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DRAFT JOINT PUBLIC HEARING PAGE 5 Katherine Mercer, a mobile home resident, expressed concern that facts about mobile home parks had been distorted. She . indicated that she felt the mobile home park owner/operators deserved a grandfather clause without qualifications. She felt this would take care of discrimination against mobile homes . She noted that she is well pleased with the lot she has in a park for her mobile home. Joseph B. Supeano, mobile home owner/property owners stated that he had moved to North Carolina from Connecticut and is well pleased with his home in JOPPA OAKS. He noted that restrictions in North C rolina were not as strict as those An Connecticut nor is the tax base in Orange County as high. He expressed concern with the possibility of new restric- tions being place on existing mobile home parks. Forrest Heath, owner/operator of Ridgewood Mobile Home Park, stated that his park was begun in 1965 before zoning in Orange County . He noted that his park was approximately 25% completed when zoning was enacted. Three-fourths of the property of his park was Zoned residential or farmland with only one-fourth being zoned 'moblie home park district. He explained the process . he pursued to obtain a zoning change. He also reviewed the actions taken by the Board and explained the court proceedings which he had to engage .in to obtain the zoning change . He expressed concern with "retro-- active" amendments especially with the court process he had dy g through complete his mobile already had to go throw h to be able to c©m. home park . Collins indicated that many valid considerations had been presented in regard te the standards . He noted that these represent the real reason that he is recommending further study of the standards. He noted that EMS and the Sheriff 's Department had expressed concern with the lack of nuobering system in th parks and the width of some of the traveiways . He stated that these considerations 4ndicate to him that the Planning Board and Planning Staff and mobile home park owner/operators need to work together on standards which are realistic and equitable.