[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Jacobus 12-7-1960 by Ord. No. 34 (Ch. 14, Part 1, of the 1984 Code of
Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
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PERSON
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME PARK
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
Any structure which is mounted, or designed for mounting,
on wheels and which includes accommodations designed for sleeping
or living purposes for one or more persons, excepting a device used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Any lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or
intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations
for any mobile home or upon which any mobile home is parked or located,
whether or not a charge is made for the use of the mobile home park
and its facilities, and shall include all buildings and structures
used or intended for use as a part of the equipment thereof. The term
"mobile home park" shall not include any automobile or mobile home
sales lot on which any unoccupied mobile home is parked for the purpose
of inspection and sale.
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In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter.
No person shall park or locate any mobile home, or allow it
to stand, upon any street, alley or other public place, or upon any
tract of land, occupied or unoccupied, within the Borough of Jacobus,
except as provided in this chapter.
No person shall allow any mobile home to stand upon any of the
streets or alleys in the Borough of Jacobus without being attached
to a motor vehicle.
No person shall park any mobile home attached to a motor vehicle
on any street or alley in the Borough for a period of time longer
than that allowed for the parking of vehicles upon such street or
alley by the applicable state laws and the ordinances of the Borough
applicable to traffic and parking. Any person who shall violate this
section shall be subject to the penalties specifically provided in
such laws and ordinances, as the case may be.
No person shall occupy any mobile home in the Borough of Jacobus
for sleeping or living purposes except in a mobile home park licensed
under this chapter, unless such mobile home conforms to and complies
with all plumbing, electrical, sanitary and building ordinances of
the Borough applicable to stationary dwellings; provided, however,
that the parking or storing of no more than one unoccupied mobile
home in a private garage or in a rear yard shall be permitted, on
condition that no person uses such mobile home for living or sleeping
purposes while such mobile home is so parked or stored.
No person shall operate or occupy any mobile home park within
the Borough of Jacobus except as provided in this chapter.
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No persons shall establish or operate any mobile home park within
the Borough until a permit shall have been secured from the Mayor.
Any person desiring to establish or to operate a mobile home park
shall make application for a permit to the Mayor. With every such
application, there shall be submitted a plan of such mobile home park
or proposed mobile home park, showing the following:
(1)Â
The name and address of the applicant.
(2)Â
The extent and area to be used for mobile home park purposes.
(3)Â
The location of all roadways and driveways.
(4)Â
The location of all lots intended for the parking of mobile homes.
(5)Â
The location and number of all existing or proposed facilities to
be used by the occupants of mobile homes, including sanitary conveniences,
laundries and utility rooms.
(6)Â
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(7)Â
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
(8)Â
The plan for water supply.
(9)Â
The plan for electric lighting of mobile homes.
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The location of fire extinguishers.
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Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $25 to cover the
cost of the services of Borough officers and employees in making the
necessary studies and investigations in connection with such application.
Following the receipt of the application for a permit as provided
above, the Mayor shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises
to which such application relates, in order to assure himself, before
issuing such permit, that all requirements of this chapter applicable
to mobile home parks are conformed with. In connection with such investigation,
the Building Inspector, the Health Officer and any other Borough officer
or employee requested to do so by the Mayor shall visit the premises
in order to determine whether requirements as to which they have particular
knowledge and understanding are adhered to.
Immediately following the investigation required under § 145-8 of this chapter, when the Mayor shall be satisfied that all the applicable requirements of this chapter have been adhered to, or are to be adhered to, according to the plans for a proposed mobile home park, the Mayor shall issue a permit to establish and operate such park for a period of one year after the issuance thereof. Such permit shall be subject to suspension whenever the holder thereof shall be convicted of any violation of this chapter. A suspended permit may be reinstated by the Mayor, for the balance of the year for which it was issued, upon compliance of the holder thereof with all the provisions of this chapter. No person shall operate a mobile home camp in the Borough during the time when the permit therefor shall have been suspended.
Whenever the ownership or management of any mobile home park
shall have been changed, the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith
notify the Mayor, who shall amend the permit for such mobile home
park, as well as the pertinent records of the Borough to indicate
such change.
No permit issued under this chapter shall be transferable to
a different location. No person holding a permit under this chapter
shall extend or reduce the area of any mobile home camp, 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
Mayor, and the Mayor shall have ascertained, after investigation in
the case of an original application for a permit, that such proposed
change is in accordance with all the requirements of this chapter
and shall have signified that fact by his approval.
