[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Colonie 8-28-1995
by L.L. No. 2-1995; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The lot or space in any mobile home park which shall be assigned
or used and occupied by any one mobile home.
Any vehicle or combination thereof used, designed for use or capable
of being used as sleeping or living quarters, whether propelled by its own
power or by the power of another vehicle to which it may be attached.
Any lot, piece or parcel of land whereon two or more mobile homes
are located.
No person, firm or corporation, being the owner, lessee or occupant
of any land or premises within the Village of Colonie, shall use or permit
the use of such land or premises as a mobile home park without obtaining an
annual permit therefor as hereinafter provided. This annual permit shall be
in addition to any site plan approval by the Planning Commission or any other
village approval.
The application for each permit shall be in writing and signed by the
applicant and shall be submitted not later than December 1 of each year for
the following calendar year on forms obtainable from the Village Clerk.
There shall be charged for each application for an annual mobile home
park license the sum as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees from time
to time, and such fee shall accompany each yearly application. In the event
that a permit is not granted by the Village Board of Trustees, such amount
shall be returned to the applicant.
The Board of Trustees, after the application shall have been referred
to the Village Code Enforcement Officer for his report, shall hold a public
hearing upon the application and may approve or reject the application based
on compliance with all site plan approval conditions and village, county or
state laws, regulations or approval conditions.
Each mobile home park shall be kept and maintained in a clean and sanitary
manner, free of debris, rubbish and garbage waste.
The Board of Trustees and any other duly authorized agent or employee of the village shall have the right at all times to enter any mobile home park and to inspect the same and shall have the fullest cooperation of the licensee in the course of such inspection. The Code Enforcement Officer shall inspect each mobile home park at least once each year and shall include the result of his inspection(s) in his report required in § 150-5. If the Code Enforcement Officer finds any violations of site plan approval conditions or village, county or state laws, regulations or approval conditions, he shall report these forthwith to the Village Board.
If the Village Board finds that any mobile home park is not being maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition or is not being conducted in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter and other relevant village laws and such
conditions and violations continue for a period of 10 days after notice to
remedy the same, the permit may be revoked after a hearing before the Village
Board. Upon such revocation, the premises shall forthwith cease to be used
for the purposes of a mobile home park, and all mobile homes shall forthwith
be removed therefrom.
The permit shall be conspicuously posted in the office or principal
building of the mobile home park in such a manner that it shall be visible
at all times.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $250 and not more than 15 days' imprisonment.
Each day during which a violation shall continue shall constitute and be a
separate offense and punishable as such. The application of the above fines
and penalties shall not be deemed to prevent the revocation of any permit
issued under this chapter.
The issuance of a permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
shall not be deemed to waive compliance by the holder thereof with any of
the provisions of this chapter, the general ordinances of the village or any
regulations issued by the State of New York or the Albany County Health Department.
Whenever is is proposed to move a mobile home into a mobile home park, the park's owner shall submit an application for a building permit therefor to the Code Enforcement Officer, together with a nonrefundable fee in an amount as determined by the Board of Trustees by resolution from time to time. The mobile home may not be occupied until a certificate of occupancy has been issued. (See also Chapters 79 and A246.)
