Ward 6 Alderman Andre’ Spiller wants a heads-up on mobile homes being moved into his ward.

Speaking to Brookhaven Building Inspector David Fearn Tuesday at the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, Spiller said he had issues concerning “trailers and things like that” coming into the community. 

“Is it some kind of way that we can work on that by letting the citizens or the aldermen know what’s coming inside the ward? Can we do that, before you know if they apply for it or some-thing like this we sit down and just see where they staging them, how they staging them, what next to things. Can we be part of that process?” he asked.

Fearn told him yes, if he wanted to be in the office daily when people come in to get permits. 

“I’m a phone call away,” Spiller said.

“There’s nothing that prevents them from putting it wherever they’re going to put it,” said Fearn. “If it meets the zoning requirements.”

Spiller said some of the city’s residents don’t like what they see, especially home owners’ associations. He called for the board to “tighten up” the mobile home ordinance.

“As of February 1, you can’t bring a single-wide into Brookhaven,” Alderman-at-large Don Underwood said. “There’s not a place in Brookhaven you can put them.”

“In a mobile home park, is what it says,” Fearn responded. 

“We wrote it (that) mobile home parks can only have double-wide trailers or triple-wide,” said Underwood.

The zoning ordinance still allows single-wides, the inspector said. 

“You need to change the zoning ordinance, then, because it still says you can use them. You didn’t change it when you made the other ordinance,” Fearn said. “You’ve still got to take it out of the zoning ordinance if you’re replacing it.”

“I thought the one we did replaced the existing mobile home ordinance,” said Underwood.

“I don’t know,” said Fearn. “I was not involved in it until it was given to me. So, I don’t know.”

Ward 4 Alderman Jeff Henning said the Board needed to make sure the ordinances were what the aldermen intended. Underwood insisted the Board had done so. 

Spiller followed with a motion to clarify that the old ordinance had been completely replaced by the new one. Underwood seconded the motion, and all voted in favor. Ward 2 Alderman Shannon Moore was not present.

The City’s Mobile Home Park Ordinance 259-2024, which went into effect Feb. 1, 2025, states, “No single-wide mobile homes are allowed” (Article I, Sec. 4-B). This does not apply to parks that were in existence or under actual construction prior to Feb. 1, and are therefore grandfathered in. Any additions or replacements must be double- or triple-wide mobile homes (Article III).