General requirements. Every park shall have a water supply system
capable of providing a sufficient supply of potable water under adequate
pressure to water supply facilities for mobile homes, travel trailers,
service buildings, sanitary stations, fire hydrants and other accessory
facilities as required by this chapter for the well-being of park
residents and for park maintenance. Such a system shall be designed,
constructed and maintained in accordance with state and local laws
and shall conform to the regulations of the authorities having jurisdiction.
Where a public water supply source is not available, the park's source
of water supply, including the construction, equipment and distribution
system for withdrawing and distributing water, shall be approved by
the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and other authorities
having jurisdiction.
The water source shall be capable of producing an adequate volume
of water to supply all mobile home and travel trailer lots in any
park, but in no case shall such capacity be less than 150 gallons
per space per day in any mobile home park, nor less than 100 gallons
per space per day in any destination travel trailer park, nor less
than 50 gallons per space per day in any overnight travel trailer
park.
Water storage facilities. All structures used for storing potable
water in any park shall be watertight and so constructed and located
as to protect the contents against pollution. Reservoirs shall be
provided with watertight covers. All manholes and openings required
for proper operation of water storage facilities shall be covered
or screened to prevent the entrance of birds, insects, vermin and
other contaminants. There shall be no direct drainage between a reservoir
and any pipe conveying or liable to convey sewage or polluted water.
Water distribution system. The water distribution system shall be
constructed of piping, fixtures and other equipment of approved materials
and shall be so designed and maintained as to provide a pressure of
not less than 20 pounds per square inch under normal operating conditions
at each mobile home and travel trailer space, service building and
other locations requiring potable water supply. Such piping shall
not be interconnected or cross-connected with any drainage, venting
or other system conveying nonpotable water.
Individual water service connections shall be provided at each mobile
home and travel trailer space in mobile home parks. All water service
connections shall be watertight and located at a safe distance from
sanitary sewer connections. The minimum pipe size of connections shall
be at least 1/2 inch. Outlets shall be so constructed as to be free
of possible contamination from surface drainage and possible damage
during installation of a mobile home or travel trailer.
Adequate provisions shall be made to prevent freezing of service
lines, valves and riser pipes and to protect risers from heaving and
thawing actions of ground during freezing weather.
Required water supply for fire protection. Where a public or private
water supply system with a water main of four inches or larger is
available, all parks accommodating or designed to accommodate 10 or
more mobile homes or travel trailers, or both, shall provide the following
water supply facilities:
General requirements. An adequate and safe system of sanitary sewerage
shall be provided in all parks for conveying and disposing of sewage
from mobile homes, travel trailers, service buildings, sanitary stations
and other accessory facilities as required by this chapter for the
well-being of park residents and for park maintenance. Such system
shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with state
and local laws and shall conform to the regulations of the authorities
having jurisdiction.
Sewer lines. All sewer lines shall be located in trenches of sufficient
depth to be free of breakage from traffic or other movements and located
at a safe distance from the park water supply system.
Cleanouts, handholes and manholes. Sufficient cleanouts, handholes
and manholes shall be provided in sewer systems to maintain serviceable
conditions. Cleanouts extending to grade and capped with cleanout
plugs shall be provided at one-hundred-foot intervals on four-inch
lines. Manholes shall be provided in large sewer systems at changes
in direction over 45°, at intersections of main sewers and at
intervals not exceeding 400 feet in straight sewers.
Each mobile home and travel trailer lot in mobile home parks shall
be provided with at least one four-inch sewer riser. The sewer riser
shall be so located and equipped with fittings that a suitable watertight
connection can be made from the drain of a mobile home or travel trailer
located on the lot. Each sewer riser shall be provided with a cap
or plug for closure when not in use.
Each sewer riser shall be so constructed as to be free of possible
contamination from surface drainage and possible damage during installation
of a mobile home or travel trailer. All connections between mobile
home or travel trailer drains and sewer risers shall be watertight
and self-draining by means of noncollapsible, corrosion- and weather-resistant
hoses at least three inches in diameter.
Where a public sewer system is not available to a park, an adequate
sewage treatment system shall be provided to dispose of all sanitary
sewage in accordance with the rules and regulations of the New York
State and Suffolk County Departments of Health.
Effluents of sewage treatment systems shall not be discharged into
the waters of the State of New York except where specially approved
by the authority having jurisdiction in accordance with New York State
Department of Health regulations. The disposal facilities shall be
located where they will not create a health hazard or odor nuisance
to the park residents or to the occupants of any adjacent property.[1]
Every park shall contain an electrical wiring system consisting of
approved wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances which shall
be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable codes and
regulations governing such systems. All parts of the system shall
conform to approved standards for safety to life and property and
to accepted engineering practices.
