[Ord. 559, 9/4/2012]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases
shall be construed throughout this part to have the meanings herein
indicated. The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall
include the singular. The past tense shall include the future tense.
The word "shall" is always mandatory.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination
of land and water within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public
facilities.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is
authorized under the lease to experience the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in the land.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more 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,
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
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.
MOBILE HOME PAD
A concrete pad at least six inches in thickness of 4,000
psi concrete with six inches stone base on compacted subbase, with
at least six tie-down rings to which the mobile home shall be secured,
and at least equal in length and width to the dimension of the mobile
home to be placed thereon. The space between the base of the mobile
home and top of the concrete pad shall be completely enclosed, except
for approved vents, by means of skirting of compatible material and
design around the outside perimeter, or by means of a cinder or concrete
block skirt.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
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An application for development of a lot or parcel of land for
mobile home park purposes shall be made and approved or approved as
modified before any zoning permit for such use shall be issued. This
chapter shall govern the processing of all applications for mobile
park development and is accordingly incorporated herein in its entirety.
[Ord. 559, 9/4/2012]
In addition to the requirements contained in this chapter, an
application for preliminary and final approval of a mobile home park
shall indicate, by drawings, diagrams, maps, text, affidavit or other
legal document, the following:
A. That the parcel or lot for which application is made is held in single
and separate ownership.
B. The placement, location and number of mobile home lots and mobile
home pads on a layout map of the parcel at a scale of one inch to
50 feet.
C. The location and dimension of all driveways, pedestrianways, curbs,
sidewalks and access roads, with notation as to type of impervious
cover.
D. The location and dimension of all parking facilities.
E. The location, dimension and arrangement of all areas to be devoted
to lawns, buffer strips, screen planting and recreation.
F. Location and dimension of all buildings existing or proposed to be
built, and location and description of all existing tree masses and
trees of over six-inch caliper.
G. Proposed provisions for handling of stormwater drainage, street and
on-site lighting, water supply, and electrical supply in the form
of written and diagrammatic analysis with calculations and conclusions
prepared by a registered professional engineer.
H. Proposed provisions for treatment of sanitary sewage, together with
proof that the treatment and disposal of such sewage meets with and
has the approval of the Bucks County Department of Health and PA DEP,
consistent with the Township Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan.
I. Grading plan of entire site based on field-run topographic survey,
minimum two-foot contour interval.
J. Collection of solid waste refuse, trash, etc., including location
of collection points, description of refuse units, method of planting
or other screening, and schedule of collection times.
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The provisions of this chapter and Chapter
17, Stormwater Management, shall be applicable to all mobile home park developments and are accordingly incorporated herein by reference.
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All utilities shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the utility company specifications regulating such systems, and
all shall be underground.
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The operator and owner shall be responsible for maintaining
all common facilities, including, but not limited to, roads, parking
areas, sidewalks, pathways, common open space, water supply and sewage
disposal systems, stormwater management system, and service building
in a condition of proper repair and maintenance. If upon inspection
by a Zoning Officer or other representative it is determined that
the mobile home park is not in compliance with this standard of maintenance,
the licensee shall be considered to be in violation of this chapter,
and the Zoning Officer shall notify the operator or licensee of the
particulars of any such violation.
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The operator and licensee shall thereafter have 30 days in which
to correct any such violations, except that, if the violation is determined
by the Zoning Officer or other representative to constitute a hazard
to the health or safety of the residents of the mobile home park,
he shall order that the violation be corrected forthwith.
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No mobile home in a mobile home park shall be removed from Lower
Southampton Township without first obtaining a permit from the Township
Tax Collector, as required by Act 54 of 1969 of the Pennsylvania General
Assembly. Such permit shall be issued upon payment of a fee to be
established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
and taxes assessed against the home and all occupants thereof remaining
unpaid at the time the permit is requested.
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Upon repeated violations by the same permittee, his right to
the issuance of a permit or to continue operation under a permit may
be suspended for a fixed term or permanently revoked, after notice
and hearing, subject to the right of appeal to the Bucks County Common
Pleas Court.