The purpose of this mobile home park designation is to establish
standards, conditions, regulations and procedures governing land uses,
including densities, open spaces and design criteria and provide for
the administration and enforcement of this alternative land use. This
article is enacted pursuant to the Township of Brighton Comprehensive
Plan for the purpose of:
A. Encouraging innovation in residential development in accordance with
the changing technology of land development.
B. Promoting flexibility in design and permitting planned diversification
in the location of residential structures.
C. Promoting the efficient use of land to facilitate a more economic
arrangement of buildings, mobile homes, vehicular and pedestrian circulation
systems and utilities.
D. Preserving to the greatest extent possible the existing landscape
features and amenities and to utilize such features in a harmonious
fashion.
E. Providing for more usable and suitably located recreation facilities
and other public and common facilities than would otherwise be provided
under conventional land development or subdivision procedures.
F. Combining and coordinating building relationships within the mobile
home park.
G. Ensuring a quality of construction commensurate with other developments
within the Township.
The provisions of this article are hereby declared to be and
shall be construed as the minimum requirements governing the evaluation
and approval of proposals for mobile home park developments.
For the purposes of administering the provisions of this article, the definition of terms outlined in Article
II of this part shall be applicable.
No application for approval of a mobile home park development
shall be considered or approved unless the following conditions are
met:
A. Tract size. The tract proposed for a mobile home park development
shall be a contiguous area of land containing a minimum of 20 acres.
B. Ownership requirements. An application for approval of a mobile home
park development may be filed by a person having an interest in the
property to be included in the mobile home park. The application shall
be filed in the name or names of the recorded owner or owners of property
included in the development. However, the applications may be filed
by the holder(s) of an equitable interest in such property. In any
event, the applicant shall evidence a full ownership interest in the
land (legal title or the execution of a binding sales agreement) before
final approval of his plan.
The following uses are permitted in a mobile home park development
where such uses are permitted or conditional in a given zoning district:
A. Principal uses: single-family mobile or modular homes.
B. Supplemental uses. Nonresidential uses, such as mobile home park
office, service building, educational and noncommercial recreation
facilities, provided that such uses primarily are for the service
and convenience of the residents of the mobile home park development.
C. Accessory uses:
(1) Private garages and parking areas.
(2) Signs as provided in Article
XIV of the Zoning Code.
(3) Other accessory uses customarily incidental to permitted principal
use.
Residential density. The maximum allowable gross residential
density shall not exceed four units per acre of land included in the
tract to be laid out for mobile or modular home use.
Before finally approving any mobile home park development plan,
the Board of Supervisors shall require that all improvements provided
therein shall be completed or a guaranty thereof shall be provided
as required by Section 509 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code.