All mobile home parks permitted shall conform to the following standards as well as other applicable standards in this chapter and Chapter 600, Zoning.
All applications for mobile home park development shall follow the procedures found in Article III of this chapter.
B.
Mobile home parks shall be laid out with due consideration to slopes
and other natural features.
(1)
Natural drainageways will in no way be impaired by development.
(2)
Where possible, streets should follow the contours of the land.
(3)
Efforts should be made to design the streets in the mobile home park
in other than grid patterns in order to avoid monotony and achieve
a more creative and economical street pattern.
C.
Whenever feasible, units shall be arranged in groups or clusters
to create a focal point of neighborhood activity and larger contiguous
open space areas.
D.
Mobile homes placed on individual lots are encouraged to be placed
off-center on the lot so as to provide a large usable open yard space
and outdoor living area in one section of the lot.
E.
Mobile homes should be arranged in a variety of orientations. Where
possible, mobile homes should be situated with their long axis east-west
to offer a southern exposure to their longest wall and roof areas
in order to take advantage of natural sunlight.
A.
General. The street system of a mobile home park shall be designed
to include the following:
(1)
Create a separation of automobile and pedestrian circulation by means
of a system of roads and pedestrian walkways.
(2)
Create efficient and safe connections with the existing road system
of the Township in order to ensure proper ingress and egress to and
from the mobile home park.
(3)
Minimize through traffic into residential areas.
(4)
Encourage curvilinear road systems with flowing horizontal and vertical
alignments, designed for slow-moving vehicles.
B.
Proposed streets in mobile home park developments may be a hierarchy
of roads or a single point of access. The road system may be classified
as follows:
C.
Right-of-way and cartway widths.
(1)
Street right-of-way and cartway widths in mobile home parks shall
conform to the minimum standards listed in Table 4 below:
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Table 4
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Mobile Home Park Street Widths
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Right-of-Way Width
(feet)
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Cartway Width
(feet)
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Entrance road
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50
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30
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Secondary road
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40
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27
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D.
Street intersections.
(1)
Entrance roads intersecting local or collector streets should be
located a minimum of 50 feet and 70 feet, respectively, from the closest
intersecting street.
(2)
Entrance roads entering on opposite sides of any street should be
laid out either directly opposite one another or with a minimum offset
of 150 feet between their center line.
(3)
For entrance road intersections, at a point 15 feet from the curbline
there shall be a clear sight distance in both directions of 75 feet
for local streets and 200 feet for collector streets measured from
the point of intersection. No object greater than 2 1/2 feet
in height and no other object that would obscure the vision of the
motorist shall be permitted within this sight triangle.
(4)
Multiple intersections involving the junction of more than two streets
or driveways shall be avoided.
(5)
Entrance roads and secondary roads shall be laid out to intersect
at right angles.
E.
Parking areas.
(2)
Parking is prohibited on all entrance roads and secondary roads.
(3)
Off-street common parking areas may be provided instead of individual
on-lot parking. Parking areas shall provide two parking spaces for
each dwelling unit plus one for every four dwelling units for guests
in developments of 16 or more units.
(4)
Walking distance from car parking areas to dwelling units should
not exceed 100 feet; exception to this standard should be reasonably
justified by compensating advantages, such as desirable views and
site preservation through adaption to topography.
(5)
The maximum grade of a parking area shall not exceed 6%.
A.
Sidewalks and on-site walkways should be functionally organized and
follow the natural path of circulation.
B.
Walkways shall be wide enough to accommodate two-way traffic. The
minimum width shall be four feet.
C.
Sidewalks shall not exceed eight-percent grade. Steps or a combination
of steps and ramps shall be utilized where necessary so as not to
exceed maximum grades. Where sidewalk grades exceed 5%, a nonslip
surface texture shall be used.
D.
Pedestrian ramps will be required from parking areas to sidewalk
ways to ensure adequate circulation in development design to accommodate
the handicapped and elderly.
B.
Not less than 20% of the tract shall consist of common open space.
C.
Open space areas should include both active recreation areas for
all age groups and passive recreation areas, particularly where the
site includes a watercourse, steep slopes, or wooded areas.
D.
Areas set aside for recreational purposes shall be contiguous and
accessible by the entire development from a public street or driveway.
A.
All fuel oil supply systems provided for mobile homes, community
buildings, and other structures shall be installed and maintained
in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Township Fire
Marshal and the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, and other
authorities having jurisdiction.[1]
B.
All piping from outside fuel storage tanks to mobile homes shall
be securely, but not permanently, fastened in place.
C.
All fuel oil supply systems provided for mobile homes, service buildings,
and other structures shall have shutoff valves located within five
inches of storage tanks.
D.
All fuel storage tanks shall be securely placed and shall not be
less than five feet from any exterior door of a mobile home and not
less than three feet from any window.
