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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 5-43 <br /> <br />enclosing the crawl space beneath each mobile home in the <br />mobile home park. Foundation enclosures or skirting must be <br />installed in accordance with applicable standards of the North <br />Carolina State Building Code and, in any event, within 90 days of <br />placement of a mobile home on a mobile home space. <br />(iii) Access shall be provided to all entrances of a mobile home by <br />way of steps (including handrails) installed in accordance with <br />the standards of the North Carolina State Building Code. Where <br />the residents of a mobile home choose to install decks adjacent <br />to entrances, the mobile home will be required to have steps and <br />handrails which meet the standards of the North Carolina State <br />Building Code until the decks are completed. <br />(d)(iv) Temporary Residential Units erected within a mobile home park <br />shall comply with the standards detailed herein. <br />(b) TRU-CZ District: <br />(i) <br />(6) Vehicular Access <br />(e)(c) Each mobile homestall or space shall abut an improved access drive or <br />street approved by the County. <br />(f)(d) No mobile homestall or space shall have direct vehicular access to a <br />street or thoroughfare other than those located within the mobile home <br />park. <br />(g)(e) 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 />(h)(f) 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 />(i)(g) All streets within a mobile home park shall be located within a 40 foot <br />right- of- way <br />(j)(h) 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 />(k)(i) 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 />(l)(j) 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 />(m)(k) 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 />(n)(l) No street shall intersect another street at an angle less than 60 degrees. <br />(o)(m) The turning radius at street intersections shall not be less than 30 feet. <br /> 21