This chapter shall be known as the "Mobile Home Park Ordinance of the
Town of Gates."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the town through the regulation
of the location, planning, design, layout, construction and operation of mobile
home parks and mobile homes. A further purpose is to provide diversity in
housing choice and a greater opportunity for obtaining moderate-cost housing.
At the same time, the town does not desire large-scale development of such
parks so as to make other uses and particularly single-family homes appear
out of place. All mobile home parks commenced henceforth shall be in conformity
with this chapter.
No mobile home manufactured after January 15, 1974, shall be admitted
to any park unless it bears the seal issued by the State of New York and required
by the State Code for Construction and Installation of Mobile Homes, and/or
after June 15, 1976, a seal as issued by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development certifying that the mobile home unit complies with the
standards of the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act
of 1974.
No mobile home park shall be located or maintained in any zoning district in the Town of Gates except a district zoned Multiple Residence MR, subject to the distance limitation of §
120-8G.
No mobile home park shall contain less than 20 units nor more than 60
units.
All fuel systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with
all applicable codes and regulations governing such systems.
Mailbox location shall provide safe and easy access for the pickup and
delivery of mail.
A. Where individual lot delivery is used, the park operator
shall establish rules and regulations regarding the uniform location of the
mailboxes, the type of support for the box and maintenance of the support
and the box. The object of such regulations is uniformity and aesthetically
pleasant appearance.
B. When mailboxes are grouped together for some form of
cluster delivery, the stand shall be maintained by the park operator, and
the area where such groupings are located shall be landscaped so as to present
a pleasant appearance.
No new mobile home park and, where permitted, no expansion of an existing park shall be permitted except upon the issuance of a conditional use permit by the Town Board pursuant to Article
XXXII of Chapter
190, Zoning. Any conditional use permit shall be subject to site plan review approval by the Planning Board pursuant to procedures therefor under Article
XXXIII of Chapter
190, Zoning.
Where there are practical difficulties, unusual circumstances or unnecessary
hardship, the Planning Board may recommend and the Zoning Board may grant
variances from the provisions of this chapter, except that no variance shall
be granted from the requirements set forth below:
A. The minimum land requirement as contained in the definition of a mobile home park. (See §
120-3.)
C. Minimum and maximum units. (See §
120-6.)
[Amended 9-7-1999 by L.L.
No. 2-1999]
In addition to any other sanctions provided in this chapter, any person
who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of
an offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50
nor more than $250 or shall be imprisoned for not more than 15 days, or both
such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of any penalty for any violation
of this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue nor
shall it prevent the enforced removal of the conditions prohibited by any
appropriate legal action.
The trailer ordinance known as the "Tourist Camp and House Trailer Ordinance of the Town of Gates, Monroe County, New York," adopted July 30, 1943, and amendments thereto, being Chapter
41 of the Code of the Town of Gates, is hereby repealed with the provision that violations of said ordinance shall remain violations to the extent that the matters in violation do not conform to the provisions of this chapter.