[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Highland Falls 8-10-1971 by L.L. No. 5-1971 as
Ch. 66 of the 1971 Code; amended in its entirety at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
No mobile home shall be located upon any land
or premises within the Village other than at prescribed mobile home
parks unless it is located on a plot of land with an area of at least
7,500 square feet. The area shall be well drained and consist of suitable
natural soil or well-consolidated inert fill.
Not more than one such mobile home shall be
permitted to park or otherwise locate on such separate lot or parcel
of land other than a prescribed mobile home park.
Each mobile home located within the Village
in other than prescribed mobile home parks shall have provision for
electrical outlet and connection to the mobile home.
Each mobile home located within the Village,
except in prescribed mobile home parks, shall have adequate sanitary
facilities and be connected with the public water supply and sanitary
sewer system. Such mobile homes shall also have a garbage collection
and trash station.
Every mobile home located within the Village,
except in a prescribed mobile home park, shall be set back at least
five feet from all plot lines and at least 30 feet from all street
lines.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Located within the Village of Highland Falls, a plot of land
where two or more mobile homes are parked or which is used as or held
out for the purpose of supplying to the public a parking space for
two or more mobile homes.
A mobile home park located within the Village
of Highland Falls shall have a minimum area of 80,000 square feet
and at least 3,000 square feet per mobile home. The area shall be
well drained and consist of suitable natural soil or well-consolidated
inert fill.
Each mobile home site shall have a four-inch-thick
paved concrete or macadam area of at least 90,000 square feet for
use as patio and an electrical outlet for connection to the mobile
home. Mobile homes shall be separated by at least 18 feet on all sides.
Each and every mobile home park located within
the Village of Highland Falls shall have each of the following, located
no more than 200 feet from any mobile home site:
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Facility
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One Per
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Water tap and flush toilet1
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3 sites2
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Shower, hot and cold water1
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6 sites2
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Garbage collection station and trash hopper
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12 sites2
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NOTES:
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1 Shall have concrete
floor; may be omitted where connections with public water supply and
sanitary sewer system are made at each mobile home site.
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2 Or a fraction thereof.
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Every mobile home park located within the Village
shall have access and internal roads which shall be at least 20 feet
wide, provided with a dustless surface and lighted by at least one
fifty-watt bulb every 100 feet.
In every mobile home park in the Village, all
mobile homes shall be set back at least 15 feet from all plot lines
adjacent to the mobile home park and 25 feet from all street lines.
All setback areas from street and/or adjoining
plot lines in all mobile home parks located within the Village shall
be maintained in a not unsightly condition and in reasonable conformity
with other properties in the area at all times. Said mobile home parks
may have normal entrances and exits but shall have no signs affixed
to or hung in relation to the outside thereof except as follows: for
each entrance and exit, one directional arrow and the name of the
establishment. Such sign shall be nonilluminated.
The Trustees of the Village, or their duly appointed
representative, who shall be appointed for such purpose, shall inspect
or cause to be inspected every mobile home and mobile home park affected
by this chapter. If such mobile home or mobile home park is found
to be in violation of any provision of this chapter, the representative
shall report this fact to the owner or occupant of the mobile home
at the time when the inspection is made. If the violation found by
such inspector is not corrected so as to comply with the provisions
of this chapter within 30 days after such notice, said inspector shall
forthwith advise the Board of Trustees of the Village of the violation
and of the failure to comply with the provisions of the chapter.
No mobile home shall remain upon or hereafter
be located upon any land or premises within this Village, either in
mobile home parks or outside of mobile home parks, unless the owner
of such mobile home or his agent or representative shall have first
obtained from the Village Clerk a permit for such mobile home, confirming
that such mobile home has been inspected by the Superintendent of
Public Works of the Village or his representative and that the same
is properly provided with water supply, toilet and bath facilities,
is connected with the sewage disposal system, proper provision has
been made for removal of garbage and trash and that the location of
said mobile home conforms to the provisions of the laws of the Village
affecting mobile homes, mobile home parks and Building Code requirements.
Before any such mobile home is located in this
Village, or within 24 hours thereafter, the owner thereof or his representative
shall file an application for the permit herein provided for upon
forms provided by the Village and indicate thereon the manner in which
compliance with the requirements of this chapter is to be made. Payment
of the fee herein provided for shall be made to the Village Clerk
at the time of the making of such application.
A.Â
Promptly upon receipt of such application and fee,
the Village Clerk shall cause the application to be referred to the
Superintendent of Public Works, who shall inspect the mobile home
and the premises upon which it is to be located to determine compliance
with the provisions of this chapter and the requirements herein set
forth.
B.Â
The Superintendent of Public Works shall promptly
report to the Village Clerk the result of his inspection, and the
Village Clerk shall thereupon inform the applicant of the results
of said inspection. The applicant shall be required to promptly comply
with the provisions of this chapter, and when compliance has been
had, the Clerk shall issue the permit.
A permit obtained hereunder shall be valid for the balance of the period for which it is issued. Prior to the expiration of any permit so issued, all owners of mobile homes located within the Village must obtain a new permit for the period required, pursuant to § 139-19 hereof.
Owners of property upon which a mobile home
is placed or is to be placed shall notify the Village Clerk of the
location of said mobile home or mobile homes on said property within
24 hours after such placement.
The fees for each such permit shall be payable
to the Village Clerk upon application for such permit and shall be
established by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
Failure on the part of an owner of property upon which a mobile home is placed to notify the Village Clerk of the placement of said mobile home and failure of the owner of said mobile home to obtain a permit for such mobile home located within the Village limits within 30 days after the enactment of this chapter shall subject the owner of said mobile home or the owner of said land on which said mobile home is placed to the penalties provided in § 139-22 of this chapter.
No mobile home so placed or located within this
Village shall be connected with the Village water supply system or
sewage system until the fee for a permit as herein provided has been
paid. In the event that any connection with the water or sewage systems
of the Village has been or is made without such payment, the Village
Public Works Superintendent shall disconnect said mobile home from
such water and/or sewage system.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punishable by a maximum fine of $250 or by a term of imprisonment
of not more than 15 days, or both. Each day that a violation of or
failure to comply with any provision of this enactment or any regulation
promulgated hereunder by the Board of Trustees occurs shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation.
