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Stability for mobile-home dwellers?
The City Council may specifically zone
parks for their current use
By Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/23/2008 04:57:55 AM MST
Ron and Marie Turner ditched their Salt Lake City apartment 10 years ago so they could funnel some of that
rent money into something of their own.
They bought a 1978 mobile home and moved into Taylorsville's Monte Vista park.
Now, they worry about the security of their investment.
"With a lot of the mobile-home parks in the area being sold off for condos, it gets a little scary," said Ron
Turner, whose lease is month to month. The park owner "could come next month and give us a [90-day] notice
to move. To them, that's reasonable. To us, it's not."
But help - or at least a longer warning - could come to Turner and other mobile-home owners in Taylorsville.
Tonight, Taylorsville's City Council could rezone its three mobile-home parks, including Monte Vista, to be
designated for such homes. The change would mean developers would have to apply for a time-consuming
zone change if they wanted to turn mobile-home sites into, say, condos or town houses. Residents also would
get an opportunity to comment on the proposal during public hearings.
"Taylorsville is taking a proactive approach that's very welcome and very needed," said Francisca Blanc, Salt
Lake Area Community Action Program's coordinator on mobile-home-park issues. "This is not a prohibition
against the property owner to redevelop [a park]. It's just making the process fair for everybody."
But owners of the city's three parks argue the zone change could undermine their property values and
constitute a "taking."
After they protested the mobile-home zoning idea at a City Council meeting earlier this month, the council
delayed taking action and asked City Attorney John Brems to prepare a legal opinion.
His report is not in yet.
Taylorsville City Council Chairman Les Matsumura said Tuesday the council is split on whether to move ahead
without it. The council also could decide to wait and see whether the Legislature passes HB48, a bill that would
mandate a 365-day notice instead of the currently required 90-day notice to mobile-home owners when a park
is closing.
Next month, Taylorsville will review another proposed ordinance that could require developers to offset
mobile-home owners' moving costs when a park closes.
The City Council may specifically zone
parks for their current use
By Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/23/2008 04:57:55 AM MST
Ron and Marie Turner ditched their Salt Lake City apartment 10 years ago so they could funnel some of that
rent money into something of their own.
They bought a 1978 mobile home and moved into Taylorsville's Monte Vista park.
Now, they worry about the security of their investment.
"With a lot of the mobile-home parks in the area being sold off for condos, it gets a little scary," said Ron
Turner, whose lease is month to month. The park owner "could come next month and give us a [90-day] notice
to move. To them, that's reasonable. To us, it's not."
But help - or at least a longer warning - could come to Turner and other mobile-home owners in Taylorsville.
Tonight, Taylorsville's City Council could rezone its three mobile-home parks, including Monte Vista, to be
designated for such homes. The change would mean developers would have to apply for a time-consuming
zone change if they wanted to turn mobile-home sites into, say, condos or town houses. Residents also would
get an opportunity to comment on the proposal during public hearings.
"Taylorsville is taking a proactive approach that's very welcome and very needed," said Francisca Blanc, Salt
Lake Area Community Action Program's coordinator on mobile-home-park issues. "This is not a prohibition
against the property owner to redevelop [a park]. It's just making the process fair for everybody."
But owners of the city's three parks argue the zone change could undermine their property values and
constitute a "taking."
After they protested the mobile-home zoning idea at a City Council meeting earlier this month, the council
delayed taking action and asked City Attorney John Brems to prepare a legal opinion.
His report is not in yet.
Taylorsville City Council Chairman Les Matsumura said Tuesday the council is split on whether to move ahead
without it. The council also could decide to wait and see whether the Legislature passes HB48, a bill that would
mandate a 365-day notice instead of the currently required 90-day notice to mobile-home owners when a park
is closing.
Next month, Taylorsville will review another proposed ordinance that could require developers to offset
mobile-home owners' moving costs when a park closes.
Taylorsville
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Taylorsville is Utah's eighth largest city, and the fourth
largest in the Salt Lake Valley. It is about eight miles
south of Sugar House, about a mile west of Interstate
15. Incorporated in 1996, it has a mayor-council form of
government. The average household income is about
$47,000. It has its own police department, but contracts
with the county for fire services and public works. The
city's schools are in the Granite School District.
Taylorsville High is a perennial baseball powerhouse.
The city is home to two golf course: Fore Lakes at 1258
W. 4700 South (266-8621), and Meadowbrook at 4197 S.
1300 West (266-0971). Its major shopping area is
clustered around Redwood Road and I-215. A campus of
Salt Lake Community College is in Taylorsville on
Redwood Road at about 4500 South. Click here to learn
more about the college.
largest in the Salt Lake Valley. It is about eight miles
south of Sugar House, about a mile west of Interstate
15. Incorporated in 1996, it has a mayor-council form of
government. The average household income is about
$47,000. It has its own police department, but contracts
with the county for fire services and public works. The
city's schools are in the Granite School District.
Taylorsville High is a perennial baseball powerhouse.
The city is home to two golf course: Fore Lakes at 1258
W. 4700 South (266-8621), and Meadowbrook at 4197 S.
1300 West (266-0971). Its major shopping area is
clustered around Redwood Road and I-215. A campus of
Salt Lake Community College is in Taylorsville on
Redwood Road at about 4500 South. Click here to learn
more about the college.
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This 2,600-sq-ft split level on a fifth-acre is
on the market for $229,900 in Taylorsville.
on the market for $229,900 in Taylorsville.
Taylorsville's northern boundary
runs along 4100 South to 2700
West, where it jogs south to 4700
South. The western boundary is a
few streets west of Bangerter
Highway. The southern boundary is
about 6500 South, and the eastern
boundary snakes along between
700 and 1300 West.
runs along 4100 South to 2700
West, where it jogs south to 4700
South. The western boundary is a
few streets west of Bangerter
Highway. The southern boundary is
about 6500 South, and the eastern
boundary snakes along between
700 and 1300 West.
