It is the purpose of this chapter to promote
the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town
of Clarence through the more efficient siting and regulation of manufactured
housing and manufactured home parks.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The person appointed by the Town Board to carry out the regulations
of this chapter.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
Any lot under single ownership on which 50 or more manufactured
homes are located regardless of whether or not rent is charged for
such lot accommodations.
MOBILE HOME or MANUFACTURED HOME
Manufactured housing built on a chassis bearing a seal issued
by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. A manufactured
home shall be construed to remain a manufactured home, subject to
all regulations applying thereto, whether or not wheels, axles, hitch
or other appurtenances of mobility are removed and regardless of the
nature of the foundation provided. All manufactured homes shall have
a minimum of 720 square feet of interior floor area. This definition
shall include single-wide and double-wide manufactured homes.
Any person, partnership, association or corporation
being the owner or occupant of any land within the Town of Clarence
shall not use or allow the use of such land for a manufactured home
park unless a license has been obtained as herein provided.
A. Issuance of license. The Town Clerk of the Town of
Clarence shall issue a license to be effective from the day of issuance
to and including December 31 of that same year. This license will
be issued upon approval of the Town Board only after receipt of the
following items:
(1) A written application, verified by the applicant,
identifying the owner or owners of the manufactured home park and
a contact person.
(2) Approval of the Erie County Health Department for
the manufactured home park operation.
(3) The required fee as established by the Town Board.
(4) Approval by the Town Building Inspector and/or Town
Planning and Zoning Office.
B. Original license. In addition to the above requirements, applications for original licenses shall contain the location and legal description of the manufactured home park; and a site plan showing all manufactured home lots, structures, roads, walkways and other service facilities per §
135-4 of this chapter.
C. License renewal. An application for the renewal of
any manufactured home park license issued in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter must be filed with the Town Clerk on or before December
1 preceding the expiration of the license. The renewal application
need not be accompanied by a plan of the park unless changes have
been made to it.
D. Revocation of license.
(1) Whenever the Building Inspector finds a violation of any provision of this chapter, a written notice shall be issued. Such notice shall state the violation and specify a time period within which corrections must be made. Procedures as described in §
135-8 shall be followed for all suspected violations.
(2) Any manufactured home park operator found guilty of
a violation at the manufactured home park may have his/her operating
license revoked.
E. Relicensing. If the owner or operator of a manufactured home park whose license has been revoked under §
135-5D shall thereafter correct such conditions and bring the manufactured home park into compliance with this chapter, such owner may then apply for the issuance of a new license under §
135-5A of this chapter. If the application is approved by the Town Board and a license granted, the applicant shall pay to the Town Clerk the required fee without any credit for the fee paid for the license which was revoked.
The Building Inspector shall make any inspections
that are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with this
chapter and regulations issued hereunder and any other applicable
laws. The Building Inspector shall have authority to inspect the register
containing a record of all residents of the manufactured home park.