A mobile home park shall have a total contiguous land area of
not less than 10 acres.
In addition to the other applicable standards contained in this chapter the standards in this §
390-65 shall apply to all mobile home parks.
A. Location.
(1) Floodplain. A mobile home park shall not be located within a one-hundred-year
floodplain area as defined by the Federal Flood Insurance Program.
(2) Nuisances. The site of any proposed mobile home park shall be free
from adverse influence by swamps, marshes, garbage or rubbish disposal
areas or other potential breeding places for insects or rodents, and
shall not be subject to any hazard or nuisance, such as excessive
noise, vibration, smoke, toxic matter, radiation, heat, odor or glare.
(3) Drainage; slopes. Mobile home sites shall be on well-drained land
and shall not be located where the average natural slope of the area
of the site intended for development exceeds 10%.
B. Mobile home sites. Each mobile home lot shall be improved to provide
a permanent foundation for the placement and tie-down of the mobile
home, thereby securing the structure against uplift, sliding, rotation
and overturning. Mobile homes shall not be considered placed on a
permanent foundation unless the wheels have been removed and the home
is resting on concrete piers to the frost level, a foundation of poured
concrete, block construction or a concrete slab.
(1) Site grading; stability. Each mobile home lot shall be graded to
provide a level, well-drained site. The mobile home site shall not
heave, shift or settle unevenly under the weight of the mobile home,
due to frost action, inadequate drainage, vibration or other forces
acting on the superstructure.
(2) Anchors. The mobile home site shall be provided with anchors and
tie-downs, such as cast-in-place concrete deadmen, eyelets imbedded
in concrete foundations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors,
or other devices securing the stability of the mobile home. Anchors
and tie-downs shall be placed at least at each corner of the mobile
home site, and each shall be able to sustain a minimum tensile strength
of 2,800 pounds.
(3) Skirting. All mobile homes shall be enclosed from the bottom of the
mobile home to the ground or paving using industry-approved fire-resistant
skirting material.
C. Soil and ground cover. Vegetation clearing and soil disturbance shall
be minimized. All areas of a mobile home park disturbed during the
development process and not covered by improvements shall be stabilized
and protected with such vegetative growth as necessary to prevent
soil erosion and the emanation of dust during dry weather. Such vegetation
shall be maintained by the park owner in such condition as to provide
continued soil protection.
D. Stormwater/drainage. Mobile home parks shall comply with the stormwater management requirements in §
390-50 and Chapter
365, Stormwater Management, and shall be designed to insure that all surface water is drained in a safe and efficient manner away from mobile home sites.
E. Setbacks, buffer strips and screening.
(1) Overall property line setbacks. All mobile home sites shall be located
not less than 100 feet from any existing public road right-of-way
and other park property lines.
(2) Interior setbacks. All mobile homes shall be located not less than
25 feet from the right-of-way of any park road, common parking area
or other common area or structure, 20 feet from the rear lot line,
and 15 feet from any side lot line.
(3) Accessory structures. Accessory structures, including tool sheds,
trash receptacles, patios, porches, garages and bike racks, may be
erected within required setback areas, provided that no part of any
accessory structure shall be located not less than 10 feet from any
side lot line and front and rear setbacks are maintained as required
for the mobile home.
(4) Buffers and screening. All mobile home parks shall be required to
provide screening such as fences or plant materials along the property
boundary line separating the park and any adjacent use. Plantings
shall provide an effective screen to a height of five feet at the
time of planting and an effective screen to a height of eight feet
within five years. These buffer strips shall be properly maintained
at all times.
F. Roads, parking and access.
(1) Roads. Mobile home park roads shall be provided, designed and constructed in accord with §
390-48 based on the classification of the road and other applicable standards of this chapter. The Township shall not accept any mobile home park road for dedication.
(2) Parking. To provide for emergency vehicle access, parking shall not
be permitted on roads or drives within the mobile home park, but shall
be restricted to designated parking areas either at each mobile home
site or at a common location. Off-street parking for two motor vehicles
shall be provided at each mobile home lot and off-street, common parking
areas for additional vehicles of park occupants and guests shall be
provided at a rate not less than one space per five mobile home lots.
The spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in
length. These spaces shall be improved to a grade not greater than
8% and shall be paved with a minimum of four inches of stone base
with two inches of Superpave 9.5 millimeter HMA Wearing Course.
(3) Access. There shall generally be at least two points of ingress and/or
egress in each mobile home park from any one public right-of-way (emergency
accesses excepted) and all driveways to individual units along a public
right-of-way shall front on an interior access drive.
(4) Lot frontage. Mobile home sites and parking spaces shall only have
direct access to and frontage on the interior park road system. Mobile
home sites and parking spaces shall not front or have access directly
to public roads or to private roads passing through the mobile home
park and providing access to other parcels or developments.
(5) Illumination. A lighting plan and lighting shall be provided in accord with §
390-56.
G. Utilities.
(1) Water supply and sewage disposal. Mobile home parks shall be served by a central water supply and a central sewage disposal system as required by §
390-52 of this chapter; and connections shall be made to each mobile home lot and any other wastewater producing facilities in the mobile home park. No well or sewage disposal system shall be located on an individual mobile home lot.
(2) Electric, telephone and cable television. All mobile home lots in
proposed mobile home parks shall be provided with underground electric,
telephone and cable television (if available) service. These service
systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with local
service company specifications regulating such systems.
(3) Central fuel system. Any central fuel supply systems and/or central
fuel storage facilities shall be installed in accord with generally
accepted design and construction practice and in accord with all applicable
state and federal regulations.
H. Refuse disposal. The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in
the mobile home park shall be so managed as to create no health hazards
or air pollution. All refuse shall be stored in flytight, watertight,
rodent-proof containers, which shall be located not more than 150
feet away from any mobile home space. Containers shall be provided
in sufficient number and capacity to properly store all refuse as
required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Rubbish shall be collected and disposed of at a facility approved
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as frequently
as may be necessary to ensure the containers do not overflow.
No part of any park shall be used for nonresidential purposes,
except such uses that are required for the direct servicing and well-being
of park residents and for the management and maintenance of the park.