The New Iberia City Council apparently liked what it saw while visiting a modular home building facility earlier this month in St. Martinville.

During Tuesday’s council meeting, an ordinance will be discussed that would make modular homes an acceptable type of structure to put in existing neighborhoods.

The approval of these type of homes comes on the heels of a zoning ordinance that made mobile homes unacceptable outside of a mobile home park. Those living in mobile homes currently outside of a park, but still in the city lúimits, are grandfathered into a clause of the restriction.

The pending ordinance up for vote Tuesday would add a definition of “modular home” to the city’s code of ordinances that also details the need for that home to be built with the characteristics of the neighborhood to which it is being added.

City officials have stated on occasion that the main reason for the restriction of mobile homes outside of a park is to keep neighborhoods with a certain level of conformity.

The ordinance will also list the procedure for gaining proper approval to place the structure in a city district as well as a service fee for the process.

A public hearing for the Housing Choice Voucher Program will also take place during the meeting.

Council meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. on third floor of City Hall.

For more information about Tuesday’s meeting, call 369-2300.

source : www.iberianet.com