It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation
to locate a mobile home or to construct, alter, use or allow the use of any
mobile home park or travel trailer camp within the limits or the Town of Corinth,
unless a valid permit has been issued by the Town Board. Permits are issued
and effective from the day of issuance to and including December 31 of that
same year.
[Added 4-8-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
The placement of new mobile homes must be allowed within the land use district as described in Article
III of the Town Land Use Law. All new mobile home communities must follow the Planned Development District process as described in Article XI of the Town Land Use Law as well as the standards outlined in Article
V of this local law.
A. All applications for permits or for renewal shall be
submitted, in writing, in triplicate, to the Town Clerk.
B. Each application shall be accompanied by three complete
sets of plans prepared by a licensed land surveyor and one of the following:
a licensed engineer, landscape architect or licensed architect. The plans
shall be drawn to a scale of 100 feet to one inch; shall include the data:
North point and scale; and shall furnish the following information:
(1) Legal data.
(a) The name and address of the applicant or the name and
address of each partner or principal, if the applicant is a partnership or
a joint venture, or the name and address of each officer and director, if
the applicant is an association or corporation.
(b) The location and description and Tax Map number of the
land that is proposed to be used as a mobile home park or travel trailer camp,
if available or appropriate.
(c) The number of lots to be provided in such park.
(d) Test pits to determine groundwater and/or bedrock.
(2) Physical features.
(a) Existing and proposed contours at two-foot intervals.
(b) The location of watercourses, marshes and areas subject
to flooding.
(3) Existing development.
(a) A location map at the scale of one inch equals 100 feet
which shows all land within 300 feet of the proposed mobile home park, the
owners thereof and all structures on the land which abuts the proposed park.
(b) The location, names and widths of all adjacent streets.
(c) The location of all waterlines and utilities within and
adjacent to the proposed site.
(4) Proposed development.
(a) The location and widths of all entrances, exits, streets,
walkways and parking areas and easements.
(b) The location, size and arrangement of each lot within
the park.
(c) The method and plan for lighting and electrical systems.
(d) The location and plan of all proposed structures and
improvements.
(e) Any proposed stormwater drainage.
(f) Any proposed utilities and evidence from the New York
State Department of Health and the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation indicating approval of the proposed sewer and water systems.
(h) The location of any central fuel storage facilities,
if any.
If the application is disapproved, the applicant shall have the right
to appear before the Town Board for a hearing.
Any permit for a mobile home park or travel trailer camp may be revoked
when it is found to be in violation with this Part 1.
A. Should the Building Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer
find that conditions exist which are in violation of any provision of this
Part 1, he shall give notice, in writing, to the permittee that, unless such
conditions or practices are corrected within 10 days, the permit will be revoked.
B. If at the end of 10 days a further inspection reveals
that the conditions or practices have not been corrected, the Building Inspector
or Code Enforcement Officer shall then remove the permit and give notice of
such suspension, in writing, to the permittee, the Town Board and the Planning
Board. Upon notice of revocation, the permittee shall cease operation of the
mobile home park or travel trailer camp.
All mobile home parks and travel trailer camps built prior to the enactment
of this Part 1 which do not meet the standards of this Part 1 shall be called
"nonconforming mobile home parks" or "nonconforming travel trailer camps"
respectively.
A. Mobile home parks or travel trailer camps operating under
a valid permit issued prior to the effective date of this Part 1 may continue
to operate under the terms of such permits, and a renewal permit shall be
issued under the terms of the original issuing ordinance.
B. Before a renewal permit may be issued, such parks or
camps must continue to provide for the health, safety and general welfare
of its occupants.
C. Existing mobile home parks and travel trailer camps must
provide for an adequate supply of pure drinking water and adequate sewage
systems.
D. All mobile homes placed in an existing park after the
effective date of this Part 1 shall contain approved smoke and heat detectors.
Whenever the Building Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer finds that an emergency exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health, he may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as he may deem necessary to meet the emergency, including the suspension of the permit or license. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part
1, such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply therewith immediately, but, upon petition to the Town Board, he shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible. The provisions of §
91-18 shall be applicable to such hearing and the order issued thereunder.