8 I The Lovell Chronicle I September 25, 2014
M_ABWYN LAY
A crowd gathered on Saturday, Sept. 21, in front of the Hyart Theatre to greet Jennifer Snell during her 90-
day reveal, which was being filmed locally as part of her participation on the ABC's Extreme Weight Loss
television show.
Mobile homes on Main Street in topics
for public hearing by Byron Council
BY BOB RODRIGUEZ
Should the state's Ti-
tle 11 rulings governing
manufactured homes and
numerous other land use
and development aspects
be suspended by the Byron
Town Council?
That appears to be in
the realm of possibility,
spurred by a request by Hei-
di Brightly for a variance to
place a manufactured home
on a Main Street site. After
considerable discussion in
the Town Hall on Thursday
night, Sept. 18, the council
took the somewhat unusual
move to expedite the matter
and set Oct. 14 for a public
hearing, changing the regu-
lar meeting to Oct. 16.
Mayor Pam Hopkin-
son and the councilors an-
ticipate that the hearing
topics, especially regard-
ing prohibition of manufac-
tured homes except in spe-
cific zones, will attract a
large crowd. Therefore, al-
though not yet approved,
it's possible that the hear-
ing will be held in the audi-
torium in the Bryon Recre-
ation Center (in the former
Byron school) rather than
Town Hall. An announce-
ment will be made.
The quick action to
set a public hearing stems
from a 30-minute presen-
tation by Brightly. She ap-
proached the council, which
pondered her variance re-
quest and then devoted an-
other 15 minutes for discus-
sion. Brightly told the body
several times that manu-
factured homes are becom-
ing widely accepted by mu-
nicipalities and that Byron
should take another look at
its restriction.
"Other towns are not
opposing them," she said,
"as this is the mobile home
age." Some months ago it
was indicated by a large
number of Byron residents
that they want to avoid
manufactured homes on
Main Street, although a
double-wide was allowed
during the past couple of
years. Observed Council-
or Alan Bair, "It has done
nothing but improve the ap-
pearance of the town."
Brightly, accompanied
by Edward Diaz, pushed
strongly for the council to
help accommodate her re-
quest. Her plan involves
razing an existing older
home on Main Street across
from the Byron Bar & Grill,
adding a foundation and
placing a 16-by-32 foot
1998 modular home there.
The town has ruled previ-
ously that not only must
mobiles be placed only in
the properly zoned sites,
of which there are few on
Main Street, but they must
measure no less than 24-by-
32 feet. Diaz explained that
they plan to add "a huge
covered porch" that would
take the proposed dwelling
well past the required 24
feet.
Council discussion me-
andered through various
possible scenarios and pos-
sibilities with the conclu-
sion, led by Mayor Pam
Hopkinson, to do whatev-
er possible to help Bright-
ly with her request. The
latter will square off with
Hopkinson for the position
of mayor in the November
general election.
The mayor and Bair
emphasized that the hear-
ing will be solely to listen
to the pros and cons antic-
ipated from the public. The
format will be to listen only,
not for the mayor and coun-
cil to answer questions or
comment. During the sub-
sequent council meeting the
elected officials will work
to make a decision based
on public input. There will
then need to be three read-
ings if the various applica-
ble ordinances are revised.
The public hearing, be-
sides manufactured homes,
will include the following
topics: recreational vehi-
cles, manufactured home
courts, floodplain district
regulations, minimum lot
sizes, abandoned vehicles,
weed control, offensive
rubbish and others.
In other matters the
council:
• Approved paying Au-
gust bills of $67,780 in-
cluding $5,520 as half of
the fee for next year's fire-
works show during Byron
Days, and payroll costs of
$19,690.
• Received a report
from Police Chief Frank-
ie Rohrer that during Au-
gust he handled 45 calls
including 34 traffic stops
as well as issuing 12 cita-
tions for weed and rubbish
violations.
The council meeting
was preceded by a one-
hour work session, so no ac-
tion was taken. The prima-
ry topic, introduced by the
mayor, involves charges for
existing but unused wa-
ter taps, as well as sewer
maintenance fees. The out-
come of her suggestions to
possibly reduce costs to us-
ers, with council input, is
forthcoming.
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