ORCUTT, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Supervisors are working to help protect seniors-only mobile home parks located within the county jurisdiction from being able to convert into places that have no age restrictions.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors met in Santa Maria to discuss a potential ordinance that would keep seniors-only mobile home parks as they are.
“The Board took a look at it yesterday,” said Santa Barbara County Fourth District Supervisor Bob
Nelson. “We took two actions. The first action was to put a moratorium and that essentially freezes from allowing any current mobile home park from converting over the next few months. The second action was we directed staff to take a look at developing what we call a senior overlay, where we’d be able to create a zoning level that would, assure that senior parks stay senior.”
The matter was brought to the Board’s attention earlier this year when a handful of residents that live in seniors-only mobile home parks expressed concern about having their parks change to a facility that would allow people of all-ages.