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Board rezones to allow manufactured homes

16 April 2008 – Manufactured homes, ditches, and information banks were some of the issues discussed during the Princeton Town Board Meeting Monday, April 7 at the Princeton Town Hall.
The meeting began with a public hearing concerning a piece of property owned by Brian Scott and his wife Monique, on 645 Edwards Dr.

In the meeting, it was explained that Mr. Scott had purchased a permit to place a pre-fabricated house on his property.

It was also explained that Mr. Scott later found that he was not allowed to place his home on the property because the property was zoned for other purposes.

Princeton Mayor Donald Rains said the area is not zoned for manufactured homes, just stick-built homes.

Princeton Planning Board Chairperson, Marshall Price, said Mr. Scott had come before the planning board before and asked if they could add manufactured homes to the zone.

Mr. Price said that adding manufactured homes to the zone would require the Town of Princeton to change its town ordinances.
However, Mr. Price explained that the planning boards recommended Mr. Scott ask the town board to rezone the property.

Mr. Scott explained that he had begun the process of trying to get his house placed on this piece of property in October of last year, but was unsure of which steps to take and as a result, it has taken so long.

“I’m just ready to get my house up,” Scott said.

After the public hearing concluded, the board agreed to rezone the area to allow manufactured homes.

Ronald Rawlings, Fremont Police Chief, approached the board concerning a ditch that is in the yard of a house his family has owned. The house is located on 106 Elm St.

He added that the ditch had been a concern for over 40 years.
Mr. Rawlings explained that town workers had chosen to dig the ditch deeper in an effort to allow the water the ditch had been collecting to drain out of the ditch.

Mr. Rawlings asked the board to help fix the ditch and explained that he had a contractor look at the ditch in order to fix his problem.

According to Mr. Rawlings, the contractor said that it would take 45 tons of rocks to fill in the ditch.

It was explained that town may be able to help him, however they had to see what would happen with the proposed railroad crossings projects.

Mayor Rains asked Mr. Rawlings to give the town 30 days to see if they could come up with a solution. Mr. Rawlings agreed.
Commissioner Walter Martin Jr. presented information on the Citizens Information Bank.

A resolution concerning the project said that the bank would provide citizen with the information needed to “make an informed decision.”

The bank would offer citizens information about topics such as healthcare, job training, trade agreements, national security, immigration, and education.

The members of the board discussed methods of getting information out to citizens. There were no votes held concerning the issue.

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