Any person applying for a permit to operate a mobile home park shall agree in his application that a responsible attendant shall be in charge of the management of the mobile home park at all times. At the time of application the names of the management attendants to be in active charge of the proposed mobile home park and their hours of duty shall be set forth. Any changes after the permit is granted shall be filed with the authority issuing the permit within five days from the date of change. Such attendants shall supervise the park and be responsible for any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any other laws, ordinances or rules which govern the operation of such mobile home park.
All drainage facilities, driveways, sidewalks, parking areas, septic tanks and subsurface leaching systems, service buildings, water supply, sewage treatment plant, lawns, buffer strips, recreational facilities or areas, exterior lighting, or any other facilities installed or required by this chapter shall be maintained in a workable, safe, and sanitary condition at all times by the person to whom permit is issued.
A. 
The storage, collection, and disposal of refuse in the mobile home park shall be conducted so as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, air pollution or fire hazards. The mobile home park area shall be kept free of all litter, rubbish, and flammable material at all times.
B. 
The developer or person applying for a permit to operate a mobile home park shall submit with his application the following general information in regards to refuse handling, which shall be approved by the Township and subject to additional requirements at any time if the Township deems it advisable in order to assure safe health standards:
(1) 
The location, capacity, number, and type of containers used for storage of refuse.
(2) 
The location, number, and size of container racks used for holding containers.
(3) 
Frequency of collection and type of vehicles used for collection and transportation of all refuse.
(4) 
Location used for disposal of refuse.
C. 
The disposal of any refuse by any method on any land which is a part of or adjacent to the mobile home park shall not be permitted.
A. 
The mobile home park and service buildings shall be maintained free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation at all times.
B. 
If so ordered by the Township, the person or attendants in charge shall use extermination methods approved by the Township and the Pennsylvania Department of Health to rid and control any insects or rodents apparent on the premises.
The storage, supply, distribution and use of all liquefied petroleum gas, fuel oil, or other necessary combustible material within a mobile home park, which is used to supply mobile homes, service buildings and other structures, shall be installed and maintained in conformity with the rules and regulations of the District Fire Marshal or any other authority which has jurisdiction regarding the use, storage, safety devices, shutoff valves, piping, location and size of storage containers of all necessary combustible material.
A. 
The mobile home park shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Township's District Fire Marshal or any other authority which has jurisdiction regarding fire protection at all times.
B. 
Portable fire extinguishers shall be kept in all service buildings in the mobile home park.
C. 
In mobile home parks where municipal water service has been constructed, fire hydrants shall be installed according to design standard outlined herein and according to the specifications of the municipal authority serving the Township.
D. 
In mobile home parks where a private water system has been developed as required by this chapter:
(1) 
Fire hydrants shall be located not more than 400 feet from any mobile home lot or service building.
(2) 
Fire hydrants shall be connected to the water storage tank by water mains having a minimum diameter of six inches.
A. 
Every mobile home park developer shall maintain and keep a register of all mobile homes attached to the land or connected with water, gas, electric or sewage facilities that are subject to real property taxation, and such register shall contain the following information:
(1) 
The number of occupants, their names and ages, and their last prior address, and their new address.
(2) 
The make or manufacturer thereof, serial number, license number and state which issued such license, size of mobile home, age and original cost.
(3) 
Date of arrival and departure of mobile home.
(4) 
Date of arrival and departure of all occupants.
(5) 
Lot number in mobile home park on which mobile home has been placed or removed from.
B. 
Each month the mobile home park developer shall send a copy of the register to the Township, listing the arrivals and departures of any mobile homes or occupants during the prior month.
C. 
The mobile home park register shall be made available at all reasonable times to any authorized Township representative requesting such register, and the developer shall keep such information on file for a period of 12 months following date of departure of any mobile home or its occupants.
D. 
Every mobile home park developer shall use a rental or lease agreement which contains a statement to the owner of any mobile home which is to be placed in any mobile home park in the Township, in the following form:
(1) 
Notification to mobile home owner.
(a) 
Each person in whose name a mobile home is assessed, rated or valued as provided by law is hereby notified that it shall be unlawful for any person to remove the mobile home from the Township without first having obtained removal permits from the Township.
(b) 
Removal permits shall be issued by the Township's Tax Collector upon application therefor whenever a fee (according to a fee schedule adopted by the Township) and all taxes levied and assessed on the mobile home to be moved are paid in full.
(c) 
Any person who moves a mobile home from the territorial limits of the Township without first having obtained a removal permit issued in accordance with Subsection d, e and f of Section 407 of the General County Assessment Law, 72 P.S. § 5020.407, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
E. 
Every mobile home park developer shall maintain a record of all rental or lease agreements for all mobile homes, which shall be made available at all reasonable times to any authorized Township representative requesting such rental or lease agreements, and the developer shall keep such information on file for a period of 12 months following the date of departure of any mobile home or its occupants.
The Township shall have the right, and the developer hereby agrees, to permit the Township to make inspections as it deems necessary at reasonable times to determine the condition of all facilities maintained and operated in the mobile home park, in order that the Township may perform its duty of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of the mobile home park and of the general public.