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the Planning and Zoning Commission tabled action on the Roseland Plan and requested that the Board of County Commissioners provide direction to the Commission on this matter. The County formerly had a district (the R-lRM district) which allowed both mobile homes and single-family units. In April of 1985 when the new residential districts were adopted, the R-1RM district was repealed. Since a large part of Roseland was zoned R -IRM until that district was repealed, the residential conversion ordinance rezoned those areas to RMH-8, Mobile Home Residential District. The RMH-8 district allows mobile homes up to 8 units per acre, but prohibits single-family units. The area in Roseland that was zoned R-lRM contains approximate- ly 110 mobile homes, vacant land, and about six single-family dwellings.- During the fall of 1985, the Roseland Property Owners Association approached the Planning Department about this situation and inquired if this area could be rezoned to R-lRM or another zoning district that would allow mobile homes and single-family dwellings. The Association also indicated that they felt the existing RMH-8 zoning was inappropriate because it allows up to 8 units per acre and they felt this � area should be limited to about 4 units per acre. Based on this inquiry from the Association, the staff began work on the Roseland Small Area Plan. In December of 1985, the staff met with the Roseland Property Owners Association's Board of Directors to discuss land use issues in the area and to set boundaries for the Roseland Small Area Plan. In January, the staff met with the Roseland Proper- ty Owners Association to describe the process of preparing the Roseland Small Area Plan and to discuss land use issues in the area with the Association's general membership. One of the main issues ofconcernto the Association was the RMH-8 zoning of the area previously zoned R-1RM and the permitted density of 8 units/acre. Based on these concerns, the staff recommended, and the Board of County Commissioners approved, down -zoning - this area to. RMH-6 when the nonresidential zoning conversion ordinance was adopted on January 29, 1986. The staff felt that down -zoning this area to RMH-6 would lower the permitted residential densities and would provide an interim zoning until the staff could study the situation further. In March, the staff completed a draft of the Roseland Small Area Plan. Several copies of this draft were sent to the Roseland Property Owners Association for their review and comment. The draft plan discusses the various issues in the Roseland area including the mobile home zoning. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS The Roseland Small Area Plan does not specifically address the issue of mobile homes and single-family homes in one area. While the plan recommends that density be limited -in certain areas, it also recommends that additional study be done on the mobile home/single-family issues. In further reviewing the area zoned RMH-6 which does -contain approximately six single-family residences, the staff has considered several alternative zoning provisions for this area. The following alternatives were reviewed: 1) No change in the current RMH-6 zoning; 2) Create a new zoning district that allows both single-family houses and mobile homes; 3) Rezone allof this area to RS -6, Single -Family Residential District; 4) Rezone part of this area to RS -6 65 Boor 64 F,4 c E 5j?'2