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161 Our proposed modification of the Woodsedge Special Use Permit does not change the character, operation, or affordability of the Woodsedge Mobile Home Park, which we hope will remain a vital part of Orange Counties' more affordable stock of housing for years to come. The proposed modification only changes two elements of the previous Special Use Permits. 1. The requirement for unitary ownership. 2. The location of the 25 acres of Open Space allocated as part of the 1991 modification of the 1985 Special Use Permit. The proposed modification retains the full 25 acres of open space required by the 1991 modification, but simply redistributes it within the site. The purposes of the two proposed modifications listed above are. 1. To allow for the future development of the vacant and underutilized land south of the Woodsedge Mobile Home Park in uses consistent with the "Hillsborough and Central Orange County Coordinated Area Land Use Plan for Areas within the Towns Urban Services Boundary", and other land use plans. 2. To provide an ideal location for moderately priced housing, affordable housing, and neighborhood businesses which are all badly needed in southeastern Orange County and across the region. 3. To provide for a more thoughtful distribution of open space on the site. A distribution of open space which will consider environmentally sensitive areas like steep slopes, streams, and hardwood forest which is in accordance with changes made in the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance that now requires such areas be looked to first and foremost when allocating open space (Orange County UDO Section 7.12.4). 4. To allow for better open space buffers between Woodsedge Mobile Home Park and the adjacent uses to the south. A buffer that is both more continuous and more permanent. 5. To permanently prohibit access to East Scarlett Mountain Road from potential development from the north.