The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly voted to implement a complete ban on new mobile home park development.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban all new mobile home parks, regardless of how the homes are installed. The ban applies to developments with three or more mobile homes on a 40,000-square-foot lot outside the city limits of Palmer, Wasilla and Houston. It does not affect existing mobile home parks.
Assembly members said they plan to introduce legislation next year that would create a path for new parks, provided they are subject to a special oversight process. The current ban was proposed in response to a previous change in August that eliminated a longstanding public hearing requirement for proposed mobile home parks and instead blocked most new developments. However, that change also created a loophole that allowed parks with mobile homes installed on permanent foundations and meeting certain plumbing standards to avoid special oversight. The new rule closes this loophole by inserting a blanket provision that states “mobile home parks are prohibited.” It is designed to completely ban new mobile home parks until a public hearing and oversight process can be developed, said Assembly member Stephanie Nowers, who proposed the change and whose district includes Palmer
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