The purpose of this district is to provide residents of the
Town of Union with a housing alternative and, at the same time, protect
and preserve the property of the Town of Union and its inhabitants
by regulating mobile homes and mobile home parks.
Upon approval of the preliminary plans by the Planning Board,
the plans will be sent to the Town Board. The Town Board will then
consider the request to rezone to Mobile Home Park District.
Submission of final plans to the Planning Board. The procedures for the MHP District are the same as for the Planned Unit Development District; see Article 65.
Construction of utilities, roads and subdivision of lots. The requirements for the MHP District are the same as for the Planned Unit Development District; see Article 65.
Revision of development plans. All proposed changes to an approved
MHP shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Board. The
following changes are deemed significant and require a public hearing
to be held by the Town Board and approval by the Town Board in addition
to approval by the Planning Board:
Sewer system. All mobile home parks shall be connected to an
approved public sanitary sewer system. The system shall be designed
and constructed in accordance with the Town of Union Subdivision Regulations[1] and design standards.
General requirements. Every mobile home park shall contain an
electrical wiring system consisting of wiring fixtures, equipment
and appurtenances which shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the local electric power company's specifications and regulations.
All wiring fixtures and connections must have the New York Board of
Underwriters approval or other authority as designated by the Town.
Each mobile home lot shall be supplied with not less than a
one-hundred-ampere service. If the mobile home is to be heated electrically,
then a one-hundred-fifty-ampere service shall be required.
Skirts. Each mobile home owner shall be required, prior to the
issuance of a certificate of occupancy, to enclose the bottom portion
of the mobile home with either a metal or wooden skirt or other similar
permanent material. The skirting shall allow proper ventilation.
Common open space. Each mobile home park shall have a minimum
of 20,000 square feet of recreation area for the common use of the
people living within the mobile home park.
In addition to the above-required documents, plans for tie-down provisions
for mobile homes located in the floodplain, in accordance with the
Floodplain Management District, shall be provided.