For the purposes of this article the following definitions shall
apply:
BOS
The Board of Supervisors of Weisenberg Township.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a mobile home park designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of the mobile home park, not
including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside or
used by public or private utilities or facilities such as a service
or recreational building. Common open space shall be free of structures
except it may contain such structures as are in the development plan
as finally approved and as are appropriate for active outdoor recreational
use.
[Amended 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02]
INTERNAL STREET
A street in a mobile home park, privately owned, constructed
and maintained, which functions primarily to provide direct access
to individual mobile home lots and does not connect directly to a
public street and provide direct access from that public street to
another public street.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more 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.
A mobile home may also be known as a "manufactured home."
[Amended 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02]
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erections thereon of a single mobile home. A mobile home lot may
also be known as a "manufactured home lot."
[Amended 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02]
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes. A mobile home park may
also be known as a "manufactured home park."
[Amended 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02]
MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of an individual mobile home lot which has been
reserved for the placement of the mobile home, appurtenant structures
and utility service line connections. A mobile home stand may also
be known as a "manufactured home stand."
[Amended 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02]
MPC
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private
association or corporation, or other legal entity.
SALDO
Chapter
425, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Weisenberg Township Code.
SERVICE OR RECREATIONAL BUILDING
A structure housing administration, operational, office,
recreational, park maintenance and other facilities built to conform
to required local standards.
SEWER CONNECTION
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances
from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding
sewer riser pipe of the sewage system.
SEWER RISER PIPES
The sewer riser pipe is that portion of the sewer lateral
which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at
each mobile home connection.
USABLE SITE AREA
The usable site area is that portion of a mobile home park
which is free of water surfaces, floodplains, high water table areas,
quarries and slopes in excess of 25%.
WATER CONNECTION
The water connection consists of 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
The water riser pipe is that portion of the water service
pipe which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates
at a designated point at each mobile home lot.
WATER SERVICE PIPE
The water service pipe consists of all pipes, fittings, valves
and appurtenances from the water main of the park distributing system
to the water outlet of the distribution system within the mobile home.
The Board of Supervisors, acting through its designated representative
or representatives, may inspect a mobile home park at reasonable intervals,
and at reasonable times, to determine compliance with this chapter.
The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile
home park shall be so conducted as to create no health hazards, rodent
harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air
pollution and shall comply with any state or local law or administrative
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained free of
insect rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination methods and
other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform with the
requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and Weisenberg Township regulations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which violates the provisions of this article shall be punishable as set forth in §
425-14 of this chapter.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this article of this chapter should be declared invalid for any
reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions
of this article of this chapter which shall remain in full force and
effect; and to this end the provisions of this article of this chapter
are hereby declared to be severable.
[Amended 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Section 4.500 of the existing Weisenberg Township SALDO is hereby
repealed and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances that are
inconsistent herewith, and specifically Weisenberg Township Ordinance
No. T1-70 and 72-3, are hereby repealed.