As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APARTMENT BUILDING
A multifamily structure built specifically as an apartment
complex. This definition shall not include any house built or converted
for multifamily use (i.e., duplex or first- and second-story apartments).
[Added 3-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5]
COMMON ELEMENTS[Added 3-12-2001 by Ord. No.
2001-5] -- Includes:
A.
The land on which the building is located and
portions of the building which are not included in a unit.
B.
The foundations, structural parts, supports,
main walls, roofs, basements, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairways
and entrances and exits of the building.
C.
The yards, parking areas and driveways.
D.
Portions of the land and buildings used exclusively
for the management, operation or maintenance of the common elements.
E.
Installation of all central services and utilities.
F.
All apparatus and installations existing for
common use.
G.
All other elements of the building necessary
or convenient to its existence, management, operation, maintenance
and safety or normally in common use.
H.
Such facilities as are designated in the declaration
as common elements.
CONDOMINIUM
An estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest
in a portion of a parcel, together with a separate interest in a space
within a structure appurtenant to common areas. This form of ownership
may occur in designated residential zones, commercial zones and industrial
zones.
[Added 3-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5]
HEALTH AUTHORITY
The legally designated health authority of Pennsylvania;
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.
LICENSE
Written approval, in whatever form, as issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Resources, authorizing a person to operate
and maintain a mobile home park.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling which may be towed
on its own running gear and which may be temporarily or permanently
affixed to real estate by placement on blocks, foundation or similar
construction and used for nontransient residential purposes and constructed
with the same, or similar, electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities
as immobile housing.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land constructed with the necessary utility connections,
patio and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of
a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private
association or corporation or other entity.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle without motive power which may be towed on the
public highways by a passenger automobile without a special hauling
permit and which is designed for human occupancy under transient circumstances,
such as camping, travel or other recreational, sometimes variously
known as a "travel trailer" or a "camping trailer."
SERVICE OR RECREATIONAL BUILDING
A structure housing operational, office, recreational, park
maintenance and other facilities built to conform to required local
standards.
SEWER CONNECTION
All pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet
of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding sewer riser pipe.
SEWER RISER PIPE
That portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home space.
WATER CONNECTION
All pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the water riser
pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the
mobile home.
WATER RISER PIPE
That portion of the water service pipe which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at each
mobile home lot.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
All pipes, fittings, valves and appurtenances from the water
main of the park distributing system to the water outlet of the distribution
system within the mobile home.
The storage, collection and disposal of refuse
in the mobile home park shall be so conducted as to create no health
hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire
hazards or air pollution and shall comply with the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources regulations governing mobile home parks.
Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained
free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination
methods and other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform
to the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources regulations governing mobile home parks.
[Amended 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-7]
No mobile home, whether installed on a single
lot or in a mobile home park, shall be removed without first obtaining
a permit from the Latrobe Tax Collector, as required by Act No. 54,
1969, of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Such permit shall be issued upon payment of a fee as described in the fee schedule attached to Chapter
3, Administrative Code, §
3-48, Fee schedules, and real estate taxes assessed against the home and unpaid at the time the permit is requested.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
A. Summary offense. Any person who violates any provision
of this chapter shall be guilty of a summary offense for each day
of violation and, upon conviction, shall be required to pay a penalty
for the use of Latrobe in a sum not to exceed $600, together with
costs of prosecution, and in default of such payment shall undergo
imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
B. Revocation or suspension of permit. Upon repeated
violations by the same permittee, his right to the issuance of a permit
or to continued operation under a permit may be suspended for a fixed
term or permanently revoked after notice and hearing by the appropriate
governing body or board, subject to the right of appeal to the Westmoreland
County Common Pleas Court as provided by law.