The following words, terms or phrases shall have the meaning given in
this article unless otherwise expressly stated.
Any structural addition to the mobile home unit or mobile home lot
that includes, but is not limited to awnings, cabanas, carports, Florida rooms,
porches, storage cabinets and similar appurtenant structures.
A landowner or developer who has filed an application for a mobile
home park development.
A written request either preliminary or final, required to be filed
and approved prior to the start of mobile home park development and which
is complete in all respects as required by this chapter.
Written approval, in whatever form as issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and/or the Governing Body authorizing
a developer to operate and maintain a mobile home park.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, tenant or promoter of such
landowner, who makes or causes to be made a mobile home park.
The removal of surface materials by action of natural elements.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material
is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed
and any conditions resulting therefrom.
A mobile home park previously approved and granted permits by the
authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Township and in actual
operation as of the effective date of this chapter. Also, the term "existing
park" shall mean those lots within an approved park that are completely developed,
with all utilities installed and available for immediate use or occupancy
as mobile home sites as of the effective date of this chapter, or parks for
which plans have been previously submitted to the Township and approved by
all required governmental agencies prior to adoption of this chapter.
Earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material that is placed, pushed,
dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface
of the ground or on top of a stripped surface and shall include the conditions
resulting therefrom. The difference in elevation between a point on the original
ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade. The
material used to make a fill.
All putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including
animal and vegetable offal.
The Board of Supervisors of Independence Township, Beaver County,
PA.
The legally designated health authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(DEP) and the Governing Body.
The total mobile home park area contained within the perimeter boundaries
of the tract or parcel.
A transportable single-family dwelling structure designed and intended
for permanent occupancy, with a minimum body width of eight feet and a minimum
body length of 32 feet, built on a chassis for towing on its own running gear,
contained in one unit, or in two units designed to be joined into one integral
unit capable of later being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at
a site complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations, and constructed for use without attachment to a permanent
foundation other than being secured to appropriate piers, tie-downs or similar
approved anchoring devices and structures.
A mobile home consisting of two sections combined horizontally at
the site that retain their individual chassis for possible future movement.
A mobile home with one or more room sections that fold, collapse
or telescope into the principal unit when being transported and which can
be expanded at the site to provide additional living area.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park improved with the necessary
utility connections, and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon
of a single mobile home which is leased by the park owner for the exclusive
use of the occupant of the mobile home erected on the lot.
Any contiguous parcel or tract of land under single ownership, used
or intended to be used for the placement of two or more mobile homes for nontransient
use, together with the required improvements and facilities upon the land,
whether or not consideration or rental is required for the use of the parcels
or facilities thereon. In no event shall any mobile home park contain a gross
site area of less than five contiguous acres of developable land.
The plan layout for a mobile home park, whether preliminary or final.
That part of an individual mobile home space that has been reserved
for the placement of a mobile home, including, but not limited to, any structure
on or appurtenant to a mobile home space that provides utility service connections
for a mobile home.
A factory fabricated transportable building unit designed to be used
independently or incorporated with similar units into a modular structure
on a permanent foundation at a permanent building site.
The total mobile home park area contained within the perimeter boundaries
of the tract or parcel, less the land set aside for street rights-of-way,
off-street parking areas and service buildings.
Shall include written approvals, in whatever form, as issued by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and/or the Township Governing
Body authorizing a person to operate and maintain a mobile home park.
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, or other entity.
The Planning Commission of Independence Township, Beaver County,
PA.
ACTIVEThose areas designated, developed and equipped for such organized activities as swimming, basketball, volleyball, tennis, handball, badminton, baseball, football, children's play areas and similar endeavors.
PASSIVEThose functional areas either landscaped or left in a natural state for walking, sitting, nature study and other passive uses.
A vehicle with or without motor power that may be towed on the public
highways without a special hauling permit, or may be driven under its own
power, and is designed for human occupancy under transient circumstances such
as camping, travel, or other recreation, sometimes variously known as a "travel
trailer" or a "camping trailer." Such recreational vehicles shall not be used
as a dwelling in a mobile home park.
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed
after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil but runs off the
surface of the land.
A dwelling made of two or more modular units factory fabricated and
transported to a permanent home site where they are put on a foundation and
joined to make a single house.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated or
deposited by moving wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is deposited,
or remains suspended in water, it is usually referred to as "sediment."
A structure housing operational, office, recreational, park maintenance
and other permitted facilities built to conform to required local standards.
The sewer connection consists of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances
from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding
sewer riser pipe.
The sewer riser pipe is that portion of the sewer lateral which extends
vertical to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home lot.
The water connection consists of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances
from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system
within the mobile home.
The water riser pipe is that portion of the water service pipe which
extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated
spot at each mobile home lot.
The water service pipe consists of all pipes, fittings, valves and
appurtenances from the water main of the park distributing system to the water
outlet of the distribution system within the mobile home.
