This chapter shall be known as the "Mobile Home Park Local Law."
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the health, safety and
general welfare of the residents of the community and to protect and preserve
the environmental character and real property values in the Town of Goshen
through regulation of the planning, design, layout, construction and continued
operation of mobile home parks.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning
indicated:
LOT DEPTH
The distance, measured along the center line of the lot, between
the right-of-way line of a public street or the pavement line of a private
street and the rear lot line.
LOT WIDTH
The mean distance between the two side lot lines when measured perpendicular
to the center line of the lot.
MOBILE HOME
A detached, single-family dwelling unit with any or all of the following
characteristics:
A.
Manufactured as a relocatable dwelling unit intended for year-round
occupancy and for installation on a site without a basement.
B.
Designed to be transported after manufacture on its own chassis and
connected to utilities after placement on a mobile home stand.
C.
Designed to be installed as a single-wide or double-wide unit with only
incidental unpacking and assembling operations.
D.
Designed and manufactured as the type of unit which would require, after
January 15, 1974, a seal as provided for in the State Code for Construction
and Installation of Mobile Homes.
E.
Any structure identified as manufactured housing under the 1980 Housing
and Community Development Act must meet the definition of mobile home as provided
by this chapter.
MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT
Intended to be generic, it includes mobile home parks, mobile home
subdivisions and mobile home condominiums.
MOBILE HOME LOT
An area of land in a mobile home park rented for the placement of
a single mobile home and any accessory structures incident thereto.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A contiguous parcel of land under one ownership which is at least
20 acres in area and which has been planned and improved for the placement
of mobile home for nontransient use.
MOBILE HOME STAND
The part of a mobile home lot on which the mobile home is placed
and which is constructed in accordance with the standards provided in this
chapter.
PARK OCCUPANT
A person or persons living in a mobile home in a mobile home park.
PARK OPERATOR
The person or persons responsible for on-site management and operation
of a mobile home park, including but not limited to the owner.
SITE PLAN
A drawing or drawings submitted to the enforcement officer as part
of the application for a permit for a mobile home park and containing all
the information required by this chapter in sufficient detail to enable the
required reviews.
It shall be the duty of the enforcement officer to make necessary inspections
required every year for renewal of mobile home park permits, to investigate
all complaints made under this chapter and to request the Town Attorney to
take appropriate legal action on all violations of this chapter.
Upon determination by the enforcement officer that there has been a
violation of any provision of this chapter, he shall serve upon the holder
of the permit for such mobile home park an initial order, in writing and by
certified mail, directing that the conditions therein specified be corrected
within 10 days after the date of delivery of such order.
If, after the expiration of such ten-day period, such violations are
not corrected, the enforcement officer shall serve a notice, in writing, upon
such mobile home park operator, requiring the holder of the park permit to
appear before the Town Board of the Town of Goshen at a time to be specified
in such notice to show cause why the mobile home park permit should not be
revoked. Such hearing before the Town Board shall occur not less than 48 hours
not more than 10 days after the date of service of said notice by the enforcement
officer.
Within 10 days after the hearing at which the testimony and witnesses of the enforcement officer and the mobile home park permit holder shall be heard, the Town Board shall make a determination, in writing, sustaining, modifying or withdrawing the order issued by the enforcement officer, as directed by §§
69-10 through
69-14 of this chapter. Failure to abide by any Town Board determination to sustain or modify the initial order of the enforcement officer and to take corrective action accordingly shall be cause for the revocation of the mobile home park permit affected by such order and determination. The park owner will be subject to a fine of $50 per day for failure to comply.
Any person aggrieved by any decision of the enforcement officer may appeal to the Town Board, said Board shall act in accordance with the provisions of §§
69-10 through
69-14 of this chapter. Any determination by the Town Board under this chapter shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
Any item or subject not included in this chapter shall be deemed to
be prohibited.