The City Council is hereby given sole authority to grant variances to the standards which must be met by nonconforming mobile homes by February 1, 1997 as set out in the original Ordinance Number 27 passed and approved March 13, 1980 as amended by Ordinance Number 27a passed and approved July 23, 1996.

The City Council in deciding whether to grant or refuse such variance shall consider each case on a separate basis and than make such determination as to whether to grant a variance and the kind of variance to grant based on the facts of each particular case.

Those owners of nonconforming mobile homes in the city who wish a variance from the standards of Ordinance No. 27 (which must be met by February 1, 1997) must file a written application for such variance on or before January 14, 1997, and earlier if possible, and such application shall be in writing and addressed to the City Council of the City of Grey Forest, Texas, and be filed with the City Secretary. It shall in every case have attached to it at least two photographs of the site in question from at least two different angles showing the existing mobile home and also have attached to said application a site plan or drawing if there is to be any relocation of said mobile [home].

Said application shall not only ask for a variance but shall specify expressly and with great particularity such variance or variances from the standards of the ordinance desired by the applicant and set forth in detail what the applicant proposes to do to improve the sightliness, safety, and durability and usefulness of such nonconforming mobile home.

As received, the City Council will schedule a hearing on such variance application or applications for its first regular monthly council meeting thereafter provided that the application is filed no later than two (2) weeks prior to said meeting; otherwise the application will be heard at the next regular monthly council meeting. A public hearing will be held when the council by majority vote of any quorum present shall either grant or deny the application, and if such variance is granted, it shall plainly state the conditions thereof. Within five (5) days after said council meeting, if the variance is granted, the City Secretary shall write to the applicant stating the action of the council and setting out in detail conditions of the variance granted, if any. If not granted, the City Secretary within the same time frame shall write to the applicant and state officially in writing that the same has been denied and remind the applicant that it must conform by February 1, 1997.