This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Mobile Home Court Local Law Number 1 of the Town of Wawayanda."
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the
maintenance of mobile home courts within the Town of Wawayanda and
to prescribe regulations for said courts and to require that all mobile
home courts within the Town of Wawayanda be laid out and constructed
in accordance with approved plans.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FOUNDATION
A permanent trailer foundation which shall be capable of
sustaining safely the weight to which it will be subjected, without
undue differential settlement, unsafe deformation or movement of the
trailer caused by freezing and thawing, dampness, corrosion, wetting
and drying as well as termites and other destructive insects. Minimum
components shall be a four-inch-thick reinforced concrete slab with
a skirt, both to be equal to the length and width of the mobile home.
Anchors and tie-downs shall be placed on at least each corner of the
mobile home stand, and each shall be able to sustain a minimum tensile
strength of 2,800 pounds. This does not apply to camping sites.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable one-family dwelling equipped for year-round
occupancy and containing the same water supply, waste disposal, heating
and electrical convenience as immobile housing.
MOBILE HOME COURT
Any area of land occupied by two or more mobile homes that
are used, designed for use or capable of being used as living or sleeping
quarters.
MOBILE HOME LOT
The space which shall be assigned or used and occupied by
any one mobile home.
[Added 12-27-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
A. In accordance with the provisions of §
114-4, the Town Board of the Town of Wawayanda hereby designates the following zones as areas within which mobile home courts will be permitted:
(1) In that portion of the AR Zone located north of Route
6 as the same crosses the Town of Wawayanda.
[Amended 3-4-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
B. The entrance to any mobile home court located in any
of the zones referenced above must be within 2,500 feet of a state
or county highway.
The Building Inspector or any other duly authorized
agent of the Town of Wawayanda shall have the right at any reasonable
time to enter any mobile home court to inspect all parts of said premises
and to inspect the records required to ensure compliance with this
chapter. There shall be at least one inspection per year at the time
of annual permit renewal.
[Amended 4-8-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993]
A. For each and every separate violation of any provision
of this chapter, the person violating the same shall be subject to
a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15
days, or both, for each and every separate offense.
B. Each and every week that any such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
C. Conviction for any violation of this chapter shall
constitute and effect an immediate forfeiture of the permit.