As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, unless a different meaning cleanly appears from
the context:
LICENSE
The written approval as issued by the Borough Council, authorizing
a person to operate and maintain a mobile home or a mobile home park
under the provisions of this chapter.
MOBILE HOME
A single-family dwelling which is designed after assembly
and fabrication for transportation on streets and highways on its
own running gear, and which may be temporarily or permanently affixed
to real estate, used for nontransient single-family residential purposes,
and constructed with the same, or similar, electrical, plumbing, and
sanitary facilities as immobile housing and ready for attachment to
a foundation.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground which is leased or rented, and upon which
two or more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes,
are located.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park, designated for
the accommodation of one mobile home and leased or rented for that
purpose.
MODULAR HOUSING UNIT
A single-family dwelling with all of the following characteristics:
A.
Designed for long-term occupancy, and containing sleeping accommodations,
a flush toilet, a tub and/or shower bath, and kitchen facilities,
with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to
public systems.
B.
Designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels,
on detachable wheels, or on a flatbed or other trailers.
C.
Arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling
complete and ready for occupancy except for minor incidental unpacking
and assembly operations, location on foundation, connection to utilities,
and the like.
OWNER
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, corporation, company,
association, on other legal entity which rents or leases spaces in
a mobile home park.
SERVICE BUILDING
A structure which contains operational, office, recreational,
sanitary, maintenance, on other facilities built for the use of the
mobile home park residents or owner.
SEWER CONNECTION
All pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet
of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding sewer risen pipe.
SEWER RISER PIPE
That portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home space.
WATER CONNECTION
All pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the water riser
pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the
mobile home.
WATER RISER PIPE
That portion of the water service pipe which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point on each
mobile home lot.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
All pipes, fittings, valves and appurtenances from the water
main of the park distribution system to the water outlet of the distribution
system within the mobile home.
Application for the mobile home park license shall be filed
in triplicate with the Borough Council. The application shall be in
writing, signed by the owner and shall include the following:
A. Name and address of the owner;
B. Location and legal description of the mobile home park;
C. Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements and facilities
constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home park;
D. Such further information as may be requested by the various municipal
agencies to enable them to determine if the proposed park will comply
with legal requirements; and
E. All application fees shall be set by the Borough Council pursuant
to resolution.
The storage, collection, and disposal of refuse in the mobile
home park shall be so managed as to not create health hazards, rodent
harborages, insect-breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air
pollution, and shall be in accordance with the Borough ordinances.
Any park containing six or more units will provide refuse/garbage
removal at the sole expense of the owner of said park.
Fire protection provisions shall be in accordance with the Borough
ordinances.
All piping from outside fuel storage tanks or cylinders to mobile
homes shall be copper or other acceptable metallic tubing and shall
be permanently installed and securely fastened in place. All fuel
storage tanks or cylinders shall be securely fastened in place and
shall not be located inside or beneath the mobile home or less than
five feet from any mobile home exit.
Whenever, upon inspection of any mobile home park, it is determined
that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision
of this chapter, or of any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the
Borough Inspector shall give notice, in writing, to the person to
whom the license was issued, advising them that unless such conditions
of practices are corrected within the period of time specified in
the notice, the license to operate shall be suspended. At the end
of such period, such mobile home park shall be reinspected, and if
such conditions or practices have not been corrected, the Borough
Inspector shall suspend the license and give notice, in writing, of
such suspension to the person to whom the license is issued. An aggrieved
party may file an appeal to the Borough Council in accordance with
the Local Agency Law.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine not more than $1,000 and/or to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
Individual mobile homes and modular housing units shall be permitted on private lots zoned for single-family dwellings as long as the lot size is at least 75 feet by 150 feet or 11,250 square feet; however, they shall be required to obtain all zoning and building permits prescribed by Chapter
295, Zoning, and Chapter
248, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Borough Code.
Individual mobile homes and modular housing units shall comply
with all other applicable municipal ordinances and regulations governing
single-family homes, including, but not limited to, access and minimum
lot requirements, building setback standards, side and rear yard requirements,
standards for enclosures, and sewer connection requirements.
Individual mobile homes and modular housing units shall be attached
to a permanent foundation and shall be installed in accordance with
instructions provided by the manufacturer and all applicable state
regulatory agencies, and no construction or use permit shall be issued
without approval of the foundation.
All electrical, gas, water, sewer and drain connections shall
be permanent, and the exterior covering system shall extend to the
ground with delivery system removed.
Individual mobile homes shall be used exclusively as single-family
residential dwellings, except that a mobile home may be used as a
temporary accessory building for no longer than a period of six months
during the construction of a principal building pursuant to a temporary
permit.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine not more than a maximum of $1,000 and/or to imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter
continues shall constitute a separate offense.