9/2/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

SEP 2 7991 47 iut-155, The Committee alsn Rage a tour of 1: ^C:.a :17t? ,s..{� f ron .3O}klst4-a:, to South U.S. Aoute One. Those r',ij`Y i woo "an -,-i ...nail a i-:� in total between 3500 and 4G00 '.comes. :harr- arti :::;rn;:;.�.1 ,h1, 67 r -arks in Indian river County with an ustima ted total of 600:, to all mobile homes in organized parks ant! ctni)ir`; .;^a'.tt3roa the !�o:lnt,,). the Committee passed by many hones not In "or,-,anizod" narks. fneV were In clusters of 3 or 4 8 or 10, � ' . ingie.; . � r d , a.rii.t man,. '"' � Cl:f' t1:e 1:.1R?.^.wa�J5 alai ways. 9ome of the parks toured were wit :ir, tho sero Beach Gity Limits. During the tour the Committee saw t;.e best, the worst, and eve: jtning in between relative to both the homes and the narks (Sae Exhibit "C") Despite the poor condition of appearance of many o; the hones, we nust re- member that "a man's home is his castle" anal in nany instances that is what he can afford. In addition to the above mentione "statistics" ars- the followin:; estimates: Approximately 25% of the Indian "iver county nboulation live in ::obits domes which equals about 15,000 neocle. In a4�di;.ion, Villa -•e Green is co::- structing about 1400 homes, an& to potential acditional r_omes for Laicewcod Village, and the land zoned and under litigation, is about another 1300 hones. Also, Heritage Village is continuing its installation: of homes. This brings the potential mobile homes total ir. t.:e '.:ounty wit in the next decade to approx- imately 10,000. 'The population increase would be between 1.8 and 2..2 persons per home. 'the majority of the occu;aIILS Will be retirees seeking the warm climate of Florida. These retirees and mobile home owners bring; into the Florida economy hundreds of millions of dollars. Indian river Count%, gets a great share of this income and will continue to get it as long as the mobile home living in the County remains a healthy, trouble-free envirnn,^Jent. :retirees and tourism is one of the three industries that make uo tn:n 11.;coromic lase" of the county. 2.ie County has the responsibility to protect and safeTuard anis valuable asset, from erosion by whatever means necessary. f -is incl,_�3es tho police power of ma.cing and enforcing ordinances. Chapter 83 Para; III has been included in tho attached ordinance. This Florida State Statute known as "Florida t;obile :ioma landlord and fenant Act" contains a section numbered 83.754 "Unco:±;cinra',`le lot rental a reements". (rade exhibit "N"). The Corraittee feels trat wnen t i.s law is enforced, it