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• <br /> 049 • <br /> APRIL 7 , 1986 - PAGE `P• <br /> UPDATE ON STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO NON-CONFORMING <br /> MOBILE HOME PARKS <br /> • <br /> U) 180 square foot patio for each space <br /> 5) two (2) off-street parking spaces for each space <br /> 6) walkway connecting each mobile home unit to the <br /> patio and parking area <br /> The requirements are more specifically spelled out in. <br /> Sections 6 .21 . 1a) and 7 .20 .14a) of the Zoning Ordinance . <br /> Advertisement of the proposed standards was done prior to the <br /> public hearing for the requirements of the N. C. General Status <br /> and Orange County Zoning Ordinance. This included providing <br /> notice twice in the Chapel Hill Newspaper, News of Orange and <br /> Durham Morning Herald. Subsequent to the Board's adoption of <br /> the standards the Planning Department notified the mobile home <br /> park owners by certified mail of the new standards applicable to <br /> their parks . The notification letter informed the <br /> owners of the effective date of the standards , generally <br /> described the provisions and included excerpts from the <br /> Zoning Ordinance . <br /> A number of phone calls from mobile home park owners <br /> regarding the new standards have been received by the <br /> staff and Board members .. Comments received have been <br /> both in support of and in opposition to the standards . <br /> Comments in support of the standards generally focused <br /> on the desire for the alleviation of crowded and <br /> unsightly conditions in some mobile home parks . <br /> Comments in opposition to the standards generally <br /> focused on the inability to physically and financially <br /> meet space and setback requirements . <br /> IMPACT: <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br />