[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Wayne 6-11-2025. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-10-2026]
A. 
Purpose. This Mobile Home Park and Campground Ordinance (the "ordinance") has been drafted with the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the Town residents and transient visitors; defining and regulating mobile home parks and campgrounds; establishing the duties of owners and operators of said uses; and establishing penalties for violations.
B. 
Applicability. This chapter shall apply to all existing, new, and expanded mobile home parks and campgrounds located in whole or in part on property within the boundaries of the Town of Wayne, Maine.
C. 
Definitions.
CAMPGROUND
Any area or tract of land under unified ownership to accommodate two or more parties in RVs or other temporary living quarters, including, but not limited to, tents, recreational vehicles or other shelters or land upon which two or more campsites are installed, which is used for recreational purposes and retains an open-air or natural character. A campsite incidental to residential use and not associated with a campground use (an "individual private campsite") is excluded from the definition of "campground."
CAMPSITE
The minimum prescribed dimension and land area for placement of RVs or other temporary living quarters reserved for use by occupants of that area.
MOBILE HOME
See the definition of "mobile home" in Chapter 60, Zoning, § 60-1B.
MOBILE HOME PARK or PARK
See definition of "mobile home park" in § 60-1B.
PARK SPACE or CAMPSITE
The minimum prescribed dimension and area for each mobile home park space or campsite in § 60-75 of Chapter 60, Zoning, which area is reserved for use by the occupants of that area.
PERSON
As used in this chapter, persons, partnerships, firms, corporations, owners, lessees or licensees or their agents.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV)
A vehicle primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreation, camping, or travel; either with its own motive power or mounted on or towed by another vehicle. An RV is used as a temporary shelter, not placed on a foundation or permanently hooked to utilities. An RV shall not be considered as a manufactured home.
D. 
Permits required:
(1) 
Initial permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a mobile home park or campground without first obtaining a permit from the Town of Wayne Code Enforcement Officer. Application for an initial permit shall be governed by this chapter.
(2) 
Fees, initial permits. A fee of $250 shall be deposited with the application to the Code Enforcement Officer for parks or campgrounds of 20 spaces or campsites or fewer. For each space or campsite over 20, an additional $75 per space or campsite shall be added.
(3) 
Renewal permits. Applications for renewal shall be made no later than May 1 of each year to the Code Enforcement Officer. A renewal permit shall be issued contingent with compliance with all regulations in this chapter and in approvals issued to the mobile home park or campground under Chapter 60, Zoning.
(4) 
Fees, renewal permits. Fees for renewal shall be $35 for parks or campgrounds of 20 spaces or campsites or fewer, plus $2 for each space or campsite over 20.
E. 
Application and review process. Applications for initial permits and renewal permits shall be in writing on forms approved by the Select Board and shall have attached:
(1) 
A plan or set of plans, drawn to a scale of not less than 100 feet to the inch, showing:
(a) 
The area and dimensions of the tract of land; map and lot number.
(b) 
The location, number, and size of all park spaces or campsites within the tract.
(c) 
Location and use of existing and/or proposed buildings and structures.
(d) 
Setbacks of all park or camping spaces, buildings, structures, common areas, roads, streets, and walkways from property lines, normal high-water mark, or watercourses, as applicable.
(e) 
Location of all subsurface wastewater disposal systems and of all wells and/or sources of potable water on the mobile home park or campground parcel.
(f) 
Location of common utility areas and structures on the mobile home park or campground parcel.
(2) 
Data on the existing water quality from wells in the mobile home park or campground.
(3) 
A map showing the location of any subsurface wastewater disposal systems and drinking water wells within the mobile home park and within 200 feet of the mobile home park boundaries.
F. 
Inspection. The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized and directed to make an annual inspection, and more frequent inspections as the Code Enforcement Officer reasonably deems appropriate, of all parks and campgrounds in order to determine compliance with this chapter and to safeguard health, safety, and welfare of the occupants of said parks and campgrounds. The Code Enforcement Officer shall have the right to enter at reasonable hours any private or public park or campground relating to uses governed by this chapter in the pursuit of these responsibilities herein.
A. 
