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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes November 9, 2021 However, there was a single-wide manufactured home located on the subject property until earlier this year. The adjacent land uses are residential and vacant, and the subject property is surrounded by CR Zoning on all sides except the north, which is zoned LDR. The purpose of the MH-2 district is to provide for the principal use of land developed in harmony with the underlying zoning district regulations; however, permitting the substitution of a manufactured home as a principal building, provided the specific design and/or installation regulations appearing in section 4-28 are met. The subject property is located within the boundary of the Central Area Land Use Plan and is planned for Very Low Density Residential (VLDR) uses. The Plan states that areas planned for VLDR uses are intended to remain predominately rural in character while allowing residential uses to occur at very low to low densities. The Plan further recommends that the density for these areas be at one unit per two acres or up to two units per acre provided additional development standards are met. While the Plan recommends a certain density for VLDR areas, this request is intended to allow the applicant to place a manufactured home on an existing lot where it currently is not permitted. Therefore, this request would not have any effect on the application of the established densities in the Plan for this area. The area is already developed within the range that is recommended by the plan. The subject property is an existing lot of record with CR zoning. The proposed request does not allow for any further increases to density. The request is for the MH-2 overlay district to voluntarily be added to the subject property, which would allow a double wide manufactured home to be substituted on the property as the principal building versus a modular home or stick built home. There are existing manufactured homes within the vicinity of this proposal. Manufactured homes have existed in this area for quite some time (at least since 1995). A single-wide manufactured home was previously located on the subject property and could have been replaced with a like or larger manufactured home. However, it was removed from the property and the 6-month time frame for it to be replaced has expired. Pursuant to Chapter 14, Section 14-8, manufactured homes on individual lots of record that do not have the Manufactured Home Overlay may be removed and replaced provided that the replacement manufactured home is equal to, or greater than, the size of the manufactured home being replaced and meets the design and installation standards for individual manufactured homes in Chapter 4. Pursuant to Chapter 14, Section 14-6, B, if the existing non-conforming use ceases for more than 6 months, subsequent use or development of the land must conform to district regulations. 2