Borough of Downingtown, PA
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2023-03-01
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 181 Mobile Home Parks
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Article III Density, Dimensional and General Layout Standards
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Appeals, Board of Administrative
- Ch 15 Citizen Advisory Committees
- Ch 16 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 24 Fire Department
- Ch 28 Firemen's Relief Association
- Ch 30 Fiscal Management
- Ch 32 Funds
- Ch 36 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Historic Commission
- Ch 40 Human Relations Committee
- Ch 43 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 52 Officers and Employees
- Ch 53 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 57 Pensions and Other Benefits
- Ch 61 Planning Commission
- Ch 65 Police Department
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Regional Authority
- Ch 76 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 86 Water Authority
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 94 Alarms, Automatic Protection
- Ch 97 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 109 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Neighborhood Blight Protection
- Ch 118 Checks, Returned
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 121 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 123 Curfew
- Ch 127 Disease Control
- Ch 131 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 133 Dumpsters and Storage Pods
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 143 Firearms
- Ch 146 Fire Prevention
- Ch 148 Fireworks
- Ch 150 Floodplain Management
- Ch 152 (Reserved)
- Ch 156 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 173 Mass Gatherings
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 All-Terrain Vehicles and Dirt Bikes
- Ch 181 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 181 Art III Density, Dimensional and General Layout Standards
- § 181-5 Density and dimensional requirements.
- § 181-6 Drainage.
- § 181-7 Location.
- § 181-8 Site layout.
- Ch 181A Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 183 No-Parking Zones
- Ch 187 Nuisances
- Ch 195 Parades
- Ch 199 Parking, Residential Permit
- Ch 203 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 207 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 211 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 215 (Reserved)
- Ch 219 Poles, Utility
- Ch 222 Property Maintenance and Housing Standards
- Ch 223 Residential Certificates of Compliance
- Ch 230 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Sewers
- Ch 239 Shopping Carts
- Ch 243 Solid Waste Collection and Recycling
- Ch 245 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 246 Stormwater Management
- Ch 247 Street Address Numbers
- Ch 249 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 256 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 260 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Taxation
- Ch 270 Trees
- Ch 274 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 277 (Reserved)
- Ch 281 Water
- Ch 287 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A291 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A292 Ordained Streets
- Ch A293 Boot Road Landscape Criteria
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Any mobile home park shall be located on a well-drained site and shall
be so located that its drainage will not endanger any water supply. Any mobile
home park shall be in an area free from wetlands, marshes, swamps or other
potential breeding places for insects and rodents.
A.
Each mobile home lot shall be clearly marked and shall
contain a driveway with unobstructed access to a street. Mobile homes shall
be located on such lots so that there will be a minimum of 30 feet between
mobile homes and so that no mobile home will be less than 25 feet from any
exterior boundary of the mobile home park.
B.
No mobile home shall be located less than 25 feet from
any public or private street right-of-way or so that any part of such mobile
home will obstruct any roadway or walkway in a mobile home park. No service
building shall be located within 15 feet of any public or private street right-of-way.
A.
Mobile homes placed on individual lots are encouraged
to be placed off-center on the lot so as to provide a large usable open yard
space and outdoor living area in one section of the lot.
B.
Groups or clusters of units placed so as to create interior
spaces and courtyards shall be incorporated whenever feasible.
C.
There shall be variety in the arrangement and orientation
of mobile homes, with particular attention given to topography and existing
trees. Site layout shall be designed to ensure that mobile home units are
offset to avoid long, uninterrupted corridors between the units.
D.
The applicant is strongly encouraged to design the mobile
home park so that many units have their long axis east-west, offering southern
exposure to their longest wall and roof areas. When topographic conditions
make a street layout for good solar orientation of units difficult or undesirable,
lots should be laid out so that units can be oriented to the south to the
greatest extent possible.
