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Article 5: Uses 63 <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> (a) A mobile home park shall be divided into mobile home spaces, each <br /> having an area of at least 5,000 square feet and a minimum width of at <br /> least 50 feet. However, the Orange County Health Department may <br /> increase the minimum area requirements for the park and/or individual <br /> stand spaces where necessary to be consistent with groundwater <br /> resources and/or the limitations of providing sewage disposal systems <br /> for the proposed mobile home park. <br /> (b) Only one mobile home and its customary accessory buildings may be <br /> erected on any mobile home stand space at one time. <br /> (3) Mobile Home Stand Requirements <br /> Each mobile home must be placed on a permanent stand in accordance with the <br /> following specifications: <br /> (a) The location of each mobile home stand must be at an elevation, <br /> distance and angle in relation to the adjacent access drive or street such <br /> that placement and removal of the mobile home is practical by means of <br /> customary moving equipment. <br /> (b) The surface of each mobile home stand and the area around it shall be <br /> graded where necessary to provide proper drainage and prevent the <br /> accumulation of water. <br /> (c) Each mobile home stand shall have a solid base surface consisting of at <br /> least three inches of compacted fill dirt, crusher run or Chapel Hill gravel, <br /> or paved slab, and it shall comply with those standards specified in the <br /> State of North Carolina Regulations for Mobile Homes and Modular <br /> Housing. Prior to installation of the base surface, all top soil shall be <br /> removed from the area to be occupied by the mobile home stand. <br /> (4) Separation Requirements <br /> The following separation requirements shall pertain to every mobile home, single <br /> or double wide, within a mobile home park. <br /> (a) Each mobile home shall be located at least 20 feet from another mobile <br /> home and/or building within the mobile home park, external to the <br /> individual mobile home stand space. For purposes of determining <br /> separation requirements, all attached structures, including storage <br /> buildings, carports and covered porches, will be considered part of a <br /> mobile home. <br /> (b) Each mobile home shall be located at least 22 feet from the right of way <br /> line or edge of pavement of an access drive or street providing access to <br /> the space on which the mobile home is located, whichever is greater. <br /> (c) A detached accessory structure located within an individual mobile home <br /> stand space and intended for the use of the occupants of the space shall <br /> be located at least five feet from any mobile home or other building. <br /> (5) Installation of Individual Mobile Homes <br /> (a) Each mobile home shall be set up and installed in accordance with <br /> standards specified in the State of North Carolina Regulations for Mobile <br /> Homes and Modular Housing. <br /> (b) The owner/operator of a mobile home park shall designate a uniform <br /> type of solid foundation enclosure or skirting fully enclosing the crawl <br /> space beneath each mobile home in the mobile home park. Foundation <br /> enclosures or skirting must be installed in accordance with applicable <br /> standards of the North Carolina State Building Code and, in any event, <br /> within 90 days of placement of a mobile home on a mobile home space. <br /> Orange County,North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-41 <br />