Parker council approves conditional use permit for 12-unit modular home development on Desert Avenue amid neighborhood concern

The Parker Common Council approved a conditional use permit for a 12‑unit multi‑tenant, multi‑structure modular‑home development at 1300 and 1308 Desert Avenue after a lengthy public hearing and staff presentation of detailed stipulations.

Planning staff Nora presented the required conditions including parcel consolidation, submittal of site plans, landscaping and grading plans, a drainage report and a storm‑water retention plan, underground utilities, a six‑foot masonry screen for trash collection, and HUD/manufactured‑home certifications. Nora read the code standard that manufactured homes placed in the park must be constructed within three years of the application date and placed on excavated foundations so they present an appearance similar to conventional homes.

Applicant Timothy Sosaman addressed council about the project's intent. "These things would be targeted towards professionals...towards nurses and doctors and teachers," Timothy said, adding the project must be financially viable and that he intends to deliver quality units and common areas. He also said he will not begin construction until sewer work and required permits are in place.

Resident Faith Swisser, who said she can see the property from her house, urged the council to keep development within the limits of zoning and voiced traffic and parking concerns: "If he brings 12 in...I'm going to have a lot more" vehicles on the neighborhood roads, she said. Staff and councilors noted the CUP includes enforcement provisions; Nora said code enforcement would monitor for improper uses such as use of garages as storage units and for excessive vehicle activity.

The permit was approved with the stipulations presented by staff and lists the subject parcels as APN 3110‑50052C and 311052D. The transcript records one council member opposing the motion before the motion carried.