City Tables Request For Mobile Home Park Annexation
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The old saying is no man is an island. But don't tell that to Roland Arnell, owner of Graceland Village Mobile Home Park.
Arnell's property, at 2854 U.S. 30E, is surrounded by land that was recently annexed by Warsaw. He wants to expand his park by three mobile homes. He has the permission of the Kosciusko County board of zoning appeals and now all he needs is an agreement from Warsaw via the Board of Works to accept an estimated 600 gallons per day of additional flow into its sanitary sewer system.
"What Mr. Arnell would like to do is add six mobile homes to his development, but he has removed three mobile homes to upgrade the entrance, so the net increase will be only three new units," said Larry Long, of Long & Associates.
However, the interim city planner, Jeff Noffsinger, opposed the additional agreement for sewer service in lieu of annexation.
"The developer has indicated he would rather seek another in-lieu-of-annexation agreement. However, you must first be willing to accept additional sewage from outside the city limits," Noffsinger said in prepared remarks to the board. "In the past couple of years, the position of the city has been to require friendly annexation rather than in-lieu-of-annexation agreements for property owners requesting sewer service. I would support this stance for this proposal."
There's just one rub: Graceland Village doesn't meet the city's code in terms of development standards and would require extensive renovations to be brought up to standards.
"I would suggest you consider denying the in-lieu-of-annexation agreement request and force the developer to make significant improvements to the mobile home park before the annexation can occur," Noffsinger said.
The board voted to table the request to allow for a new legal description for the development to be incorporated into one in-lieu-of-annexation agreement.
In other business, the board approved two contracts with Network Consulting Inc. to upgrade the computer system for the planning, building and sewer departments. A $23,917 contract for new computer hardware and an $8,000 contract for 100 hours of technical support was approved. [[In-content Ad]]
The old saying is no man is an island. But don't tell that to Roland Arnell, owner of Graceland Village Mobile Home Park.
Arnell's property, at 2854 U.S. 30E, is surrounded by land that was recently annexed by Warsaw. He wants to expand his park by three mobile homes. He has the permission of the Kosciusko County board of zoning appeals and now all he needs is an agreement from Warsaw via the Board of Works to accept an estimated 600 gallons per day of additional flow into its sanitary sewer system.
"What Mr. Arnell would like to do is add six mobile homes to his development, but he has removed three mobile homes to upgrade the entrance, so the net increase will be only three new units," said Larry Long, of Long & Associates.
However, the interim city planner, Jeff Noffsinger, opposed the additional agreement for sewer service in lieu of annexation.
"The developer has indicated he would rather seek another in-lieu-of-annexation agreement. However, you must first be willing to accept additional sewage from outside the city limits," Noffsinger said in prepared remarks to the board. "In the past couple of years, the position of the city has been to require friendly annexation rather than in-lieu-of-annexation agreements for property owners requesting sewer service. I would support this stance for this proposal."
There's just one rub: Graceland Village doesn't meet the city's code in terms of development standards and would require extensive renovations to be brought up to standards.
"I would suggest you consider denying the in-lieu-of-annexation agreement request and force the developer to make significant improvements to the mobile home park before the annexation can occur," Noffsinger said.
The board voted to table the request to allow for a new legal description for the development to be incorporated into one in-lieu-of-annexation agreement.
In other business, the board approved two contracts with Network Consulting Inc. to upgrade the computer system for the planning, building and sewer departments. A $23,917 contract for new computer hardware and an $8,000 contract for 100 hours of technical support was approved. [[In-content Ad]]