As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the drainage system of a mobile home lot beginning at
the inlet of the sewer riser pipe which receives the discharge from the drain
outlet of the mobile home and terminating at the sewer line serving the mobile
home park, or that part of a horizontal drainage system, beginning five feet
outside the inner face of the building wall, which receives the discharge
from the building drain and conveys it to the sewer line serving the mobile
home park.
DEPENDENT UNIT
A transportable dwelling which does not contain one or more of the
following: a flush toilet, bath or shower, or kitchen sink.
MOBILE HOME
A manufactured, transportable year-round single-family dwelling built
on one or more chassis and containing a flush toilet, bath or shower and a
kitchen sink; designed to be connected to a piped water supply, sewerage facilities
and electrical service, and mounted upon a permanent foundation.
[Amended 9-9-1998 by Ord. No. 8-1998]
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land designed to accommodate a mobile home, and includes
the mobile home stand and the mobile home yard.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land which has been so designated and improved that it
contains two or more mobile home lots available to the general public for
the placement thereon of mobile homes for occupancy.
MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of a mobile home lot which has been reserved exclusively
for the placement of a mobile home.
MOBILE HOME YARD
That part of the mobile home lot excluding the mobile home stand.
PARK MANAGEMENT
The owner or his designated agents being administrative officers
of the mobile home park.
PERSON
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms,
partnerships and joint-stock companies, as well as individuals.
PUBLIC POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
A municipally or privately owned water supply approved by the New Jersey State Department of Health, under the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 10 of Title 58 and Article 1, Chapter
11 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes, which is distributed to consumers through a public water supply system.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
A municipally or privately owned system comprising structures which,
operating along or with other structures, result in the derivation, conveyance
(or transmission) or distribution of water for potable or domestic purposes
to consumers in 20 or more dwellings or properties. This definition does not
include a public water treatment plant.
REFUSE
Garbage, combustible and/or noncombustible waste solids.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension
or solution or the water-carried wastes resulting from the discharge of water
closets, laundry tubs, washing machines, sinks, dishwashers or any other source
of water-carried waste of human origin or containing putrescible material.
SEMIPUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
A water supply system from which water is supplied for potable or
domestic purposes to consumers in more than one but less than 20 dwellings
or properties, or from which water from other than a public potable water
supply, as defined in these standards, is used or made available for potable
or domestic purposes to employees, tenants, members, guests or the public
at large in commercial offices, industrial, multiple dwellings or semipublic
buildings, such as rooming and boarding houses, hotels, motels, tourist cabins,
mobile home parks, restaurants, camps of all types, day and boarding schools,
clubhouses, hospitals and other institutions, or is used in connection with
the manufacture or handling of ice, dairy products, food or drinks.
SEWER CONNECTION
The connector consisting of all pipes, joints, fittings and appurtenances
from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the building sewer.
TENANT
Any person who rents or leases a mobile home lot from the park management.
WATER CONNECTION
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances
from the water riser to the water inlet of the distribution system of the
mobile home.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
The pipe conveying water from a water main to the water riser on
a mobile home lot or to the water distributing system of a building.
The mobile home park shall conform to the following requirements:
A. The park shall be minimum of 40 acres and shall be located
on a well-drained site, properly graded to ensure rapid drainage and freedom
from stagnant pools of water.
B. Mobile home spaces shall be provided consisting of a
minimum of 5,000 square feet for each space clearly defined and numbered.
On cul-de-sac, the lot lines shall be placed on radial lines, the minimum
included angle shall be 45°, the minimum depth shall be 75 feet; all other
lots shall have a minimum frontage of 45 feet.
C. Mobile homes shall be so harbored on each space that
there shall be at least fifteen-foot clearance between mobile homes placed
end to end and not less than a twenty-five-foot clearance between the side
of any mobile home and the next nearest mobile home. No mobile home shall
be located closer than 15 feet from any property line bounding the park or
located closer than 15 feet from the near side of any public road. No mobile
home shall be located closer than 15 feet from the near side of any park roadway.
D. Under each mobile home there shall be provided six-inch
Type II, Class B gravel, pursuant to the specifications of the New Jersey
Department of Transportation.
E. All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of
not less than 30 feet in width, shall have unobstructed access to a public
street, road or highway and shall be well marked in the daytime and shall
be lighted so as to permit safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night.
The following minimum levels of illumination shall be provided:
(1) All parts of the park road system, 0.1 footcandle.
(2) Potentially hazardous locations, such as major street
intersections and steps or stepped ramps, 0.3 footcandle.
(3) Any roads leading from any park roadway or public road
to a central parking area shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width from face
of curb to face of curb. There shall be no parking or stopping at any time
on these entrance roads. These roads shall conform in cross section and construction
with the standard roadway. Standard thirty-inch concrete walks shall be constructed
on each side.
