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ATTORNEY HENDERSON STATED THAT THERE IS PRESENTLY NO PERMA- NENT MOBILE HOME ZONING IN THE COUNTY; THAT THIS ZONING IS A CLASSIFICA- TION THAT HAS NEVER BEEN USED, DEWEY WALKER, ZONING DIRECTOR,. STATED .THAT THERE AREA FEW SMALL PERMANENT MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY. JOHN COLE, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, TOOK THE FLOOR. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS OWNED PROPERTY HERE SINCE 1954 AND PRESENTLY OWNS ALMEDA RANCH WHICH COMPRISES 700 ACRES. HE FEELS THAT HE IS COGNIZANT OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE COUNTY. HE POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE WANTING DELUXE HOMES GO TO JOHN'S ISLAND AND THE BEACH AREA AND FEELS YOU MUST BE A REALIST WHEN YOU OWN:PROPERTY WEST Of THE RIVER AS THIS IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AREA TO THE LOW AND.AVERAGE WAGE EARNERS. MR. COLE STATED THE ONLY WAY TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR A PERSON EARING $10,000 TO $12,000 A YEAR IS WITH MOBILE HOME HOUSING. HE REALIZES THAT THE VERY NAME "MOBILE HOME° HAS HAD A STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT, BUT DOESN'T FEEL THIS IS TRUE ANY MORE. ATTORNEY HENDERSON INTRODUCED THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED. PROJECT, BOB HOFMANN. CHAIRMAN LOY INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE PETITION PRE- SENTED BY MR, HENDERSON EARLIER IN REGARD TO THE NEED FOR LOW COST HOUSING CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 85 NAMES AND THE PETITION SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OPPOSING THIS PROJECT CONTAINS 11 NAMES. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED HOW MANY UNITS PER ACRE ARE ALLOWED IN THIS ZONING. ATTORNEY HENDERSON SAID THAT THE ZONING ALLOWS 8 UNITS PER ,.ACRE, BUT THEIR LAYOUT WAS PLANNED FOR LESS THAN 4 UNITS PER ACRE, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THIS WAS THE SAME AS R-1 RESIDENTIAL. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED HOW THE TAX FIGURES PRESENTED IN THE NARRATION WERE ARRIVED AT, MMR. HOFMANN ANSWERED THAT FIGURES WERE TAKEN FROM TAX ROLLS OF FOUR OTHER SIMILAR PARKS AND AVERAGED. BAREFOOT BAY, A SIMILAR PROJECT IN THE NEXT COUNTY, WAS ONE OF THOSE USED. -72- SEP 2 41975 ifooK 23 ,,t :i