There is a possibility that even manufactured homes will be affected by the latest proposed ordinance for vacant properties in El Paso, Texas. The ordinance has proposed banning boarded up residences, storefronts and other buildings.
The proposal is part of a city-wide plan to get vacant properties, including foreclosed homes for sale in El Paso, TX, to register and keep up to city code. Failure to do so will result on these properties being demolished. According to the authors of the proposal, the ordinance is to eliminate neighborhood blight and keep communities safer.
There are thousands of foreclosed homes in Texas, with a big number of them found in El Paso. It has been estimated that more than 5,000 properties in El Paso are vacant. Recently, the City Council has rejected a proposal to have all vacant properties in the city up to code and registered with local or city housing authorities.
Following the opposition, the proposal was modified to target only vacant houses foreclosures and buildings in certain areas that are in worst conditions or those that have been empty for at least a couple of years.
It is not yet sure whether manufactured homes will be affected by the plan, but the particular areas mentioned in the modified ordinance will include Chamizal, downtown El Paso, lower Dyer Street and Segundo Barrio. Owners of homes and buildings in the said areas that are considered to be in worst conditions will be required to let the city know what they plan for their properties.
Such properties will also be inspected and officials will decide whether they are up to city code. If not, owners will be provided with a schedule within which they need to update the code standards of the properties. Should owners fail to do this, the properties will be demolished. In addition, fire and burglar alarms will be required for commercial premises. Properties with boarded up windows and doors that are facing streets will also be required to have the boards replaced by windows and doors.
The latest ordinance has been criticized as being too broad by some members of the city and they have asked for additional changes, claiming that the original form would cost property owners a lot of money. Meanwhile, owners of manufactured homes are waiting to see whether the proposal will affect their properties.
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