This chapter shall be known as the "Mobile Home — Travel
Trailer Ordinance of the Town of Oneonta."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety
and general welfare of the community, including the protection and
preservation of the property of the Town of Oneonta and of its inhabitants,
by establishing specific requirements and regulations governing the
occupancy and maintenance of mobile homes, mobile home parks and travel
trailers.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words, terms
and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:
EMERGENCY EVACUATION/DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN
A written plan accompanying an application for a mobile home
park license or renewal outlining a method of evacuation for mobile
home park residents in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency
and providing the location of alternate shelter and a method of securing
mobile home park residents' dwellings during the evacuation.
[Added 12-14-2005 by L.L. No. 10-2005]
MOBILE HOME
Any structure which is designed or ever has been designed
to be transported on its own wheels or those of another vehicle; which
is used, designed to be used and capable of being used as a detached
single-family residence; and which is intended to be occupied as permanent
living quarters containing one or more of the following facilities:
sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower, kitchen
facilities, plumbing or electrical connections for attachment to outside
systems. This definition of "mobile homes" includes all additions
which are purchased and added thereto or additions made subsequent
to installation. This definition does not include modular housing
placed on a standard foundation or travel trailer.
[Amended 8-9-1977]
MOBILE HOME LOT
A designated site of specific total land area which is located
within a mobile home park for the accommodation of one mobile home
and its occupants.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any parcel of land, with or without improvements, upon which
two or more mobile homes used for dwelling purposes are placed.
[Amended 5-14-1974]
MOBILE HOME PARK SECURITY PLAN
A written plan accompanying an application for a mobile home
park license or renewal detailing existing or proposed provisions
for mobile home park security, including, but not limited to, security
and motion detection lighting and emergency call boxes or alarms.
[Added 12-14-2005 by L.L. No. 10-2005]
MOBILE HOME STAND
A durable surface located on a mobile home lot which is to
be used for the placement of and capable of supporting a mobile home.
MODULAR HOUSE
A housing unit constructed off-site consisting of more than
one segment and designed to be permanently anchored to a foundation
and to become a fixed part of the real estate and which meets all
the standards of the New York State Building Code.
[Amended 5-14-1974]
TRAVEL TRAILER
Any portable vehicle which is designed to be transported
on its own wheels; which is designed and intended to be used for temporary
living quarters for travel, recreational or vacation purposes; and
which may or may not include one or all of the accommodations and
facilities included in a mobile home. The term "travel trailer" shall
include self-propelled recreational motor homes.
[Amended 5-14-1974]
Any person, partnership, association, joint venture or corporation,
being the owner or occupant of any land within the Town of Oneonta,
shall not use or allow the use of such land for a mobile home park
unless a license has been obtained as herein provided.
If the Town Enforcement Officer, upon inspection, finds that
any mobile home park is not being operated in accordance with regulations
and standards of this chapter, he shall serve upon the holder of the
mobile home park license or person in charge of said mobile home park
an order in writing directing that violations be corrected within
30 days after service of such order. If violations are not corrected
within the time specified, the enforcement officer shall serve written
notice on the holder of the license or person in charge to appear
before the Town Board at a time and place specified in the written
notice and show cause why the park license should not be revoked.
The Town Board shall receive testimony and evidence from the Enforcement
Officer, witnesses and license holder. After such hearing, the Town
Board may revoke such license if the license holder has violated the
regulations and standards of this chapter. Upon the revocation of
such license, the premises shall forthwith cease to be used for the
purpose of a mobile home park and all mobile homes shall be removed
therefrom.
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 50 feet to one inch
and shall include the date, North point and scale. The application
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.
B. Physical features.
(1) Existing and proposed 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 said land which abuts the proposed
park, together with all structures presently existing on the proposed
park, if any.
(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 widths of all entrances, exits, streets, walkways
and 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) Any proposed grading and plans for landscaping.
(6) Any proposed stormwater drainage.
(7) Any proposed utilities, including proposed sewage disposal, water
system and storm drainage.
