Rankin County residents frustrated with recent zoning ordinance
16 WAPT News Jackson
[{'start': '0.433', 'end': '3.403', 'text': 'JOINS US LIVE FROM THE   BRANDON MUNICPAL COMPLEX,   CRYSTAL WHAT ARE   HOMEOWNERS SAYING ABOUT   THIS ORDINANCE?        HUNDREDS OF   CONCERNED HOMEOWNERS   SHOWED UP AT THE MEETING,   HEARING MORE ABOUT AN   APPEAL MADE BY THE HOUSING   ASSOCIATION WHO BELIEVE   THE ZONING AMENDMENTS   WEREN\'T DONE WITH ANY   EVIDENCE OR SUPPORT AND   VIOLATES HOMEOWNERS   RIGHTS.   <"I CAN\'T MY HUSBAND ME AND   TWO KIDS LIVING IN A HOME   WITH 6 OTHER PEOPLE, IT\'S   JUST NOT FEASIBLE.">   TRACK   RANKIN COUNTY   MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNERS   FRUSTRATED WITH A NEW   ZONING ORDINANCE MADE BY   THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,   PUTTING TIGHTER   RESTRICTIONS ON HOMES IN   AGRICULTURAL ZONES, WITH   LITTLE NOTICE.   <ITS RIDICULOUS ITS   ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.   THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT   THING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD   KNOW ABOUT. I MEAN ITS   AFFECTING THE YOUNGER   PEOPLE, ITS AFFECTING THE   OLD PEOPLE, MIDDLE AGED   PEOPLE ITS AFFECTING   EVERYBODY, AND EVERYBODY   SHOULD HAVE A SAY ABOUT   IT.">   TRACK   HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY   MEMBERS SAT IN ON A PUBLIC   HEARING HOSTED BY THE   MISSISSIPPI MANUFACTURED   HOUSING ASSOCIATION,   WHO\'S WORKING TO APPEAL   THIS DECISION.   <I KNEW FROM THE CALLS THAT   WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM   OUR OFFICE AS I TOLD YOU, IN   THREE DAYS OVER 500 CALLS, I   KNEW PEOPLE WERE   CONCERNED.>   TRACK   COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE   ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO SEE   HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THEIR   HOMES...   áNAT SOUNDá   THE REZONING DECISION   WOULD FORCE HOMEOWNERS IN   RURAL AREAS TO GO IN FRONT OF   A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR   APPROVAL OF ANY ADD-ONS TO   THEIR HOME OR PROPERTY.   AS WELL AS, NOT ALLOWING   HOMES TO BE MOVED THAT ARE 7   YEARS OR OLDER -   ESSENTIALLY DEPLETING THE   VALUE OF THEIR HOMES.   DESPITE THIS, JENNIFER   HALL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR   OF THE MISSISSIPPI   MANUFACTURED HOUSING   ASSOCIATION, SAYS THEIR   FIGHT ISN\'T OVER AS THEY   WORK TO GET SIGNATURES FOR A   PETITION.   <"WE\'RE HOPING, THAT IT   OPENS SOME EYES, AND SOME   EARS, AND SOME HEARTS." >        HALL SAYS THEY DID INVITE   THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS   BUT NONE OF THEM SHOWED UP.      DESPITE THIS, SHE SAYS   THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HOST   TH'}]