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• <br /> Ob <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> EfILLSBOROLTOPE <br /> NO11111 CAROLINA <br /> 27278 <br /> 600v ■■• <br /> e3r... • <br /> 17 S: <br /> 41Nee" <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: COUNTY MANAGER <br /> • FROM: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br /> DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 1983 <br /> RE: MINIMUM HOUSING CODE -- STAFF IMPACT <br /> In your memorandum of November 11, 1983, you asked that the Planning <br /> Department provide an estimate of staff impact if the proposed Minimum Housing <br /> Code is adopted and enforcement becomes the responsibility of the Inspections <br /> Division. This information is provided below. <br /> Staff impact is determined primarily by the extent of substandard housing <br /> in Orange CauntyJ Two sources of information are available concerning housing <br /> conditions - the 1980 Census of Housing and the 1979 Housing Inventory. <br /> 1979 Housing Inventc2_ :- The 1979 Housing Inventory was conducted in the <br /> unincorporated portions of thedounty to -identify potential Community Development <br /> • Block Grant target areas. A windshield survey was made on allliCDOT-numbered roads <br /> and private roads Which were not posted: <br /> The survey rated all observed and occupied dwelling unite as either standard, <br /> 1 <br /> deteriorating oridilapidated. Two'categories of deteriorating units were identified: <br /> (1) those requiring slight to moderate rehabilitation; and- (2) those requiring <br /> Moderate rehabilitation. Detailed'reaults of the survey are shown as an attachment. <br /> 31979 Housing Condition Inventory <br /> Orange County, N.C. • , <br /> Condition . :; „ .Total % of Total <br /> Standard 9,955 92.7 <br /> ! <br /> Deteriorating 663' 6.2 <br /> • i <br /> Dilapidated <br /> Total. Cacupzed.Unkte. , 10,737: •! - ! <br /> 1 <br /> • <br />