[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Tyrone 11-12-1973 by Ord. No. 747 (part of Ch. 3 of the revised 1958
Code.) Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 71.
Open burning — See Ch. 70.
Fees — See Ch. 92.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 95.
Sewers — See Ch. 162.
Solid waste — See Ch. 170.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 174.
Trailers and motor homes — See Ch. 185.
Water — See Ch. 196.
Zoning — See Ch. 205.
A.
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME PARK
PERSON
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A transportable, single-family dwelling which may be towed
on its own running gear and which may be temporarily or permanently
affixed to real estate, used for nontransient residential purposes
and constructed with the same similar electrical, plumbing and sanitary
facilities as immobile housing. A "mobile home" shall not be considered
a building regardless of the manner in which it is placed on the lot.
Any premises designated or used as a parking space for more
than one mobile home. "Mobile home park" shall not include an automobile
or mobile home showroom or any open spaces on the same lot therewith
where fewer than three unused mobile homes are displayed; nor shall
"mobile home park" mean any motor vehicle parking lot on which any
trailer shall remain for 12 hours or less.[1]
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
B.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine
shall include the feminine and the 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 Tyrone, except
as provided in this chapter.
No person shall allow any mobile home to stand upon any of the
streets or alleys of the Borough of Tyrone 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 of Tyrone 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
of Tyrone applicable to traffic and parking but, in any event, for
no longer than 12 hours. 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.
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 trailer is so parked or stored.
No person shall operate or occupy any mobile home park within
the Borough of Tyrone, except as provided in this chapter.
A.
No person shall establish or operate any mobile home park within
the Borough of Tyrone until the proposed location of said park has
been approved by the Borough Council and a permit has 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
application, there shall be submitted a plan of such mobile home park
or proposed mobile home park showing the following:
(1)
The name and the address of the applicant.
(2)
The extent and area to be used for mobile home park purposes.
(3)
The location of all roadways and driveways.
(4)
The location of all lots intended for the parking of mobile homes,
each lot to contain a concrete slab of sufficient size and strength
to accommodate the homes anticipated.
(5)
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(6)
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
(7)
The plan for water supply.
(8)
The plan for electric lighting facilities for the mobile home park
and for trailers parked there.
(9)
A statement that the premises proposed to be occupied by such mobile home park in the case of a mobile home park not established prior to the adoption of Chapter 205, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Tyrone are entirely located in a district in which the establishment of mobile home parks is permitted by Chapter 205, Zoning, such statements to bear the signature of the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Tyrone.
Following 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 that
all requirements of this chapter applicable to mobile home parks are
complied with. In connection with such investigation, the Code Enforcement
Officer, 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 § 125-8 of this chapter, when the Mayor shall be satisfied that all of 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 so inform the Borough Council. Upon approval of the location of the proposed mobile home park by the Borough Council at its next regular meeting, the Mayor shall issue a permit to establish and operate such mobile home 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 of the provisions of this chapter. No person shall operate a mobile home park in the Borough of Tyrone during the time when the permit therefor shall have been suspended.
Whenever 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 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
Mayor and the Mayor 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
and shall have signified that fact by his approval.
Prior to this date of expiration of any permit issued under the authority of this chapter, the holder thereof may apply to the Mayor for renewal thereof, such application to be accompanied by a fee as set forth in the current Fee Ordinance as contained in Chapter 92, Fees. 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. Streets are to have a bituminous surface
within one year of final installation of any utilities in any one
area.
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 1,800 square feet. Each lot shall abut upon a roadway
or driveway not less than 40 feet wide. Every such roadway or driveway
shall be well-drained, clearly marked, adequately lighted at night
and easily accessible to a public street. In no case shall the lot
for an individual mobile home be less than 45 feet wide by 40 feet
long, and in the case of mobile homes more than 10 feet wide and 40
feet long, the lot must be enlarged to meet the minimum requirements
herein prescribed. Lots for individual mobile homes shall be so located
and arranged that, when mobile homes are located thereon, the setback
will be 15 feet, and each lot is to have a concrete pad so arranged
to leave space to park a car on a uniform side of the lot.
Each mobile home lot or location shall be served by Borough
sewer and water facilities, the charges thereof to be paid by the
owner of the mobile home park according to the current established
rates for such service.
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work in the premises
of any mobile home park located in the Borough of Tyrone shall be
in accordance with any other ordinances of the Borough regulating
such matters; provided, however, that if there is any conflict between
any such ordinance and any of the provisions of this chapter, the
provisions of this chapter shall control as to mobile home parks only.
All ordinances of the Borough of Tyrone applicable to the accumulation,
collection and disposal of garbage and refuse[1] shall be applicable to mobile home parks located in the
Borough and shall be adhered to strictly by persons owning and operating
mobile home parks and by persons occupying mobile homes therein.
The owner or operator of each mobile home park shall maintain
an office or residence within the Borough of Tyrone where records
and other pertinent information, as follows, are available to the
Borough Officers at all times:
A.
The lot number upon which such mobile home is parked or located.
B.
The names and the addresses of all persons using such mobile home
for living or sleeping purposes.
C.
The state license number of such mobile home and of the vehicle towing
the same.
D.
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 the provisions of this chapter
shall adhere to the following additional regulations at all times:
A.
He shall maintain such mobile home park in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition.
B.
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 violation which may come to his attention.
C.
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.
Portable fire extinguishers of a type approved by the fire prevention
authority (fire code or Fire Marshal) shall be kept in public service
buildings under park control, and a sufficient number shall be maintained
throughout the park in readily accessible and well-marked positions.
Fire hydrants are to be placed and maintained by the operator
of the mobile home park to meet all requirements of the middle department
of the fire underwriters so that all homes can be protected for insurance
purposes and general safety.
An enclosure of compatible design and material shall be erected
around the entire base of each mobile home. Such enclosure shall provide
sufficient ventilation to inhibit decay and deterioration of the structure.
The operator of any mobile home park or any tenant or their
respective agents or employees shall not be permitted to maintain
open fires upon said premises, and any fires upon said premises shall
be in accordance with the ordinances of the Borough of Tyrone pertaining
to the same.[1]
No mobile home installed in the mobile home park shall be removed from the Tyrone Borough without first obtaining a permit from the Tyrone Borough Tax Collector, as required by Act No. 54, 1969, of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Such permit shall be issued upon payment of a fee as set forth in the current Fee Ordinance as contained in Chapter 92, Fees, and any real estate taxes due against the mobile home and unpaid at the time the permit is requested.
The minimum stay in any mobile home park shall be 30 days. Any person violating this section shall be subject to the penalties as set forth in § 125-28 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.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
Each day's continuance of a violation shall constitute a separate
offense.[2]
[Added 6-10-1974 by Ord. No. 758]
There shall be a recreation area consisting of one trailer lot
for each 40 trailers with a minimum of two lots, and the lots are
to be adjacent with proper drainage, grade and other characteristics
comparable to average play areas. Each lot shall be developed to contain
ample play lot equipment.
[Added 6-10-1974 by Ord. No. 758]
There are to be adequate well-drained access roads for each
mobile home park.
