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• PLANNING BOARD 2--1_7-86 024 RESOLUTION FOR PROVISION OF LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING WHEREAS Orange County citizens and officials would like to ensure the continued provision of low- and moderate-income housing within the county; and WHEREAS the provision of such housing is essential to the maintenance of the community as a whole, and to equal opportunity for all citizens living within that community; and WHEREAS land prices and other development pressures are already effectively excluding the provision of such housing in many areas of Orange County; and WHEREAS those development pressures are likely to continue and spread; and WHEREAS the effect of those pressures is either to drive low- and moderate-income families from Orange County or into rural areas least suited to the efficient porovision of. extensive housing resources and c.oncommitant services ; and WHEREAS a clear recognition of such problems led to the creation in late 1985 of an Affordable Housing Task Force in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area; and WHEREAS the rpoposed Orange County ordinance regulating mobile home parks idefitifies the provision of adequate housing as "fundamental to the, welfare of County residents; " and WHEREAS the proposed ordinance governing mobile home parks notes that "conventional housing is not consistently available" and that , therefore, the need to provide mobile homes is the method available for addressing "the public need for alternative housing; " and WHEREAS such an ordinance regarding mobile home parks merely addresses part of the problem identified therein; and WHEREAS Orange County already has a high number of mobile homes per capita; and WHEREAS it is unclear whether and which mobile homes quickly deteriorate in value both for the purchaser and as a generator of county tax revenues ; and WHEREAS a thoughtful , coordinated plan for the provision of adequate housing remains a key element of county planning, one likely to be further increased in importance by pending federal revenue cuts ; and WHEREAS the Board of County Commissioners have within their legislative and discretionary authority the means with which to address this problem; The Orange County Planning Board hereby recommends that the Orange County Board of Commissioners establish a task force and set as a priority matter in the 1986-87 fiscal year a study for a specified period (90-180 days) resulting in a comprehensive plan for providing low- and moderate-income housing within the county. As part of the task force ' s work, the Orange County Planning Board requests guidance on the desirability of establishing districts within which to limit mobile home parks and/or mobile homes .