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e codes together. A number of changes have occurred since then in both the eity policy and in the industry. Now, there are higher quality mobile homes being produced, and mobile home living is becoming more popular. He said in the last year, both state and federal governments have become much more involved in the mobile home construction and the regulations. The present code amend- ment before the eouncil would allow the eity to be more in accor- dance with those state and federal regulations. He listed some of the substantial changes which would occur by passing this proposed code amendment--the present code allows ten units per acre, and the new code would allow six per acre; mobile home parks would be allowed to have 150 spaces, several neighborhoods could be incorporated, if needed, with 150 spaces each; mobile home parks would have to comply with the standards of the 1969 code; mobile home parks would be zoned in R-l or RA area single-family dwellings with approval of conditional use permits and 6,000 square feet per dwelling; reduction of the conditional use permit from a two-step process to a one-step process, resulting in time and cost savings, allowing the city to still control to its satisfaction. Temporary offices and night watchman quarters now require eity eouncil approval. Under the new code, this would be an administrative decision; provisions for mobile home subdivisions in R-l and RA subdivision plats would be accommodated. He indicated that many people now want to own their own land, and this provision in the new code would allow subdivisions with mobile homes on privately-owned land. Subdivisions would be developed with the minimum of three acres and six dwelling units per acre. He indicated the other changes in the code were minor, eliminating changing some wordings and definitions. e e Public hearing was opened. Betty Niven gave some background information to Council. She said the conventional housing costs have put low housing out of the reach of many people, with lot size and square footage in- creasing, and land costs going up. She cited figures showing a great lack of mobile home parks in the city of Eugene; that many people would like to live in mobile homes, but do not find vacancies available. She said 1976 figures showed an increase of 49 percent over 1975 for stick-built homes, with only eight percent over 1975 for mobile homes. She cited 1976 figures Showing that mobile homes as a percentage of the total housing available for the state was 25 percent; for the county, 28 per- cent; and for Eugene, only 17 percent. She cited the example of the newest mobile home park development, Briarwood, which had to go to court twice in order to get permission for the develop- ment. In seven weeks time, 33 spaces had been rented, and it was anticipated that the entire mobile home park would be filled within a year. She said there are no additional mobile home parks in the process of development. There are simply no avail- able spots in the city of Eugene for people who want to buy mobile 2/14/77--9 ~