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~~~ MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS QUARTERLY JOINT PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 6, 1986 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in joint session with the Planning Board to hold the quarterly public hearing which was conta.nued from August 25 and September 15 and to hold a regular meeting on October 6, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom, Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Dan Willhoit and Commissioners Shirley Marshall, Moses Carey, Jr., Ben Lloyd and Norman Walker. PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Carl Walters, David Shanklin, Tim Hubbard, Chris Best, Prince Taylor, Peter Kramer, Michael Lewis, Sharlene Pilkey, Betty Margison and Steve Yuhasz. ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Director of Planning Marvin Collins, Planners Gene Bell and Brad Torgan, Administrative Secretary Joanna Bradshaw and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe. D. PUBLIC HEARINGS 3. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS b. Article 6.21.1 Existin or New Mobile Home Parks - Deletion of retroactive application of design standards and report on public safety requirements for parks Collins began by reviewing the history of the Mobile Home Ordinance to this particular point. In March of this year the Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance which would require existing mobile home parks to comply with new standards for mobile home parks. On April 7, the Board of Commissioners placed a moratorium on the enforcement of the new standards as they applied to existing mobile home parks. The moratorium was placed into effect pending a review of the standards by the Planning Board. The Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee conducted a public meeting on July 31, 1986 for the purpose of receiving public comment. Two issues emerged at the Committee meeting: (1) the "retroactive" nature of the ordinance; and (2) the standards. Spokesman for the group present asked that the provisions - Article 6.21.1 a) 2) - be rescinded. The Ordinance Review Committee of the Planning Board as well as the full Planning Board recommended that a public hearing be held this date to consider deletion of Article 6.21.1 a) 2) of the Zoning ordinance. The provision requires each mobile home park to be improved in accordance with Subsection 7.20.4a) which contains the new design standards for mobile home parks. The design standards include a 10,000 square foot space per mobile home unit, setbacks for each mobile home unit from lot lines of that mobile home space which are 25' on the front with a 180 square foot patio or deck and also improvement of the actual space on which the mobile home would sit.