Mobile home park shall have a gross area of
at least five contiguous acres of land and a minimum park frontage
of 100 feet.
The location of all mobile home parks shall
comply with the following minimum requirements:
A.
Be free from adverse influence by swamps, marshes,
garbage or rubbish disposal areas or other potential breeding places
for insects or rodents.
B.
Not be subject to flooding.
C.
Not be subject to any hazard or nuisance, such as
excessive noise, vibration, smoke, toxic matter, radiation, heat,
odor or glare.
A.
The ground surface in all parts of every park shall
be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, efficient
manner.
B.
Surface water collectors and other bodies of standing
water capable of breeding mosquitoes and other insects shall be eliminated
or controlled in a manner approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Health.
C.
Waste water from any plumbing fixture or sanitary
sewer line shall not be deposited upon the ground surface in any part
of a mobile home park.
A.
Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every park
shall be paved or covered with stone screenings or other solid material,
or protected with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing
soil erosion and the emanation of dust during dry weather.
B.
Park grounds shall be maintained free of vegetative
growth which is poisonous or which may harbor rodents, insects or
other pests harmful to man.
A.
No part of any park shall be used for nonresidential
purposes, except such uses as are required for the direct servicing
and well-being of park residents and for the management and maintenance
of the park.
B.
Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed
as prohibiting the sale of a mobile home located on a mobile home
lot and connected to utilities.
A.
All mobile homes shall be located at least 35 feet
from any park property boundary line abutting upon a public street
or highway and at least 35 feet from other park property boundary
lines.
B.
There shall be a minimum distance of 10 feet between
an individual mobile home, including accessory structures attached
thereto, and adjoining pavement of a park street or common parking
area or other common areas.
C.
All mobile home parks located adjacent to industrial
or commercial land uses which are not suitably screened are required
to provide screening such as fences or natural growth along the property
boundary line separating the park and such adjacent nonresidential
use.
A.
Mobile homes shall be separated from each other and
from other buildings and structures by at least 15 feet on all sides.
B.
An enclosure of compatible design and material shall
be erected around the entire base of each mobile home. Such enclosure
shall provide sufficient ventilation to inhibit decay and deterioration
of the structure.
A.
General requirements. A safe and convenient vehicular
access shall be provided from abutting public streets or roads.
B.
Access. The entrance road or area connecting the park
with a public street or road shall have a minimum pavement, width
of 34 feet.
C.
Internal streets. Surfaced roadways shall be of adequate
width to accommodate anticipated traffic, and in any case shall meet
the following minimum requirements:
(1)
Where parking is permitted on both sides, a minimum
width of 34 feet will be required.
(2)
A minimum road pavement width of 28 feet will be required
where parking is limited to one side.
(3)
Dead-end streets shall be provided at the closed end
with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of at least 60
feet.
D.
Required illumination of park street systems. All
parks shall be furnished with lighting units so spaced and equipped
with luminaries placed at such mounting heights as will provide average
levels of illumination for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles
at night.
E.
Street construction and design standards.
(2)
Grades. Grades of all streets shall be sufficient
to ensure adequate surface drainage, but shall be not more than 8%.
Short runs with a maximum grade of 15% may be permitted, provided
traffic safety is assured by appropriate surfacing and adequate leveling
areas.
(3)
Intersections. Within 100 feet of an intersection,
streets shall be approximately at right angles. A distance of at least
150 feet shall be maintained between center lines of offset intersecting
streets. Intersections of more than two streets at one point shall
be avoided.
(4)
A plan of the streets shall be provided with the application
for the park permit.
Off-street parking for at least one motor vehicle
shall be provided at each mobile home lot, and off-street parking
areas for additional vehicles of park occupants and guests shall be
provided where street rights-of-way are of insufficient width for
such purposes.
A.
General requirements. All parks may provide safe,
convenient, all-season pedestrian access of adequate width for intended
use, durable and convenient to maintain, between individual mobile
homes, the park streets and all community facilities provided for
park residents. Sudden changes in alignment and gradient shall be
avoided.
B.
Common walk system. Where pedestrian traffic is concentrated
and a common walk system is provided, such common walks shall have
a minimum width of 3 1/2 feet.
C.
Individual walks. All mobile home lots shall be connected
to common walks or to streets, or to driveways or parking spaces connecting
to a paved street. Such individual walks shall have a minimum width
of two feet.
A.
Mobile home lots within the park shall have an average
gross area of 5,000 square feet; if a portion of the park is designed
for the transient accommodation of recreational vehicles, lots constructed
for this purpose shall have an average gross area of not less than
800 square feet.
B.
The total number of lots in a park shall not exceed
an average density of seven per acre.
C.
Each mobile home lot shall be improved to provide
an adequate foundation for the placement of the mobile home and in
such position as to allow a minimum of 10 feet between the mobile
home and the right-of-way of the park street which serves the lot.
A recreational area or areas, with suitable
facilities, shall be maintained within the park for the use of all
park residents and shall consist of not less than 10% of the total
park area.