F. All driveways, roads, walks, curbing and drainage constructed
and installed in any mobile home park shall in every respect comply with all
the requirements and specifications for the construction, improvement, maintenance
and repair of roads and streets as prepared by the Borough Engineer and approved
by Mayor and Council and on file with the Borough Clerk.
G. Walkways not less than 30 inches wide shall be hard-surfaced, well-marked in the daytime and lighted at night, as required in Subsection
E of this section. Walkways shall have raised rolled curbs to permit easy access of mobile homes from adjoining streets onto concrete runways in mobile home spaces.
H. Each park shall provide service buildings and other sanitary
facilities as hereinafter more particularly described.
[Amended 9-9-1998 by Ord. No. 8-1998]
I. No dog, cat or other animal shall be permitted by the
owner thereof or the operator of the park to run at large or to commit any
nuisance within the limits of any mobile home park.
J. A minimum of 8% of the total acreage of the mobile home
park shall be reserved in one or more places within the mobile home park for
playground areas, to be restricted to such use and protected from main highways,
parking areas and access roads.
K. The number of mobile homes permitted in a mobile home
court shall not exceed the number of mobile home spaces.
L. No mobile home shall be inhabited by a greater number
of occupants than that for which it was designed to accommodate by the manufacturer.
M. Each mobile home space shall have a concrete patio of
not less than 200 square feet, either open or enclosed.
N. No automobile or other vehicle shall be parked in any
space other than that provided for such purposes on a mobile home space at
any time. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home space.
O. A planted buffer strip shall be placed along abutting
or adjacent property lines to the mobile home park where said adjacent or
abutting property is inhabited and used for residential purposes. The buffer
strip shall not be less than three feet from the abutting property line or
not less than 150 feet measured from the center of the highway or road. Said
buffer strip shall consist of appropriate evergreen or deciduous shrubs or
trees. Said trees or shrubs shall be not less than four feet in height at
the time of planting. In lieu of said planted buffer strip, fencing may be
used which in such case shall be installed at any point inside the property
line and shall be six feet in height.
P. All electric, telephone and television service shall
be so installed as to be beneath the surface of the ground.
Q. There shall not be more than 20% of trailers with more
than two bedrooms in any stage, expansion or section.
R. Each mobile home space shall be provided with a mobile
home stand of sufficient size to accommodate the mobile home to be placed
thereon. Each mobile home stand shall be provided with approved devices for
anchoring the mobile home to prevent overturning or uplift. Such devices shall
be adequate to withstand winds of hurricane force.
[Added 9-9-1998 by Ord. No. 8-1998]
All sewerage and storm drainage facilities shall comply with and meet
the requirements of New Jersey State Sanitary Code, Chapter IX, Mobile Home
Parks, that all piping for sanitary sewers shall be of cast iron.
The Mayor and Council may revoke any license to operate and maintain
a mobile home park upon the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Such revocation can be made only after a hearing is given to the licensee,
of which hearing the said licensee shall be given at least 10 days' notice,
together with specifications of the said violation or violations, and the
dates when the same occurred.
The lawful use of a mobile home park existing at the time of adoption
of this chapter, although such mobile home park does not conform to the provisions
hereof, may be continued; provided, however:
A. If the use as a mobile home park is discontinued for
a period of three months, any future use of said lands thereafter shall be
in full and complete conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
B. All such nonconforming mobile home parks shall pay a
licensing fee as herein provided.
C. A nonconforming mobile home park which, prior to the
date of adoption of this chapter, has been granted approval to increase its
facilities to provide additional mobile home facilities and mobile home spaces
by the Planning Board of the Borough of Tuckerton may so increase its facilities,
pursuant to such approval granted, notwithstanding the terms and conditions
of this chapter; however, any further increase in the facilities of such nonconforming
mobile home park subsequent to the date of the adoption of this chapter shall
be made and conducted pursuant to the terms and requirements of this chapter,
as applied to such increased portion of said mobile home park.
D. Any mobile home park owner may apply for a variance in
conformance with the provisions and procedures more particularly set forth
in the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Tuckerton.
No mobile home shall be located anywhere in the Borough of Tuckerton
unless located in a licensed mobile home park. Any mobile home legally located
on a private parcel or lot prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be
considered a nonconforming mobile home and shall not be removed or replaced
without the consent of the Mayor and Council. Wherever any such mobile home
remains uninhabited, or in the event the same shall be removed from its original
location for a period of three months, said mobile home shall not be permitted
to remain upon the premises nor shall the same be permitted to be relocated
upon said premises.
[Amended 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 21-1994]
During construction of the mobile home park, the Borough Engineer shall
be responsible for ensuring compliance with the conditions of this chapter.
Upon the licensing of any mobile home park, the Code Enforcement Officer of
the Borough of Tuckerton shall be responsible for ensuring complete compliance
with the conditions of this chapter.