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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 />(e) Street lighting shall be provided at each street intersection and <br />throughout the park. Where the distance between street intersections <br />exceeds 500 feet, additional street lights may be required. <br />(f) All permanent utility systems shall be located underground, and <br />easements necessary for water, sewer, gas, electrical, cable TV, <br />stormwater and other permanent or temporary utility systems and their <br />connection pedestals shall be shown on the home park plans. <br />5.5.5 Existing Mobile Home Parks3 <br />(A) General Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) Existing mobile home parksHome Parks that do not meet the standards set forth <br />in this Ordinance shall be considered non-conforming. <br />(2) Existing Mobile Home Parks that convert spaces or stalls to accommodate <br />Temporary Residential Units must meet applicable standards of this section and <br />Section 2.5. <br />(3) Non-conforming parks shall not expand in any way, beyond the existing <br />developed portions, but shall be allowed to remove and replace units existing <br />within the park at the time of adoption of this section. <br />(4) Only the replacement of units on an existing mobile home space shall be <br />permitted, provided the following conditions are met: <br />(a) The total number of units does not exceed the number existing at the <br />time that the mobile home park became non-conforming; and, <br />(b) The existing waste treatment system is functioning properly. <br />(5) Removal and replacement of such units shall not be considered expansion of the <br />non-conforming use. <br />(6) New, mobile home parks or portions of existing, mobile home parksHome Parks <br />that have been previously approved, but have not constructed substantial <br />improvements, including, but not limited to, water systems, roads, parking areas, <br />recreational facilities and mobile home pads, or do not have sewage disposal <br />systems installed by the date of adoption of this section shall meet all applicable <br />standards for new mobile home park as set forth in this Ordinance. <br />5.5.6 Mobile Homes on Individual Lots <br />(A) General Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) Mobile homes, as principal residential buildings on individual lots, in existence at <br />the time of the adoption of this section may be improved by replacement of the <br />mobile home with another mobile home in accordance with the following: <br />(a) The number of mobile home units may not be increased beyond the <br />number in existence before replacement. <br />(b) The replacement mobile home must not create non-conforming yards or <br />setbacks. <br />(c) Replacement mobile home units on individual lots are not required to <br />meet lot area and dimensional or lot coverage standards, but must meet <br />setback requirements as well as those requirements specified in <br />Subsections (4) and (5) below, if applicable. <br /> <br />3 To be reviewed with the County’s Attorney office.  <br /> 29