Service facilities. Facilities which meet the following specifications shall be provided and continuously maintained in sanitary and good operating order at all times when the campground is open for business:
(1) 
A source for a continuous, adequate (in volume for the number of campsites), safe, and potable supply of water.
(2) 
Not less than one toilet for each sex, operated by running water, and meeting the State Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules,[1] for the first five campsites. Additionally, one toilet as above for each sex shall be provided for each additional 10 campsites.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 10-144 CMR Ch. 241.
(3) 
For any campground of more than five campsites, one service building containing one lavatory for each sex, one shower with hot and cold running water for each sex, and one additional lavatory and shower for each sex for every 10 additional campsites or fraction thereof.
(4) 
The storage, collection, and disposal of refuse shall be in closed containers which shall not harbor rodents, insects, or create health hazards or odor. Covered refuse containers will be provided throughout the campground and the refuse deposited removed daily to a central collection point.
B. 
Additional requirements.
(1) 
Campgrounds shall not operate for business prior to the third Friday in May nor after the third Sunday in October.
(2) 
It shall be the responsibility of the campground owner to file a complete list of all RVs, camping vehicles or other temporary living quarters stored on the premises during the off-season with the Code Enforcement Officer no later than November 1 each year.
(3) 
Noise. Campgrounds must observe and enforce quiet hours between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Outdoor events and activities sponsored by the campground owner shall not extend beyond 9:00 p.m.
[Amended 6-10-2026]
A. 
Utilities.
(1) 
Each mobile home shall remain connected to an approved septic disposal system according to the State of Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules[1] with no more than four mobile homes being connected to a common subsurface system.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 10-144 CMR Ch. 241.
(2) 
Electrical entrances shall continue to be provided for each space, and installation and connections shall continue to be in accordance with applicable state and local codes.
(3) 
A potable and safe water supply shall be piped underground to each space in sufficient volume to provide 300 gallons per day per space at an average pressure of 40 psi.
B. 
Fire protection. Existing water sources on the parcel shall remain suitable for fire protection, and dry hydrants shall remain at all available sources. Such sources will be noted on the plan.
C. 
Refuse and garbage disposal. The storage, collection, and disposal of refuse shall continue not to create a health hazard, rodent harborage, insect breeding area, accident hazards, or odor. All such wastes shall continue to be stored in covered, watertight, and animal-proof containers. Collection shall continue to be sufficiently often to prevent overflowing of refuse. Central collection points shall continue to have container racks, holders, or other means for containing the refuse until collection. Such central collection points shall be indicated on the plan required pursuant to § 20-1E(1).
D. 
The provisions of this section shall remain the responsibility of the park owner.
A. 
It shall be the responsibility of the Code Enforcement Officer to investigate and document alleged violations of this chapter. The Code Enforcement Officer shall prescribe, in writing to the persons owning or operating a mobile home park or campground regulated under the purview of this chapter, their actions required to remedy the violation(s) and shall set the time limits for compliance. Failure to correct said violations in the time and manner prescribed shall require further action and remedies as provided by law and in equity as provided in 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452. The Select Board is authorized and shall bring such actions in equity or law as are proper, either upon request of the Code Enforcement Officer or of its own volition, to restrain, correct, or punish violations of this chapter.
B. 
Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $2,500 per violation for each day that the violation continues.
C. 
Conflict in ordinances. In any case where a provision of this chapter is found to be in conflict with a provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety, or health ordinance or code of the Town of Wayne, State of Maine or federal law or regulation, the provision which establishes the higher standard shall prevail.
D. 
Savings clause. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter should be declared invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of the chapter, which shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
E. 
Amendment. This chapter may be amended by majority vote of a legally called Town Meeting. Such amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board for review and recommendations, and the Board may have 120 days prior to presentation at Town Meeting to consider their review. Amendments submitted by petition of voters or those to be voted by referendum shall follow the procedures required by law.
F. 
Effective date. This chapter is effective on its date of passage and repeals and supersedes the Mobile Home Park and Recreational Vehicle Park Ordinance of the Town of Wayne, Maine, dated March 1, 1971, and subsequent amendments thereto.