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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 5-45 <br /> <br />(9) Mail Facilities <br />(a) Wihtin Each mobile home parkMHP-CZ district, the park operator shall <br />provide a clustered mail delivery system, in compliance with the <br />appropriate postal service guidelines. Applicants for approval of a <br />mobile home park shall consult the appropriate agency for the specific <br />requirements of this system. <br />(b) Access to the mail delivery facility must be designed to allow three to <br />four cars to stop at the mail delivery facility without conflict from passing <br />vehicles. <br />(10) Garbage & Refuse Collection <br />(a) All garbage and refuse for individual mobile homesspace and/or stall in <br />each park shall be stored in suitable waterproof and rodent proof <br />receptacles which shall be kept covered with tightly fitting lids. <br />(b) A central collection system must shall be provided within the park either <br />through a private collection system of individual mobile homes or through <br />the use of bulk containers (dumpsters). <br />(c) Where bulk containers are used, there must be at least one four cubic <br />yard bulk container for each 16 mobile homes, which shall be emptied <br />weekly. For Within the mobile home parksMHP-CZ district, parks with <br />less than 16 homes, one container is required. <br />(d) Bulk containers shall be front loading wherever practicable. A side- <br />loading container may be allowed where a front-loading container is not <br />feasible and the property is accessible to a regular route of a side- <br />loading refuse collection vehicle. <br />(e) Where bulk containers are provided, a six inch reinforced concrete pad <br />shall be provided to set the set container and also support the front <br />wheels of the truck during the loading operation. The pad shall be 10 <br />feet in width and 20 feet in length with at least 10 feet of the pad <br />accessible for the truck to drive onto in front of the dumpster container <br />for front loading pickup. If side loading containers are used, the pad may <br />be 12 feet in width and eight feet deep with no projection for the truck <br />wheels. <br />(f) Bulk refuse containers (dumpsters) shall be screened in accordance with <br />the provisions of Section 6.8.9 of this Ordinance. <br />(11) Operations <br />Each applicant shall submit to the Orange County Planning Department tenancy <br />rules and regulations governing the operation of the Mmobile Hhome Temporary <br />Residential Unit Ppark. <br />(12) Recreation Areas and Facilities <br />Recreation areas shall be provided in accordance with the Land Use Intensity <br />System included in Sections 6.3 and 7.11 of this Ordinance. <br />(13) Buffers and Landscaping <br />(a) Mobile homeStall and/or stand spaces must be located at least 100 feet <br />from any property line, not including street right-of-ways, regardless of <br />the zoning district. The disturbance of land within the 100 foot buffer is <br />prohibited. <br />(b) Existing vegetation within the 100 foot buffer must be retained and <br />additional plantings may be required to meet the Type F buffer <br />standards, established in Section 6.8.6 of this Ordinance, along the <br />perimeter of the site. <br /> 23