[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
An application for development of a lot or parcel of land for
mobile home park purposes shall be made and approved or approved as
modified before any zoning permit for such use shall be issued. This
chapter shall govern the processing of all applications for mobile
park development, and is accordingly incorporated herein in its entirety.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
In addition to the requirements contained in this chapter, an
application for preliminary and final approval of a mobile home park
shall indicate by drawings, diagrams, maps, text, affidavit or other
legal document, the following:
A. That the parcel or lot for which application is made is held in single
and separate ownership.
B. The placement, location, and number of mobile home lots and mobile
home pads on a layout map of the parcel at a scale of one inch to
50 feet.
C. The location and dimension of all driveways, pedestrianways, curbs,
sidewalks, and access roads with notation as to type of impervious
cover.
D. The location and dimension of all parking facilities.
E. The location, dimension, and arrangement of all areas to be devoted
to lawns, buffer strips, screen planting, and recreation.
F. Location and dimension of all buildings existing or proposed to be
built, and location and description of all existing tree masses and
trees of over six-inch caliper.
G. Proposed provisions for handling of stormwater drainage, street and
on-site lighting, water supply, and electrical supply in the form
of written and diagrammatic analysis with calculations and conclusions
prepared by a registered professional engineer.
H. Proposed provisions for treatment of sanitary sewage together with
proof that the treatment and disposal of such sewage meets with and
has the approval of the Bucks County Department of Health and PA DEP,
consistent with the Township Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan.
I. Grading plan of entire site based on field-run topographic survey,
minimum two-foot contour interval.
J. Collection of solid waste, refuse, trash, etc., including location
of collection points, description of refuse units, method of planting
or other screening, and schedule of collection times.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
The ground surface on all parts of every mobile home park shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, efficient manner. The provisions of this chapter and Chapter
26, Part
4, Stormwater Management, shall be applicable to all mobile home park developments, and are accordingly incorporated herein by reference.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
All utilities shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the utility company specifications regulating such systems, and
all shall be underground.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
The operator and owner shall be responsible for maintaining
all common facilities, including but not limited to roads, parking
areas, sidewalks, pathways, common open space, water supply and sewage
disposal systems, stormwater management system, and service building
in a condition of proper repair and maintenance. If, upon inspection
by a Zoning Officer or other representative, it is determined that
the mobile home park is not in compliance with this standard of maintenance,
the licensee shall be considered to be in violation of this chapter,
and the Zoning Officer shall notify the operator or licensee of the
particulars of any such violation.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
The operator and licensee shall thereafter have 30 days in which
to correct any such violations, except that if the violation is determined
by the Zoning Officer or other representative to constitute a hazard
to the health or safety of the residents of the mobile home park,
he shall order that the violation be corrected forthwith.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
No mobile home, in a mobile home park, shall be removed from
Warminster Township without first obtaining a permit from the Township
Tax Collector, as required by Act 54, 1969 of the Pennsylvania General
Assembly. Such permit shall be issued upon payment of a fee to be
established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
and taxes assessed against the home and all occupants thereof remaining
unpaid at the time the permit is requested.
[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
Upon repeated violations by the same permittee, his right to
the issuance of a permit, or to continue operation under a permit,
may be suspended for a fixed term or permanently revoked, after notice
and hearing, subject to the right of appeal to the Bucks County Court
of Common Pleas.