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City of Santa Ana Mobile Home Parks <br />Assessment of Existing Conditions and Policy Options <br />May 21, 2019 <br />Windshield Survey <br />The City's Code Enforcement Division conducted a "Windshield Survey" of the Mobile <br />Home Parks. A windshield survey is an informal survey consisting of an observational <br />view of the parks where the code enforcement officers make an informal assessment of <br />the parks based upon their observations. <br />Code enforcment officers rated the parks based on a visual inspection of the exterior of <br />the properties. Both the common area components of the mobile home park (ie, <br />landscape, streets, club houses, pool areas, laundry rooms) and the individual mobile <br />units (ie, decks, driveways, house numbers, coaches) were inspected along with <br />general code related conditions (ie, inoperative vehicles, improper storage). Parks were <br />rated 1, 3 or 5 with 5 signiiying overall excellent condition, 3 signifying average <br />condition, and 1 signifying improvements needed. The ratings of 1, 3 and 5 were <br />chosen as the rating numbers in order to avoid rating parks as "almost" a 1 and/or <br />,.almost" a 5 on the ratings, thus avoiding rating parks as "slightly above" or "slightly <br />below." <br />The final rating of a park is based on the overall general impressions of the code <br />enforcement officer, rather than the individual component ratings. For example, the <br />mobile units may be well maintained with no apparent substandard, visible conditions <br />and rate all 5's. Yet, the "common areas" may have some uneven surfaces, some <br />excessive porch storage not necessarily permitted in single family neighborhoods, and <br />unsightly trash cans. Since these factors are not usually observed in excellent sites <br />rated a 5, the final park rating may be a 1 or 3. The "final rating" is therefore the code <br />enforcement officer's assertion of the "overall" description of the mobile home park <br />versus the individual mobile home unit standards. In general, staff found: <br />Mobile Home Park Ratings <br />Rating Number of Mobile Home Parks <br />3 <br />3 10 <br />Average Conditionr�,,�, <br />16 <br />0 <br />65A-9 <br />