2636 ORDINANCE NO. 2 6 3 6
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NINETY (90) DAY MORATORIUM TO
PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION OF MOBILE HOMES IN THE ZONING AREA
MIXED RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY (MRH) WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CAN
RESEARCH THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM THE ABUNDANCE OF MOBILE
HOMES IN THE AREA,AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the West Memphis Planning and Development Department and the West
Memphis City Council have expressed concern about the concentration of mobile homes within
the above area which is zoned Mixed Residential High Density (MRH); and
WHEREAS, a moratorium on the issuance of the installation of mobile homes in the
zoning area Mixed Residential High Density (MRH) within the City of West Memphis until such
time as Planning and Development can research the negative impacts from the abundance of
mobile homes in the areas in the City of West Memphis'during the research period; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public's interest to grant a moratorium on the
installation of mobile homes in the described area within the City, for ninety (90) days, to
conduct a study to the manner and placement of these types of homes and to make possible
recommendations for changes to the City's land development regulations and to initiate said
changes to protect the future health, safety, future property values and general welfare of the
entire City of West Memphis; and
WHEREAS, the proposed moratorium shall not apply to installation, which obtains legal
permit before the time the moratorium is enacted as long as they meet HUD's standards for '
manufactured housing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations set out in the preamble to this Ordinance are
found to be true and correct and they are hereby adopted by the City Council and made a part
hereof for all purposes.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of West Memphis hereby grants a ninety
(90) day moratorium on the installation of mobile homes in the zoning area Mixed Residential
High Density (MRH) within the City of West Memphis until such time as Planning and
Development can research the negative impacts from the abundance of mobile homes in the
area. The moratorium shall not apply to installations that have a legal permit at the time this
moratorium is enacted, as long as, they meet HUD's standards for manufactured housing.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance should be declared invalid by
the final judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not
affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
Ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this /0 day of,(ITN , , 2023.
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RCO MCCLENDON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Patricia Boyd Joplin, City Clerk
SPONSOR: