Westminster : Panel to Discuss Easing Mobile Home Park Law

The Planning Commission will meet tonight to discuss easing the city’s strict mobile home park conversion laws to conform with a new state law that only requires park owners to provide “reasonable” relocation costs to renters during a conversion.

The city law requires owners to relocate renters to a comparable area or buy their coaches. Owners must assess the financial impact on all tenants and relocate them to parks with similar job and school opportunities. About 11% of the city’s residents live in mobile home parks.

During a public hearing on the issue in November, park owners said the city must modify the conversion law because it is stricter than the state law that became effective Jan. 1.

But about two dozen elderly mobile home park residents said changing the law would encourage conversions and leave them homeless or force them to leave the county.

The special session will be held in the City Council chambers at 7:30 p.m.