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., <br />`'°"` "' Orange County Health Devartment <br />y'0 <br />t <br />u ~x <br />Jonadhan E. Klein, Chair <br />~ ~ prangs County Board of Health <br />•~~b !.<.~~p <br />Richard E. Whiffed Human Services Center <br />300 W. Tryon Street, P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 <br />Telephone: (919) 732-8181 Fax:.(919) 6443007 <br />Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH <br />Janet H. Southerland, Vice Chair <br />Health Director Prange County Board of Health <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Orange County Boazd of Health <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />From: Rosemary Summers <br />Date: March 13, 2001 <br />Re: L & W Mobile Home Pazk Update <br />4~,n'y 8aai <br />C <br />~ ~Z <br />e <br />"ti <br />rb.µ w.a.e niow.. .. <br />southern Human Service Center <br />2501 Homestead Road <br />Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516 <br />Telephone: (919) 968-2022 Fax: (919) 968-2013 <br />Attachments: <br />Letter to all residents of the mobile home park <br />Schematic of L&W Mobile Home Park with Septic Systems Identified <br />1Vlazch 6, 2001 letter from Orange County Attorney's Office to Jahn Link <br />Spreadsheet of Mobile Home Pazks in County sorted by Status of Septic System Health <br />This memorandum is to provide you with an update on the L & W Mobile Home Pazk failing <br />septic situation. <br />Background <br />The Environmental Health staff received the original complaint of failing septic systems in <br />March 1998. The owners were noticed of the failing systems and advised that no repair was <br />feasible. The owners of the mobile home Pazk wanted to explore the feasibility of connection to <br />Durham water and sewer. Environmental Health staff agreed to issue an order far pump and <br />haul of at least 22 of the spaces in the Pazk in order to allow the owners of the Pazk time to work <br />out details of connecting the Pazk to the Durham. water and sewer system. Beginning in eazly <br />2000, the office began to receive complaints about surfacing sewage. Staff determined that the <br />pump and haul order was not being complied with and no progress had been made on connection <br />to Durham systems. Staff made numerous attempts throughout 2000 to have the owners resolve <br />this situation. <br />On December 12, 2000 a complaint and preliminary injunction motion against L & W <br />Enterprises of Durham was filed in Orange County Superior Court. Prior to the scheduled <br />hearing, the attorney far L & W Enterprises and the Orange County Attorney's Office reached an <br />agreement to vacate seven mobile homes from the L & W Mobile Home Park by January 15, <br />2001, and to permanently disconnect those spaces from the septic systems. This compromise left <br />one mobile home per septic system that was failing. The understanding was that if the systems <br />continued. to fail those remaining spaces would need to be vacated as well. While the Consent <br />Order was signed by Judge Hobgood on December 12, the L & W Attorney did not sign the <br />order until December 28 at which time it was distributed to the affected homeowners of the <br />seven spaces, giving them about two weeks notice to vacate. At the health department's request, <br />the county attorney's office asked the court fora delay in order to provide a fu1130 days ,for the <br />tenants of the mobile homes to relocate. <br />Chapel Hill burham Mebane <br />(919)968-4501 (919)688-7333 (336)227-2031 <br />