The operating permit issued by the Township shall expire one
year from the date of issuance, but may be renewed under the provisions
of this chapter for additional periods of one year each. A permit
fee as set by resolution of the Board of Commissioners must be paid
for each year that the permit is renewed.
The Township Commissioners are responsible for the enforcement
of this chapter. Periodic inspections of mobile home parks shall be
made by a designated representative at reasonable intervals. The Township
Commissioners shall have the power to revoke permits to operate mobile
home parks for the noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter
or as otherwise provided hereunder.
The permits required by this chapter are not transferable either
to a new location or to a new permittee at the same location.
No person holding a permit under this chapter shall extend or
reduce the area of any mobile home park, add any new facility or structure,
or eliminate any existing facility or structure, until notice of such
proposed change shall have been given to the Township and the Township
shall have ascertained, after investigation as in the case of an original
application for a permit, that such proposed change is in accordance
with all the requirements of this chapter. The Township shall either:
B. Designate the reasons why the changes cannot be made; or
C. Advise the applicant of which additional changes are required in
order to comply with the chapter before the proposed changes will
be approved.
Any permit issued by the Township shall be subject to revocation
by the Township for the violation by the person holding said permit(s)
of any provision of this chapter, any of the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
pertaining hereto and shall also be subject to revocation by the Township
if the person holding said permit(s), under cover of such permit(s),
violates or aids or abets in violating, or knowingly permits to be
violated, any penal ordinances of the Township or laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any rules or regulations thereunder.
Upon conviction of any violation of this chapter, the permit
and/or operating permit shall be automatically canceled. The mobile
home park shall not be operated as such until a new application shall
be made for a permit and/or operating permit hereunder, which application
shall contain, in addition to all other items required by this chapter,
reasonable assurances to prevent further violations of the nature
for which conviction was a result. The Township Commissioners, by
resolution, may suspend the permit and/or operating permit, and thus
suspend the operation of a mobile home park, upon receipt of evidence
of a violation. Such suspended permit and/or operating permit may
be reinstated for the balance of the year for which it was issued,
upon compliance of the holder thereof with all conditions for reinstatement
set forth in the resolution of suspension. No person shall operate
a mobile home park during the time when a permit and/or an operating
permit therefor shall have been canceled or suspended.