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standards; unit/street numbering as well as traffic control signs properly maintained grounds; recreation areas; and landscaping limited to buffer standards and dumpster screening. One owner/operator had expressed concern with the sign size advertising mobile home parks - 16 sq. ft. vs. 32 sq. ft. Another concern was the size of the mobile home park. The standards approved last year set a minimum of ten acres and a maximum of twenty-five acres. The North Carolina Manufactured Housing Board has indicated they would not like to see a maximum size set for mobile home parks. The Ordinance Review Committee would like for the Low and Moderate Income Task Force to set the maximum size. Collins indicated the Task Force has not yet addressed this issue. Jacobs made reference to the skirting requirement noting that it was the recommendation of the Ordinance Review Committee that a time limit of 90 days be set for installation and that the skirting be of a solid nature. Commissioner Hartwell inquired whether the reduction of lot size would have any effect on the recreation space that must be provided. Collins responded that the controlling factor was the underlying zoning which set the density. Commissioner Carey questioned the statement that each time a mobile home is replaced, patios and decks would have to be shifted. Collins explained that this regulation would allow the latitude for the shifting of entranceways to accommodate the varying sizes of mobile homes. Sharlene Pilkey inquired about the reason for decreasing the lot size for a mobile home from 10, 000 sq. ft. to 5, 000 sq. ft. Collins responded that the existing ordinance set a ceiling of four units acre in a mobile home park. Rather than use the individual lot sizepto control the density, the decision was to made to allow the zoning district to control. This would encourage clustering. Vernon Davis expressed concern that the mobile home park owner with less density would be required to have as much open space as one with higher density. He noted that recreation is determined by people rather than land. Collins responded that this was a concern expressed by mobile home park owners as well. He noted that the recreation facilities must be geared to the needs of the mobile home park residents. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. 4 . ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS Z-1-87 W. E. and Ruby Blackwood (R-1 to LC-1) The presentation was made by Marvin Collins. W. E. and Ruby S. Blackwood are requesting rezoning of a 2 . 0 acre parcel located on the north side of NC 54 opposite its intersection