In a General Service F District, no building,
structure or premises shall be used or occupied and no building or
part thereof or other structure shall be so erected or altered, except
for one or more of the following purposes:
A. Mobile home parks shall be permitted in this district
and in no other district.
B. Modular home park.
[Added 1-3-1984]
Shall be the same as those permitted in a Residence
AAA District when authorized by a special permit from the Town Board
after a public hearing, and no other.
Shall be the same as those permitted in a Residence
AAA District when authorized as a special exception by the Board of
Appeals, and no other.
No accessory use or structure shall be permitted
in a General Service F District except those permitted in a Residence
AAA District.
[Added 4-8-1997]
All uses not expressly permitted are prohibited.
For the purpose of this ordinance, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME
A mobile home without inside toilets and bath and is prohibited
in a mobile home park as defined in this ordinance.
LICENSEE
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home
park under the provisions of this ordinance.
MOBILE HOME
Any vehicle or similar portable structure having been constructed
with wheels (whether or not such wheels have been removed) and having
no foundation other than wheels, jacks or skirtings and so designed
or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes,
being not less than 10 feet by 50 feet in dimensions.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes, occupied
for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether
or not a charge is made for such accommodation.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one mobile home.
MODULAR HOME
A prefabricated dwelling unit which is permanently affixed
to a continuous foundation with no wheels or axles anywhere on the
structure.
[Added 1-3-1984]
MODULAR HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more modular homes,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located.
[Added 1-3-1984]
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation.
SHALL
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain
or operate a mobile home park within the limits of the Town of Islip
unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor, except that
the construction, maintenance or operation of a mobile home park in
existence on the effective date of this ordinance may be continued.
A. The annual license fee for each mobile home park shall
be $3 per mobile home.
B. The fee for transfer of a license shall be $1 per
mobile home.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
A. Application for initial license, Application for an
initial mobile home park license shall be filed with the Building
Division. The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant
and shall include the following:
(1) The name and address of the applicant.
(2) The location and legal description of the mobile home
park.
(3) A complete plan of the park in conformity with the requirements of §
68-232 of this ordinance.
(4) Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements
and facilities constructed or to be constructed within the mobile
home park.
(5) Such further information as may be requested by the
Building Division to enable them to determine if the proposed park
will comply with legal requirements. The application and all accompanying
plans and specifications shall be filed in triplicate. If the application
and proposed plans and specifications are found to be in compliance
with all provisions of this ordinance and all other applicable ordinances
and statutes, the Chief Building Inspector shall approve the application
and issue a building permit, and, upon completion of the park according
to the plans, shall issue the license.
(6) A minimum fee of $50, plus $5 for each mobile home
in excess of 20 homes, as shown on the proposed plans and specifications.
B. Application for renewal license. Upon application,
in writing, by a licensee for renewal of a license, and upon payment
of the annual license fee, a certificate renewing such license for
another year shall be issued by the Building Division.
C. Application for transfer of license. Upon application,
in writing, for transfer of a license and payment of the transfer
fee, the Building Division shall issue a transfer.
A. Mobile homes.
[Added 2-28-1978]
(1) Any mobile home park or individual mobile home which
is located within Zones AL-30 on the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Federal Insurance Administration, Flood Hazard Boundary
Maps must have:
(a)
The elevation of the lots elevated to or above
the base flood level.
(b)
Adequate access and drainage provided.
(c)
If pilings are used for elevation, the lot must
be large enough to permit steps and such pilings must be placed in
stable soil no more than 10 feet apart and reinforcement must be provided
for pilings more than six feet above the ground.
(2) These standards are in accordance with the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Regulation, Chapter X, Subchapter
B, Part 1910.3(c)(5)(iii). Said regulation and any amendments thereto
are incorporated by reference into this section.
B. Where any boundary of a park directly abuts property
which is improved with a permanent residential building located within
25 feet of such boundary, or directly abuts unimproved property which
may under existing laws and regulations be used for permanent residential
construction, a fence or other form of screening or buffer shall be
provided along such boundary as the Engineering Division may require.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
C. All mobile homes to be placed within Zone A on the
Town of Islip Flood Hazard Boundary Map shall be anchored to resist
flotation, collapse or lateral movement by providing over-the-top
and frame ties to ground anchors. Special requirements shall be that
over-the-top ties be provided at each of the four corners of the mobile
home, with two additional ties per side at intermediate locations,
mobile homes less than 50 feet long requiring one additional tie per
side; frame ties be provided at each corner of the home with five
additional ties per side at intermediate points, mobile homes less
than 50 feet long requiring four additional ties per side; all components
of the anchoring system be capable of carrying a force of 4,800 pounds;
and any additions to the mobile home be similarly anchored.
