Municipal Zoning

[Jacob Andries]

What do you know about municipalities, simply, "Zoning Out" mobile homes. There are 2 instances that are interfering where we are.
ONE, the county in S. Mississippi where we are put into affect the rule that you need a minimum of 3 acres for a mobile home, in certain areas, whereas you can build as many houses as you want....
How can this be Legal?
Next the adjoining county, has Zoned out mobile homes jsut about entirely. Some areas that are even totally full with mobile homes cannot upgrade or trade in.....The catch here is that the county has NO BUILDING CODE. Meaning i can go to Home Depot and purchase a prefab storage shed and gte power to it and live there but, a person cannot buy a HUD approved manufactured home and set it up. How can this be legal?
If you can help at all...please do so. Or if you know some other firms who would like to take on a municipality or two, please pass this on.
Right off the bat i could have every dealer in the south jump on this bandwagon..

thank you
jacob
228.669.6080
601.528.5969

[rmurray]

Every dealer in the US has to deal with this now...

Local planning boards are dominated by local builders..Manufactured home dealers generally deal in large regional areas..Seldom are they able to get very involved in local politics because they are "outsiders"...Builders will do anything to keep from competing head to head...They know they cannot compete...The only thing beyond the local builders political clout that matters to local county officials are local voters...The folks living in the counties have to rise up and make the officials take to task..

Of course..dealers can band together and sue the government...but believe me when they are spending tax money..attornies are not a problem..A famous case in GA went to court...the state association spent about $250,000 in fees..it took about 6 years..they won..local government passed another rule..probably illegal..but..they said..go ahead..sue us again..

The only real solution is local voters...