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No More MH/RV Parks

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Met with the State guy last Thursday and gave him all the files. County gave them their files also. I took him on a quick tour of the three city parks. It was definitely an 'oh sh*te' experience for him.

An inspector will be up next month to do park inspections, starting with the one that gave me the most trouble and one in the county that is trouble. We are no longer in the MH/RV park enforcement business! :D :cool:

Merry Christmas to me, Merry Christmas to me.................

Sue, tired of substandard, tacky trailers and their parks.
 
ConArb -

You betcha! And hopefully with the state now being in charge, we can shovel some of it down the road to the dump.........:lol:

Sue, tired of tacky trailers
 
We have park where you can actually hook em to your truck and pull em away! Of couse, you have to have a Trans Am with at least one fender painted gray to live there. Oh yeah, and a mullet.
 
did not think you could discriminate against mentally handicapped R/v parks

Wazzup!!!!!
 
did not think you could discriminate against mentally handicapped R/v parks. Mh/rv

Wazzup!!!!!
 
High Desert said:
We have park where you can actually hook em to your truck and pull em away! Of couse, you have to have a Trans Am with at least one fender painted gray to live there. Oh yeah, and a mullet.
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Here, you need a battered Ford F-150, preferably with a flatbed and a 5th wheel hitch. ;)

Seriously, a full size single wide MH was moved over the weekend from one park in town out to another one, no permits, no transport permits, etc. I tagged that one because they didn't even do a park set on it and the lady was living in it. Just pulled it in and plugged it in, no blocking, etc. :o

Sue, living la vida loca in the land of fruits and nuts
 
hlfireinspector said:
Just send them this way. City just allowed our RV park to double in size. 11 wood cabins on wheels added too. Gotta love it.
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My sincerest condolences. Those park trailers (cabins on wheels) are kinda neat looking and at least are relatively new. What I have here are 35 yr old mobiles that weren't meant to be in snow country (20# roof load).

Sue, in snowy, icy CA
 
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Sue,

In some parts of the country, those MH's are just un-anchored metal boxes

waiting to be carried off by the next strong wind ( i.e. - `naders ). OMG!! :eek:

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north star said:
* * * *Sue,

In some parts of the country, those MH's are just un-anchored metal boxes

waiting to be carried off by the next strong wind ( i.e. - `naders ). OMG!! :eek:

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Oh, I know. Grew up in and around Chicago, tornado sirens are a nifty invention! Lived through the tornado that wiped a good portion of Flint, MI off the map in the late 50's.

Sue, now in earthquake country............
 
I was visiting that building when Little Rock was under a tornado watch. All glass with the one end resting on a couple of columns. A real dumb place to be at that time but the chopper show was worth it
 
Trailer Parks,

The sooner all the poor people are out of the municipalities the better. :-(

Merry Christmas?

Uncle Bob
 
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Jobsaver,

I spent many years living in a trailer. My father was a soldier and we moved a lot; and, guess I just didn't understand at the time how people felt about us. I'm glad I didn't know then what people are saying now.

Uncle Bob
 
Alias said:
We are no longer in the MH/RV park enforcement business! Sue, tired of substandard, tacky trailers and their parks.
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But Sue that means you will no longer see the the most exciting parts of town

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Uncle Bob said:
Jobsaver,I spent many years living in a trailer. My father was a soldier and we moved a lot; and, guess I just didn't understand at the time how people felt about us. I'm glad I didn't know then what people are saying now.

Uncle Bob
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I think the post is more about the substandard than the type of home. But I am not sure, to many, the word substandard and the word mobile-home are synonyms.
 
Uncle Bob said:
Jobsaver,I spent many years living in a trailer. My father was a soldier and we moved a lot; and, guess I just didn't understand at the time how people felt about us. I'm glad I didn't know then what people are saying now.

Uncle Bob
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Bob -

We have a couple of very nice parks here. I have no problem with mobile homes or parks as long as the owner complies with basic life/health/safety provisions of the state code. What I do have a problem with is a landlord who takes advantage of the poor people who are on a fixed income and won't do necessary repairs.

The one park that I am referring to is the one where I go out at least once a year on a tenant complaint about a substandard home. I condemned 5 in '07 in one fell swoop. Three have been 'fixed' without permits and are being rented. One of the 'rehabbed' units had an electrical fire and the FD shut off the power. Manager was going to run extension cords across the park to power trailer. :eek:

I'm done, they don't pay me enough to deal with stupid (manager).

Sue, the high desert denizen ;)
 
Jobsaver said:
I think the post is more about the substandard than the type of home. But I am not sure, to many, the word substandard and the word mobile-home are synonyms.
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Exactly Jobsaver. I am tired of doing abatements/compliance on run down, substandard units that I wouldn't let my dog live in. Last one had water leaks and falling ceilings, a floor that was falling causing the frig to lean back onto the wall at about a 30 degree angle, etc. It was a real mess.

Sue, the high desert denizen
 
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