RESIDENTS WANT TO STAY PUT : PROJECT PLANNED AT MOBILE-HOME PARK.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Violet violet, common name for some members of the Violaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs (and sometimes shrubs, small trees, or climbers) found on all continents. Green worries about her future every day. The resident of Canyon Breeze Village mobile-home park fears development plans will force her to abandon her home of 22 years. ``I'm worried and I'm not the only one,'' said Green, 72. ``I'm worried about having to move and being forced to move outside of this limited area.'' In May, park co-owner Thomas Clark Thomas Clark is the name of a number of notable people:
``Currently we have no plans in to the city to do anything,'' Clark said. ``We have been looking at different commercial projects. We would certainly go to residents and talk to them about it and show them our plans.'' Green worries that if her park closes, she will be forced to leave her friends and family who ferry her to doctor appointments, the grocery store and other places. ``I live close to a daughter who's within one mile of me and I have a son who lives within five to six miles of me,'' she said. ``They are of help to me because I don't have a car or transportation.'' If the park closes, Green could get help under a proposed city ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been that would require park owners to move mobile-home owners to a comparable park within city limits. The City Council is scheduled to review the ordinance Nov. 12. ``This is to protect mobile-home owners,'' said City Planner Rich Henderson, who said renters would not receive moving benefits under the ordinance. ``It sets up procedures for relocating residents should a park close.'' The city has no relocation ordinance now. Under state law, park owners can move residents within a 200-mile zone and must file a relocation impact plan considered fair to residents and approved by the city. Under the proposed ordinance, park owners would need to file a similar plan with the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Board, a five-member panel comprising park owners, residents and a professional mediator mediator n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a lawyer, or retired judge, but can be a non-attorney specialist in the subject matter (like child custody) who tries to bring people and their disputes to early resolution through a conference. . Park owners would be responsible for all moving expenses, including storage and a $75 daily fee to cover meals, lodgings and other costs. If the council passes the ordinance it would last one year while the city worked to find space for the displaced displaced see displacement. mobile homes. Residents of older mobile-home models often are rejected by park owners who fear the units bring down the value of newer mobile-home models. Green said the planned ordinance is a step in the right direction but she wants a buyout plan that would allow residents to demand cash value for their units if they can't be moved to another location. ``It doesn't cover enough,'' she said. ``It doesn't protect us enough.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. only--color) Plans for a shopping center at the site of Canyon Breeze Village mobile-home park would force Violet Green and other residents to move. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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