Mobile home park plans shall be processed in accordance with Article
III of this chapter. Mobile home park plans shall comply with the provisions of Article
IV, Information to be Shown on or Submitted with Subdivision and Land Development Plans, and Article
VI, Design Standards, except as specifically provided in this chapter or in Chapter
202, Mobile Homes and Mobile Homes Parks. All other provisions of this chapter shall apply to mobile home park applications.
All mobile home parks shall be connected to a public or community water supply in accordance with the requirements of Article
VI, and each mobile home or accessory building which will have plumbing facilities shall connect to and use the water supply system. Fire hydrants shall be provided and installed in accordance with the specifications of the water supply agency. Adequate provision shall be made to protect the water service lines from damage, including a shutoff valve on each mobile home lot below the frost line.
All mobile home parks shall be connected to a sewage disposal system in accordance with the provisions of Article
VI, and each mobile home or accessory building containing water service shall connect to and use the sewage disposal system. Adequate provisions shall be made to protect the sanitary sewers from stormwater infiltration and breakage.
All stormwater management facilities shall be designed in accordance with Chapter
270, Stormwater Management.
Streets, parking, curbs and sidewalks shall be provided as required by Article
VI, herein, and by Chapter
340, Zoning, except as specifically provided herein.
A. All mobile home park streets shall be considered access
drives and shall have a minimum pavement width of 24 feet. If on-street
parking is permitted, the minimum pavement width shall be 34 feet.
B. Horizontal and vertical street alignments shall be designed in accordance with the provisions of Article
VI except that the minimum horizontal curve radii for streets in a mobile home park shall be 100 feet.
C. Clear sight triangles shall be provided and maintained at all intersections. At intersections of two interior mobile home park streets, the line of sight shall be between points 75 feet from the intersection of the street center lines. Clear sight triangles at the intersection of interior mobile home park streets and public streets shall be provided in accordance with Article
VI.
D. Improvement of existing streets and intersections with existing streets when a mobile home park abuts or a mobile home park street intersects with existing public streets shall be in accordance with the standards provided in Article
VI.
E. Sidewalks shall be provided along all new streets and parking compounds located in the mobile home park. Such sidewalks shall have a minimum width of four feet and shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Article
VI.
F. Concrete vertical curbs shall be required on both sides of all streets in the mobile home park. Curbs shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Article
VI.
G. All streets and parking lots that are designed to
accommodate more than four cars shall be lighted to provide a minimum
of one footcandle of illumination at three feet of height above grade.
There shall be a minimum of 15% of the gross acreage of the mobile home park devoted to active or passive recreational facilities. The recreational area shall not include areas of mobile home lots, streets, parking areas or accessory buildings. Such recreational facilities may be counted toward the requirements for park, recreation and open space area contained in Article
VI if such area meets the standards set forth therein. The owner and/or operator of the mobile home park shall be responsible for the maintenance of the recreational area. In the event the recreation area is not maintained, the Township may proceed to remedy such deficiency by enforcement of any applicable Township ordinance, by injunctive relief or by performing the necessary maintenance and assessing the cost of such maintenance, plus a penalty in the amount of 15% of the cost of such maintenance, against the owner and/or operator and filing such cost and penalty as a municipal claim against the property. Maintenance of the recreational area by the Township shall not relieve the owner and/or operator from prosecution or penalties as provided under this chapter or applicable ordinances.
Service and accessory structures, including
management offices, storage buildings, laundry buildings and indoor
recreation areas, shall be indicated on the plan. All such structures
shall comply with the yard requirements set forth in this chapter
for mobile homes. No attachments to individual mobile homes shall
be permitted.
When a mobile home park is developed adjacent
to a residential zone other than the zone in which the mobile home
park is located. A landscape screen shall be provided between the
mobile home park and the residential zoning district. The landscape
screen shall be composed of evergreen shrubs and trees arranged in
two staggered rows within a twenty-foot wide strip. The height of
plant material shall be a minimum of six feet high at the time of
planting. Plants shall be spaced at intervals of not more than 10
feet on center. The screen planting shall be permanently maintained.
No landscape screen shall be required between a mobile home park and
a public street.