Words and phrases. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, including his heirs, successors
or assigns, who has filed an application for development.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination
of land and water within a mobile home park, designed and intended
for the common use or enjoyment of residents of the mobile home park,
but not including streets, off-street parking areas and areas set
aside for service facilities.
DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
DEVELOPER
Any landowner or agent of such landowner who proposes to
develop a mobile home park.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The provisions for development of a mobile home park, including
a plat thereof of all covenants relating to use, location and bulk
of the mobile home park, its streets, parking and recreational facilities,
service facilities and common open space. The phrase "provisions of
the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this chapter.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option or contract of purchase, a lessee if authorized
under the lease agreement to exercise the rights of the landowner
and any other person having a proprietary interest in land.
LICENSE/PERMIT
Written approval, in whatever form, as issued by the proper
Borough officer.
MOBILE HOME
A single-family detached home with any one of the following
utilities hooked up on a permanent basis: sewers, water, electricity,
gas. The term "mobile home" means a transportable single-family dwelling
intended for permanent occupancy, office or place of assembly contained
in one unit, or in two units designed to be joined into one integral
unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives
at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental
unpacking and assembly operations. Mobile homes shall contain the
same or similar electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities as immobile
homes. Mobile homes manufactured after June 27, 1969, shall meet at
least the United States of America Standards Institute Standards USAS
A-119, 1-1969 and MFPA 501B, 1968. No mobile home may be occupied
for residence purposes unless the same is connected with an approved
water supply system and an approved sewage disposal system. The term
"mobile home" shall not include travel trailers, pickup coaches and
motorized dwellings.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home, which is leased by the
park owner to the occupant of the mobile home erected on the lot for
their exclusive use and may contain accessory structures limited to
a carport, covered patio and/or garden tool storage building.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use,
consisting of two or more mobile home lots, which has been planned
and developed with all the necessary facilities and services in accordance
with the site development plan meeting all the requirements of this
chapter and which is intended for the express purpose of providing
a satisfying living environment for mobile home residents on a long-term-occupancy
basis.
MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of the mobile home lot which has been reserved
for placement of the mobile home.
PARKING SPACE
The off-street area required for parking one automobile,
which shall measure not less than nine feet in width and 20 feet in
length.
PATIO
A surface or living space upon a mobile home lot designed
to supplement the mobile home living area.
PERSON
An individual, firm, trust, partnership, corporation or other
entity.
SEWER CONNECTION
The sewer connection consists of all pipes, fittings and
appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet
of the corresponding sewer riser pipe.
SEWER RISER PIPE
That portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertical
to the ground elevation and terminates at the mobile home lot, at
least 1/2 inch above the finished ground elevation.
STREET
Any roadway intended for the common use and enjoyment of
residents of the mobile home park and/or the public, whether or not
dedicated to public use and whether or not accepted as part of the
Borough of Port Vue highway system, but not including off-street parking
areas or driveways upon mobile home lots.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected in or upon a fixed location
on ground or attached to something having a fixed location in or upon
the ground, including, without limitation, mobile homes, buildings,
signs, electrical transmission towers and polls, water towers and
swimming pools.
WATER CONNECTION
The water connection consists of all pipes, fittings, and
appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of
the distribution system within the mobile home.
WATER RISER PIPE
That portion of the water surface pipe which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at the mobile home lot, protected
against freezing and the entrance of contaminants.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
The water service pipe consists of all pipes, fittings, valves
and appurtenances from the water main of the park distributing system
to the water outlet of the distribution system within the mobile home.
YARDS
The required areas of open space on a mobile home lot lying
between the lot lines and the mobile home stand; such areas may not
be encumbered by any structure, including, without limitation, enclosed
patios, expandable rooms, garages or other additions.