BURTON CITY COUNCIL SWEARS IN NEW MEMBER
The Burton City Council has appointed a new member.
Paul McLaughlin was sworn in by Mayor David Zajicek at the council’s meeting Tuesday.
McLaughlin will serve on the council in Position Four, which was previously held by Jerry Martin. Martin submitted his resignation from the council last month after serving since May 2018.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the council tabled action on an amendment to the city’s animal control ordinance limiting the number of cats and dogs residents could own.
The council had considered allowing residents to house more than four dogs and six cats, so long as they could prove they are providing temporary housing or foster care through a licensed animal shelter or certified non-profit animal rescue organization. However, after discussing different numbers of animals that would be allowed, the council ultimately decided to table the item.
Following the end of the regular meeting, the council opened an executive session to discuss personnel matters. No action was taken.
The council also:
- Submitted a formal application to the Texas Water Development Board for loan funding for a backup water well and having a water conservation plan created.
- Approved a resolution adopting investment policy, strategies, guidelines and management practices for the city.
- Tabled a mobile home ordinance variance for behind 610 North Colorado Street on Trinity Street, or for 12832 West Burton Street. A Burton resident is seeking a variance to the ordinance and asking for approval to move into a brand new mobile home on one of two locations: either off of Trinity Street or on West Burton Street. The item may be brought before the council in a workshop prior to its next regular meeting.
If the people owned the property before new laws were put into effect the law should not prevent them from having a manufactured home. If the city requires something different that costs more money, then the city of Burton should pay the difference. The city cannot just arbitrarily take away your existing property rights. This property owner must fight back for all Americans Rights!
I always find it humorous how people moan and groan about how high property taxes are (including myself) but then complain when something comes along that might decrease their property value. I wish my property value would decrease so I don’t have to pay so much in property taxes!
So you like your property to depreciate? If so, then buy a car. Real estate is an appreciating asset in most cases. I want the value to continue to increase over time. That is more money in my pocket. More taxes to the local taxing authority only makes our community better. I can assure you that any council member that votes yes will not be re-elected. And if they vote yes, be prepared for a lawsuit. We are a group of citizens that only want the best for Burton, and will ensure that mobile homes are not allowed within the city limits.
You should educate yourself before you comment.
The more your property is valued at is the more taxes you will pay every year.
It is not more money in your pocket until you sell it, or, if you get a loan against it.
Other than that, the higher the value, the higher the taxes, the higher the insurance.
Also, there is nothing that says the more taxes collected means more benefit for the tax payers.
Yes, taxes are used to improve things, but the are also used to pay the administration of the taxes more money, and not always with added benefit.
There is nothing wrong with a mobile home, or a manufactured home.
As long as it is kept up well, regular lot maintenance and some nice landscaping, there is not a thing wrong.
In fact, there are some manufactured homes and cabins that are built much better than all of the Style Craft houses that are filling up Brenham.
Be careful what you wish for.
It might be your house/lot/car that is not good enough one day.
If you get too many unrealistic, uppity, people that move into Burton, that will be the case.
I’m of mixed feelings when it comes to Burton’s current City Council. They’ve enacted ordinances that place a minimum square footage — which means tiny homes can never be part of the fabric of our neighborhood — and they’ve made it more difficult for new mobile homes. But it makes me sad that livestock, goats and chickens are being pushed out: I loved living in a town that had these country quirks.
I also volunteer for an agency that is trying to help neighbors lift themselves out of sub-par living conditions. If a new mobile home becomes an impossible dream, then our hopes to elevate current living conditions become more faint. Burton is a far cry from the master-planned Disney village in Florida (Celebration) and frankly I would prefer a more lax ordinance that will allow neighbors to more easily improve their living conditions.
I don’t think you understand gentrification. Gentrification happens when young, upwardly mobile move into what is perceived to be or might be a downmarket part of a town. In turn, those that lived in the community are forced out. This is not the case in Burton. I don’t see people flocking to Burton. The money is flowing to Round Top, and now Fayetteville. Drive thru them and you don’t see mobile homes in the middle of town or dilapidated buildings. If you want investment and more tax dollars, more families, then allow for new SF housing in the city and set aside land on the outskirts for tiny homes or mobile homes.
More eyesore mobile homes. Nothing says decline in property values more than mobile homes. Forget any type of investment in Burton or luring in new homeowners. They move to the country for a reason, and one of them is not having to live in a trailer park.
Please do not venture out into the rain without an umbrella. You might drown since your nose is pointed to the sky 🙂
Not everyone can afford to build a home, sometimes they can only afford the property and a mobile home to live in! If it is neat and clean then it is not your business and DON’T JUDGE!
If you want mobile homes to make up your community, then move to Dime Box. They should not be allowed within the city; period.
They are eyesores and are a reason home values decline in areas in which they are in. I prefer our property values continue to rise; that is the American ideal. Further, this would be a rental home.The only person to benefit would be the landlord. If you would like to study the matter further, there is empirical data provided in the link below of a study in North Carolina.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229791986_The_Impact_of_Manufactured_Housing_on_Adjacent_Residential_Property_Values_A_GIS_Approach_Based_on_Three_North_Carolina_Counties
You are right! On both accounts.
This will prevent anyone with good money from buying and building in any area surrounding the mobile homes.
Those potential buyer’s will find another community Brenham will be happy to welcome them!