This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village
of Bath Manufactured Home Park Law."
Because of the special problems related to manufactured homes
that are not necessarily associated with other housing types, it is
necessary to provide for a separate standard for manufactured homes
so as to promote the safety and health of the residents of manufactured
homes and nearby residents, to encourage economical and orderly development
of the Village, to promote the health, safety and general welfare
and to eliminate and prevent health and safety hazards by providing
standards and regulations necessary to accomplish these purposes as
authorized under Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New
York.
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Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not
exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense
against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each
day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
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In addition, or as an alternative to the above provided penalties,
the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding in
the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel
compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of this
chapter.
Should any provision of this chapter be in conflict with existing
regulations applicable to the Village of Bath, the more restrictive
shall apply.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A shade structure supported by posts or columns and partially
supported by a manufactured home installed, erected or used on a manufactured
home lot.
An awning or shade structure for a vehicle or vehicles, which
may be freestanding or partially supported by a manufactured home.
A one-story accessory building on the same lot as a manufactured
home, of sufficient size to provide indoor parking for no more than
two motor vehicles.
A legally designated health authority or its authorized representative
of the Village of Bath.
A private way which affords the principal means of access
to abutting individual manufactured home lots and community service
buildings.
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a manufactured
home park under the terms of this chapter.
A structure transportable in one or more sections that, in
the traveling mode, is eight feet or more in width or 40 feet or more
in length or, when erected on site, is 320 square feet minimum, and
that was built on or after June 15, 1976, 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.
The term "manufactured home" shall also include any structure that
meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements
and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification
required by the federal department of housing and urban development
and complies with the standards established under the national manufactured
housing construction and safety act of 1974, as amended. The term
"manufactured home" shall not include any self-propelled recreational
vehicle.
A designated portion of a manufactured home park designed
for the accommodation of one manufactured home and its accessory buildings
or structures for the exclusive use of the occupants.
A plot of ground upon which two or more manufactured homes
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located, regardless
of whether or not a rental charge is made for the use of same.
That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for
the placement of the manufactured home, appurtenant structures or
additions.
A manufactured home lot with a manufactured home in place
on the stand thereon.
A manufactured home park.
A written document issued by the enforcing agency permitting
the construction, alteration or expansion of a manufactured home park.
Any person to whom a temporary permit is issued to maintain
or operate a manufactured home park under the provisions of this chapter.
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation.
