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Article 5: Uses 140 <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> (d) An adequate and safe method of sewage disposal shall be required. <br /> Collection systems, sewage treatment facilities, or individual septic tank <br /> systems shall be approved in accordance with State and local <br /> regulations. <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 /> 55.55.5.6 Existing Home Parks <br /> (A) General of Evaluation <br /> (1) Existing Home Parks that do not meet the standards set forth in this Ordinance <br /> shall be considered non-conforming. <br /> (2) Existing Home Parks that convert spaces or stalls to accommodate Temporary <br /> Residential Units must meet applicable standards of this section and 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, or portions of existing, Home Parks that have been previously approved, <br /> but have not constructed substantial improvements, including, but not limited to, <br /> water systems, roads, parking areas, recreational facilities and mobile home <br /> pads, or do not have sewage disposal systems installed by the date of adoption <br /> of this section shall meet all applicable standards as set forth in this Ordinance. <br /> 5�65.5.7 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 /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-55 <br />