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21 <br /> Approved 1/4/2017 <br /> 107 that a total coliform hit on a water sample is now not necessarily a stop the presses, put boil water notices up. It used <br /> 108 to be that that was the case, even under current administration that's changed. So there's no telling what's going to <br /> 109 happen under the next administration. But if it's a fecal coliform on the water then the boil water notices come up. Of <br /> 110 the 90 some parks we inspect about 70 of them the others are all water and sewer. And then to your second <br /> 111 question; we do the annual park inspection and then if a model is moved off and another goes on we do a space <br /> 112 inspection to make sure that that space will fit in the given slot and not be over the well or septic system, and that the <br /> 113 system is functioning. So we do a park and a space inspection. <br /> 114 <br /> 115 Lydia Wegman:Alan, is there one septic system for the whole park? <br /> 116 <br /> 117 Alan Clapp: Usually in most cases there are individual systems or 2 units per septic system. <br /> 118 <br /> 119 Paul Guthrie:Are there any of these parks that have discharge permits? <br /> 120 <br /> 121 Alan Clapp:Yes. Now,we do not do those but of the other 20 half of them are either spray or discharge or ATU.And <br /> 122 several of those are on public water supply with 25 or more connections. <br /> 123 <br /> 124 Patrick Mallett continued presentation. <br /> 125 <br /> 126 Michael Rettie:The tiny homes themselves are not built to any standard. <br /> 127 <br /> 128 Patrick Mallett:Well, they could but the vast majority doesn't meet anything.And that's the rub. <br /> 129 <br /> 130 Lydia Wegman:What kind of hookups do they have? <br /> 131 <br /> 132 Patrick Mallett: The ones that don't meet any standards? It's the Wild West. It's everything from a port-a-potty to <br /> 133 showers in bathhouses. <br /> 134 <br /> 135 Patrick Mallett continued presentation. <br /> 136 <br /> 137 Tony Blake: It sounds as if, with a tiny home, you could have either an RV type hookup or a mobile home type hook <br /> 138 up. Is that true? <br /> 139 <br /> 140 Patrick Mallett:Theoretically. <br /> 141 <br /> 142 Tony Blake:And we would permit that? <br /> 143 <br /> 144 Patrick Mallett: If it meets those standards, both in the building code and the health. <br /> 145 <br /> 146 Michael Harvey: The bottom line is this: If you're putting a structure on a parcel of property it either has to be a HUD <br /> 147 certified structure or a stick built house meeting state building code. <br /> 148 <br /> 149 Michael Rettie:Well HUD is a standard. If nothing that's a Federal standard for building a manufactured home. <br /> 150 <br /> 151 Tony Blake: But it doesn't say how wide or how long it's going to be. It just says 2x4's would be this far apart. <br /> 152 <br /> 153 Michael Harvey: And remember most HUD homes have to meet certain design and wind zone requirements and it <br /> 154 has to be a self contained engineered unit. <br /> 155 <br /> 156 Michael Rettie: HUD has gone up with their own building and construction standards. That's where you get the little <br /> 157 1x2 studs and that kind of stuff. But all of that is it's systems. Even the building officials can't change those systems <br /> 158 unless a design professional basically specifies how to do that. <br /> 159 <br /> 3 <br />