This chapter shall be known as the "Mobile Home Park Ordinance of the
Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York."
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Southport, Chemung County,
by the more efficient regulations of mobile home parks and the occupancy of
mobile homes.
When used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless
the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
CAMP COTTAGE OR CABIN
Any building of whatsoever material constructed, designed or equipped
to be used or used for living, sleeping, or eating by transient or seasonal
occupants only.
HOUSE TRAILER
Any vehicle designed, modified or equipped to be used or used for
living or sleeping quarters or for any commercial or industrial use and designed
to move or be moved from place to place on wheels and to be propelled by its
own power or drawn or propelled by another vehicle, with the exception of
cargo storage trailers in Industrial I-2 Zones only which shall be excluded
from this definition of "house trailer."
[Amended 10-13-1992 by ordinance (Res.
No. 216-92); 4-13-1993 by ordinance (Res.
No. 95-93)]
MOBILE HOME
Any house trailer, tent, tent house, cabin or camp cottage designed
or modified for use by a single family or for a commercial or industrial use.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by ordinance (Res.
No. 216-92)]
MOBILE HOME PARK
Means and is the same as house trailer camps, tourist camps or similar
establishments as is described in §§ 130 and 136 of the Town
Law, and which shall also mean any lot, piece or parcel of ground on which
are located or which is offered to the public for the location of two or more
occupied house trailers or mobile homes.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation
of one mobile home.
TOURIST CAMP
Any lot, piece or parcel of ground on which are located, or which
is offered to the public for the location of two or more tents, tent house,
cabins, camp cottages or other buildings designed or used for sleeping facilities
other than permanent homes.
No person or persons being the owner or occupant of any land or premises
within the Town of Southport shall use or permit the use of such land or premises
for:
A. The establishment or maintenance of a mobile home park
until a license for the establishment or maintenance of such mobile home park
has been obtained as hereinafter provided; and after the issuance of such
license, such parks shall not be maintained or operated other than in accordance
with the applicable laws and terms of this chapter.
B. The parking of any mobile home for the purpose of the
same being used for living, sleeping or eating therein, except as hereinafter
provided.
No person or persons being the owner or occupant of any mobile home
shall park or otherwise locate said mobile home upon any premises within the
Town of Southport for the purpose of using the same for living, sleeping or
eating quarters nor shall any such person use or occupy any mobile home for
living, sleeping or eating therein, except in a duly authorized mobile home
park, except as hereinafter provided.
A license for the establishment and operation of a mobile home park
in the Town of Southport shall be issued or denied in accordance with the
procedure herein specified.
A. Verified written application required. The applicant,
who proposes to operate or maintain the said mobile home park, must file with
the Southport Town Clerk a verified written application for such license in
triplicate, and if such applicant or applicants are not the owners of the
property upon which it is proposed to operate said park, such application
shall also be signed by the owner or owners of the property and shall be accompanied
by a certified check for the amount of the fee required by this chapter.
B. Information required. The application must contain the
following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant, the names and
addresses of the partners if a partnership, and the names and addresses of
the officers if a corporation and its principal place of business.
(2) The name and address of the owner of the premises upon
which the park is to be located and the present use which is being made of
the premises.
(3) The interest of the applicant in said premises if not
the owner thereof.
(4) A description of the boundaries of the land or premises
upon which the park is to be located in a manner sufficient to identify the
land or premises as in a deed of conveyance.
(5) A park plan in the form of a land survey showing the
direction of magnetic north and drawn to scale which plan must show the following:
(a) The locations and name of all adjacent or adjoining streets,
right-of-way or highways and their existing widths and nature of construction.
(b) The names of the record title holders of all adjacent
property.
(c) The exact layout and dimensions of each mobile home space.
(d) The exact layout of all streets and driveways, their
widths, and the specifications of proposed construction.
(e) The locations of all required services and other improvements
and facilities such as playgrounds, swimming pools, or recreation areas.
(f) A complete statement showing the proposed method of sewage
disposal or removal, the water supply, erosion and sediment control measures
and stormwater management facilities as required by a stormwater pollution
prevention plan, electric and gas service, the design of all toilets, washrooms,
laundry rooms, and all other service required by this chapter.
[Amended 4-12-2005 by ordinance (Res.
No. 105-2005)]
Any license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall be assignable
only with the consent of the Town Board.
The holder of any license may, between the 15th and 31st of December of each year, apply for a renewal thereof for the following year by filing with the Town Clerk a verified application on forms provided for that purpose. If it shall appear that any change or alteration has been made in the park plan as filed with the Town Clerk, no renewal license shall be issued by the Town Clerk until such time as the Town Board shall approve such change or alteration of the park plan. The Town Board in considering such approval may follow the same procedure provided for in §
352-7 for the issuance of a license.
The following minimum requirements shall be maintained at all times:
A. The park shall be located on a well-drained site properly
graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
B. Mobile home spaces shall be provided consisting of a
minimum of 5,000 feet for each space which shall be at least 35 feet wide
at the narrowest point. There shall be no more than an average of eight spaces
per acre in the mobile home park.
