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FP -- <br />F S G 2 2 9c�,1 <br />BOOK 91 PAGc 782 <br />mobile home park that he owns on 43rd Avenue. The Utilities <br />Department told him he had to connect all the mobile homes and <br />trailers to County utilities. He paid $5,000 per unit to connect <br />to utilities. Six months later, the Zoning Department told him he <br />was limited to a maximum of 8 occupied mobile homes on the <br />property, and that none of the trailers could be occupied. Then <br />the Building Department had the electric meters to the trailers <br />removed. Mr. Sabonjohn felt that the County has caused him a <br />number of problems since he moved here in 1970. One of the <br />examples he gave was of a permit the Building Department gave him <br />and then took away. <br />Director Keating agreed that different agencies and <br />departments have different rules, but he emphasized that a property <br />owner must follow the most restrictive set of rules. He noted that <br />Mr. Sabonjohn was aware of the Code Enforcement Board's 1983 order <br />limiting the number of occupied mobile homes to 8, and prohibiting <br />any travel trailers on the site from being occupied. He pointed <br />out that the electrical meters in the mobile home park on 43rd <br />Avenue were removed because the building inspector identified a <br />number of electrical violations. Director Keating recounted one <br />incident where a building inspector visited the mobile home park, <br />cited violations, and Mr. Sabonjohn simply unplugged extension <br />cords and then argued that there was no violation. <br />Mr. Keating projected slides showing electrical extension <br />cords. connecting mobile homes and trailers without electric meters <br />to structures that were metered. He emphasized that some of the <br />cords are a serious fire hazard because they are severely frayed. <br />Other slides depicted various health and safety violations, <br />including a trailer illegally hooked up to utilities, an <br />inadequately grounded electric meter, a shed illegally being used <br />as a living unit, overloaded extension cords inside mobile homes, <br />numerous lawn mowers and trucks, and assorted trash and junk. <br />Commissioner Macht asked whether the departments communicate <br />with each other about these issues. <br />Director Keating responded that the building inspector, code <br />enforcement officer, and environmental health officer have tried to <br />coordinate their efforts. When they pursue one problem, other <br />problems come to their attention. <br />Mr. Sabonjohn pointed out that the trailers were properly <br />connected to electric meters, but the residents had to run <br />extension cords between the mobile homes when the meters were <br />removed. He argued that the travel trailers are not occupied. <br />They are used as sleeping quarters by people who visit residents of <br />the mobile home park. He remarked that many people in the county <br />14 <br />