It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any mobile home park within the limits of the Town unless he holds
a valid license issued annually by the licensing authority in the
name of such person for the specific mobile home park. All applications
for licenses shall be made to the licensing authority. Except as otherwise
provided in this chapter, the licensing authority shall issue a license
only if the land is properly zoned and all applicable zoning provisions
are met and upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and
regulations issued under this chapter.
[Amended 12-14-2009 by Ord. No. 08-09-278; 8-23-2010 by Ord. No.
01-10-279]
The maximum number of licensed units that can be granted by
the Town shall be limited to 32 licensed units for each 1,000 inhabitants
of the Town. Data from the United States official decennial census
shall be utilized in determining the official population of the Town;
provided, however, that an applicant may commission a census for the
purpose of determining the population of the Town at the time of a
license application. If such census data is acceptable to the Town
Council and Town Planning Commission, then such data may be utilized
in determining the population at the time of such application. All
license grants shall be issued only following approval of the Town
Council, following a public hearing.
A.
The applicant for an original license for a mobile
home park shall submit in writing an application which, as a minimum,
shall contain:
(1)
A legal description of the mobile home park;
(2)
An as-built site plan drawn to scale by a registered
engineer or land surveyor;
(3)
An affidavit attesting to the conformance of the mobile
home park to the Zoning Ordinance of the Town and the requirements
of this chapter;
(5)
A time schedule for approved future phases; and
(6)
A description of the type and size of mobile home
to be allowed in the park.
B.
The application shall be submitted under the signature
of the applicant.
A.
After receiving an application for an original license
for a mobile home park, the Town Clerk shall request the Town Engineer
and Town Planner to notify the licensing authority in writing as to
the conformance of the application to the Zoning Ordinance and the
requirements of this chapter. Additionally, the Town Engineer and
Town Planner shall inspect the development to ensure all work is satisfactorily
completed. Failure to respond within 14 days to the licensing authority
shall be interpreted to mean the application was found to conform.
If either the Town Engineer or Town Planner finds the application
not to be in conformance, a license shall not be issued until the
proposal is brought into conformity.
B.
The licensing authority shall have 45 days from the filing of the application to either issue a license or to reject the application until that time the application is brought into conformance with the Zoning Ordinance and the requirements of this chapter. Each phase shall require amendment of the original license by action of the Town Council. Applications for amendment of the license shall be made in conformance with § 158-12.
All improvements required by the Zoning Ordinance
and this chapter shall be completed before a license for a mobile
home park may be issued.
The fee to operate a mobile home park shall be as specified in Chapter 122, Fees, of the Code of the Town of Coventry. The fee shall be due and payable to the Town Clerk by December 31 of each year.
Applications for renewals of licenses shall be made in writing by the holder of the license, shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in Chapter 122, Fees, and shall contain any change in the information submitted since the original license was issued or the latest renewal granted. The type of mobile home in a park shall not be changed except in conformance with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town.
Any person whose application for a license under this article has been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the licensing authority under the procedure set out in § 158-6.
Every person holding a license shall give notice in writing to the licensing authority within 24 hours after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of interest in or control of any mobile home park. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of such mobile home park. Upon application in writing for transfer of the license and deposit of a fee as set forth in Chapter 122, Fees, the license shall be transferred if the mobile home park is in compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter, regulations issued under this chapter, and the Zoning Ordinance of the Town.
A.
Whenever, upon inspection of any mobile home park, the licensing authority finds that conditions or licensing practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this chapter, regulations issued under this chapter or the Zoning Ordinance, the licensing authority shall give notice in writing in accordance with § 158-6A, to the person to whom the license was issued, that, unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period of time specified in the notice by the licensing authority, the license shall be suspended. At the end of such period, the licensing authority shall reinspect such mobile home park and, if such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall suspend the license and give notice in writing of such suspension to the person to whom the license is issued. Upon receipt of notice of such suspension, such person shall cease operation of such mobile home park, except as provided in § 158-6B.
B.
Any person whose license has been suspended or who has received notice from the licensing authority that his license will be suspended unless certain conditions or practices at the mobile home park are corrected may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the licensing authority under the procedure provided by § 158-6, provided that, when no petition for such hearing has been filed within 10 days following the day on which notice of suspension was served, such license shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked at the expiration of such ten-day period.
A.
Application required. Within 180 days of the effective
date of this chapter, an application for a license in conformity with
this article shall be made by the owner of any existing mobile home
park to the licensing authority.
B.
Alteration, expansion of existing parks restricted.
After the effective date of this chapter, no additional construction,
alteration or extension of any existing mobile home park within the
limits of the Town shall be carried out that is not in conformity
with all the provisions of this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance,
except that construction, alteration or extension which has received
prior approval of the Town Council. The Tax Assessor and the Town
Planner shall determine the number of units in existing parks and
the extent to which the parks may expand without requiring a zoning
hearing in accordance with Article 18 of the Zoning Ordinance.
C.
Granting of license. The owner of any existing mobile home park shall be required to apply for a license in conformity with this article. However, the licensing authority shall approve the license for any existing mobile home park subject only to the park's formal compliance with all appropriate health and safety provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to conflict with Subsection B of this section, and this subsection is specifically intended to apply solely to existing mobile home parks.
D.
Temporary license. A temporary license, upon written
request therefor, shall be issued by the licensing authority for every
mobile home park in existence upon the effective date of this chapter,
permitting the mobile home park to be operated during the period ending
180 days after the effective date of this chapter in accordance with
such conditions as the licensing authority may require.
