This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Mobile Home and Travel Trailer Park Ordinance of the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York."
Mobile home and travel trailer parks, unless specifically excluded, which are occupied or used in whole or in part for purposes within the scope of this chapter, shall be constructed and maintained in conformity with the requirements hereinafter set forth in order to provide reasonable safeguards for the safety, health and welfare of the occupants and users thereof.
This chapter shall apply to mobile homes and travel trailers used or intended to be used for year-round or temporary dwelling accommodations in mobile home and travel trailer parks. Unless otherwise noted, the term "park" as used in this chapter shall refer to both mobile home and travel trailer parks.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this chapter:
ACCESSORY STORAGE STRUCTURE
An enclosed space designated and designed to provide auxiliary general storage space for an individual mobile home or travel trailer.
CARPORT
A structure which is without sides and whose roof is supported by pillars, attached to or away from a mobile home, and whose primary purpose is to house automobiles and which shall be considered open area.
COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL AREA
An area or space within a park, including fences, walls and other minor constructions, which is designed for joint use by occupants.
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
A structure within a mobile home or travel trailer park providing any or all of the following: laundry, toilets, recreation, parking or other common facilities, management office or storage.
MOBILE HOME
A detached single-family dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics:
A. 
Designed for long-term occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower, bath and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems.
B. 
Designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels or on flatbed or other trailers or detachable wheels.
C. 
Arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete, including major appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on foundation supports, connections to utilities and the like.
MOBILE HOME OR TRAVEL TRAILER LOT
A designated site within a mobile home or travel trailer park for the exclusive use of a single mobile home or travel trailer.
MOBILE HOME OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARK
A parcel of land which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes or travel trailers.
PATIO AWNING
An attached structure to mobile homes for the purpose of providing sheltered outdoor living, which structure in addition to the wall of the mobile home is enclosed by one additional wall and shall be considered open area unless further enclosed as to provide another room.
TRAVEL TRAILER
A vehicular portable structure designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, which is:
A. 
Identified on the unit by the manufacturer as a travel trailer.
B. 
Not more than eight feet in body width.
C. 
Of any weight, provided its body length does not exceed 35 feet.
D. 
Of any length, provided its gross weight, factory-equipped for the road, does not exceed 5,000 pounds.
[Amended 4-2-1968]
In a case where this chapter is found to be in conflict with a provision of a zoning, fire, safety, health, water supply or sewage disposal law or ordinance, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or other local law, ordinance, code or regulation, the provision or requirement which is the more restrictive or which establishes the higher standard shall prevail.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, association, corporation or copartnership to operate within the limits of the Town of Riverhead any mobile home park or travel trailer park, as defined in this chapter, on any location or plot of ground for use of same who does not possess a permit from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead. The permits issued by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead may be revoked by that Board for violation of any part of this chapter, after a hearing has been granted.
B. 
No mobile home or travel trailer park may be established or extended until a permit therefor has been issued by the Town Clerk.
(1) 
All parks established after the adoption of this chapter shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and shall be issued a permanent mobile home park permit or a permanent travel trailer park permit upon compliance with such requirements.
(2) 
All extensions after the adoption of this chapter to parks established prior to the adoption of this chapter shall comply with the requirements of this chapter. When a park established prior to the adoption of this chapter and any and all extensions thereto shall comply with the requirements of this chapter, a permanent mobile home park permit shall be issued pursuant to Subsection A of this section.[1]
[Amended 4-2-1968; 4-1-1969]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 79-6B(3) of the 1976 Code, regarding parks in existence prior to the adoption of this chapter, as amended, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 101, General Provisions, Art. I).
C. 
Any person or persons, firm, association, corporation or copartnership hereafter applying for a permit to establish or extend and operate a mobile home park or travel trailer park must first file with the initial application only with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, in addition to the application filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Riverhead, a complete copy of the plan of the proposed park or extension to an existing park, which plan shall show thereon:
(1) 
An identifying title, with the name of the hamlet and Town.
(2) 
The name and address of the owner of record.
(3) 
Location of property lines, easement lines and watercourses.
(4) 
The name of the adjacent public highway or, if none, the tie-in to a public highway.
(5) 
Names of adjacent owners.
(6) 
A topographical survey showing contours at an appropriate interval, but not greater than a five-foot interval if the land is rolling and not greater than a two-foot interval if the land is flat.
(7) 
Date, North line and scale.
(8) 
The proposed lot lines of the lots, with dimensions and angles.
(9) 
The location of the mobile home or travel trailer on the lot. A typical arrangement may be drawn instead of showing the mobile home or travel trailer on each lot.
(10) 
The proposed method of sewage disposal or removal, and the plan for water supply for approval by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
(11) 
The roadways or driveways, showing the widths.
(12) 
The roadway lighting arrangement.
(13) 
Drainage rights-of-way or leaching areas.
(14) 
Park and playground areas.
[Amended 4-2-1968]
A. 
Every owner or lessee of a mobile home park or travel trailer park shall, upon the establishment of such park or the extension of an existing park, pay to the Town Clerk a fee of $2 per lot for each lot, both vacant and in use, shown on the filed map of the park or extension.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 79-7B of the 1976 Code, regarding fees applicable to parks in existence at the time of adoption of this chapter, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 101, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Every owner or lessee of an existing park who holds a temporary mobile home park permit shall pay an annual fee of $1 per lot for each lot in use.
[Added 4-1-1969]