Pre-meeting talk about House Bill 399 and modulars
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I didn't hear the wasn't paying attention to the first part of the
conversation
where
you guys
are.
So this House Bill three ninety nine basically allows modulars and mobiles in any single feature zoning district. Talk about it right now. Then there's this whole issue of remind them that also re It also prohibits us from citing compatibility with note their
concerns.
as an issue. If somebody comes in for a rezoning and it's an in field development, it's like a hundred acres or less and there's already another development next door then you're not allowed to cite compatibility as a reason not to approve it. And they have to amend the comp plan to include standards for what constitutes compatibility.
Oh, I already know how to go around this law. Been meaning to talk to Burke about it. But there I'd have there's other ways to deal with Lightning. I mean the
SS that I
told him
you just have to be smaller than if you go to the bill. Yeah, which I mean we were able to deal with local at least in the beginning. But it's seed restrictions.
So f so let's say for instance the legislature
No
Okay. Just tell 'em that it's
We won't. Seth's all V five speed. However, we do require in a subdivision a fifteen foot wide drainage easement now in all side lines.
There you go. Okay. That's how you deal with it. Yeah, you know. Just I be on everything. Yeah, I mean we don't you don't think it's relevant I don't think it's relevant. Yeah.
Mm.
Really, it just seems like everything that the legislature's been doing is just to seize control from municipalities. I mean it's the property tax thing
is another. So on this compatibility th you're you have to approve it with no public hearing. So my take on it is we just change the land development code so that all alternative standards require to
the hearing. Alright, so we're not having a zone.
I'm
always
cold though, it's
bad terrible. There you go. What is that?
Yeah, there's there's always ways around it. Then it's just a big cat and bouse because we're already I don't know.
Again,
I feel like these laws are being drafted in Taliassi to address very
isolated issues throughout the state.
And there's a lot of collateral damage to go with it. Yes, they're not well throughout.
Yeah.
I mean the the whole property tax thing is another example.
They're gonna have to supplement the revenue from somewhere and it's probably gonna come from the state. Which means they're gonna hold her strings. Hey.