Manufactured home park moratorium public hearing

Blaine City Council will hold a public hearing on a manufactured home park moratorium during its Monday, July 10 meeting. 

Council will hold the public hearing on an ordinance it passed during its May 22 meeting that approved an emergency six-month moratorium on processing manufactured home park building permit applications. The emergency moratorium was approved to give staff and council time to review its conflicting code on manufactured home parks. 

The city’s zoning code allows for manufactured home parks in east Blaine and has a section on the regulations. However, the code does not allow manufactured home parks in planned unit developments (PUDs), which are required for manufactured home parks that are five acres or larger. 

If confirmed, the moratorium will remain in effect until November 22. City attorney Jon Sitkin previously said the moratorium could be rescinded before the scheduled finish date of the moratorium.

The public can participate in the hearing remotely, via Zoom, or in person at city hall, 435 Martin Street. Written comments need to be sent to citycouncil@cityofblaine.com by 3:30 p.m. July 10.