Opinion ID: 3185682
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Heading Rank: 4

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Text: Upon review, we find no error. The circuit court correctly found Granville had authority under West Virginia Code § 8-12-5(30) [2012] to adopt an ordinance regulating the placement of mobile homes and house trailers. The circuit court’s March 30, 2015, order is affirmed. Affirmed. 4 While the circuit court correctly found Granville’s ordinance was valid and enforceable, part of its reasoning was incorrect. The circuit court allowed a witness who participated in drafting the 2006 amendment to West Virginia Code § 8A-11-1 to opine on the amendment’s intent and meaning. The circuit court based its holding, in part, on this witness’s testimony. We have held: “Ordinarily, a court cannot consider the individual views of members of the Legislature or city council which are offered to prove the intent and meaning of a statute or ordinance after its passage and after litigation has arisen over its meaning and intent.” Syl. Pt. 1, Cogan v. City of Wheeling, 166 W.Va. 393, 274 S.E.2d 516 (1981). 8