[Added 7-11-1978]
The mobile home park shall conform to the following
requirements:
A. The park shall be located on a well-drained site,
properly graded to insure rapid drainage and free from stagnant pools
of water, and shall be a minimum of 10 acres.
B. Each park shall provide mobile home spaces and each
such space shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet,
except that the Planning Board is authorized to permit a cluster arrangement
of said mobile homes to enable and encourage flexibility of design
and development of the land in such a manner as to promote most appropriate
use of land and to preserve the natural and scenic qualities of open
land: provided, however, that the number of mobile homes shall in
no case exceed the number which could be permitted under the terms
of this ordinance; and be it further provided, however, that mobile
home parks which, at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, existed
lawfully with mobile home spaces that do not comply with any of the
foregoing minimum area and width or minimum average area and average
width requirements may continue to operate and shall be excused from
such compliance.
C. Mobile homes shall be so located on each space so
that there shall be at least a twenty-foot clearance between mobile
homes. No mobile home shall be located closer than 10 feet to any
building or roadway within the park. No mobile home shall be located
closer than 25 feet to any property line of the park abutting upon
a public street or highway, except for such other distance as may
be established by ordinance as a front yard or setback requirement
with respect to conventional buildings in the district in which the
mobile home park is located.
D. All roadways and walkways within the park shall be
hard-surfaced and lighted at night.
E. An electrical outlet supplying at least 100-115/220-250
volts, 100 amperes, shall be provided for each mobile home space.
F. Each mobile home space shall be provided with two
off-street parking spaces, and no on-street parking shall be permitted.
Accessory camper vehicles, travel vehicles, boats or other vehicles
and cars shall not be stored or parked on individual mobile home spaces
or in any street or roadway, public or private, but shall be stored
or parked in a screened central storage area within the boundaries
of the park.
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking
and domestic purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all buildings
and mobile home spaces within the park.
A. Service buildings, if provided, housing sanitation
facilities, shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable
ordinances and statutes regulating buildings, electrical installations
and plumbing and sanitation systems.
B. The service buildings shall be well-lighted at all
times of the day and night, shall be well-ventilated with screened
openings, shall be constructed of such moisture-proof material, which
may be painted woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing,
and shall be maintained at a temperature of at least 68° F. during
the period from October 1 to May 1. The floors of the service buildings
shall be of water-impervious material.
C. All service buildings and the grounds of the park
shall be maintained in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of
any condition that will menace the health of any occupant or the public
or constitute a nuisance.
Waste from showers, bathtubs, flush toilets,
urinals, lavatories and slop sinks in service and other buildings
within the park shall be discharged into a public sewer system in
compliance with applicable ordinances or into a private sewer and
disposal plant or septic tank system of such construction and in such
manner as will present no health hazard and which is approved by the
Suffolk County Department of Environmental Control and the Suffolk
County Department of Health.
Metal garbage cans with tight-fitting covers
shall be provided in quantities adequate to permit disposal of all
garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans shall be located on the mobile home
space. The cans shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times.
Garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed of as frequently
as may be necessary to ensure that the garbage cans shall not overflow.
Every park shall provide and be equipped with
fire extinguishing equipment in good working order, such as hydrants,
fire extinguishers, warning and alarm signals, to the satisfaction
of the Fire Prevention Officer of the Town of Islip.
All roadways in every park must be maintained
in a passable and dust-free condition at all times and shall have
a minimum width of 24 feet. Said roadways shall be kept unobstructed
at all times.
Rental of mobile homes shall not be permitted
within a park.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
The Chief Building Inspector, or his designee,
may revoke any license to maintain and operate a park when the licensee
has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating
any provision of this ordinance. After such conviction, the license
shall be reissued if the circumstances leading to conviction have
been remedied and the park is being maintained and operated in full
compliance with the law.
The license certificate shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of, or on the premises of, the mobile home park
at all times.
Should any section or provision of this ordinance
be declared invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The violation of any provision of this ordinance
shall be an offense which shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
15 days, or both for a second or subsequent offense.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A. Parking, curbing, sidewalks, drainage, screen planting,
buffers, street trees, dumpster enclosures, lighting, public improvements
and all other applicable requirements of the Town Code and the Subdivision
and Land Development Regulations shall be maintained unless otherwise
modified or waived by the Planning Board or Town Board.
B. The exterior site improvements and improvement of property shall be regulated under Article
XXXI of this ordinance.
[Amended 8-12-2003]
C. A minimum buffer area of 25 feet in width in accordance
with Town standards shall be provided and maintained adjacent to any
residential use or zone.