[Amended 4-15-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003; 11-16-2010 by L.L. No. 15-2015; 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 31-2015]
Each application for establishment of a mobile
home park shall be in writing and signed by the applicant.
A. The application and related information shall be filed
with the Code Enforcement Officer in triplicate.
B. The Code Enforcement Officer shall transmit one copy
of the application to the Town Building Official. The Code Enforcement
Officer shall refer one copy of the application to the Town Planning
Board for review and report prior to the final action by the Town
Board, in accordance with provisions of § 271 of the Town
Law.
C. The Building Official shall check the applications
for compliance with the minimum requirements as established by the
rules and regulations of the Broome County Department of Health and
the Sanitary Code of the State of New York. The Building Official
shall, after such investigation, transmit the certified application
to the Town Board, together with his written findings as to whether
the application satisfies or does not meet the minimum health and
sanitary standards within 30 days after the date of filing the application
with the Code Enforcement Officer.
D. Upon receipt of the application from the Code Enforcement
Officer, the Planning Board shall review the general arrangement of
the mobile home park. This shall include a review of: location and
width of streets and parking areas; the location, size and arrangement
of lots; the location of other structures within the park; the location
of entrances and exits: and the location, type and extent of landscaping
and screening materials. The Planning Board shall consult the Town
Engineer as to the appropriateness of the engineering design. The
Planning Board shall transmit the application back to the Town Board,
together with its written findings, within 60 days of receipt of the
application. Failure to act within 60 days of receipt of the application
shall be deemed approval.
E. The Town Board shall review the findings of the Building
Official and the Planning Board, and after a public hearing by resolution
indicate its approval or disapproval of the application, within 90
days of the date of filing the application with the Code Enforcement
Officer. The application shall be returned to the Code Enforcement
Officer, and the applicant notified in writing by the Code Enforcement
Officer of the decision rendered within five days of the date of such
decision.
Each application shall be accompanied by three
complete sets of plans prepared by a licensed land surveyor, engineer
or landscape architect. The plans shall be drawn to a scale of 20,
40 or 50 feet to one inch, shall include the date, North point and
scale, and shall furnish the following information:
A. Legal data.
(1) The name and address of the applicant, or the name
and address of each partner or principal if the applicant is a partnership
or joint venture, or the name and address of each officer and director
if the applicant is an association or corporation.
(2) The location and description of the land that is proposed
to be used as a mobile home park.
(3) The number of lots to be provided in such park.
(4) Copy of standard lease, park regulations and operating
policy.
B. Physical features.
(1) Contours at two-foot intervals.
(2) Location of watercourses, marshes and areas subject
to flooding.
C. Existing development.
(1) A location map which shows all land within 300 feet
of the proposed mobile home park and all structures on the land which
abuts the proposed park.
(2) The location, names and widths of all adjacent streets.
(3) The location of all water lines and utilities within
and adjacent to the proposed site.
D. Proposed development.
(1) The location and width of all entrances, exits, streets,
walkways, parking areas and easements.
(2) The location, size and arrangement of each lot within
the park.
(3) The method and plan for electric lighting, including
streetlighting.
(4) The location and plan of all proposed structures and
improvements.
(5) Proposed grading and plans for landscaping.
(6) Proposed stormwater drainage.
(8) Public improvements proposed by the Town in or adjoining
the proposed park.