The provisions of this Article shall apply to each mobile home community and the individual mobile home sites located thereon. In addition, with respect to §§
174-3-3 and 141-3-7, the provisions therein shall also apply to owners of freestanding mobile homes. The mobile home community operator shall be the agent responsible for satisfying the provisions regulating a mobile home community and individual mobile home sites. The regulations that specifically apply to individual mobile home sites, and are also the responsibility of each individual mobile home site resident, are as indicated. The responsibility of the individual mobile home site residents to comply with such regulations shall in no way relieve the community operator from continuing primary responsibility for compliance with all regulations set forth herein.
The applicant for a mobile home community or freestanding mobile home must obtain and retain a permit in accordance with Article
II of this chapter.
Each mobile home community, the individual mobile home sites located thereon and each freestanding mobile home shall comply with the standards set forth in §
174-2-1A(1) through (4).
The new installation or the reconstruction or expansion of existing mobile homes is regulated by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the National Fire Prevention Association No. 501A-1982 (Standard for Fire Safety Criteria for Manufactured Home Installation, Sites and Communities) and applicable portions of Chapter
255, Zoning. Each mobile home shall have the appropriate certifying label of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
All other buildings and structures on individual mobile home
sites and in mobile home communities shall be designed, constructed
and maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the East
Hampton Town Code.
All areas of the mobile home community and individual mobile
home sites shall be maintained free of dry brush, leaves, weeds and
other debris that could contribute to the spread of fire within the
individual mobile home site or the mobile home community.
Mobile home community firesafety inspections shall be conducted
by the Fire Marshal as required by state law and as frequently as
required to obtain compliance with this chapter of the Code.