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044 <br /> 3 <br /> overcrowded and lacking plumbing facilities. Overcrowdness is defined as a <br /> -dwelling with more than one person per room, and lacking plumbingfacilitiesare <br /> defined as a dwelling that does not have safe running water, a private, flush toilet <br /> and a bathroom with tub or shower with hot and cold running water, all located <br /> within the dwelling unit. <br /> The windshield survey was accomplished by driving into the target areas which <br /> was identified in the 1982-study. The conditions of each target area were <br /> observed and tabulated. The housing condition was determined by observing the. <br /> structural appearance of the dwelling. This survey consisted of ranking all housing <br /> units as either (1) standard; (2) deteriorating; or (.3) dilapidated, Standard <br /> housing is a dwelling unit that Ca) is in compliance with the Orange County <br /> Community Development Department Property Rehabilitation Standards and is in good <br /> sound structural condition. Deteriorated, housing is a dwelling that is substandard <br /> but can be repaired, altered, or improved to comply with all of the minimum standards <br /> established by County Property Rehabilitation Standards. ' Dilapidated housing is a <br /> dwelling that is unfit for human habitation and cannot be repaired, altered or <br /> ' improved to comply with all of the minimum standards established by County Property <br /> 4 <br /> k. Rehabilitation Standards. Dwelling units ranked as dilapidated should be demolished, <br /> Substandard housing are those units which were ranked either deteriorated and <br /> 1 I <br /> dilapidated. Also, other community development problems were observed such as <br /> malfunctioning septic systems, refuse dumping, privies, unpaved roads, and unsafe <br /> and unsanitary environments. <br /> ISURVEY RESULTS <br /> The following is a breakdown of the Census data and the windshield survey <br /> results on a Township - by - Township basis (See Figure 1 and 2). <br /> I <br /> . . . . <br />