Orange County Board of Commissioners discuss mobile home park zoning

The Orange County Board of Commissioners met Monday to discuss a text amendment that deals with mobile home park zoning. Staff writer Keith Larsen live-tweeted the meeting.

Will be live tweeting from the Orange County (North Carolina) Board of Commissioners meeting tonight for @DTHCity

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

On the agenda: reviewing text amendment for revisions and modifications to the mobile home park conditional zoning district #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Amendment wants to create more flexible housing options in mobile home park #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

The text amendment deals with RVs and tiny homes in the mobile home park

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

The amendment would revise the district standards to also allow for RVs and tiny homes #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Commissioner Penny Rich says she wants to examine tiny homes more, continue the conversation around how tiny homes are defined #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Motion passes for the proposed amendment on revising district standards to allow for temporary residential units 7-0.

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Public hearing adjourns.

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Work session item: introduction to potential joint planning amendments

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Looking at possible amendments to the orange county-chapel hill- carrboro joint planning land use plan and agreement #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Possible joint planning land use amendments include Millhouse rd, town of Chapel Hill's Operation Facility,

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Also include Chapel Hill transition area near Sunrise Rd, and Chapel Hill transition area in vicinity of Old Lystra Rd #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Additionally, Highway 54 West area #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Now onto potential amendments to the water and sewer management, planning and boundary agreement #OCBOCC

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting ends

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting ends

— Keith A. Larsen (@TheKeithLarsen) February 14, 2017

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