As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
LICENSEE
Any person licensed to establish, construct, operate and
maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter.
MOBILE HOME
A movable or portable dwelling not less than 12 feet in width
nor 50 feet in length, built on a chassis, designed for long-term
occupancy and containing a flush toilet, a tub or shower and bath
and kitchen facilities and equipped with water supply, electrical
supply and sewage disposal connected to outside systems.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes, spaced
less than 500 feet apart and 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 and the exclusive use of its occupants.
MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of an individual space which has been reserved
for the placement of the mobile home, appurtenant structures or additions.
PERMITTEE
Any person to whom a temporary permit is issued to maintain
or operate a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation.
TRAVEL TRAILER
A vehicular portable structure, built on a chassis, designed
to be used as a temporary residence for travel, recreational and vacation
use, having a body width not exceeding eight feet and being of any
length, provided that its gross weight does not exceed 4,500 pounds.
TRAVEL TRAILER, DEPENDENT
A travel trailer having sleeping and kitchen facilities but
without full bathroom equipment, a holding tank and provision for
attachment to a sewer connection.
TRAVEL TRAILER, INDEPENDENT
A travel trailer having sleeping, kitchen and full bathroom
equipment with a holding tank and provision for attachment to a sewer
connection.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish,
maintain, operate or conduct within the Town of Bethel a mobile home
park unless duly licensed to do so as hereinafter provided and in
strict compliance with this chapter and all other provisions of law
and ordinances applicable thereto, except that the maintenance or
operation of a mobile home park in existence on the effective date
of this chapter may be continued under a temporary permit for such
period of time and under such conditions as are hereinafter prescribed.
A. A temporary permit, upon written request therefor,
shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer for every mobile home
park in existence upon the effective date of this chapter, permitting
the park to be maintained and operated during the period ending 180
days after the effective date of this chapter, without being subject
to the provisions of this chapter, except such of the provisions as
are made expressly applicable to permittees.
B. The term of the temporary permit shall be extended,
upon written request, for not to exceed one additional period of 180
days, if:
(1) The permittee shall have filed an application for a license in conformity with §
214-3 of this chapter within 90 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(2) The permittee is of good moral character, and the
park plans and specifications accompanying the application for license
comply with all provisions of this chapter and all other applicable
ordinances and statutes.
(3) The permittee shall have diligently endeavored to
make the existing park conform fully to the plans and specifications
submitted with the application.
(4) Failure to make the existing park conform fully to
such plans and specifications shall have been due to causes beyond
the control of the permittee.
The mobile home park shall conform to the following
requirements:
A. The park shall be located on a well-drained site,
properly graded to ensure rapid drainage and free from stagnant pools
of water.
B. Each park shall provide mobile home spaces, and each
space shall be clearly defined by permanent flush stakes, markers
or other suitable means. Mobile home space requirements are as follows:
(1) Each mobile home space shall be furnished with a mobile
home stand which meets the following requirements:
(a)
A concrete slab enforced with wire mesh to a
thickness of six inches and should be of sufficient size for the trailer
to set on;
(b)
A six-inch base of No. 3 stone with necessary
supporting piers on concrete footings sized two feet by two feet by
eight inches or 10 inches thick, with necessary reinforcements; or
(c)
Any other slab or support method that meets
with the approval of the Code Enforcement Officer shall be considered
when attested to by a licensed professional engineer or architect.
(2) A tie-down system sufficient to withstand wind loads
encountered in the area shall be furnished for each site and the adequacy
of the system attested to by a licensed engineer. All mobile homes
shall, when located on their respective sites, be skirted with suitable
rustproof material. All tie-down systems shall meet the requirements
of the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
[Amended 8-18-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990]
(3) The ground around the perimeter of the support slab
or support system shall be pitched away from the trailer at a grade
of 3/4 inch per foot for approximately five feet.
C. The average area per space in a mobile home park shall
not be less than the lot area required per family in that zoning district
in which the mobile home park is located.
D. An applicant for a mobile home park containing 50 or more spaces and providing central water and sewerage systems may apply to the Planning Board for a cluster subdivision. The mobile home park will then conform to the residential cluster development requirements for the RS Zoning District stated in Chapter
345, Zoning.
