[Ord. No. 386, 4/14/2020]
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, operate or extend
any mobile home park within North Strabane Township unless the person
holds a valid permit issued by the Township and also valid permits
issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and the Washington County Planning Commission in the name of the owner
of the mobile home park for the specific construction, operation or
extension proposed.
2. All application procedures for preliminary and final approval shall
be in accordance with § 302 and § 303 of these
regulations.
3. Before the Zoning Officer may issue a permit, the owner shall show
that the person has in his possession valid permits issued by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Washington
County Planning Commission.
4. Permits shall be valid for a period of one year and shall be renewed
annually upon application, contingent upon compliance with these regulations
and those of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and the Washington County Planning Commission.
5. Each original application and each application for a renewal permit
shall be accompanied by payment of an inspection fee in an amount
established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
made payable to North Strabane Township. Each application for renewal
licenses shall list the name of each owner and/or tenant who owns
and/or occupies each mobile home or each mobile home lot; identifying
and stating for each owner and/or tenant his address and the mobile
home lot number on which the mobile home in which the person resides
and/or owns is located.
6. Mobile home parks in existence prior to adoption of this chapter
shall be required to meet only the standards of the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection as a prerequisite to the issuing of a
Township permit.
7. No annual renewal permit shall be issued to any mobile home park
in the Township unless the owner proves the person has a valid permit
from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
8. The Township Zoning Officer or Code Enforcement Officer shall not
be denied access to any mobile home park at reasonable hours in order
to determine compliance with these regulations.
9. No mobile home lacking its own toilet, bathing, cooking and food
storage facilities, all in working condition, shall be permitted in
a mobile home park.
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1. Bulk and Dimensional Requirements.
A. Minimum size of park, five contiguous acres.
B. Minimum size of lot, 6,000 square feet.
C. Maximum number of lots per gross acre of a park (including streets
and community and recreation areas), seven per gross acre.
D. Minimum lot width, 60 feet.
E. Minimum setback from park property line or adjacent public road right-of-way
outside the park to side or end of nearest mobile home, 40 feet.
F. Minimum setback of mobile home from internal park street, 30 feet.
G. Minimum distance between ends of adjacent mobile homes, 30 feet.
H. Minimum distance between parallel sides of adjacent mobile homes,
40 feet.
I. Minimum distance between the end of one mobile home and the parallel
side of an adjacent mobile home, 35 feet.
J. Minimum distance between parallel sides of adjacent mobile homes
when they overlap by no more than 15 feet if extended towards one
another along a plane at right angles to their parallel sides, 20
feet.
K. Sides or ends of adjacent mobile homes shall be considered parallel
if they form an angle, when the adjacent sides or ends are extended
to intersect, of not less than 45° nor more than 135°.
2. Circulation.
A. All streets for vehicular traffic within the park shall be at least
24 feet in width and paved the full width. They shall conform with § 503
of this chapter for maximum and minimum street grades, intersection
grades and minimum paving requirements, and shall be maintained in
perpetuity by the owner of the park or his agent.
B. No streets shall dead-end within the park; cul-de-sac streets shall conform to § 402, Subsection
2D of this chapter.
C. Each mobile home lot on the site shall abut an access street which
shall lead directly to the public street serving the property. No
lot in a park shall have direct access to a public street abutting
the park.
D. Parking, if provided in group areas serving several mobile homes,
shall be no further distant than 100 feet from the farthest mobile
home thus served. Otherwise, each mobile home lot shall be provided
with two off-street parking spaces with dust-free stabilized surfaces,
each at least nine feet by 18 feet in size. No parking shall occur
on any park street.
3. Development of Mobile Home Lots.
A. Mobile homes shall be supported on masonry or concrete foundation
piers extending at least three feet below finished grade, such foundations
capable of bearing the mobile home weight without settlement. Such
installation shall be completed within 30 days of arrival of the mobile
home on the lot.
B. Mobile homes shall be securely fastened to their foundation and the
area below the mobile home extending to the ground shall be enclosed
with a continuous metal or other skirting, ventilated to inhibit structural
deterioration.
C. No enclosed permanent addition to a mobile home shall be permitted
in a park. Concrete slabs on grade covered by overhead structures
attached to a mobile home to provide an open sided patio are allowed,
provided such structures are securely fastened to the mobile home
and the ground.
D. The detached accessory structure shall be located on lot no closer
than five feet from a mobile home and shall comply with all required
setbacks.
4. Other Uses Within the Park. No part of any park shall be used for
any other uses except mobile home lots, office or residence of the
manager, a central clothes laundry facility and/or recreation facilities,
both outdoor and enclosed.
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1. Utilities. All utilities, including, but not limited to, the following
shall be provided in accordance with state or federal statutes, rules
and/or regulations and the developer shall provide written statements
from each applicable utility or service provider that the proposed
services will comply with the minimum standards:
2. Fire Protection.
A. Fire hydrants shall be provided by the developer and shall be provided
at street intersections or at a reasonable distance from all existing
structures, measured along the most likely route that the fire company
would utilize to lay its lines, following established roadways or
other reasonable means of access. The location of the fire hydrants
shall be reviewed by the fire company in whose coverage the plan lies,
and its recommendations shall guide the approval of the location of
hydrants. The installation of hydrants shall be guaranteed to the
Township under the bond covering installation of other improvements
in the plan or by separate surety bond or certified check. The type
of hydrant shall be subject to approval by the Township.
B. Water supply shall be adequate for the structures proposed as specified
by the Insurance Service Office (ISO) standards for required fire
flows.
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1. The person to whom a permit for a mobile home park is issued shall
operate the park in compliance with these regulations and those of
the applicable state regulatory agency and shall maintain the park,
its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary
condition.
2. The park management shall supervise and be responsible for the placement
of each mobile home on its lot, including all utility connections.
3. The management shall maintain a register containing the names of
all park occupants, such register being available to any member of
the Board of Supervisors or the Board's authorized representative
upon demand at any reasonable hour.
4. No mobile home may be moved, either within the Township or from the
Township, without the owner first obtaining a permit from the Township
Tax Collector. Such permit will be issued upon notice of the Tax Collector
and the Zoning Officer verifying payment of any outstanding taxes
owed and local taxing jurisdiction by anyone occupying the mobile
home to be moved.
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1. Wherever the Township Zoning Officer or Code Enforcement Officer,
or his designated agent, determines by personal inspection that a
violation exists in any mobile home park, the person shall immediately
inform by certified mail the person, firm, partnership, corporation,
shareholders, principal officers or other entity to whom the permit
to operate has been issued, of the nature of the violation by specific
section of these regulations, what corrective action is required,
the time limit within which repair shall be made and the penalty for
failure to correct.
2. The permittee may request, within 30 days of notice, a hearing before the Zoning Hearing Board. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of §
908 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).
3. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, shareholder, principal
officer or other entity who or which violates any provision of this
chapter after expiration of the time period in which the person has
been ordered to correct a violation shall be guilty of a summary offense
and, upon conviction before a district magistrate, shall be fined
not less than $100 nor more than $500 per violation, together with
the costs of prosecution. Each lot and each day that a violation continues
may be counted as a separate violation and fines collected shall be
paid over to the Township.
4. While action is pending following the Township Zoning Officer's
or Code Enforcement Officer's notification, or before the Zoning
Officer is satisfied that a violation has been corrected, no parking
permits shall be issued for any new mobile homes to be located in
the mobile home park containing the violation and the park's
Township permit shall be suspended.