C. The minimum size of any mobile home park shall be at
least five acres.
D. Space for the parking of one automobile must be provided
for each mobile home space adjacent to it.
E. All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of
not less than 20 feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a
public street or highway.
F. Walkways of not less than two feet wide shall be provided
to the service building.
G. All driveways and walkways within the park shall be of
suitable grade and hard surfaced.
H. All driveways and walkways within the park shall be lighted
at night with electric lamps of such candle power and so situated as may be
directed by the Planning Board.
I. The design of the park not be barracks-like in nature
and not designed on the gridiron pattern with identical rectangular spaces.
The angling of spaces and the clustering of mobile homes around culs-de-sac
should be used. Should this latter type of design be hampered by the minimum
space size of 5,000 feet and space width of 35 feet, the Town Board, upon
the recommendation of the Planning Board, shall have the authority to waive
those two requirements.
J. All spaces shall have a patio convenient to the entrance
of each mobile home of a minimum size of 180 square feet.
K. Consideration in each instance shall be given to the
construction of all utilities underground and the Town Board, upon the recommendation
of the Planning Board, may require that all utilities be underground.
L. Each park plan shall be provided with approved sewer
and water connections to existing public sanitary sewer and water systems
of the Town or of any district therein if available.
M. Each mobile home space must be supplied with sufficient
pure running water from approved water service facilities or a sufficient
supply of pure water must be available in conveniently located building from
approved type of water faucets or drinking fountains, and no drinking fountain
shall be placed in any toilet room.
N. Each park plan shall be provided with service buildings
in which shall be installed water closets, placed in separate compartments
properly separated from any other water closet, each compartment being not
less than three feet wide enclosed with proper partitions in the ratio of
one water closet for every 15 females or less, and one water closet for every
20 males or less, in addition to one urinal for every 30 males or less. No
licensee shall accommodate at any time, mobile homes occupied by persons of
either sex in excess of the minimum toilet facilities for such sex in such
park plan.
O. Each service building shall contain for each sex one
lavatory or wash basin and one shower or tub for every 20 persons or less
and one slop sink or basin for each 60 persons or fractions thereof.
P. Each service building shall contain reasonable laundry
facilities in a room properly separated from the toilet facilities of such
building.
Q. The requirements set forth in Subsections
N,
O and
P of this section shall not apply to the occupants of mobile home spaces which are completely equipped with private toilet facilities connected directly to approved sanitary systems in making the determinations set forth in said subsections.
R. No mobile home shall discharge waste liquids except that
the discharge outlet is connected through a proper trap to an approved sewer,
septic tank or septic well, and no flush toilets in any mobile home shall
be used unless the discharge outlet is connected through to a sewer or septic
tank, and no chemically treated toilet waste shall be disposed of, except
directly to a sewer.
S. Every tourist or mobile home shall be under the management
of the licensee who must be of good reputation and character, and who shall
manage such park plan from an office located on the premises; there shall
be maintained in such office a bound book containing a record of the names
of all persons accommodated at the park, their home addresses, the license
number and make of their automobile or other vehicle; such record shall be
available at all times for inspection by the Code Enforcement Officer and
any police officer. It shall be the duty of the licensee of any park plan:
(1) Collection and removal of garbage and any other waste
material must be provided. Metal garbage cans with tight-fitting covers in
quantity adequate to permit disposal of garbage and rubbish must also be provided.
The garbage cans shall be located not further than 300 feet from any mobile
home space. The cans shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times and
the garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed of at least every
seven days or as frequently as may be necessary to insure the garbage cans
shall not overflow.
(2) To prohibit the placing or storage of unsightly material
or vehicle of any kind.
(3) To provide for cleaning, painting, repairing and disinfecting
all buildings.
(4) To take such other measures which shall be deemed necessary
by the Health Officer to preserve the health, comfort and safety of all persons
accommodated in the park plan and of the general public.
(5) To prevent the committing of any nuisance in the park
premises and to report immediately to the proper authorities all acts of a
disorderly character committed by any person or persons inside of the park
and to that end maintain proper policing thereof.
(6) To report to the Health Officer all cases of communicable
diseases or suspected cases of communicable diseases affecting any inhabitant
of the park.
(7) To provide underground storage for any handling of gasoline.
(8) To comply with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code with respect to electric wiring and equipment.
T. No addition shall be built, erected or maintained in
connection with any mobile home other than the usual awning or similar weather
protective structure.
U. 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.
V. An electrical outlet supplying at least three wire service
with 220 volts and 100 ampere capacity entrance shall be provided for each
mobile home space.
W. Each park shall be provided with proper grading and drainage
facilities which prevent ponding of water in roadways and yards while protecting
streams and other natural drainageways adjacent to or within the park. The
drainage plan shall conform with a stormwater pollution prevention plan, if
required.
[Added 4-12-2005 by ordinance (Res. No.
105-2005)]
[Amended 5-11-1993 by ordinance (Res.
No. 124-93)]
Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, General Penalty, of the Code of the Town of Southport.