Where herein the terms "120 volts" and "220 volts" are used separately
or in combination, such as "120/240 volts," they shall be interpreted
to mean 110, 115, 120 or 125 volts and 203, 220, 230, 240 or 250 volts,
respectively.
Main power lines not located underground shall be suspended at least
18 feet above the ground. All wires passing over any part of a park
street system or common walk system shall have a minimum clearance
of 18 feet over such accessways. There shall be a minimum horizontal
clearance of three feet between overhead wiring and any mobile home,
travel trailer, service building or other community structure in a
park.
Protection of outdoor equipment. All receptacles, disconnecting means,
overcurrent protective equipment and metering devices located outdoors
shall be properly grounded and of weatherproof types or shall be enclosed
in weatherproof enclosures and cabinets.
Each mobile home and travel trailer space in all parks shall be connected
to the park electrical wiring system by underground cable and by approved
receptacles, disconnecting means and overcurrent protective equipment.
The minimum service for each mobile home lot shall be 120/240 volts
AC, 80 amperes. The minimum service for each travel trailer lot shall
be 120 volts AC, 30 amperes.
Adequate overcurrent protective devices and disconnecting means for
controlling power supply to individual spaces shall be provided in
accessible locations within convenient and readily traversable distance
from such spaces without interruption by a street.
Branch current receptacles for supplying power to individual mobile
home and travel trailer spaces shall be of approved weatherproof and
grounded types designed to receive attachment plugs. Such receptacles
shall be located not more than 25 feet from the overcurrent protective
devices in the mobile home or travel trailer.
Every mobile home, except one provided with mast-weathered service,
shall be connected to the branch circuit receptacle by an approved
type of flexible cable not more than 25 feet in length, with connectors
and/or male attachment plug cap. Attachment plug caps and connectors
shall be of approved types and shall be designed and constructed so
as to prevent strain from being transmitted from cable to terminals
and to endure rough usage. A mobile home provided with a mast-weathered-type
service shall be connected to an approved pole provided with approved
disconnecting means and overcurrent protection device.
Required grounding. All exposed non-current-carrying metal parts
of mobile homes and travel trailers and all other equipment shall
be grounded by means of an approved grounding conductor run with branch
circuit conductors or other approved method of grounded metallic wiring.
The neutral conductor shall not be used as an equipment ground for
mobile homes, travel trailers or equipment within a park.
Fuel gas piping systems in all parks shall be installed and maintained
so as to remain gastight, safe and operative under conditions of use.
Such systems shall provide a supply of gas sufficient to meet the
maximum expected demand of the installed gas-burning appliances connected
thereto. The gas piping system shall be installed and maintained in
conformity with accepted engineering practices and the rules and regulations
of the authority having jurisdiction.
Each mobile home and travel trailer lot provided with piped gas shall
have an approved shutoff valve installed upstream of the gas outlet.
Such valve shall be located at a height of not less than six inches
above grade, but shall not be located under a travel trailer. The
outlet shall be equipped with an approved cap to prevent accidental
discharge of gas when outlet is not in use.
Liquefied petroleum gas systems provided for mobile homes, travel
trailers, service buildings or other structures shall be installed
and maintained in conformity with the rules and regulations of the
authority having jurisdiction.
Systems shall be provided with safety devices to relieve excessive
pressures and shall be arranged so that the discharge terminates at
a safe location.
Systems shall have at least one accessible means for shutting gas
off. Such means shall be located outside the mobile home and shall
be maintained in effective operating condition.
All liquefied petroleum gas piping outside of mobile homes and travel
trailers shall be well supported and protected against mechanical
injury. Undiluted liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form shall not
be conveyed through piping equipment and systems in mobile homes.
Vessels of more than five and less than 60 United States gallons
gross capacity may be installed at a mobile home or travel trailer
space and shall be securely but not permanently fastened to prevent
accidental overturning.
No liquefied petroleum gas vessel shall be stored or located inside
any carport, mobile home or any other habitable structure unless such
installations are specially approved by the authority having jurisdiction.
In addition to the requirements for liquefied petroleum gas systems in this section, mobile homes and travel trailers provided with such systems shall conform to the requirements described under fuel gas piping systems, Subsection A, of this section.
All fuel oil supply systems provided for mobile homes, travel trailers,
service buildings and other structures shall be installed and maintained
in conformity with the rules and regulations of the authority having
jurisdiction.