Cedarville council adopts resolution to become a Second Class City; mobile-home rules discussed

The Cedarville City Council adopted a resolution in March 2003 to make Cedarville a Second Class City, a status the council’s recorder/treasurer, Jane Dickson, read aloud before the body voted to adopt the measure.

The change in classification, adopted by a 3-0 procedural vote, was followed later in the year by a notice from the Secretary of State confirming Cedarville’s Second Class status. Mayor Beverly Pyle and council members discussed how the new classification interacts with local zoning and mobile-home regulations and asked the Planning Commission to examine options for tighter local controls.

Council members examined limits other towns use: Mayor Pyle cited Alpena’s restriction that mobile homes older than 10 years be barred from placement inside city limits unless grandfathered, while the Municipal League guidance summarized later by the mayor warned that without formal zoning the city’s authority to restrict incoming mobile homes would be limited. The council discussed HUD inspection and “red seal” requirements for older trailers as a compliance mechanism rather than an outright ban.

Council Member Connelly was asked to work with the Planning Commission to draft proposed language and report back; the council did not adopt an ordinance at these meetings. The matter was treated as an active planning task rather than a final regulatory change.