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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> REFERENCE: ARTICLE 6 SECTION 6 . 21 .2D) AND E) ; 6.21 .3 ; AND <br /> ARTICLE 22 <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT:__„X__STAFF PLANNING BD. -____BOCC <br /> PUBLIC OTHER <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _X__HIGH MIDDLE LOW <br /> COMMENT: TECHNICAL REVISIONS <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: MAY 27, 1876 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To provide for screening and <br /> landscaping as an alternative to <br /> skirting requirements for individual <br /> mobile homes . <br /> To define the term "skirting. " <br /> ISSUES/IMPACTS: Either the skirting or appropriate <br /> landscaping/ screening option would <br /> address aesthetic concerns associated <br /> with mobile homes on individual .lots . <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISION(S) : Article 6 Section 6. 21 . 2d) <br /> 2 )a. and 6 . 21 . 2 e) 1 ) . "The mobile <br /> home must be skirted" . <br /> Article 6 Section 6 . 21 . 3 "Skirting is <br /> required �► <br /> Article 22 No provision. <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT(S) : Add to 6. 21 . 2 d)2)a. ; and 6. 21 . 2e)1) ; <br /> and 6 . 21 .3 <br /> If existing vegetation screens the <br /> mobile home from adjoining property <br /> lines and rights-of- way to a degree <br /> equivalent to or greater than a Class <br /> A screen as defined in Article 12 <br /> Section 12 . 8 of this ordinance, then <br /> no skirting is required. This screen <br /> must be in place at the time of final <br /> inspection of the mobile home unit . <br /> Add to Article 22 : <br /> Skirting. Panels, specifically <br /> designed for the purpose of screening <br /> the underside of a mobile home unit <br /> by forming an extension of the <br /> vertical exterior walls of the mobile <br />