LOYALTON MOBILE HOME PARK was discussed at the Sierra County Board of Supervisors’ meeting in Loyalton on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Sierra County Planning Director Tim Beals led the topic and stated since the special meeting held on April 19th there has been a lot of action and activities and said they now have a fairly accurate list of those who were lawfully occupying a space at the time of suspension in December of 2015. He said they were going to be proposing law enforcement actions on those who moved in subsequent to the suspension date. Beals stated they have also been gathering information and intend to proceed with enforcement action on an individual who is conducting an unlawful business, violating county zoning codes, violating terms of use permit and creating a significant public nuisance.
He said as part of an effort to assist in the voluntary clean up of the Park, the Board has agreed to a tire amnesty program, so residents can take tires to the landfill, and the Board authorized a metal only vehicle amnesty for residents to bring old vehicles to the landfill free of charge. Beals thought the vehicle amnesty would happen during the month of June, adding mobile homes were not part of the waiver. He said he had a meeting last Friday with State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to evaluate respective issues and to understand the role between the County and HCD as well as what that to do with the condition of the park with no responsible party.
Beals stated the Board continues to discuss the options identified on April 19th. Beals concluded that the first and foremost issue will be to proceed with enforcement actions against those individuals and uses that are clearly violations and to establish an understanding of proper use of occupancy and improper use of occupancy. He told the Board, this item will be a “time pit” for their work and felt once started they would have to stay focused and would be using a lot of resources.