[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Morris 3-15-1975 by L.L. No. 4-1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Prevention and Building Code — See Ch. 101.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 106.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 115.
Nuisances — See Ch. 152.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 168.
Sewers — See Ch. 182.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 204.
Zoning — See Ch. 232.
[Added 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MOBILE HOME
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty-body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A designated site within a mobile home park for the exclusive use of the occupants of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME, PARK
A parcel of land which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes.
A. 
Application for an initial annual mobile home park license shall be filed with the Village of Mount Morris Planning Board. The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall include the following:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant.
(2) 
The location and legal description of the mobile home park.
(3) 
A complete plan of the park. This plan will conform to the requirements of the Village.
(4) 
Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements and facilities constructed or to be constructed within the park.
(5) 
Such further information as may be requested by the Planning Board to enable it to determine if the proposed park will comply with legal requirements.
(6) 
Evidence of approval by the New York State Department of Health and/or the Livingston County Public Works Commission, if such approval is required by law.
B. 
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be filed in triplicate. The Village Zoning Enforcement Officer shall investigate the applicant and inspect the application and the proposed plans and specifications. If the proposed mobile home park will, when constructed or altered in accordance with such plans and specifications, be in compliance with all provisions of this chapter and all other applicable ordinances and statutes, the Village Zoning Enforcement Officer, with the prior consent of the Village Planning Board, shall approve the application. Upon completion of the park according to the plans, the Village Clerk shall issue the license, and the licensee shall file one copy of the approved plan with the County Clerk and one copy with the Village Clerk.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
C. 
Upon application, in writing, by a licensee for renewal of an annual license and upon payment of the annual license fee, the Zoning Enforcement Officer, with the approval of the Village Planning Board, shall issue a certificate authorizing the Village Clerk to renew such license for another year. The application must be supported with current evidence of approval by the New York State Department of Health, if subject to provisions of the State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
D. 
Upon application, in writing, for transfer of an annual license and payment of the transfer fee, the authorized Village Clerk shall issue a transfer to the transferee.
A. 
It shall be the duty of each licensee and permittee to keep a register containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants located within the court. The register shall contain the following information:
(1) 
The names and legal addresses of all occupants.
(2) 
The name and address of the owner of each mobile home.
(3) 
The make, type, model, year and license number of each mobile home, as well as the registration number of each mobile home and the state and year in which registered.
(4) 
The date of arrival and departure of each mobile home.
(5) 
The forwarding address of each occupant.
B. 
The park owner or his agent shall keep the register available for inspection at all times by law enforcement officers, public health officials and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained in the register. The register record for each occupant registered shall not be destroyed for a period of three years following the date of departure of the registrant from the park.
In general, mobile home parks shall be properly maintained so as to ensure the desirable residential character of the property. Specifically, the following shall apply:
A. 
Yard maintenance. Mobile home parks shall be maintained reasonably free from holes and excavations, sharp protrusions and other objects or conditions which might be a potential cause of personal injury. Walks, steps and driveways that contain holes or tripping hazards shall be filled, repaired or replaced as the need indicates. Trees or limbs of trees that constitute a hazard shall be removed.
B. 
Noxious weeds. Noxious weeds considered detrimental to health, such as ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac, shall be completely eliminated from all areas of the mobile home park. Open areas shall be maintained free of heavy undergrowths of any description.
C. 
Accessory structures. All accessory buildings or structures shall be kept in good repair, free from health, fire and accident hazards. They shall be of durable construction and appropriate for the intended use and location. Exterior wood surfaces of all structures that are not inherently resistant to deterioration shall be periodically treated with a protective coating of paint or other suitable preservative.
D. 
Gravel areas. All areas surfaced with gravel shall be kept clear of all forms of vegetation.
E. 
Infestation. Grounds and structures shall be maintained free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage and infestation. Methods used for purposes of extermination shall conform to generally accepted practice.
To ensure adequate fire protection and control, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
No open fires shall be permitted at any place within the park which may endanger life or property.
B. 
No fires shall be left unattended at any time.
Each mobile home lot shall be provided with at least one twenty-gallon metal garbage can with a tight-fitting cover. The cans shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times. It shall be the responsibility of the park owner to ensure that garbage and rubbish shall be collected and properly disposed of outside of the mobile home park as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that garbage cans do not overflow. Exterior property areas shall be maintained free from organic and inorganic material that might become a health, accident or fire hazard.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
The developer shall be required to furnish service buildings in conformance with the following: The service buildings shall be well lighted at all times from sunset to sunrise, shall be well ventilated with screened openings and shall be constructed of such moistureproof material, including painted woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing. The floors of such buildings shall be of water-impervious materials and supplied with drains.
A. 
Fees shall be payable as shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.[1]
[Amended 9-9-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file in the office of the Village Clerk.
B. 
Reductions.
(1) 
For mobile home parks licensed between April 1 and September 30 of each year, the fee is payable in full.
(2) 
For mobile home parks licensed between October 1 and March 31 of each year, the fee is reduced by 1/2.
C. 
The fee is due the first day of April of each year.
A. 
Before any permit shall be issued by the Village Clerk, the Zoning Enforcing Officer, duly appointed by the Village Board of the Village of Mount Morris to enforce this chapter, shall make an inspection of the lands and premises with respect to which a permit has been requested to determine that all of the requirements of this chapter have been complied with.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
B. 
The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall have the right at any reasonable time to enter any mobile home park or other lots and parcels of land used for the parking, using or occupying of a mobile home and shall have the right at all times to inspect all parts of said premises and to inspect the records required to be maintained in any mobile home park.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
C. 
Upon inspection, if it is found that any person has violated any provision of this chapter, the Village Board shall have the right to revoke and/or suspend any permit issued pursuant to this chapter and order the removal of the mobile home or the cessation of mobile home park operations, as the case may be, after 10 days' written notice of such violation directed to the owner of the land and premises affected and the occupant of the mobile home or the operator of the mobile home park, as the case may be, and after a public hearing before the Village Board held not less than five days after public notice of such public hearing.
[Added 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
Any person, upon conviction for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of not more than $75; for a second offense, by a fine of not more than $150; and for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.