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23 <br /> Approved 1/4/2017 <br /> 213 Our goal is to try to work with park owners that have illegally allowed, for example, 3 units in 1 5,000 square foot <br /> 214 space.You're going to have to address that violation. That's one huge violation. The other violation that we see a lot <br /> 215 of is illegal additions on mobile homes that essentially invalidate its HUD certificate, but also a violation of state <br /> 216 building code and zoning. So unfortunately we have 90 parks that we are inspecting. I would say we have done 40, <br /> 217 and have worked on several issues in those 40. There are multitudes more. We have just scratched the service. But <br /> 218 a lot of our efforts are trying to coordinate with land records and emergency service staff, trying to fix any and all <br /> 219 addressing problems so there is an appropriate level of compliance where this is an address, this is where they have <br /> 220 to go, and emergency services know where to go when there is an emergency. <br /> 221 <br /> 222 Lydia Wegman: Did you hear anything of concern at the July 20th meetings you had? <br /> 223 <br /> 224 Patrick Mallett: No. I did get a phone call and email from an operator yesterday who owns 65 mobile home parks <br /> 225 throughout the southeast of which they own several in Orange County.They said this is exactly the trend. We have a <br /> 226 good number of our home parks that have been converted to have some sort of hybrid so that we can meet the <br /> 227 market demands. <br /> 228 <br /> 229 Lydia Wegman:Was he comfortable with what you were doing? <br /> 230 <br /> 231 Patrick Mallett:Yes. I don't think I've had any negative responses. Either from residents that are interested to tenants <br /> 232 to mobile home park owners. <br /> 233 <br /> 234 Patrick Mallett continued presentation. <br /> 235 <br /> 236 Alan Clapp: On the septic end the only thing that's different is the minimum size for a mobile home inaudible. The <br /> 237 park model and the RV type have a lower flow rate in the North Carolina sewage inaudible so it would be less flow to <br /> 238 the system. Then we're going to get the question of, "Can we do 2 where we have 1?"and the answer's going to be <br /> 239 no because they still have to meet the 5,000. <br /> 240 <br /> 241 Michael Harvey:We only allow 1 unit per 5,000 square feet. <br /> 242 <br /> 243 Patrick Mallett: And, peppered throughout the 30 some odd pages of the text change, it's 1 space, 1 unit. No <br /> 244 efficiencies. It doesn't matter how big it is or how small it is.And we did take the comments from the ORC about the <br /> 245 shed's and then lowering the minimum cap from 10-acres to 5-acres for your minimum track size. <br /> 246 <br /> 247 Lydia Wegman: Michael, is there anything you wanted to add? <br /> 248 <br /> 249 Michael Rettie: The only thing we regulate with RV's is the electric pedestal. It's the only jurisdiction we have <br /> 250 anything to do with. <br /> 251 <br /> 252 <br /> 253 Patrick Mallett: So part of that would be the site plan approval and the designation of the space and then some sort of <br /> 254 affidavit that says it's built to the park model standard. <br /> 255 <br /> 256 Lydia Wegman: But no HUD certification? <br /> 257 <br /> 258 Michael Rettie: Not fora RV. <br /> 259 <br /> 260 Alan Clapp:Yes. <br /> 261 <br /> 262 Paul Guthrie: How many? <br /> 263 <br /> 264 Alan Clapp: I don't know because those are the ones that we don't go to. <br /> 265 <br /> 5 <br />