A.
Mobile home parks shall be subject to the requirements of the Middle
Atlantic Fire Underwriters Association, the Township Fire Marshal,
and any other state and local requirements when applicable.
B.
Mobile home parks shall be kept free of litter, rubbish, and other
flammable materials.
C.
Portable hand-operated fire extinguisher of a type suitable for use
on oil fires and approved by the Fire Marshal shall be kept in each
community building under park control and shall be required by the
mobile home park operator to be placed in each mobile home in a fixed
location preferably near a door but not in close proximity to cooking
facilities.
D.
Fire hydrants shall be installed to meet the requirements of the
Middle Atlantic Fire Underwriters Association and the Township Fire
Marshal.
E.
Fire hydrants shall be located within 600 feet of any mobile home,
service building, or other structure in the park.
F.
The park management shall give the Township Building Inspector and
Fire Marshal free access to all mobile home lots, service buildings,
and other community service facilities for inspection purposes.
All utilities shall be installed underground unless such placement
is deemed not feasible by the Board of Commissioners.
A.
The storage, collection, and disposal of refuse in the mobile home
park shall be so managed as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage,
insect-breeding areas, accident, fire hazards, or air pollution.
B.
All refuse shall be stored in flytight, watertight, rodent-proof
containers which shall be located not more than 200 feet from any
mobile home space and no less than 50 feet from the mobile home park
boundary. Containers shall be provided in sufficient number and capacity
to properly store all refuse.
C.
Community refuse disposal containers shall be screened according
to Township regulations.
D.
Racks or holders shall be provided for all refuse containers. Racks
or holders shall be so designed as to prevent containers from being
tipped, to minimize spillage and container deterioration, and to facilitate
cleaning around them.
E.
All refuse shall be collected at least once weekly. Where suitable
collection service is not available from private agencies, the mobile
home park operator shall provide this service. All refuse shall be
collected and transported in covered vehicles or covered containers.
A.
Permits required. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
alter, extend, or operate a mobile home park within Upper Chichester
Township unless and until he obtains:
(1)
A mobile home park permit issued by the Upper Chichester Township
Zoning Officer in the name of the operator, which shall not be issued
until the copy of the DEP permit for all permits for water supply
and sewage systems shall have been obtained, and all other requirements
contained herein have been complied with and final approval of the
application has been granted by the Township Commissioners.
(2)
A building permit issued by the Township Building Inspector after
having paid a fee for each unit to be placed within the mobile home
park.
B.
Annual licenses. In addition to the initial permits, the operator
of a mobile home park shall apply to the Upper Chichester Township
Zoning Officer on or before the first day of December of each year
for an annual license to continue operation of the mobile home park
during the following calendar year. The Zoning Officer shall issue
the annual license upon satisfactory proof that the park continues
to meet the standards prescribed by state, county, and Township agencies
having jurisdiction over the standards of this chapter. The license
so issued shall be valid for the calendar year applied for, or part
thereof remaining at the time of issuance.
C.
Fees.
(1)
Fees for the initial application and preliminary and final approvals
shall be prescribed by resolution of the Township Commissioners.
(2)
The fee for the annual license shall be prescribed by resolution
of the Township Commissioners and shall be submitted to the Zoning
Officer with the application for the annual license.
(3)
Fees for the inspection of a mobile home park during and following
construction shall be as specified by the Township Commissioners.
D.
Inspection.
(1)
The Township Zoning Officer or Building Inspector may inspect a mobile
home park at reasonable intervals and at reasonable times to determine
compliance with this chapter.
(2)
Whenever upon inspection of any mobile home park it is determined
that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision
of this chapter, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the
Upper Chichester Township Secretary shall give notice in writing to
the person to whom the certificate was issued, advising him that unless
such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period
of time specified in the notice, the license to operate in Upper Chichester
Township shall be suspended at the end of such period. Such mobile
home park shall be reinspected, and, if such conditions or practices
shall not have been corrected, the Township Secretary shall suspend
the license and give notice in writing of such suspension to the person
to whom the certificate is issued.
E.
Maintenance requirements.
(1)
The operator/licensee of a mobile home park shall be responsible
for the proper repair and maintenance of all common facilities including
but not limited to roads, parking areas, sidewalks or pathways, common
open space, water supply and sewage disposal systems, and community
buildings.
(2)
The operator/licensee of a mobile home park shall, prior to issuance
of any certificate of occupancy pursuant to final approval of an application
for a new development or expansion, post with the Township a maintenance
bond in a form acceptable to the Township Solicitor in an amount sufficient
to cover for a period of two years the costs of maintenance of all
common areas and facilities. Said costs shall be estimated by the
Township Engineer or other person designated by the Commissioners.
