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of that existing mobile home park is on the County's water and sewage system. The second issue for discussion has to do with the simple fact that mobile homes use less water and generate less sewage than the standard residential user. Last, but not least, he wanted to address a provision in the proposed ordinance which involves a look back, 24 months after connecting to the system, to see if, in fact, the use that is being generated by that project is the volume of use on a peak -load capacity that was estimated when the project originally connected. Mr. Radell informed the Board that Heritage Village Mobile Home Park has 430 units, has been in existence for approximately 17 years and has had its own on-site water and sewer system during that time; so, with regard to the historical data approach, the records for more than ten years are available. He felt this is not a situation where you have to use a crystal ball as you would with a new development. Staff has used the argument that when a family of two leaves a mobile home and is replaced by a family of six, water use and sewage generation increases three -fold. The historical information from Heritage Village shows that the impact has been even and consistent over the years. Mr. Radell made another point in connection with capacity used by mobile home owners. He said there are two times when capacity for water and sewer use is allocated. First, is when it is charged to the mobile home park owner, and in the case of Heritage Village it is for 250 gallons per day per ERU for water and sewer per unit. The other time is in the agency reporting process when Indian River County reports the commitment of capacity for a mobile home to DER as 200 gallons per day, which is 80% of allocated capacity. There is a discrepancy and it seems capacity is being sold twice and the County realizes that mobile homes, in fact, do use less than an average single family residential unit. We recommend the Board do the following to correct what we perceive to be a gross inequity and an unfair situation: under Section 7, Paragraph 27 of your proposed ordinance, in the case of large mobile home communities, look at the historical records, evaluate the historical records on the basis of peak demands of that park and base capacity commitments on that peak demand. Chairman Bird asked if his point is the data would indicate the proper allocation may be less than one ERU per mobile home. Mr. Radell said, absolutely, that was his point, and would pertain to large parks with recorded historical data. In fact, he quoted from Section 27, indicating the County can make exceptions to correct inequities by adjusting the impact fee. He also would recommend the County recognize that, in fact, mobile homes use water and generate sewage in the amounts that the County currently 41 Poor ` IAR 12 19N