The purpose of this mobile home park designation
is to establish standards, conditions, regulations and procedures
governing land uses, including densities, open spaces and design criteria
and provide for the administration and enforcement of this alternative
land use. This article is enacted pursuant to the Township of Brighton
General Development Plan for the purpose of:
A. Encouraging innovation in residential development
in accordance with the changing technology of land development.
B. Promoting flexibility in design and permitting planned
diversification in the location of residential structures.
C. Promoting the efficient use of land to facilitate
a more economic arrangement of buildings, mobile homes, vehicular
and pedestrian circulation systems and utilities.
D. Preserving to the greatest extent possible the existing
landscape features and amenities and to utilize such features in a
harmonious fashion.
E. Providing for more usable and suitably located recreation
facilities and other public and common facilities than would otherwise
be provided under conventional land development or subdivision procedures.
F. Combining and coordinating building relationships
within the mobile home park.
G. Ensuring a quality of construction commensurate with
other developments within the Township.
The provisions of this article are hereby declared
to be and shall be construed as the minimum requirements governing
the evaluation and approval of proposals for mobile home park developments.
For the purposes of administering the provisions of this article, the definition of terms outlined in Article
II of this part shall be applicable.
No application for approval of a mobile home
park development shall be considered or approved unless the following
conditions are met:
A. Tract size. The tract proposed for a mobile home park
development shall be a contiguous area of land containing a minimum
of 20 acres.
B. Ownership requirements. An application for approval
of a mobile home park development may be filed by a person having
an interest in the property to be included in the mobile home park.
The application shall be filed in the name or names of the recorded
owner or owners of property included in the development. However,
the applications may be filed by the holder(s) of an equitable interest
in such property. In any event, the applicant shall evidence a full
ownership interest in the land (legal title or the execution of a
binding sales agreement) before final approval of his plan.
The following uses are permitted in a mobile
home park development where such uses are permitted or conditional
in a given zoning district:
A. Principal uses: Single-family mobile or modular homes.
B. Supplemental uses: Nonresidential uses, such as mobile
home park office, service building, educational and noncommercial
recreation facilities, provided that such uses primarily are for the
service and convenience of the residents of the mobile home park development.
C. Accessory uses:
(1) Private garages and parking areas.
(2) Signs as provided in Article
XIV of the Brighton Township Zoning Ordinance.
(3) Other accessory uses customarily incidental to permitted
principal use.
Residential density. The maximum allowable gross
residential density shall not exceed four units per acre of land included
in the tract to be laid out for mobile or modular home use.
Before finally approving any mobile home park
development plan, the Board of Supervisors shall require that all
improvements provided therein shall be completed or a guaranty thereof
shall be provided as required by Section 509 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code.