[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the "East Nottingham Township Mobile/Manufactured
Home Parks Licensing and Permitting Ordinance."
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 2]
The purpose of this Part is to protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the residents of East Nottingham Township including those
who are occupants of mobile/manufactured home parks as herein defined.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 3]
This Part shall apply to mobile/manufactured homes which are
located in mobile/manufactured home parks within East Nottingham Township.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 4]
That method of securing the unit as defined in applicable
statutes.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land improved with the necessary utility connections
and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single
mobile/manufactured home.
For purposes of this Part, a parcel or contiguous parcels
of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains
four or more mobile/manufactured home lots for the placement thereon
of mobile/manufactured homes and for which rental or lease payments
are charged in any way.
A written permit used by the Zoning Officer and subject to
annual renewal, permitting the mobile/manufactured home park to operate
under this Part and other pertinent ordinances and regulations.
A permit for the placement of an individual mobile/manufactured
home on a lot, also identified as a building permit.
The person who owns or has charge, care, or control of the
mobile/manufactured home park.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solids except body waste
including, garbage, rubbish, ashes, and dead animals.
A panel specifically designed for the purpose of screening
the underside of a mobile/manufactured home by forming an extension
of the vertical exterior walls of the mobile/manufactured home and
covering the entire distance between the bottom of the exterior walls
and the ground elevation below.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 5]
1.
A building permit is required for all newly placed mobile/manufactured
homes as well as the replacement of any existing mobile/manufactures
homes located in a mobile/manufactured home park. No building permit
shall be issued and no mobile/manufactured home shall be installed,
constructed or otherwise placed in the Township for the purpose of
use or occupancy, unless such mobile/manufactured home complies with
the regulations contained in this Part and other ordinances of East
Nottingham Township and all other applicable federal, state, or local
statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
2.
A mobile/manufactured home park permit is required to be applied
for and issued on an annual basis. This permit involves the inspections
provided in this Part and in other ordinances of East Nottingham Township.
The fee is as identified in a separately adopted fee resolution schedule.
No mobile/manufactured home park may continue in operation absent
having a valid current mobile/manufactured home park permit, which
shall be prominently displayed in the park.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 6]
1.
All existing mobile/manufactured home parks must be permitted in
accordance with this Part.
2.
All applicable provisions of the East Nottingham Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] shall be complied with for all new mobile/manufactured home parks, and where applicable, for all existing parks.
3.
Each new or replacement unit in the mobile/manufactured home park
shall comply with all the installation/construction requirements contained
in this Part for mobile/manufactured homes, and all other ordinance,
state and federal statutory requirements.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 7]
1.
A mobile/manufactured home shall be manufactured or constructed in
accordance with the safety and construction standards of the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Such standards
are incorporated in and made a part of this Part.
2.
Each mobile/manufactured home shall have a site graded to provide
a level, stable and well-drained area.
3.
Each mobile/manufactured home shall have wheels, axles, and hitch
mechanisms secured or removed in accordance with any state and federal
regulations.
4.
Each mobile/manufactured home shall be placed on a permanent foundation
in accordance with the manufacturer's installation requirements
and in accordance with current statutory requirements.
5.
Any stand or foundation shall not heave, shift, or settle unevenly
under the weight of the home due to frost action, inadequate drainage,
vibration, or other forces acting on the structure. Any stand area
shall be prepared by removing the top soil and grading to slope of
not more that 1/2 or 1% in any direction. The soil must be capable
of supporting the weight of a home and must not be alluvial or highly
organic.
6.
All new mobile/manufactured home parks must comply with the Standards
for Fire Safety Criteria for Manufactured Home Installation Sites,
and Communities, current edition, as amended.
7.
The skirting must be erected around the entire base of each home.
Such enclosure shall provide sufficient ventilation to inhibit, decay
and deterioration of the structure and further, the hitch of each
home, if not removed, shall be enclosed in a manner to prevent injury.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 8]
1.
Each mobile/manufactured home park owner and/or operator shall give
notice to the East Nottingham Township Code Enforcement Officer and
the East Nottingham Township Tax Collector in the event of any mobile/manufactured
homes being removed and/or replaced and/or brought into any park.
2.
Each mobile/manufactured home park shall be inspected on an annual
basis and pay a licensing and inspection fee to East Nottingham Township
based on a fee schedule established by separate resolution by the
Township Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 9]
1.