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under this
chapter, the holder thereof may apply to the Mayor for renewal thereof,
such application to be accompanied by a fee of $25. Following any
investigation deemed necessary by the Mayor to ascertain whether all
the requirements of this chapter continue to be adhered to, the Mayor
shall renew such permit for a further period of one year.
Every mobile home park shall be located in a well-drained area,
and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation
of stormwater or other water.
Lots for individual mobile homes in a mobile home park shall
be indicated by corner markers, and no individual lot shall have an
area of less than 1,200 square feet. Each lot shall abut upon a roadway
or driveway, not less than 20 feet wide. Every such roadway or driveway
shall be well drained, shall be clearly marked, adequately lighted
at night and easily accessible to a public street.
In each mobile home park, a sufficient supply of pure, healthful
drinking water, from a source and of a quality approved by the Board
of Health of the Borough, shall be provided for each mobile home.
Waste from each outlet shall be emptied into a drain connected with
a sanitary sewer. No common drinking vessel shall be provided. An
abundant supply of hot water shall be provided at all times for laundry
facilities.
No common toilet or bathroom facilities of any kind shall be
erected or maintained in the mobile home park. No mobile home not
equipped with inside toilet and bathroom facilities shall be accommodated
at any time in the mobile home park.
Each lot for individual mobile homes shall be connected to a
sanitary sewer, and no cesspools or septic tanks shall be constructed
or maintained at any time in the mobile home park.
In each mobile home park, there shall be provided a laundry
room, with laundry trays, in the ratio of one double tray for each
10 individual mobile home lots.
Floors of laundry rooms in each mobile home park shall be of
concrete or tile, or similar material impervious to water and easily
cleaned, and pitched to a floor drain. Liquid wastes from laundry
rooms shall be piped to a sanitary sewer.
No cooking shall be permitted in any mobile home not furnished
with a sink and a connection with a sanitary sewer.
Every person holding a permit under this chapter shall keep,
or cause to be kept, a register, which shall at all times be open
for the inspection of any official of the Borough. Such register shall
show, for each mobile home accommodated in such mobile home park,
the following information:
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The lot number upon which such mobile home is parked or located.
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The names and addresses of all persons using such mobile home for
living or sleeping purposes.
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The state license number of such mobile home and of the vehicle towing
the same.
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The date of arrival of such mobile home at such mobile home park
and the date of departure therefrom.
Each person holding a permit under this chapter shall adhere
to the following additional regulations at all times:
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He shall maintain such mobile home camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition.
B.Â
He shall see that no disorderly conduct or violation of any law or
ordinance is committed upon the premises and shall immediately report
to the proper authorities any violations which may come to his attention.
C.Â
He shall report to the Board of Health all cases of persons or animals
affected or suspected of being affected with any communicable disease,
where he shall have reason to believe that medical attention has not
been sought.
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He shall maintain in convenient places, designated by the Fire Chief
of the Borough, hand fire extinguishers in good working order, in
the ratio of one to every eight mobile home lots or fraction thereof.
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He shall prohibit the lighting of any open fire upon the premises.
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He shall prohibit the use of any mobile home by a greater number
of occupants than that which it is designed to accommodate.
Any person operating a mobile home park within the Borough of
Jacobus at the time of adoption of this chapter shall cause the same
to conform to the requirements of this chapter and shall make application
for, and secure, a permit to operate such mobile home park within
three months from the effective date of this chapter.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to enforce the provisions
of this chapter, and, to that end, he shall, from time to time, make
or cause to be made, by the police or any other Borough officer or
employee, an inspection to ascertain whether any mobile home park
continues to operate strictly under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 3-7-1984 by Ord. No. 87; 7-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3]
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter
shall be subject to a summary criminal proceeding before the Magisterial
District Justice as provided by the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, as may be amended from time to time. Upon a finding of
a violation, a fine of not less than $450 nor more than $1,000, plus
costs of prosecution, including court costs and reasonable attorney
fees incurred by the Borough to prosecute the violation, shall be
imposed, and such person may be subject to imprisonment of up to 15
days in the event such fines and costs are unpaid. Each day that such
violation(s) continues shall be a separate violation of this chapter.
