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20 <br /> Approved 1/4/2017 <br /> 54 <br /> 55 Michael Harvey: To expand upon that, that current ordinance says that it's up to the park owner as part of the <br /> 56 development process to establish a system la, 1b, 1c. The revised ordinance requires a mobile home park to be <br /> 57 addressed consistent with the County addressing ordinance. So each individual stall will be addressed with a number <br /> 58 consistent with the County's ordinance so there can be no dispute over what's 101, 103, 110.And they all will have to <br /> 59 display address numbers consistent with that address ordinance.That's the big link we're doing here. <br /> 60 <br /> 61 Patrick Mallett: Some of these with the travel around park don't necessarily have a clearly posted sign. And then on <br /> 62 the EMS end, I think that they're continuing to make an extraordinary effort to have their database so that they know <br /> 63 if somebody's in need of service that they know how to get there. <br /> 64 <br /> 65 Paul Guthrie: It's my impression that a lot of the older parks really got their push at the end of World War II, and you <br /> 66 can see units that have been there since WWII. How do we watch that to see if it's still maintained and we try to save <br /> 67 it as quality standards, or not? <br /> 68 <br /> 69 Patrick Mallett: Well, maybe what we'll do is go through the power point and then come back to that part of it. But <br /> 70 Mobile homes are a little bit different in the sense that it is build to a HUD standard, it actually has a metal placard <br /> 71 that has a serial number kind of like a VIN number and you can change the mount. So theoretically you could have a <br /> 72 40-year old unit, singlewide, you yank out the skirting, the underpinning and then replace it with a new one as long as <br /> 73 it fits within the space. <br /> 74 <br /> 75 Paul Guthrie: The other question; you mentioned the enforcement of federal protection. Given the turmoil in <br /> 76 Washington right now,what do you do if standards get eliminated? <br /> 77 <br /> 78 Michael Harvey:You never say never, but the definitional constitutes a certified manufactured house will never <br /> 79 change from this notion of it is a self contained engineered structure that can withstand X capacity.And that's infinite. <br /> 80 That's never going to change.And that ultimately is what we're looking for in terms of this is a manufactured home by <br /> 81 HUD's definition. <br /> 82 <br /> 83 Paul Guthrie: And on a curveball, environmental standards in today's announcement from the EPA and as a couple <br /> 84 of us here are ex EPA employees there are standards in EPA relative to water and to wastewater. Who would <br /> 85 enforce them if they were withdrawn? <br /> 86 <br /> 87 Michael Harvey:There still have to be permitting for water/wastewater. <br /> 88 <br /> 89 Paul Guthrie: So you would re-permit on existing units? <br /> 90 <br /> 91 Alan Clapp: So this covers the land use zoning comp plan parts of this that our intent is to make it coincide with other <br /> 92 regulations at the State and Federal level and not get in the way. Those are going to change over time, as they <br /> 93 always have, but this deals with your permits, your zoning and compliance permits, your planning approvals.You still <br /> 94 have to go through and meet inspections, building permits, electrical permits, you have to go through Environmental <br /> 95 Health to get your water and septic hooks up and so on and so forth. So this is one part in all of the myriad of <br /> 96 requirements that you have to meet. So I would say that they're most closely aligned with the Federal... <br /> 97 <br /> 98 Paul Guthrie: I'll let you get back to your discussion, I'm just throwing it out because I think there's going to be a <br /> 99 period of time where it's going to be difficult to mesh some of the Federal standards that have been changed with <br /> 100 what we have done as normal business for a long time. And since we're in the process I just wanted to raise the <br /> 101 issue. We should carefully see that we can still continue to do the maximum, especially on sanitary issues, on our <br /> 102 own with or without the Federal government. <br /> 103 <br /> 104 Alan Clapp: Currently Environmental Health,for all the mobile home parks that are on well, septic, or one or the other <br /> 105 we angle inspection of the park. So that inspection involves walking the entire park, making sure all the systems are <br /> 106 functioning, and taking a water sample. Even under the current administration just this year there was a change in <br /> 2 <br />