The purpose of this chapter is to promote the
health, safety and general welfare of the community, including the
protection and preservation of the Town of Liberty and of its inhabitants,
by establishing specific requirements and regulations governing the
occupancy and maintenance of mobile homes and mobile home parks.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in this section:
MOBILE HOME LOT
A designated site of specific total land area which is located
within a mobile home park for the accommodation of one mobile home
and its occupants.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any parcel of land which is planned and improved for the
placement of three or more homes which are used as dwellings.
MOBILE HOME STAND
A durable surface located on a mobile home lot which is capable
of supporting and which is used for placement of a mobile home.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall enforce all
of the provisions of this chapter and shall have the right, at all
reasonable times, to enter and inspect any mobile home or other premises
used for the parking or placement of a mobile home.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall
be applicable to the following:
A. The business of mobile home sales, except that where
units are used as living quarters, they shall conform to the provisions
of this chapter.
B. The storage of an unoccupied mobile home; provided,
however, that such unoccupied mobile home shall not be parked or located
between the street line and the front building line of any premises
or within any required yard area or within any portion of an RS District.
C. A mobile home located on the site of a construction
project, survey project or other similar work project which is used
solely as a field office or work or toolhouse in connection with such
project, provided that such mobile home is removed from such site
within 30 days after the completion of such project.
D. A modular house or manufactured home which is prefabricated
in sections, transported to the building site, then fastened together
and anchored to a permanent and totally enclosed masonry foundation
and which has a minimum width of 24 feet for its entire length and
contains a minimum of 960 square feet of usable living space.
The issuance of any permit or license pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to waive compliance
by the holder thereof, by the property owner or by any occupant of
any court or mobile home park, with any statute of the State of New
York, law or health regulation of the State of New York or the County
of Sullivan or the Town of Liberty or with any provision of this chapter.
In all cases where this chapter requires action,
reports, recommendations or approval of plans by the Planning Board,
the Planning Board shall submit the findings and recommendations to
the Zoning Board of Appeals or Code Enforcement Officer within 30
days after receipt by it of a copy of the plans and application. In
the event that the report and recommendations of the Planning Board
shall not be submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals or Code Enforcement
Officer within said time and said time has not been extended by the
Board or Building Inspector, final action may be taken by the Zoning
Board of Appeals without the recommendations and report of the Planning
Board.