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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.:. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Since the zone was never located, it would be easy to <br />convert it to a "floating zone". A floating zone can be <br />described as "a method by which a defined zoning classifi- <br />cation is allowed to float instead of being pinned down to a <br />specified locality in advance." (2 Rochan, Zoning and Land <br />Use Controls, p. 13-1.) The current Mobile Home Park <br />Ord~nance ~s very detailed and complete, thereby ensuring <br />that the park would meet high standards. However, if the <br />City wished to enact more stringent regulations, it could do <br />so. This alternative would work in the following manner. <br />If a landowner wished to locate a mobile home park on his <br />property, he would file a zoning change application. The <br />application'would be studied from two (2) aspects. The <br />first is the surrounding uses and whether or not the park <br />would be compatible with those uses. Secondly, an examina- <br />tion of the site plan would be made to make sure it conforms <br />with the ordinance. Once City Council approves the zoning <br />change, the zone would then settle. <br />The major advantage of this alternative is that it <br />would forbid mobile homes from locating outside a park. <br />This in turn would eliminate the blighting influence that <br />mobile homes often have on surrounding property. The <br />advantage of the floating zone is that it gives the City <br />flexibility in locating mobile home parks. <br /> <br />The second alternative is a combination of (1) the <br />first alternative and (2) a modification of the existing <br />ordinance. As in the first alternative, the MHP zone would <br />be designated a floating zone. It is hoped that with the <br />establishment of parks mobile homes will locate there. <br />Under this alternative, however, mobile homes would still be <br />allowed to locate in areas within the city. Those areas <br />would be restricted to a R-l district and only under more <br />stringent requirements than if they located in a park. In <br />addition, those mobile homes outside of parks would be <br />required to have a permit. To receive a permit, a mobile <br />home owner would follow a modified version of the existing <br />ordinance. The applicant would file an application with the <br />Department of Planning and Zoning. The staff would review <br />the application against previously established criteria and <br />make on-site inspections. The staff would then either <br />approve or disapprove the application. Since the application <br />process would become an administrative function, many of the <br />problems outlined earlier would be reduced or eliminated. <br />The major advantage of this alternative is that it <br />encourages the development of mobile home parks and the <br />consequent reduction of mobile homes scattered throughout <br />