(8) Any public improvements proposed by the Town in or adjoining the
proposed park.
[Added 4-8-1998 by L.L. No. 4-1998; amended 12-14-2005 by L.L. No.
10-2005]
A. The Code Enforcement Officer shall, during each two-year calendar
period, inspect every mobile home rented, or offered for rent, in
a mobile home park to determine compliance with the New York State
Property Maintenance Code and the Fire Prevention and Building Code.
B. When, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, any mobile home located in the Town of Oneonta shall be deemed to be unsafe, uninhabitable or abandoned, as defined in §
18-3 of this Code, the Code Enforcement Officer shall make a formal inspection thereof and report in writing to the Town Board his findings and recommendations in regard to the mobile home's removal or repair. The procedure to be followed with regard to repair or removal of such mobile home shall be the same procedure as set forth in Chapter
18 of this Code.
The following regulations are set forth to guide the orderly
development of trailer campgrounds in the Town of Oneonta:
A. Application. All applications for trailer campgrounds must proceed
according to the requirements of Section 5.25 (Special permits) of
the Oneonta Zoning Ordinance, with the exception of T District.
B. Plans. Sketch plans and final plans for the proposed trailer campground
shall be submitted in accordance with Section 5.25 of the Town of
Oneonta Zoning Ordinance.
C. Campsites. Each campsite shall have a minimum area of 2,500 square
feet, with a minimum dimension of 40 feet.
D. Circulation.
(1) Pedestrian safety. The design of roads and walkways within the campground
must indicate measures taken to separate vehicular and pedestrian
traffic.
(2) Roads shall be at least 14 feet wide for one-way roads and 18 feet
wide for two-way roads.
(3) All entrances and exit roads shall intersect public roads at an angle
between 80° and 90° and at a grade not to exceed 3% for the
first 75 feet of camp road.
E. Service facilities.
(1) Service building. Such building shall include toilets and lavatories
for both sexes. Women's facilities shall be provided at the rate
on one toilet for each 10 camping sites and one shower stall for each
20 campsites. Men's facilities shall have one urinal per each
20 camping sites, one toilet per each 20 camping sites and one shower
stall for each 20 campsites.
(2) Sewage dump station. A sewage dump station shall be provided for
the convenient emptying of camp trailer sewage tanks. Such dump station
shall provide a connection with an approved sewage treatment system
and a water outlet for the flushing of the sewage tanks.
(3) Wastewater station. One slop sink for the dumping of wash and cooking
water shall be provided at the service building.
(4) All plans for sewage and water systems shall bear the stamp of approval
of the New York State Health Department.
[Amended 1-22-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986; 7-12-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
Any person, partnership, association, joint venture or corporation
committing an offense against any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine of at least
$150 and not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 15
days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to
the following:
A. The business of mobile home or travel trailer sales, except that
where units are used as living quarters, they shall conform to the
provisions of this chapter.
B. The storage or garaging of mobile homes or travel trailers not being
used for living or sleeping purposes within a building or structure,
or the storage of one unoccupied mobile home or travel trailer on
premises occupied as the principal residence by the owner of such
mobile home or travel trailer; provided, however, that such unoccupied
mobile home or travel trailer shall not be parked or located between
the street line and the front building line as defined in the Zoning
Ordinance.
C. A mobile home located on the site of a construction project, survey
project or other similar work project and which is used solely as
a field office or work toolhouse in connection with such project,
provided that such mobile home is removed from such site within 30
days after the completion of such project.
D. A modular house which is prefabricated in sections, transported to
the building site, then fastened together and placed on a permanent
masonry foundation and which has a minimum width of 18 feet for its
entire length and contains a minimum of 720 square feet of usable
living space.
[Added 12-14-2005 by L.L. No. 10-2005]
Each owner of a mobile home park shall file with the Town Assessor
an annual report, on a form provided by the Town, detailing compliance
with § 425(2)(l)(iii) of the Real Property Tax Law relating
to rent credits for mobile homes within the owner's mobile home
park that have been granted a basic or enhanced STAR exemption.