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1989-00244-Minutes for Meeting December 14,1988 Recorded 1/5/19890095 036 8s-oo '4# PUBLIC HEARING a9 t ORDINANCE 88-023 AND 88-024 `00 MANUFACTURED HOUSING CRITERIA 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 14, 1988 Hearings Room, County Administration Building Before the Board was a continuation of a public hearing on ordinances 88-023 and 88-024, Manufactured Housing Criteria. Board members in attendance were Dick Maudlin, Tom Throop and Lois Bristow Prante. Also present were Karen Green, Assistant Legal Counsel; and Craig Smith, Planning Director. Chairman Maudlin opened the public hearing at 11:05 a.m. Craig Smith gave a staff report. He stated that the ordinances would amend sections of the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan dealing with manufactured housing policies and add new zoning ordinance criteria, which would not apply to existing mobile homes on existing sites. The criteria would define what would qualify as manufactured housing. Manufactured housing that met the new criteria would not need a conditional use permit to locate in areas outside of urban growth boundaries. Mobile homes that did not meet the manufactured housing criteria would only be allowed in mobile home parks, subdivisions approved specifically for mobile homes, or as upgrades of existing mobile homes that were legally placed on a lot. The ordinances would not regulate the type of housing allowed in mobile home parks or subdivisions. Commissioner Prante pointed out that these ordinances would make it easier to place manufactured housing throughout the County since a conditional use permit would no longer be needed if the mobile home met the manufactured housing criteria. She stated that a conditional use permit was currently required to place a manufactured home unless it was a double wide with over 960 sq. ft. Craig Smith stated that the ordinances were developed based upon requests from people throughout County. The Planning Commission reviewed the ordinances and recommended their adoption to the Board of County Commissioners. Changes had been made to the ordinances to accommodate concerns that were voiced at the first public hearing in November. Steve Poplin, president of Deschutes River Woods Homeowners Association, 19411 Apache Rd., Bend, stated concern over the continuing decline of property values as well as the overall character of their neighborhood. He felt it was due to a lack of restriction on the type of housing allowed in the area. He stated that the Deschutes River Woods Homeowners Association felt the ordinances were a step in the right direction but still was not stringent enough. They felt the minimum square footage should be ORDINANCES 88-023 & 88-024: PAGE 1 - 12/14/88 0095 0363", 1,000 sq. ft. and any replacement due to fire should have to meet the new criteria. He also stated that adequate enforcement of the new ordinances was essential. He strongly recommended the ordinances be adopted. A. R. Bert Patrick, mobile home dealer, 18945 Pinehurst Rd., Bend, stated he lived in a mobile home on private property and was not in favor of the ordinances. He felt the concerns of the mobile/manufactured housing industry were not addressed at the planning stage. He felt there were approximately 2,500 homes whose value would be adversely affected by the ordinances since they would lose their resale value and could not be moved from their existing site since there were no vacant mobile home spaces available for them. He said a recent survey of North Deschutes County showed there were 472 total mobile home park spaces of which 30 were vacant, but none of these were available to families. He stated that it would be very expensive and difficult to upgrade a mobile home to the new standards. He felt that these ordinances would adversely affect the availability of affordable housing in Deschutes County which was currently in high demand. Commissioner Throop questioned why no mobile home parks were being built in Deschutes County if there were such a need. A. R. Bert Patrick indicated it was because they would have to charge $200 - $250 per space to make it financially feasible, and that the people who needed the spaces could not afford that amount. He said the average mobile home space rental in existing parks was $114 a month. He recommended grandfathering in all existing mobile homes. Melinda Larsen, 856 S. Ash, Sisters, spoke in opposition to the ordinances. She stated she had a single-wide mobile home which was very attractive but would not qualify as a manufactured home. She was interested in trading up and was concerned that her mobile home would have no value under the new ordinances. Carol Sandner, 7915 Hwy 126 W, Redmond, stated she owned 14 mobile homes which were currently in parks. None of them would qualify as manufactured homes. She felt she would lose their approximate $140,000 value if the new ordinances were passed since she would be unable to sell them or trade them in on better mobile homes. She opposed the new ordinances. Cathy Vensen, 20225 Harvest Lane, Bend, had questions regarding whether single-wide housing, where it currently was located, would have to be brought up to the new standards. Craig Smith stated that it would not have to be brought up to the new standards unless it was moved to a site other than a mobile home park or subdivision. He stated that she could also sell the mobile home on its existing lot without bringing it up to the new standards. ORDINANCES 88-023 & 88-024: PAGE 2 - 12/14/88 0095 0361 George Doll, 63930 N Hwy 97, Space 11, Bend, stated he had just finished paying for an older mobile home which he had planned to move to private property. He said under the new ordinances, he would be unable to do so. He did not feel that people had been adequately notified of the ordinance changes and public hearings. Lelund Rogers, 7915 126th, #12, Redmond, was concerned that the ordinances would affect the availability of affordable housing for low income wage earners in Deschutes County. He said he owned a mobile home that did not meet the new standards and was concerned that if something happened to his home, the insurance company would say it had no value since the mobile home dealers were saying it had no resale value. Also he felt there were site-built homes that would not meet all of the new standards since some had metal siding and roofing. Craig Smith explained that the ordinance did not require wood siding and that clapboard, horizontal vinyl lap- siding, horizontal aluminum lap-siding, brick or stone were also materials that would qualify. Ray Foot, 5063 S Hwy 97, Redmond, owner of Desert Terrace Mobile Home Park, was opposed to the ordinances. He felt they were discriminatory against affordable housing, especially housing for senior citizens. He felt the County made it too expensive and difficult to expand existing mobile home parks. The previous owners of the Desert Terrace Mobile Home Park had been told they would have to build a turn lane on Highway 97 in order to put in more spaces. Commissioner Maudlin encouraged him to apply. Commissioner Throop also stated that since the State would soon be expanding Highway 97 in that area, the State's requirements may have changed. Carry Silbanaugh, 61000 Brosterhaus, Space 587, Bend, stated her family bought their 1985 mobile home intending to stay in a park only until they could afford to buy some property. She said their mobile home would not conform to the new standards, but it was a nice mobile home. She said they had friends who were in the same situation. Two of them had bought mobile homes within the last two months, but their homes still would not comply with the new standards because they had metal roofs. Norm Wallis, 19296 Galen Rd., Deschutes River Roods, stated he was in favor of the ordinances. He felt the current process had led to crime in his neighborhood because of the single-wide mobile home rentals in the area. He felt the dealers were just making threats about the older mobile homes not being marketable because when he tried to sell an older single-wide mobile home, the dealers told him it was a seller's market. When he tried to sell the mobile home, he found it was easy to sell. Rick Silbanaugh, 61000 Brosterhaus Rd., Bend, stated he felt there was needless discrimination against single-wide mobile home owners because some owners did not properly maintain their homes and ORDINANCES 88-023 & 88-024: PAGE 3 - 12/14/88 . , 0095 Od65 yards, which was also true of site-built homes. He said some older people did not want bigger mobile homes because they could not maintain them. He did not feel they should be limited to where they could put their mobile home. Commission Maudlin stated that the Commissioners would announce their decision on Wednesday, January 11, 1989, at 11:00 a.m. No additional oral testimony would be taken at that time, but written testimony would be accepted until January 4, 1989. DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 40i tow Prante, Commissioner Tofu Th opal Commissioner r Dick Maudlin, Chairman BOCC:alb ORDINANCES 88-023 & 88-024: PAGE 4 - 12/14/88