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. . <br /> Orange County Planning Board Members, and <br /> Orange County Planning Department Staff <br /> Page 2 <br /> December 30, 1981 <br /> The applicant requests approval of The Timbers Mobile Home Park, and would <br /> prefer for reasons given below that the approval be for the subdivision as <br /> presented, but if that is not possible then approval with stipulations. <br /> SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO THE STAFF'S SEVEN REASONS <br /> 1. Concerning noise and buffers: <br /> --The staff is incorrect on noise being a problem. The development will <br /> have no noise impact on the surrounding community. And the claim <br /> that the noise from the surroundings will adversely affect the site <br /> is untrue, and is contrary to the evidence presented in the Public <br /> Hearing. <br /> --The site has good buffering to the outside, due to topo, vegetation, <br /> and the interstates. An adjoining property owner spoke in favor of <br /> the development at the Public Hearing. <br /> --The proposed recreation area provides buffering from 1-85. <br /> --The west border of the property borders on what will be an access <br /> ramp rather than directly on 1-40. That particular access ramp will <br /> probably be one of the lesser used ones. Our experience with other <br /> sites where 1-40 is crossing is that the paved roadway is 130 feet <br /> inside of the right-of-way line. <br /> 2. Concerning spacing and screening between units: <br /> --The staff is incorrect on the average spacing being 18 feet. The <br /> minimum spacing between units is 18 feet, and that occurs between 13 <br /> of the proposed units (those along the south side) . For all the <br /> rest of the units (65 of them) the average spacing between units is <br /> 26 feet. <br /> --Evidence presented at the Public Hearing is that mobile home residents <br /> do not expect much privacy, and prefer lower rental rates. <br /> --There is a very clear inverse relationship between the density of the <br /> park, and the rates the residents must pay; for the following reasons: <br /> -The costs of the development are constant. (The same amount of land <br /> is involved, and the same length of roads and water and sewer would <br /> be built, even though the mobile homes would be located less fre- <br /> quently along them.) <br /> -Increasing the spacing would result in less mobile home spaces being <br /> provided. <br /> -The fewer number of units would have to bear the payoff of the cost <br /> of all the improvements for the proposed number of units. <br /> -If the spacing were increased, the effect on the monthly rent would <br /> be as follows: <br /> 16 <br />