E. Mobile homes shall be so located on each space that
there shall be at least a fifteen-foot clearance between mobile home
stands; provided, however, that with respect to mobile homes parked
end-to-end, the end-to-end clearance may be less than 15 feet but
shall not be less than 10 feet.
F. The distance from the line or corner of any mobile
home stand to a boundary line of the mobile home court shall be adequate
to protect the residential use in the court and in any case shall
be not less than the following:
(1) When the adjoining land use, existing or permitted,
is another residential use or is a minor or collector street, there
shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet.
(2) When the adjoining land use is an arterial street
or a nonresidential use, special protection shall be provided by walls
or solid or louvered fencing, with appropriate planting, at a minimum
distance of 25 feet from the mobile home stand.
(3) The distance from the line or corner of any mobile
home stand to any stand on the opposite side of the street shall be
36 feet.
(4) The distance from the line or corner of the mobile
home stand to a street pavement, a common parking area, a common walk
or other common area shall be a minimum of eight feet.
G. All entrances and exits from any park shall be well
marked and so arranged as not to constitute a traffic hazard. The
street system shall provide convenient circulation by means of minor
streets and properly located collector streets. All streets shall
be paved with an impervious, all-weather surfacing and of the following
widths:
(1) All entrance streets and other collector streets with
guest parking both sides: 45 feet minimum.
(2) Collector streets with no parking: 30 feet minimum.
(3) Minor streets with no parking: 22 feet minimum.
(4) Turning circles for cul-de-sac streets: 80 feet in
diameter minimum.
H. All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway
of not less than 22 feet in width.
I. Car parking spaces shall be provided in sufficient
number to meet the needs of the occupants of the property and their
guests without interfering with the normal movement of traffic. Such
facilities shall be provided at the rate of at least two off-street
car spaces for each mobile home space plus an additional car space
for each four lots to provide for guest parking and for delivery and
service vehicles.
J. Walkways not less than three feet wide shall be provided
from mobile home stands to paved streets and to service buildings.
K. All driveways and walkways within the park shall be
hard-surfaced and lighted at night with electric bulbs of not less
than 40 watts each, spaced at intervals of not more than 100 feet.
L. An electrical outlet supplying a three-wire connection
of at least 110-120/220-240 volts and 100 amperes shall be provided
for each mobile home space.
M. Soil characteristics, groundwater level, drainage
and topography of the site shall not generate hazards to the health
or safety of mobile home park occupants. No portion of the site shall
be subject to flooding, subsidence or erosion or be exposed to objectionable
smoke, noise or other adverse influences. The findings of the Soil
Conservation Service with respect to the quality of natural conditions
shall govern.
N. Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every mobile
home space will be dustproof. They may be covered with stone screenings,
other solid materials or a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing
soil erosion and of eliminating objectionable dust.
O. 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,
constitute a nuisance or otherwise deviate from the requirements of
Part 7, Chapter I, of the State Sanitary Code.
P. Bonuses. Where an improved site plan or better facilities
for a mobile home park containing 50 or more spaces are provided in
accordance with this section, the required site area may be reduced
as follows:
(1) The area per mobile home space may be reduced by 5% of that required under Subsection
C of this section for each of the following facilities which is provided in such park:
(a)
Central recreational building and grounds.
(b)
Central laundry and drying facilities.
(c)
Central maintenance shed.
(d)
Underground utilities, including fuel storage.
(2) In the case of Subsection
P(1)(a) or
(c) above, the proposed facilities must be approved by the Town of Bethel Planning Board as adequate for the purpose of the project.
Every park shall be equipped at all times with
fire extinguishing equipment in good working order, of such type,
size and number and so located within the park as to satisfy applicable
reasonable regulations of the Fire Department. No open fires shall
be permitted at any place which may endanger life or property. No
fires shall be left unattended at any time.
No owner or person in charge of any dog, cat
or other pet animal shall permit it to run at large or commit any
nuisance within the limits of any mobile home park.
No mobile home of less than 12 feet in width
and no occupied travel trailer or other form of temporary-type living
units shall be permitted in a mobile home park.
The Code Enforcement Officer 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 chapter. 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
law.
The license certificate or temporary permit
shall be conspicuously posted in the office of or on the premises
of the mobile home park at all times.
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation
pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by
a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of
an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute,
for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.