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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 16,, 1989 <br /> Action Agenda Item if <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> (ARTICLE 7.20.2 - PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS/MOBILE HOME PARKS <br /> SIZE LIMITS) <br /> (ARTICLE 22 - DEFINITIONS, "MOBILE HOME PARK" ) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X_ No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily diudup <br /> Proposed Ordinance Amendments Extension 574 <br /> 2/27/89 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 4/4/89 Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to Article 7.20.2 <br /> (Area Requirements for Establishment of District) and <br /> Article 22 (Definitions) of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: In March of 1987, the Zoning Ordinance was amended to <br /> include requirements for the Planned Development - <br /> Mobile Home Park District. At that time the maximum <br /> area for a mobile home park was set at twenty-five <br /> (25) acres. The cap was increased to fifty (50) acres <br /> in October 1988, following a recommendation from the <br /> Low and Moderate Income Housing Task Force. <br /> When applying the amended version of Article 7.20.2, <br /> the Planning Staff encountered difficulty in <br /> interpreting the maximum size requirement for mobile <br /> home parks. The proposed amendment regulates size <br /> according to number of mobile home spaces rather than <br /> by acreage of the mobile home park. The definition of <br /> "mobile home park" in Article 22 should be amended to <br /> be consistent with the proposed size regulation. <br /> The proposed amendments were presented at public <br /> hearing on February 27, 1989. Citizen concerns <br /> expressed at the hearing included the cost of <br /> providing separate entrances, additional roads and <br /> signs for new mobile home parks adjacent to existing <br /> mobile home parks. As a result, the cost per unit <br />