An adequate supply of water shall be provided for all manufactured homes,
service buildings and other accessory buildings as required by this chapter.
Where a public water supply is available, a connection thereto shall be used
exclusively. If a public water supply is not available, a private water supply
system shall be constructed and maintained to the standards required by the
New York State Department of Health. Such private system shall be constructed
so that it may be connected with a public water supply when shall become available.
All manufactured home communities and/or mobile home parks shall be
provided with facilities for the safe storage of necessary fuels. All systems
shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable codes and
regulations governing such systems.
A. Natural gas installations shall be planned and installed
so that all components and workmanship comply with the requirements of the
American Gas Association, Inc., and conform to the requirements, inspections
and approval of the utility which will supply this product.
B. Fuel oil systems with either common or individual supplies
shall be Designed, constructed, inspected and maintained in conformance with
the provisions of the National Fire Protection Association, Standard 30, and
the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. All fuel oil
storage tanks, whether provided as a bulk supply for a group of manufactured
homes or on each individual manufactured home lot, shall be located underground
and shall be supplied with permanently installed and secured piping.
C. Liquefied petroleum gas systems shall be selected, installed
and maintained in compliance with the requirements the National Fire Protection
Association, Standard 58,. and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code. Liquefied petroleum gas tanks shall be located at the rear
of the manufactured home site and shall be landscaped and screened from public
view.
D. The Planning Board or reviewing board may require landscaping
or screening from view of any fuel supply or storage facility.
Manufactured home stands in the Town of Manchester shall comply with
the requirements of this chapter and the Residential Code of New York State.
Permanent street signs of the same type an design in general use throughout
the Town, showing the name of the intersecting streets, shall be allowed at
each intersection. Traffic control signs, including speed control signs, shall
conform to and be established and maintained at each intersection as set forth
in the Uniform Manual of Traffic Control Devices of the State of New York.
Adequate lighting shall be provided at each intersection from dusk to dawn, with such lighting meeting the recommendations of the utility company, and lawn lights and/or post light shall be provided at each manufactured home lot. All lighting shall conform to Chapter
325, Zoning, § 325-43, Exterior lighting, of the Code of the Town of Manchester.
Structural additions shall comply with all New York State and Town of
Manchester applicable codes.
A. No enclosure or addition having a ground area greater
than 25% of the ground area of the manufactured home shall be constructed
on or added or attached to the exterior of any manufactured home, and it must
be compatible with the manufactured home.
B. Such enclosure or addition must be portable as a unit
or in sections.
C. Such enclosure or addition shall be no closer to the
public right-of way than the allowable distance permitted for the principal
structure.
D. Written consent of the manufactured home community or
mobile home park owner must be obtained prior to construction of any enclosure
or addition.
Storage space shall be provided for auxiliary vehicles. No travel trailer,
camper, boat, snowmobile or similar auxiliary vehicle or conveyance shall
be stored on any mobile home lot. A supplemental parking area shall be provided
in each park for the storage of temporary parking of all auxiliary vehicles.
The community or park occupant shall be responsible for the maintenance
of his manufactured home and any appurtenances thereto and shall keep all
yard space on his site in a neat sanitary condition, free of litter, rubbish,
unused vehicles and equipment or parts thereof.
The manufactured home community or park owner, agent or operator shall comply with Chapter
252, Property Maintenance, of the Code of the Town of Manchester and the following requirements.
A. Every roadway within a manufactured home community or
park shall be maintained in good repair and shall be open at all times reasonably
possible for travel by occupants of the community and necessary fire, police,
ambulance, public utility maintenance and fuel supply vehicles. The community
owner shall be responsible for providing and paying the cost of such maintenance
and all necessary snow removal. The provisions of this subsection shall apply
to existing manufactured home community and mobile home parks, manufactured
home community hereafter expanded within the Town of Manchester.
B. The person to whom a permit for a manufactured home community
or mobile home park is issued shall operate the community or park in compliance
with this chapter and shall provide supervision, personnel and maintenance
to maintain the community, its common grounds, streets, facilities and equipment
in good repair and in a clean sanitary condition.
C. It shall be the responsibility of the park owner to control
the growth of brush, weeds and grass to prevent harborage of ticks, chiggers
and other noxious insects, rodents and nondomestic animals. Manufactured home
communities and parks shall be so maintained as to prevent the growth of ragweed,
poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and other noxious weeds considered detrimental
to health.
D. The owner, and/or tenant or occupant of property located
within a manufactured home community or park, is required to keep all property,
including vacant lots or other parcels of land, exit-entrance sight distance
along the public highway, mowed. Said owner, tenant or occupant shall cut
or mow such property at least once each 14 days beginning April 1 of each
year and running through October 31 of each year.
E. The community or park owner, agent or operator shall
notify park occupants of all applicable provisions of this chapter and inform
them of their responsibilities and any regulations issued thereunder.
F. The community or park owner, agent or operator shall
supervise the placement of each manufactured home on its manufactured home
stand in compliance with this chapter to ensure its stability, the installation
of all tie downs and the installation of all utility connections.
G. The community or park owner, agent or operator shall supervise the installation and placement of each enclosure or addition. The written consent of the park owner and or operator shall require said owner or operator to comply with §
217-27, Enclosures or additions, of this chapter. At such time the applicant or tenant ceases to reside for a period exceeding 30 days within the manufactured home or mobile home to which the application was granted, the enclosure or addition compliance shall become the responsibility of the community or park owner, agent or operator.
H. The community or park owner, agent or operator shall
promptly notify the Town of changes of ownership or management of the community
or park.
I. The community or park owner, agent or operator shall be responsible for property maintenance of each park lot, including manufactured homes, enclosures or additions or lot owned by said park owner. Chapter
252, Property Maintenance, of the Town of Manchester, the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and other applicable laws and codes shall apply to all manufactured home communities or parks.
J. The community or park operator shall be required to develop
and maintain a central dispersal point for mail delivery in compliance with
the United States Post Office.
The owner of every manufactured home community or mobile home park shall
keep a record of the occupants and a site map of manufactured homes located
within the park. The copy of such register shall be made available to the
Code Enforcement Officer upon his demand. Such register shall contain the
following:
A. The name and address of each occupant.
B. The make, model, year and serial number of each manufactured
home and the manufactured home space within the community on which the same
is located.
C. The dates of arrival and departure of each manufactured
home.
Any sale of a manufactured home space or spaces or portion of a manufactured
home community or mobile home park, other than the entire manufactured home
community or mobile home park, as shown on the plan of such park approved
by the Town, shall thereupon immediately invalidate the permit for such community
approved by the Town Board. Any use of any of the premises within the manufactured
home community or mobile home park other than as a park shall thereupon immediately
invalidate the permit of such park approved by the Town Board.
Fee reimbursement set forth in Chapter
175, Fees, Article
II, Fee Reimbursement, of the Code of the Town of Manchester shall be applicable to all reasonable administrative costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by the Town of Manchester in reviewing and processing municipal applications which may or may not be approved.