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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-42 <br /> <br />(c) Access shall be provided to all entrances of a mobile home by way of <br />steps (including handrails) installed in accordance with the standards of <br />the North Carolina State Building Code. Where the residents of a mobile <br />home choose to install decks adjacent to entrances, the mobile home will <br />be required to have steps and handrails which meet the standards of the <br />North Carolina State Building Code until the decks are completed. <br />(6) Vehicular Access <br />(a) Each mobile home space shall abut an improved access drive or street <br />approved by the County. <br />(b) No mobile home space shall have direct vehicular access to a street or <br />thoroughfare other than those located within the mobile home park. <br />(c) The street layout within the mobile home park should be appropriately <br />related to the topography, locations of abutting land uses, drainage <br />patterns, street function and other natural features of the site. <br />(d) The planned layout of streets should minimize overall length of streets <br />and provide for the safe, continuous flow of traffic within the mobile home <br />park. <br />(e) All streets within a mobile home park shall be located within a 40 foot <br />right of way <br />(f) The travelway for all streets shall be at least 18 feet in width and must <br />comply with the drainage standards established in this Ordinance. <br />(g) All streets shall be constructed with paved, all-weather surfaces <br />consisting of four inches of base material (crusher run) and 1 ½ inches of <br />1 2 asphalt or tar and gravel surface treatment consisting of a minimum <br />of six inches of base material (crusher run) covered with alternating <br />layers of tar and pea sized gravel. <br />(h) Every street within a mobile home park shall have a maintained six foot <br />wide shoulder running parallel and adjacent to each side of the paved <br />street surface. The shoulder section may be used for walkways, <br />driveways, grass or low growing vegetative ground cover or utility rights <br />of way. <br />(i) The maximum length of a cul-de-sac shall be 800 feet. Cul de sacs shall <br />have a paved turnaround radius of 45 feet with a right of way radius of 55 <br />feet. <br />(j) No street shall intersect another street at an angle less than 60 degrees. <br />(k) The turning radius at street intersections shall not be less than 30 feet. <br />(l) Offset intersections are to be avoided, but where permitted, they shall be <br />separated by a minimum distance of 200 feet between street center <br />lines. <br />(m) Where streets serving a mobile home park intersect with a State <br />maintained street, the intersection design shall conform to the standards <br />of the North Carolina Department of Transportation specified in <br />Subdivision Roads Minimum Construction Standards. <br /> <br />(n) Required off street parking spaces must be surfaced with at least four <br />inches of compacted crushed stone or an all weather paved surface. <br />(7) Signs <br /> 99