But almost half the growth in the Moss Lake area is from mobile and modular homes coming into out-lying sections near the lake. Officials think it's likely that many of these newcomers may come from neighboring counties that have mobile-home restrictions. Cleveland County has no regulations on what type of mobile homes can enter the county or where they go. And it has no countywide zoning. In the past, mobile-home regulations and countywide zoning have been controversial political issues that leaders steered clear of.
Some officials now feel it's time to face the heat and take action.
We're one of the few counties in the region without mobile-home regulations. The things other counties don't want are coming into Cleveland. If we don't plan for growth, nobody wins, no matter what their economic status. Commissioners Chairman Joe Cabaniss thinks the county should take a long look at mobile-home regulations and countywide zoning. And county commissioners recently zoned 13,000 acres in the Waco-Fallston area for rural agriculture use.