All mobile/manufactured homes within the park shall be connected
to a public or community water supply system. Park management and/or
owners must supply evidence that each individual home is connected
to such a system.
2.
All mobile/manufactured home parks shall establish an acceptable
sanitary sewage disposal system.
3.
Where feasible, all mobile/manufactured homes shall be connected
to a community sewer system, if no community sewer system is provided,
evidence of the sufficiency of the sewer systems of the park from
the Department of Health shall be provided to the Township on an annual
basis.
4.
All household trash for each individual unit is provided for in trash
receptacles and that individual trash collecting companies have contracted
with individual lot owners for the pick-up and removal of trash and
that no trash accumulation is permitted within the confines of the
park except the weekly individual residential lot trash accumulation.
5.
The park shall be inspected for a determination as to whether any
rodent harborage, insect breading areas, or accidental fire or air
pollution hazards are occurring by means of the refuse disposal system
used on the park.
7.
Only one storage shed is permitted per lot.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 10]
1.
Interior private streets within the park shall be situated so that each mobile/manufactured lot shall abut and have access to such street. All cartway construction shall conform to the right-of-way widths and cartway widths specified in the East Nottingham Township Subdivision Ordinance [Chapter 22]. If the private streets with the mobile/manufactured home park pre-existed the standards established in the ordinance, the park owner upon inspection must show that the streets are free and clear of debris and sufficient parking area is available for the residents so that adequate clearance is available for emergency vehicles.
2.
Each mobile/manufactured home park owner or management entity must
show sufficient off-street parking or location adjacent to the private
streets to allow two spaces per dwelling.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 11]
1.
The park management shall operate the park in compliance with all
East Nottingham Township ordinances and shall provide adequate supervision
to maintain the park, its facilities and equipment in good repair
in a clean and sanitary condition.
2.
The park management shall supervise the placement of each home on
its lot which includes securing its stability and installing all utility
connection.
3.
The park management shall give any authorized officer free access
to all lot, service buildings and other community service facilities
for the purpose of inspection.
4.
The park management shall maintain a register containing the names
of all occupants. This register shall contain the name and prior address
of owner and occupants including forwarding address for past occupants,
dates of entrance and departure, and the lot number on which such
home is located.
5.
The numbering of each lot shall be clearly legible and visible and
in compliance with the established street names and house numbers
established by the County of Chester through its 911 Emergency Management
Program.
[Ord. 2008-14, 8/11/2008, § 12; as amended by Ord.
2009-21, 11/16/2009]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, or who shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful
notice, order or direction of a Township official, agent or employee,
upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000
plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a
term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 1970-1, 12/14/1970, § 1]
1.
PERSON
TOWNSHIP
TRAILER
The following words and terms, as used in this Part, shall have the
meaning respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the
context clearly indicates a different meaning.
Any natural person partnership, firm, association, or corporation.
The Township of East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Any structure which is mounted, or adaptable to be mounted
on wheels, and which includes accommodations for sleeping or living
purposes for one or more persons, excepting a device used exclusively
upon stationary tracks or rails.
2.
In this Part, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine
shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 1970-1, 12/14/1970, § 2; as amended by Ord.
1970-2, 2/8/1971, § 2]
No person shall move, transport, and/or relocate any trailer
in, within or into the Township, or allow or permit any trailer to
be moved, transported, and/or relocated in, within, or into the Township
without first having obtained a permit from the Township Secretary
to do so.
[Ord. 1970-1, 12/14/1970, § 3; as amended by Ord.
1970-2, 2/8/1971, § 3; by Ord. 1979-1, 3/12/1979, § I;
and by Ord. 2009-21, 11/16/2009]
1.
Any person desiring to move, transport, and/or relocate any trailer
in, within, or into the Township shall apply to the Township Secretary
for a permit, and shall give the following information:
A.
The name and address of the owner of said trailer.
B.
The final destination of the said moving, transportation, and/or
relocation of the trailer.
C.
The name and address of the owner of the land where said trailer
will be finally moved, transported, and/or relocated.
D.
The name of the person or persons who will reside in said trailer
once it has reached its destination.
E.
Satisfactory compliance with any and all ordinances or statutes effecting
said moving, transportation, and/or relocation.
2.
Such application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors to cover
the cost of the services and the cost of the permit.
[Ord. 1970-1, 12/14/1970, § 4; as amended by Ord.
2009-21, 11/16/2009]
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
