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The life and death of Oceanside mobile homes
Public records show that on 5/15/19 the City of Oceanside placed a Stop Work Order at Terrace Gardens Mobilehome Park for bringing a mobilehome into the park and placing them on lots without required permits. At that time, all work on five unpermitted homes brought into the Park was halted until Owner applied for permits. Mobilehome permits were issued from July through December of 2019. A large double-wide unpermitted mobilehome was brought in among the first five homes. It stands unpermitted since May 2019. It continues to sprawl across a designated single-wide lot space and across the Common Area. The Common Area was designated for recreation in the park's original use plan. Children played there for years, riding bicycles, chalk-painting and playing ball. So, the Common Area has been re-purposed without required notice to residents as per California Civil Code. The City of Oceanside cannot authorize repurposing of park lots, facilities and recreation areas. The mobilehome must be moved elsewhere. The City will do wise to limit time unpermitted home may stand. A mobilehome park is not a parking lot to store mobilehomes. Additionally, 8/12/2019 Oceanside City issued another Stop Work Order at Terrace Gardens. The order halted work on a retaining wall at the swimming pool that was dramatically rough-graded months ago. Oceanside City's Geotechnical Department has required a soil report be contained in the permit application. Pounding winter rains have eroded great swaths through recreation areas and former access walkways at Terrace Gardens. Timely and professionally-conducted projects do beautify Oceanside's mobilehome parks to mutual benefit. However, ill-planned, slip-shod projects risk devaluation of homes and property and present other risks. We have seen Oceanside's mobilehome owners are robust defenders of their rights. Our 16B Rent Control mobilizations have born out victoriously. The City does well to support all efforts to maintain mobilehome owner's rights. Oceanside purports itself as visionary and respectful of its neighborhoods' character, High-density, ill-planned projects detract from appearance, lifestyle and infrastructure. We all have a stake in this. Thank you for your well-written article, Mr. Leighton.— January 6, 2020 12:52 p.m.