A.
Application for permit. The application for a mobile home park permit
shall be in writing and signed by the applicant. It shall state:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant;
(2)
The name and address of each partner or other party having a financial
interest in such mobile home park;
(3)
If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of each officer
and director;
(4)
A complete legal description of the premises upon which the proposed
mobile home park is to be located;
(5)
The name and address of the owner or owners of such premises;
(6)
The number of mobile homes units to be accommodated in the proposed
mobile home park.
B.
Each application shall be accompanied by detailed plans and specifications
having a scale of at least one inch equals 20 feet and representing
ground contour lines at two-foot intervals, prepared and certified
by a registered architect or licensed professional engineer or a licensed
surveyor showing the boundaries of the park, the layout of park units,
the location of streets, the location of toilet facilities, lavatories,
showers and other bathing facilities, the location of water service,
fire hydrants, electrical power, gas, sewage lines or other services
to be provided. If the applicant is not the owner of the premises,
the application shall also be accompanied by an original or photostatic
copy of the lease of the premises and a written statement signed by
all of the owners of the property consenting that the premises be
used for the purpose of a mobile home park.
C.
If required by the Town Board of the Town of Martinsburg, such applicant
shall submit proof that the applicant has complied with all the pertinent
rules and regulations of the New York State Department of Health and
of the Sanitary Code of the State of New York.
D.
If the application is approved by the Town Board of the Town of Martinsburg,
the Town Clerk, upon receipt of the fee herein provided, shall issue
a permit to become effective from the date thereof and to continue
in force for the terms specified therein, but in no event longer than
through the 31st day of December next succeeding for the use of the
premises therein specified as a mobile home park, which permit shall
specify the number of park units which may be used in said park. Such
permit shall not be transferable nor assignable.
E.
Fees. There shall be due and payable during the continuance of a
permit issued pursuant to this chapter a fee computed and determined
at the rate of $25 per year for each park unit based upon the maximum
number of park units as shown in the permit issued pursuant to this
chapter.
F.
In addition to the fee provided for hereinabove, each applicant for
a new mobile home park permit, or for a permit to construct additional
mobile home spaces, shall at the time of filing his application pay
to the Town Clerk an inspection fee computed at the rate of $15 per
park unit based upon the maximum number of proposed park units as
shown in the application for permit or the maximum number of additional
park units if application is made for additional mobile home space.
A.
Drainage and grading. All lands used as a mobile home park shall
be well drained, of ample size and free from heavy or dense growth
of brush or weeds. The land shall be properly graded to insure proper
drainage during and following a rainfall and shall at all times be
so drained as to be free from stagnant pools of water. The sufficiency
of drainage and grading shall be subject to the approval of the Town
of Martinsburg.
B.
Mobile home park plan. Each mobile home park constructed, altered or expanded after the effective date of this chapter shall be subdivided and marked off into lots or park units numbered consecutively, the number being conspicuously posted on each mobile home lot and such number to correspond to the same number assigned to such mobile home lot as shown upon the plans required to be submitted pursuant to § 145-4 of this chapter. Each park unit shall contain at least 5,000 square feet and shall have, where conditions require, a concrete or macadam base on which the mobile homes shall be placed, such base having a minimum size of 10 feet by 50 feet. No more than one mobile home shall be permitted to occupy any one park unit. All mobile homes, including additions and appurtenances, shall have a minimum front yard of 20 feet, a minimum side yard of 10 feet on each side and a minimum rear yard of 25 feet. The mobile home lot shall be grouped in blocks with streets at least 50 feet wide between each block. Each street shall be treated with a double penetration macadam surface or shall otherwise be constructed in a manner sufficient to insure a proper travelling surface at all times during the year and under all conditions. Each mobile home lot shall have direct access to a street. No mobile home lot shall be located within 50 feet of a public highway or public street line nor within 50 feet of an adjacent property line nor 75 feet of any adjacent dwelling house. Each mobile home lot and all parts thereof shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.[1]
C.
Water connection. Each mobile home park shall be provided with proper
water connection on each mobile home lot.
D.
Water supply. A sufficient supply of pure drinking water shall be
provided to each mobile home lot.
E.
Any park unit on which is parked or located any mobile home not containing
a water closet, lavatory and a shower or bathtub and hereinafter called
a "dependent mobile home" shall be provided with toilets, showers,
slop sinks and other sanitary facilities which shall conform to the
following requirements:[2]
(1)
Toilet facilities for males shall consist of not less than one flush
toilet for every 15 dependent mobile homes, one urinal for every 15
dependent mobile homes, one shower with individual dressing accommodations
for every 10 dependent mobile homes and one lavatory for every 10
dependent mobile homes.
(2)
Toilet facilities for females shall consist of not less than one
flush toilet for every 10 dependent mobile homes, one shower with
individual dressing accommodations for every 10 dependent mobile homes
and one lavatory for every 10 dependent mobile homes.
(3)
The toilet and other sanitary facilities for males and females shall
either be in separate buildings or shall be separated, if in the same
building, by soundproof walls.
(4)
There shall be provided in addition in a separate compartment not
less than one slop sink or other like facility with an adequate supply
of hot running water.
(5)
All service buildings shall be of substantial construction and shall
be maintained in a clean, sanitary and sightly condition and kept
free of any condition that would adversely affect the health of any
occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance.
(6)
All service buildings if in operation between October 1 and May 1
of each year shall be properly heated.
F.
Disposal of sewage, where made into a private system, will include
a sanitary means of disposal, the operation of which creates neither
a nuisance nor a menace to health and it is the responsibility of
the owner or the operator of the said mobile home park to provide
such sewage disposal system for each mobile home lot to be done in
such a manner that no odors are created or unsanitary conditions result.
G.
Garbage receptacles. Each mobile home park shall provide equipment
sufficient to prevent littering on the grounds and premises with rubbish,
garbage and refuse and provide fly-tight metal depositories with tight
fitting covers at conspicuous locations upon such premises. Such depositories
shall be emptied regularly and kept, at all times, in sanitary condition.
A.
The owner or operator of each mobile home shall make a permanent
record in writing of all persons occupying or using the facilities
of such mobile home . Said records shall be submitted to the Town
Clerk at the time of making application for a permit as provided herein.
Thereafter such form is to be submitted to the Town Clerk within 30
days of a change of occupancy of any of the facilities or mobile home
lots of such mobile home or within 30 days of a request therefor
in writing by the Town of Martinsburg. Such records shall contain
the following information:
(1)
The names and addresses of each occupant of each mobile home lot,
together with ages of all children.
(2)
The date of arrival at said mobile home .
(3)
The name and address of the owner of each mobile home including a
description of the mobile home, year of manufacture, overall dimensions.
(4)
The number of the mobile home lot upon which each such mobile home
is located.
B.
Within 30 days after the departure of any mobile home the owner or
operator of each mobile home shall notify the Town Clerk in writing
of the date of such departure.
