, more as a permanent fixture. Ms. Hughson stated she would prefer to look at a specific use permit process rather than a zoning change. Mrs. Mary Ann Williams stated she is struggling to get a pre-fabricated home on her 502 Centre property and is struggling to survive to see what the City Council will do. She stated she needs the Council's help, and that her home is not a mobile home, as the wheels will be removed and it will be skirted. She stated she has to remove the existing house and is asking to get her lot rezoned. Mayor Chiu stated the Council direction is for Staff to look into a zoning classification and specific use permit process. Mr. Cox asked if Habitat for Humanity could enter into this matter, and Mr. Gilley stated he could check if there was direction to contact Habitat. There was no consensus to do so due to the time that would be required. Ms. Hughson inquired how quickly a specific use permit process could be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission and get back on the Council's agenda and then estimated the matter could possibly come before the Council by the second meeting in January. Ms. Tatum stated until the Council provides affordable housing, the reality is mobile homes provide this need. She asked the Council if this could be approved and the Council then look at new Ordinance provisions. She stated there is the human element to be considered, and this manufactured home would be as nice as many homes in the neighborhood. Mr. Gilley stated the City Attorney has stated this would be establishing a precedent, and doing this as a temporary measure would not alter the point of setting a precedent. Mr. Cox stated this would be practicing spot zoning, and he would rather follow up on Ms. Hughson's suggestion of establishing a specific use permit process. Mr. Taylor stated it would not be illegal to approve this zoning, but the Council would need to allow other neighbors wanting MR zoning to also be granted the zoning designation. Mr. Cox stated he wants a specific use permit process to be established. Mr. Patterson stated the City Council could override the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision, and the Task Force could look