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14 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 56 Beth Bronson: So a mobile home from 1975 could be placed on a residence and considered an accessory dwelling the <br /> 57 same as a mobile home build in 2020? <br /> 58 <br /> 59 Tyler Sliger: Correct but no matter what the building permit has to be issued so if it doesn't meet the specs it doesn't <br /> 60 meet the spec and a permit would not be issued. <br /> 61 <br /> 62 Randy Marshall: I can drive up and down Orange County Roads and there are abandoned mobile homes with vines <br /> 63 growing in it and at one time there was a nuisance ordinance that was enforced to pull those off and people had to get <br /> 64 rid of them but apparently it's no longer used or is no longer enforced. My concern here is not what is stated here but <br /> 65 what do you do because old mobile home deteriorate more rapidly than more permanently built structures. Is there <br /> 66 anywhere in the ordinance that is being enforced that when these become no longer livable or serviceable that they have <br /> 67 to be removed? <br /> 68 <br /> 69 Cy Stober: The Nuisance Code does speak to odor,vermin, creating any sort of noxious environment and respond to <br /> 70 complaints. If a complaint is given to the Planning Department,we have to make a determination whether it falls under <br /> 71 the County Ordinance or the Development Ordinance and qualify as a nuisance that we can enforce as staff or we must <br /> 72 direct it to the Sheriff's Office. They would enforce through that route or through minimum housing code which is a <br /> 73 combination of, depending on the situation, the Housing Department or the Inspection Department but we will process a <br /> 74 complaint. <br /> 75 <br /> 76 Charity Kirk: And then what happens with the processing? <br /> 77 <br /> 78 Cy Stober:We do have an abatement avenue we can pursue. It's a civil matter so we notify the property owner a <br /> 79 minimum of 42 days and allow for 21 days of compliance followed by another 21 days of warning and then if it falls under <br /> 80 our ordinance then we can proceed to civil penalties and following a period of inaction we can remedy the issue and <br /> 81 abate the property, basically put a lien on it. For absentee landlords, especially those in other states,that approach is <br /> 82 minimally effective. The amendment was forged through discussion with Current Planning and myself and we included <br /> 83 mobile homes as an allowance and affordability and equity and accessibility to both tenants but also for first time home <br /> 84 owners in the County where we have an acknowledged affordability concern. I hear your concerns and I'm not <br /> 85 completely surprised but we were trying to offer as many options and flexibility to the residents of the County. <br /> 86 <br /> 87 Melissa Poole: Personally, I don't have an issue with it. I certainly know people, those of us who have extensive <br /> 88 amounts of property that are blessed with that. I know people who have brought in trailers for elderly parents rather than <br /> 89 putting them in a home to live separate but being able to be cared for. We are talking about this as if it's only renting or <br /> 90 renters and affordable housing but it's also a support for folks with aging parents and family members. <br /> 91 <br /> 92 Adam Beeman: I understand it, I just feel like you are putting those people in the hole to begin with it's like forcing them <br /> 93 to go buy a car with 40% interest. I need the car so I'm going to do what I got to do and you're putting them in a house <br /> 94 and they are already behind the 8-ball as far as being efficient and long-term solution. I understand there is a short-term <br /> 95 solution, I am completely in agreement with you. If they are building a home, park it temporarily and get it off when done <br /> 96 building the home. Long-term, I just don't see why you would want to let that in the door so that these underprivileged or <br /> 97 low-income people just have to pay exorbitant heating and air-conditioning costs because the thing is not efficient.They <br /> 98 are built to federal standards and not state and local regulation. I find it hard to believe that these people are <br /> 99 manufacturing something that is going to be of value to the low-income. <br /> 100 <br /> 101 Beth Bronson: This opens up a market for secondary mobile home purchases. To Melissa's point, and staff's, in adding <br /> 102 it you are expanding your options for the community to have access to affordable housing. Or giving access to family's to <br /> 103 incorporate the needs of their parents or children. For reasons that are none of our business, as to why they might need <br /> 104 an accessory dwelling unit that might need to be a mobile home that wouldn't be up to your standards personally but that <br /> 105 are federal standards that are already set and that information is available going into bringing that mobile home onto <br /> 106 their property. <br /> 107 <br /> 108 Adam Beeman: It starts at$40,000 up to$150,000 and I don't see$150,000 for a trailer when you could build the same <br /> 109 stick built thing for an equivalent price and have something that is appreciating in value. <br /> 110 <br />