Middlesex supervisors had been asked to amend a county ordinance to allow manufactured homes in some waterfront areas of Middlesex. The county had scheduled a public hearing on the matter for Tuesday, Oct. 3.
However, after the Sentinel went to press, the person making the request, Hyattsville, Md. resident Leonard H. Powell, who has a weekend home in Deltaville and is president of Powell’s Marina in Deltaville, called off the request.
Some may be making plans to attend the public hearing that is scheduled for Tuesday evening to address this matter, however, the item concerning the ordinance amendment is being removed from the public hearing agenda.
The Middlesex County Planning Commission denied an application on Sept. 13 that would have allowed manufactured homes in Waterfront Commercial districts as a special exception.
The application was initiated by Leonard H. Powell from Pinetop District. The final decision, however, will be considered by the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors at a public hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse in Saluda.
The planning commission denied the application on a 4-2 vote. Planning Commission members Bev Butler, R.D. Johnson, Teresa Anderson and Marilyn South voted to reject the application, while Bill Powell and Denita Hammond voted to approve.
Manufactured housing is not permitted by right or with special exception approval, in Village Community, Residential, Cluster Development, Waterfront Commercial, General Business and Light Industrial zoning districts. Manufactured homes are allowed in Low Density Rural and Resource Husbandry zoning, which is 83% of the land in the county.
