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ORANGE COT-TNTY PLANNINTG DEPARTMENT <br /> ko= CA-Rol A <br /> 27275 <br /> yew •f 7a <br /> v <br /> 17• 7; <br /> MEI•10 <br /> TO: Orange County commissioners <br /> FROM: orange County Planning Staff <br /> SUBJECT. Special Use Permit request for the Timbers Mobile Home Park <br /> DATE= January 11, 1982 <br /> The orange County planning Staff recommended denial or deferral of the <br /> Planned Development (PD-4) -- (class A Special Use permit) (and Rezon-• <br /> ing. from R-1 to R--B) request for the Timbers to the Planning Hoard at <br /> the January 51 1982 meeting. The planning Board is recommending ap- <br /> proval of the Timbers Mobile Home Park request with eight imposed con- <br /> ditions (see attached planning Board recommendations). Many of the <br /> conditions address problems the Planning Staff pointed out to the <br /> Planning Board. <br /> The reasons for this Staff recommendation are as followsz <br /> 1. The location of this project adjacent to interstate high- <br /> ways could present noise problems. The proposal does not <br /> address this concern. There is no buffer of distance or <br /> vegetation between the roads and the units. Staff feels <br /> a minimum of a 50' buffer should be required. <br /> 2. The site has been logged in the recent past and there is" ' <br /> very little significant vegetation remaining. The pro- <br /> posed layout shows an average of 1B' between units. This <br /> distance does not provide enough privacy, especially since <br /> there is no vegetation between units. Staff feels that the <br /> size and capacity of landscaping should be increased and <br /> indicated on the Plan. Further the distance between units <br /> should be not less than as calculated in Article 6.12,3 j. <br /> 3. The parking for each unit will be along the roans; without <br /> separate pedestrian circulation within the project there is <br /> considerable possibility for accidents, especially with <br /> the smaller children. Also, with no designated parking <br /> for each unit, it is possible that residents would have <br /> 32 <br />