The Franklin County (Missouri) Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a conditional use permit (CUP) plan to replace a series of duplexes, senior apartment and Korean-syle huts with single and multi-section manufactured homes for a 110-acre retreat complex for the National Association of Intercultural Family, Inc. (NAICFM). Initially approved in 2007, the three phases of the project were scheduled to be completed by 2011, but as of today only the first phase was finished because of cost overruns, according to emissourian.com. The commission, noting the new plan sounded like a manufactured housing community (MHC), said the property is in the community development district which prohibits MHCs, and granting the change would violate county regulations.

Lloyd Brown, speaking on behalf of the NAICFM for the members, who are not fluent in English, said the group was overly ambitious, he did not know how many manufactured homes were planned, nor was he able to answer several questions from the commission, but he thought the project was for a retirement community. After Robert Winton of Clayton Homes told the commission he had suggested 30-40 manufactured homes (MH) to the group, the commissioners said it sounded like an MHC, not a CUP amendment. Despite Winton’s objections that it was not an MHC, the commission voted down the project unanimously. MHProNews understands many MHCs have four homes to an acre. ##

(Photo credit: horizon.com–manufactured home with ramp)