[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 800]
For the purposes of this Part, the following words, terms and phrases have the meaning indicated herein. Further, the application and interpretation provisions and definition of terms within Part 2, herein, shall relate to this Part where applicable.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy 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; and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation, but with the same, or equivalent, electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities as for a conventional dwelling. A mobile home shall include any addition or accessory structure, such as porches, sheds, decks or additional rooms.
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 owner or occupants of the mobile home erected on the lot.
MOBILE HOME PAD
A concrete pad at least six inches in thickness with at least six tie-down rings to which the mobile home shall be secured, and equal in length and width to the dimensions of the mobile home to be placed thereon.
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.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 801]
1. 
In addition to the plan requirements specified in the planned residential development provisions of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27] and other Parts of this chapter, an application for tentative or final approval of a mobile home park shall include such plans, drawings, documents, affidavits, and maps, as will provide the following information:
A. 
Proof that the parcel is held in single and separate ownership.
B. 
The placement, location and number of mobile home lots and mobile home pads on a plan of the property at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet.
C. 
The location and dimension of all driveways, pedestrian ways, sidewalks, parking facilities and access roads with notation as to type of impervious cover.
D. 
The location, dimension and arrangement of all areas to be devoted to lawns, screen planting and recreation on a plan of the property at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet.
E. 
Proposed provisions for stormwater management, sewage disposal water supply, street lighting, and electrical supply in the form of written and diagrammatic analysis with calculations and conclusions prepared by an engineer.
F. 
Copies of all plans for submission to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, Chester County Health Department, Valley Forge Sewer Authority, and such other governmental agencies as may have jurisdiction over any phase of the proposed mobile home park.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 802]
1. 
Area and Setback Regulations. In addition to the requirements specified on the planned residential development provisions of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27], the following shall apply:
A. 
A mobile home park shall have an area of not less than 25 acres.
B. 
No individual mobile home or service building shall be closer to a public street right-of-way than 30 feet, or closer to the edge of an interior street than neither 25 feet nor closer to an adjacent property which is not a mobile home lot than 100 feet.
C. 
No individual mobile home with the mobile home park may be less than 25 feet from any other individual mobile home, nor any administration, service, or accessory building, which 25 feet is measured in all directions.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 803]
1. 
In addition to the design standards for streets specified in Part 5 of this chapter, the following standards shall apply:
A. 
The entrance road or area connecting the park with a public street or road shall have a minimum pavement width of 30 feet for a depth of at least 100 feet from the public street or road.
B. 
Illumination of Streets. All mobile home parks shall be furnished with lighting fixtures so spaced and so equipped with luminaries as will provide adequate levels of illumination throughout the park for the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night. Lighting fixtures shall be positioned so as not to shine directly onto mobile home units.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 804]
1. 
In addition to the requirements for off-street parking specified in the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27], the following shall apply:
A. 
Common parking areas may be provided in lieu of parking spaces at each mobile home site, subject to the provisions for off-street parking in the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27].
B. 
Additional parking spaces for vehicles of nonresidents shall be provided at the rate of one space for every two units, subject to the provisions for off-street parking in the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27].
C. 
All mobile home parks shall provide asphalt or concrete sidewalks at least four feet wide along all roads within the development and between roads and buildings and other areas intended for use by residents of the mobile home park.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 805]
1. 
Where an administration or service building is provided, it must contain a toilet and lavatory for each sex and storage areas for occupants of the park. In addition, the landowner or developer may provide laundry facilities, management office, repair shop, mailboxes for each mobile home and indoor recreational facilities.
2. 
Construction Requirements and Maintenance. Construction of administration and service buildings shall be in compliance with all applicable building codes, plumbing codes, etc., and shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary and structurally safe condition.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 806]
1. 
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Systems.
A. 
The design, installation and construction of containers and pertinent equipment for the storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases shall conform to the regulations promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, and such other governmental agencies as have jurisdiction there over.
B. 
The liquefied petroleum gas system shall include the following:
(1) 
Systems shall be provided with safety devices to relieve excessive pressures and shall be arranged so that discharge terminates at a safe location.
(2) 
Systems shall have at least one accessible means for shutting off gas. Such means shall be located outside the mobile home and shall be maintained in effective operating condition.
(3) 
All liquefied petroleum gas piping outside of the mobile home shall be well supported and protected against mechanical injury. Undiluted liquefied petroleum gas in liquid form shall not be conveyed through piping equipment or systems in mobile homes.
(4) 
Vessels of at least 12 U.S. gallons and less than 60 U.S. gallons gross capacity shall be maintained in a vertical position and shall be securely, but not permanently, fastened to prevent accidental overturning. No vessel shall be placed any closer to any window than three feet.
(5) 
No liquefied petroleum gas vessel shall be stored or located inside or beneath any storage cabinet, carport, mobile home or any other structure.
(6) 
All pipe connections shall be of a flare type.
2. 
Fuel Oil Supply Systems.
A. 
All fuel oil supply systems provided for mobile homes, administration and service buildings, and other structures shall be installed and maintained in conformity with the rules and regulations of the authority having jurisdiction.
B. 
All piping from outside fuel storage tanks or cylinders to mobile homes shall be securely, but not permanently fastened in place.
C. 
All fuel oil supply systems provided for mobile homes, service buildings and other structures shall have shut-off valves located within five inches of storage tanks.
D. 
All fuel storage tanks or cylinders shall be securely placed and shall not be less than five feet from any mobile home exit, and not less than three feet from any window.
E. 
Storage tanks located in areas subject to traffic shall be protected against physical damage.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 807]
1. 
All mobile home parks shall be provided with fire hydrants to meet the specifications of the Middle States Department Association of Fire Underwriters, but in any case, in sufficient numbers to within 600 feet of all existing and proposed structures and mobile homes, measured by way of accessible streets.
2. 
Portable hand-operated fire extinguishers of a type suitable for use on oil fires and approved by the Township Fire Marshal shall be kept in each service and administration building under park control and shall be required by the mobile home operator to be placed in each mobile home in the park, located inside the mobile home in a fixed location, preferably near a door but not in close proximity to cooking facilities.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 808]
1. 
In addition to the requirements for landscaping specified in the planned residential development and off-street parking and loading provisions of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27]; and, in the design standards in Part 5, the following shall apply:
A. 
No portion of tree masses or trees with caliper of 12 inches or greater shall be cleared unless no other alternative for effectuation of the proposed mobile home park development is available. Applicants shall make all reasonable efforts to preserve existing trees.
B. 
Screen planting shall be provided along the periphery of the mobile home park subject to the following:
(1) 
The screen planting area shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width.
(2) 
At the time of planting, a contiguous visual buffer shall be erected which shall be at least five feet in height.
(3) 
The plantings shall be maintained permanently and replaced within one year in the event of death of any plant material.
(4) 
All existing deciduous and evergreen trees above two inches in caliper and/or six feet in height shall be preserved in the buffer areas, except where clearance is required to insure sight distance.
(5) 
The type and spacing of plant materials to be used shall be subject to review and approval by the Board of Supervisors upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
C. 
In addition to screen plantings, the following landscaping requirements shall apply:
(1) 
Disturbed topsoil shall be stockpiled and replaced after construction.
(2) 
Deciduous trees of varying species shall be planted within the mobile home park at the ratio of at least two per mobile home. In the event that a substantial portion of the tract is wooded and a substantial number of trees remain after development, the Board of Supervisors may modify this requirement, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
(3) 
Deciduous and/or evergreen shrubs of varying species shall also be planted within the mobile home park at a ratio of at least four per mobile home.
(4) 
Ground cover shall be planted within the mobile home park subject to the review and approval of the Board of Supervisors upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
(5) 
Planting of landscape material shall be in accordance with a plan prepared by a landscape architect, and shall be completed within six months of occupancy of the dwelling units. Failure to carry out the landscaping plan within such time shall warrant denial of the mobile home park's annual license under § 22-810 herein.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 809]
1. 
Required Permits.
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to construct, operate, maintain, or alter a mobile home park without prior compliance with this chapter, and issuance and receipt of a building permit or use and occupancy permit, as may be appropriate. Charlestown Township will issue no permits until the applicant has complied with all application requirements of Chester County, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and such other governmental agencies as may have jurisdiction there over. No mobile home park without prior notice to the Zoning Officer and the issuance of a removal permit by the Township Tax Collector.
B. 
Annual Licenses. In addition to the initial permit, the operator of a mobile home park shall apply in the month of December to the Charlestown Township Zoning Officer for an annual license to continue operation of the mobile home park for the succeeding calendar year. Prior to the issuance of any annual license, the Zoning Officer shall insure that the mobile home park continues to meet all standards of all governmental agencies having jurisdiction there over, including but not limited to the Chester County Health Department, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and further, that the mobile home park is in compliance with all terms of this chapter, and such terms and conditions as may be issued by Charlestown Township as part of the initial approval, or subsequent approval, of the mobile home park or any phase thereof.
C. 
Fees. Fees for the initial application, tentative and final approvals, and annual license fee shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Supervisors of Charlestown Township.
D. 
Inspection. Upon notification to the licensee, manager or person in charge of a mobile home park, the Charlestown Township Zoning Officer, and/or such other officers as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Supervisors, may inspect a mobile home park at any reasonable time to determine compliance with this chapter. Further, upon receipt of the application for annual license, the Zoning Officer shall inspect the mobile home park and thereafter notify the licenses of any instances of noncompliance with this chapter. An annual license shall not be issued until the licensee has corrected any and all violations.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 810]
1. 
The operator and owner shall be responsible for maintaining all common facilities including, but not limited to roads, parking areas, sidewalks or pathways, common open space, water supply and sewage disposal systems and administration and service buildings, in a condition of proper repair and maintenance. If upon inspection by the 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 licenses of the particulars of any such violation.
2. 
In the event of failure to maintain the facilities, 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.
3. 
Maintenance Guarantee.
A. 
The licensee of a mobile home park shall, prior to issuance of any certificate of occupancy pursuant to final approval of an application, post with the Township, financial security in a form acceptable to the Township as set forth in Part 6, herein, to cover the cost of maintenance of all common facilities as defined herein.
B. 
In the event of noncompliance with an order pursuant to this section, whether a thirty-day order or an order to correct violations forthwith, the Township may forfeit correction of the violations.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 811]
The owner and operator has the responsibility of maintaining a register of all occupants of the mobile home park, and further, must provide a copy of that list to the Board of Supervisors and to the Township Tax Collector, which list must be updated quarterly.
[Ord. 5/3/1982, § 812]
1. 
Upon repeated violations, whether or not said violations have been prosecuted in any court of law by Charlestown Township or any other persons or entity, Charlestown Township may revoke or suspend any license granted hereunder. However, prior to the suspension or revocation of any license, the Board of Supervisors shall hold a Public Hearing thereon, after giving public notice thereof, and personal service of said notice upon the operator of the mobile home park.
2. 
The Zoning Officer, the Board of Supervisors, or any other officer designated by the Board of Supervisors, may, from time to time, serve notice of violation and/or cease and desist orders upon the operator of a mobile home park. Failure to correct a notice of violation within 10 days of receipt of the notice, or such other time as may be set forth therein, may result in the issuance of a cease and desist order. Failure to comply with a cease and desist order within 10 days of service thereof, or such other time as may be set forth in said order, may result in the scheduling of a hearing by the Board of Supervisors to determine if the license for a mobile home park should be suspended or revoked, or such other remedy as may be appropriate.