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Lexington County, S.C., Reduces the Number of Mobile Homes Allowed in Park.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2002
By Monique Angle, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 28--A decision by Lexington County's zoning board to reduce the number of mobile homes in a once drug-infested community has some residents cheering and others feeling defeated.
Many residents in homes near the Hendrix Mobile Home Park near West Columbia were happy with a Nov. 19 decision that will eventually reduce the number of homes and will force the park's owner to build a privacy fence.
But some people who live in the mobile home park on Leaphart Road near Dubbs Avenue said the decision discriminates against low-income residents.
"People are building these nice homes, and they don't want to see the trailer park," said resident Yvonne...
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