[Adopted 3-18-1964 STM]
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.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The Town of Griswold, acting by its Board of Selectmen.
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.
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.
A. 
No person shall maintain or operate a mobile home park or extend an existing mobile home park in the Town of Griswold without having first obtained a license therefor from the licensing authority pursuant hereto.
B. 
These regulations shall apply forthwith to all existing mobile home parks; provided, however, that the licensing authority may, upon application, grant such extensions of time or waive such requirements, other than the sanitary requirements as set forth in § 176-19, as may in its judgment be required by the specific circumstances.
A. 
Application. Application for a permit hereunder shall be made to the Board of Selectmen in writing on a blank form furnished for that purpose. Each application shall contain the following information:
(1) 
Interest party. The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the real party in interest if other than the applicant.
(2) 
Plot plan. A plot plan may be made by a licensed surveyor under seal showing the site of the mobile home park, roads, location, size, shape and identification, number of mobile home lots or spaces, location of sanitary provisions and the name of abutting property owners according to the records of the Assessor for the Town of Griswold. All final plans or maps shall be of overall size not larger than twenty-five by thirty-seven (25 x 37) inches long, including border. It shall be drawn or traced on a transparent linen tracing cloth at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch. The tracings or drawings shall be made with waterproof black India ink. Three blueprints or other type of copies must accompany the linen drawings. Said linen drawing shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall not be accepted for recording until and unless marked as approved by the Board of Selectmen.
(3) 
Certification. Certificate of approval of the Town Health Officer as to the compliance with the sanitary requirements set forth in § 176-19 hereof.
(4) 
Proof. Proof of ownership, option or valid lease of the premises to be used as a mobile home park.
B. 
Fee. The initial fee for a permit for a mobile home park shall be $50. All mobile home park permits must be renewed on the first of October of each and every year, and the permit shall be based on a rate of $10 per mobile home lot located within the mobile home park as of October 1 of each and every year. In no event shall the renewal permit fee be less than $100.
[Amended 9-22-1983 STM]
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.
A. 
All sanitary requirements concerning drinking water, sewage system and disposal and piping shall be approved by the Health Officer. All of said sanitary requirements must conform to state and local requirements.
B. 
Licensees shall require that each mobile home owner furnish at least one fifteen-gallon refuse can with tight-fitting cover. Refuse shall be collected and removed regularly and in such manner that no nuisance is maintained. It shall be the responsibility of each licensee to maintain proper sanitary conditions with respect to waste and refuse disposal, in accordance with the Connecticut state health and sanitation laws.
[Amended 5-22-2017 STM]
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.
A. 
The Collector shall:
(1) 
Maintain a register showing all fees deposited under § 176-21 and the mobile home owners from whom collected.
(2) 
Hold such fees in a separate escrow bank account (where taxes payable exceed license fees collected) and credit the amount of such fee shown by such register to have been collected from each mobile home owner to the total amount of taxes payable by him on July 1 in each year.
(3) 
Where fees collected exceed taxes payable as to each mobile home or trailer owner who shall make written application prior to August 1 each year, refund the amount of fees shown by such register to have been collected from him in excess of the amount of taxes then assessed against him.
(4) 
Make no refunds to any mobile home owner who located in a mobile home between assessment dates.
(5) 
In August of each year, pay the amount remaining unclaimed and uncredited in said escrow account into the general funds.
B. 
The terms and conditions as listed in §§ 176-21 and 176-22A shall not apply to any person or persons who are lawfully exempt from taxation according to local, state and national laws.
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.