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ATTACHMENT A
ORDINANCE NO.
5665 (GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE SITING OF MANUFACTURED HOMES
IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND ITS URBANIZABLE AREA:AMENDING
SUBSECTION (4) (d) OF SECTION 36.010 "RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS-GENERAL" AND SUBSECTION (1) OF SECTION 36.050 "PARKS AND
SUBDIVISIONS-GENERIC STANDARDS" OF ARTICLE 36 "MANUFACTURED
DWELLING STANDARDS" OF THE SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Ordinance 5591 (General) amending Subsection (4) (d) of
section 36.010 "Residential Districts-General" of Article 36
"Manufactured Dwelling Standards" of the Springfield Development
Code provides that manufactured dwellings shall not be permitted
on land with an average slope exceeding 10 percent, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 5601 (General) amending Subsection (1) of
Section 36.050 "Parks and Subdivision-Generic Standards" of
section 36 Mobile Home Standards of the Springfield Development
Code provide that new manufactured homes subdivisions and
manufactured dwelling parks shall be located on land with an
average slope of less than 10 percent, and
WHEREAS, Section 3 of Ordinance 5601 makes specific reference to
maps "identifying eligible and ineligible sites on display during
the public hearing process identifying sites which were eligible
or not eligible for manufactured dwellings", and
WHEREAS, those sites with average slopes "exceeding 10 percent"
were not identified or depicted as eligible for manufactured
dwellings, and
WHEREAS, further research, refinement, review and identification
has determined that lots and parcels may have been incorrectly
identified as having an average slope greater than 10 percent or
incorrectly identified as having an average slope of 10 percent or
less, and
WHEREAS, the availability of such land for manufactured housing
should be based upon the best available information demonstrating
the actual average slope.
NOW THEREFORE section 36.010(4) (d) and section 36.050(1) are
hereby amended as follows:
section 1. Section 36.010(4) (d) is hereby amended as follows:
"(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (1)-(3) of this
Section, manufactured dwellings shall not be
permitted on land with an average slope exceeding
10 percent. The determination of the average
slope shall be based upon the best available
information satisfactory to City demonstrating
the average slope at the time of the development
application. The vacation, re-platting,
recontouring, or other reconfiguration of land
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for the siting of manufactured homes, excluding
those units constructed to the structural
Specialty Codes and Fire and Life Safety Codes
adopted by the City of Springfield, shall not
remove the siting prohibition set forth in this
subsection. II
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 36.050 is hereby amended as
follows:
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"(1) New manufactured home subdivisions and
manufactured dwelling parks shall be located on
land with an average slope 10 percent or less.
Areas with average slopes exceeding 10 percent
shall be retained as open space. Manufactured
dwelling parks shall enclose a minimum
development area of 3 acres. The determination
of the average slope shall be based upon the best
available information satisfactory to City
demonstrating the average slope at the time of
the development application. The vacation,
re-platting, recontouring or other reconfig-
uration of land for the siting of manufactured
homes, excluding those units constructed to the
Structural Specialty Codes and Fire and Life
Safety Codes adopted by the city of springfield,
shall not remove the siting prohibition set forth
in this subsection."
section 3. It is hereby found that matters regarding the siting
of manufactured homes in the City limits of the City of
Springfield, as set forth in sections 1 and 2 above, are matters
affecting the public health, safety and welfare and that an
emergency exists and that this ordinance shall therefore take
effect immediately upon its passage by the City Council and
approval by the Mayor.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield by
a vote of 6 in favor and 0 against this 7~~ of
December , 1992.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Springfield this 7th
day of December , 1992.
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REVIEWED & APPROVED
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD