[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Wharton (Sec. 6-5 of the Revised General Ordinances);
amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park
any mobile home on any street, road, avenue or highway or other public
place or tract of land within the Borough owned by any person and
occupied or unoccupied, except as provided in this chapter. Emergency
or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, avenue,
road or highway for a period of three hours, but no mobile home thus
parked may be used as a dwelling place, abode or sleeping place. Unoccupied
mobile homes may be parked in an accessory garage or in a rear yard,
provided that no living quarters are maintained within the mobile
homes while so parked, nor shall any permit be required or fee be
charged for such parking.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
It shall be unlawful for anyone to use a mobile
home as a place of abode or dwelling or sleeping place within the
limits of the Borough without first obtaining a license to do so.
The license may be obtained at the Borough offices from the Borough
Clerk with the consent of the Health Inspector. A fee of $175 shall
be charged per year for each mobile home so licensed.
A.
It shall be unlawful to park any mobile home in the
Borough except in a duly authorized mobile home park. Every mobile
home park shall be laid out, maintained and arranged to provide unoccupied
space of not less than 10 feet by 10 feet for each mobile home, and
the unoccupied area shall be in addition to the space directly underneath
any portion of any mobile home. Mobile homes shall be arranged in
rows abutting or facing on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of
not less than 10 feet in width, leaving and providing unobstructed
access to a public street or alleyway connected with a public street.
B.
No plumbing facilities of any sort may be used with
a mobile home unless such facilities are provided with a disposal
system which shall meet with all the requirements of existing codes
regulating such systems, as amended from time to time.
A.
Location. Every mobile home park shall be established
and located upon a well-drained area, and the premises shall be properly
graded so as to prevent the accumulation of stormwater or casual water.
No mobile home park shall be located within any residential district
as defined in the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Wharton.[1]
B.
Water supply. An adequate supply of pure water for
drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied to meet the requirements
of each mobile home park. The water supply shall be obtained from
faucets conveniently located in and about the mobile home park, and
no dripping vessels or common cups shall be permitted.
C.
Disposal system. It shall be unlawful to permit any
wastewater or material from sinks, baths, showers or other plumbing
fixtures in any mobile home park to be disposed of upon the surface
of the ground, and all such fixtures when in use must be connected
with an adequate disposal system.
D.
Toilet facilities. Every mobile home park shall be
provided with at least one water closet for each sex, one distinctly
marked "For Women" and one distinctly marked "For Men," and there
shall be provided an additional water closet for each sex for every
10 or fractional part thereof in excess of 10 males and for every
10 or fractional part in excess of 10 females living in the mobile
home park, which water closets shall be connected with an adequate
disposal system.
E.
Lighting. Every mobile home park shall be provided
with means of lighting the same at night, and all water closets, bathing
units and similar facilities shall be provided with sufficient lighting,
and the same shall be kept lighted during the hours of darkness.
F.
Mobile home camp licenses. The license fee for camp
sites shall be $500 per year or any part of the calendar year, and
the camp sites shall be limited to 25 mobile homes, and the license
shall expire on December 31 next following its issuance.
