[Adopted 5-13-1985 ATM by Art. 17 as Ch. III, Art. 9 of the 1985 Compendium of Bylaws]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Mobile Home Park Rent Control Bylaw."
There is hereby established a Mobile Home Park Rent Control Board consisting of five members, none of whom shall be a mobile home park owner or mobile home park tenant, appointed by the Select Board. The members in the first instance shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years. Upon expiration of a term of office, the subsequent term shall be for a period of five years.
The Board may regulate evictions of tenants at mobile home parks and may issue orders which shall be a defense to an action of summary process for possession.
Violations of this article or any order of the Board shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 for any one offense.
If any provision of this article shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this article shall not be affected thereby.