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-~°~~-~ b. Article 7.20 PD-MHP Planned Development Mobile Home Park District The presentation was made by Marvin Collins. New mobile home parks must be approved as planned developments ~~`~°; and require the issuance of a special use permit prior to construction. Article 7.20 of the Zoning Ordinance contains design standards applicable to such parks. The standards were adopted March 18, 1986. Since November 3, 1986, the Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee has been working with mobile home park owner/operators in reviewing the design standards. The proposed revisions represent changes to Article 7.20 as applicable to new .mobile home parks. Approval of the amendment would allow more flexibility in the design of mobile home parks while addressing public health and safety concerns. The proposed standards provide for: smaller mobile home spaces; foundation enclosures of uniform design; unit access per State Building Code standards; flexible setback standards; street design standards; unit/street numbering as well as traffic control signs; properly maintained grounds; recreation areas; and landscaping limited to buffer standards and dumpster screening. One owner/operator had expressed concern with the sign size "advertising mobile home parks - 16 sq. ft. vs. 32 sq. ft. Another concern was the size of the mobile home park. The standards approved last year set a minimum of ten acres and a maximum of twenty-five acres. The North Carolina Manufactured Housing Board has indicated they would not like to see a maximum size set for mobile home parks. The Ordinance Review Committee would like for the Low and Moderate Income Task Force to set the maximum size. Collins indicated the Task Force has not yet addressed this issue. Jacobs made reference to the skirting requirement noting that it was the recommendation of the Ordinance Review Committee that a time limit of 90 days be set for installation and that the skirting be of a solid nature. Commissioner Hartwell inquired whether the reduction of lot size would have any effect on the recreation space that must be provided. Collins responded that the controlling factor was the underlying zoning which set the density. Commissioner Carey questioned the statement that each time a mobile home is replaced, patios and decks would have to be shifted. Collins explained that this regulation would allow the latitude for the shifting of entranceways to accommodate the varying sizes of mobile homes. Sharlene Pilkey inquired about the reason far decreasing the lot size for a mobile home from 10,000 sq. ft. to 5,000 sq. ft. Collins responded that the existing ordinance set a ceiling of four units per acre in a mobile home park. Rather than use the individual lot size to control the density, the decision was to made to allow the zoning district to control. This would encourage clustering. Vernon Davis expressed concern that the mobile home park owner