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Article 5: Uses <br />Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-41 <br />(a) A Home Park shall be divided into individual Home Park Spaces, each <br />Home Park Space having an area and width consistent with Section 3.8. <br />The Orange County Health Department may increase the minimum area <br />requirements for the park and/or individual Home Park Spaces where <br />necessary to be consistent with groundwater resources and/or the <br />limitations of providing sewage disposal systems for the proposed mobile <br />home park. <br />(b) Only one mobile home or Temporary Residential Unit and its customary <br />accessory buildings may be located within any Home Park Space at one <br />time. Additional Efficiency Units or Temporary Residential Units shall not <br />be permitted within an occupied Home Park Space. <br />(c) The location of each Home Park Space must be at an elevation, distance <br />and angle in relation to the adjacent access drive or street such that <br />placement and removal of the mobile home or Temporary Residential <br />Unit is practical by means of customary moving equipment. <br />(d) The surface of each Home Park Space and the area around it shall be <br />graded where necessary to provide proper drainage and prevent the <br />accumulation of water. <br />(e) Each Home Park Space shall have a solid base surface consisting of at <br />least three inches of compacted fill dirt, crusher run or Chapel Hill gravel, <br />or paved slab, and it shall comply with those standards specified in the <br />State of North Carolina Regulations for Mobile Homes and Modular <br />Housing. Prior to installation of the base surface, all top soil shall be <br />removed from the area to be occupied by the mobile home or Temporary <br />Residential Unit. <br />(3) Unit Separation Requirements <br />The following separation requirements shall pertain to every mobile home and <br />Temporary Residential Unit within a home park. <br />(a) Each mobile home or Temporary Residential Unit shall be located at <br />least 20 feet from another mobile home or Temporary Residential Unit <br />and/or building within the home park. For purposes of determining <br />separation requirements, all attached structures, including storage <br />buildings, carports and covered porches, will be considered part of a <br />mobile home or Temporary Residential Unit. <br />(b) Each mobile home or Temporary Residential Unit shall be located at <br />least 22 feet from the right of way line or edge of pavement of an access <br />drive or street providing access to the space on which the mobile home <br />or Temporary Residential Unit is located, whichever is greater. <br />(c) A detached accessory structure located within an individual Home Park <br />Space shall be located at least five feet from any mobile home or <br />Temporary Residential Unit or other building. <br />(4) Installation of Individual Units <br />(a) Mobile Homes <br />(i) Mobile homes shall be set up and installed in accordance with <br />standards specified in the State of North Carolina Residential <br />Code and other regulations for Mobile Modular Housing. <br />(ii) The owner/operator of a home park shall designate a uniform <br />type of solid foundation enclosure or skirting fully enclosing the <br />crawl space beneath each mobile home. Foundation enclosures <br />or skirting must be installed in accordance with applicable <br />standards of the North Carolina State Building Code and, in any <br />26