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Town of Dartmouth, MA
Bristol County
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No person shall park, store or occupy a mobile home except:
A. 
By non-paying guests of the owner or occupant of a lot subject to the issuance of a permit by the Board of Selectmen or its agent prior to the occupancy of the lot by the mobile home and only for a period not to exceed three weeks in any calendar year. A permit may be granted by the Board of Selectmen or its agent for only one additional three-week period by the same mobile home in any calendar year. In granting such permit the Board of Selectmen shall determine whether or not there shall be any detriment to the neighboring areas.
B. 
As temporary office or dwelling incidental to construction on the lot on which the mobile home is located provided that a building permit for said construction has been issued by the Town that occupancy of the mobile home does not exceed a period of 12 months; that the mobile home shall be equipped with running water and connections to a septic tank or sanitary sewer in a manner approved by the Board of Health and in accordance with all laws and regulations with respect to health and sanitation as applied to said mobile homes and that a permit shall have been issued to the owner of the lot by the Board of Selectmen or its agent.
Overnight occupancy of mobile homes or recreational vehicles, on public roads, ways or beaches shall be prohibited except in areas designed for that purpose by the Board of Selectmen.
Mobile home parks shall be prohibited within the Town of Dartmouth.
Trailers and unoccupied recreational vehicles as defined herein shall be permitted to be parked or stored on any lot.
Mobile homes placed or located on any premises at the time of passage of this amendment in conformance with a valid permit issued by the Building Commissioner shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of § 375-6.1, Non-conforming Uses, subsequent expiration of said permit notwithstanding.