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TO: The Honorable Members DATE: June 16, 1986 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: SUBJECT: CREATION OF NEW ZONING Obert M. Kea in A DISTRICT ALLOWING SINGLE - Director, Planning & Development FAMILY RESIDENCES & MOBILE HOMES IN ROSELAND FR0K-c"h-ard Shearer REFERENCES: Chief, Long -Range Planning Mensing Memo :TK2 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of June 25, 1986. DESCRIPTIONS & CONDITIONS On May 21, 1986, the Board of County Commissioners discussed the possibility of creating a new zoning district which would allow both single-family residences and mobile homes. A request was made to establish such a zoning district at the May 8th meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission during a public hearing concerning the Roseland Small Area Plan. Based on this request, the Planning and Zoning Commission tabled action on the Roseland plan and referred the matter of a new zoning district to the Board-,. for direction. On May 21st, the Board instructed the staff to prepare some alternatives for regulating mobile homes and single-family dwellings in Roseland in the future. 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 In April of 1985 when the new residential districts were adopted, the R-lRM district was repealed. Since a large part of Roseland was zoned R-lRM until that district was repealed, the residential conversion ordinance rezoned those areas to RMH-8, Mobile Home Residential District.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 aCTO, but prohibits single-family units. The area in Roseland, that was zoned R-1RM 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 of concern to the Association was the RMH-8 zoning of the area previously zoned R-lRM and the permitted density of 8 units/acre. Based on these concerns, the staff recommended, 41 JUN 2 5 1986 BOOK 64 fA�E 818