As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
COLLECTOR
The Tax Collector of the Town of Griswold.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed Health Officer of the Town of Griswold
or his deputy.
LICENSEE
Any person licensed hereunder to operate and maintain a mobile
home park.
MOBILE HOME
A unit similar to a trailer coach but which is equipped with
running water, bath facilities, flush toilet and appropriate sanitary
connections.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Privately owned land upon which two or more mobile homes
are or are intended to be parked and occupied as dwellings.
PERSON
Includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, owners,
lessees, licensees and the agents of each of them.
TRAILER
A trailer coach not equipped with running water, bath facilities,
flush toilet and appropriate sanitary connections.
TRAILER PARK
Privately owned land upon which more than one trailer is
intended to be parked and occupied as a dwelling.
No person shall maintain or operate a trailer
park in the Town of Griswold. No occupied trailer shall be permitted
in a mobile home park.
These regulations shall apply forthwith to all
existing mobile home parks and extensions thereof, unless in the opinion
of the Board of Selectmen such regulations shall create undue hardship
to the owner of any present mobile home park.
No person shall maintain or operate a mobile
home park without having first obtained a license from the licensing
authority.
The Board of Selectmen shall call a Town Meeting
regarding any application for a mobile home park.
Each mobile home park and extension thereof
shall conform to the following requirements:
A. The park shall be located on a site graded to ensure
drainage of surface and subsurface water.
B. A minimum of 10,000 square feet shall be provided
for each mobile home.
C. Each mobile home lot shall be defined by permanent
corner stakes and shall be provided with a permanent marker displaying
the lot number corresponding with the approved plot plan on file with
the Town Clerk.
D. There shall be a minimum of 40 feet of clearance between
each mobile home.
E. All mobile home lots shall abut on a roadway of not
less than 40 feet in width.
F. All roads within the park shall be well drained, provided
with gravel or hard surface and maintained in good condition and shall
be continuous so that there shall be no dead-end streets.
G. No mobile home shall be located closer than 25 feet
to an adjoining property line.
H. No mobile home shall be located closer than 35 feet
to the traveled portion of the public highway.
I. A suburban electric light shall be installed in said
park every 200 feet as recommended by the Connecticut Light and Power
Company.
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Each licensee shall keep a register in which the following information shall be recorded forthwith upon the letting of each mobile home. Such information shall be furnished to the Assessor by November 1 annually with each payment of the license fee provided by §
176-21.
A. Full name of mobile home owner.
B. Make, model, size and year of mobile home.
C. State in which registered and registration number,
if any.
D. Date lot number was rented.
E. Date mobile home was removed from lot number.
On or before the 10th day of each month, each
licensee shall collect a fee of $4 from the owner of each mobile home
then located in his park and deposit the same with the Collector,
together with a list of owners from whom collected, showing the lot
number and number of occupants. A copy of such list shall be kept
by the licensee, which shall be available for inspection by the Health
Officer.
Any person aggrieved hereby or aggrieved in
the granting or refusal to grant any license hereunder may appeal
to the Court of Common Pleas for New London County in the same manner
as is provided for appeals in civil cases.
Any person who shall violate or assist in the violation of any of the requirements of these regulations, including willful failure of a mobile home owner to pay the license fee prescribed in §
176-21, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $100 for each such offense, and, in the case of licensees, the license prescribed hereunder may be suspended or revoked.