Manufactured homes and Senate Bill 785: Aledo's new MH zoning district

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Texas Senate Bill 785, effective Sept. 1, 2026, requires cities to allow HUD-code manufactured homes by right in at least one district. Aledo created a Manufactured Home district in May 2026 and applied it to the existing park at 124 Yates Circle in July.

Compiled automatically from the Ledger's meeting reports: each excerpt below is the passage of a report that mentions this topic, in the words the report used, linked to the full entry and its minutes. Updated on every build; last built Friday, September 4, 2026.

July 16Aledo City Council

Council seeks $2 million for Lasater Addition water mains, rezones the Aledo mobile home park under the new MH district, and orders a water and wastewater master plan update

The council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2026-O-19, which aligns the subdivision process in the Unified Development Code with standard Texas practice by correcting the development process flow chart, clarifying plat recordation eligibility and making other consistency revisions, and Ordinance No. 2026-O-20, a city-initiated rezoning of the 23.774-acre Aledo MH Park at 124 Yates Circle, including addresses on Yates Circle, Langham Drive, Rogers Court, Feedlot Road and Old Annetta Road, from Planned Development-Manufactured Homes to the new Manufactured Homes district created May 7 in response to Senate Bill 785, which takes effect Sept. 1, 2026. Grant Fore of the Berkley Group said the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended both unanimously on June 11. No one spoke at either hearing.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, July 16, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, July 16, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

June 11Planning and Zoning Commission

Planning commission recommends a subdivision-process cleanup with a 20% maintenance bond and MH zoning for the Aledo mobile home park

The commission also unanimously recommended the city-initiated application of the Manufactured Home (MH) district to the 23.774-acre Aledo MH Park at 124 Yates Circle, including addresses on Yates Circle, Langham Drive, Rogers Court, Feedlot Road and Old Annetta Road. Fore said the rezoning brings the existing community into compliance with Senate Bill 785, which requires at least one by-right district for manufactured housing, and that the new district substantially mirrors the park's current standards and proposes no physical redevelopment. Commissioners asked about state requirements, future annexations and whether more MH zoning will be needed as the city grows. Fore continued the Planning 101 series with a session on zoning under Local Government Code Chapter 211, planned development districts and the relationship between the zoning map and the future land use map. The meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, June 11, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, June 11, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

May 14Planning and Zoning Commission

A reconstituted planning commission elects Jessica Dobbins chair and gets its Planning 101 and open-meetings training

Fore also reviewed the ongoing Unified Development Code updates for Senate Bill 785 on HUD-code manufactured homes, including the new MH district, its permitted uses and standards, future consideration of where manufactured housing will be zoned, and the timeline for the commission, with the changes intended to align the code with the law by its Sept. 1, 2026, effective date. The meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, May 14, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, May 14, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

May 7Aledo City Council

Allen and Poston are sworn in, the Shaw Ranch preliminary plat clears with 103 lots, and a manufactured-home zoning district is created for Senate Bill 785

After a public hearing at which no one spoke, the council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2026-O-17 creating a Manufactured Home (MH) zoning district. Fore said Texas Senate Bill 785, adopted in the 2025-2026 legislative session and effective Sept. 1, 2026, requires non-discretionary permitting and by-right zoning for HUD-code manufactured homes, and that the city's code had no dedicated district for them; the new residential district allows HUD-code manufactured homes on individual lots or in manufactured home communities.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, May 7, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, May 7, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

April 9Planning and Zoning Commission

Planning commission recommends the new manufactured-home district and the 103-lot Shaw Ranch preliminary plat

After a hearing at which no one spoke, the commission unanimously recommended amending the Unified Development Code to establish a Manufactured Home (MH) zoning district with its use regulations and design and development standards. Grant Fore of the Berkley Group said Texas Senate Bill 785, effective Sept. 1, 2026, requires HUD-code manufactured homes to be permitted by right in at least one residential district, and that the amendment only creates the district; applying it to any property would require separate hearings.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, April 9, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, April 9, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal