This article shall regulate the establishment, enlargement and
operation of mobile home parks in the Township of Wilkins. No person,
firm or corporation shall establish or enlarge a mobile home park
without a permit or shall maintain a mobile home park without a license
issued in conformity with the provisions of this article.
The procedure for the submission and approval of plans for a
mobile home park shall follow the procedures set forth this chapter.
Minimum right-of-way widths, paving widths, angle of intersection,
curb radius, distances along sides of sight triangles, horizontal
alignments and vertical alignments as well as maximum grades shall
be in accordance with this chapter.
An adequate supply of water shall be provided for mobile homes,
service buildings and other accessory facilities as required by this
article. Where a public water supply system of satisfactory quantity,
quality and pressure is available, connection shall be made hereto
and its supply shall be used exclusively. Where a satisfactory public
water supply system is not available, the development of a private
water supply system shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection and any other authority having jurisdiction.
No central toilet or washroom facilities shall be constructed
in any mobile home park, and each mobile home therein shall be equipped
with toilet and washroom facilities which shall be attached to central
sewage and water facilities.
Every mobile home park shall contain an electrical wiring system
consisting of wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances and shall
be installed and maintained in accordance with a local electric power
company's specifications regulating such systems.
The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home park shall not be so conducted as to create health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air pollution and shall comply with Chapter
358, Solid Waste, and the Allegheny County Health Department's regulations governing mobile home parks.
Fuel supply and storage systems, when installed in mobile home
parks shall be maintained in conformity with accepted engineering
practices.
Not less than 15% of the gross area of the park must be improved
for recreational activity of the residents of the mobile home park.
The common open space shall be so dedicated or otherwise preserved
and maintained so as to always remain open and available for use by
the occupants of the development area. The land and facilities to
be used for common open space may be acceptable if the following condition
is met:
A. The land and facilities be deeded to an organization representing
the property owners of the development. The organization shall covenant
to operate and maintain the land and facilities for their originally
intended use, and should the organization at any point in the future
be dissolved, the land and facilities will be offered for dedication
to the public. Should the offer be refused, the land and facilities
will be deeded or sold to another organization conceived to operate
and own the space and facilities.
In the event that the organization established to own and maintain
common open space or any successor organization shall at any time
after establishment of the mobile home park fail to maintain the common
open space in a reasonable order and condition in accordance with
the approved application, Wilkins Township may take remedial actions
to cause the common open space to be properly maintained as is provided
in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, 53 P.S.
§ 10705.