A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
operate or extend any mobile home park within Butler Township unless
he holds a valid permit issued by the Township and also valid permits
issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and
the Butler County Planning Commission in the name of the owner of
the mobile home park for the specific construction, operation or extension
proposed.
C.
Before the Zoning Officer or his authorized representative
may issue a permit, the owner shall show that he has in his possession
valid permits issued by the Butler County Planning Commission.
D.
Permits shall be valid for a period of one year and
shall be renewed annually upon application, contingent upon compliance
with these regulations.
E.
Each original application and each application for
a renewal permit shall be accompanied by payment of an inspection
fee in an amount established from time to time by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners made payable to Butler Township.
F.
Mobile home parks in existence prior to May 3, 1976,
shall be required to meet only the standards of the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources as a prerequisite to the issuing of a Township
permit.
G.
No annual renewal permit shall be issued to any mobile
home park in the municipality unless the owner proves he has a valid
permit.
H.
The Township Zoning Officer or his authorized representative
shall not be denied access to any mobile home park at reasonable hours
in order to determine compliance with these regulations.
I.
No mobile home lacking its own toilet, bathing, cooking
and food storage facilities, all in working condition, shall be permitted
in a mobile home park.
A.
Bulk and dimensional requirements.
(1)
Minimum size of park: five contiguous acres.
(2)
Minimum size of lot: 6,000 square feet.
(3)
Maximum number of lots per gross acre of a park (including
streets and community and recreation areas): seven per gross acre.
(4)
Minimum lot width: 60 feet.
(5)
Minimum setback from park property line or adjacent
public road right-of-way outside the park to side or end of nearest
mobile home: 40 feet.
(6)
Minimum setback of mobile home from internal park
street: 30 feet.
(7)
Minimum distance between ends of adjacent mobile homes:
30 feet.
(8)
Minimum distance between parallel sides of adjacent
mobile homes: 40 feet.
(9)
Minimum distance between the end of one mobile home
and the parallel side of an adjacent mobile home: 35 feet.
(10)
Minimum distance between parallel sides of adjacent
mobile homes when they overlap by no more than 15 feet if extended
towards one another along a plane at right angles to their parallel
sides: 20 feet.
(11)
Sides or ends of adjacent mobile homes shall
be considered parallel if they form an angle, when the adjacent sides
or ends are extended to intersect, of not less than 45° nor more
than 135°.
B.
Circulation.
(1)
All streets for vehicular traffic within the park shall be at least 24 feet in width and paved on the full width. They shall conform with § 252-28 of this chapter for maximum and minimum street grades, intersection grades and minimum paving requirements, and shall be maintained in perpetuity by the owner of the park or his agent.
(2)
No streets shall dead-end within the park; cul-de-sac streets shall conform to § 252-23B(4) of this chapter.
(3)
Each mobile home lot on the site shall abut an access
street which shall lead directly to the public street serving the
property. No lot in a park shall have direct access to a public street
abutting the park.
(4)
Parking, if provided in group areas serving several
mobile homes, shall be no further distant than 100 feet from the farthest
mobile home thus served. Otherwise, each mobile home lot shall be
provided with two off-street parking spaces with dust-free stabilized
surfaces, each at least nine feet by 18 feet in size. No parking shall
occur on any park street.
C.
Development of mobile home lots.
(1)
Mobile homes shall be supported on masonry or concrete
foundation piers extending at least three feet below finished grade,
such foundations capable of bearing the mobile home weight without
settlement. Such installation shall be completed within 30 days of
arrival of the mobile home on the lot.
(2)
Mobile homes shall be securely fastened to their foundation,
and the area below the mobile home extending to the ground shall be
enclosed with a continuous metal or other skirting, ventilated to
inhibit structural deterioration.
(3)
No enclosed permanent addition to a mobile home shall
be permitted in a park. Concrete slabs on grade covered by overhead
structures attached to a mobile home to provide an open sided patio
are allowed, provided that such structures are securely fastened to
the mobile home and the ground.
D.
Other uses within the park. No part of any park shall
be used for any other uses except mobile home lots, office or residence
of the manager, a central clothes laundry facility and/or recreation
facilities, both outdoor and enclosed.
E.
Sales of portions of the mobile home park. No portion
of an approved mobile home park shall be severed for separate sale
unless the portion to be sold and the remaining tract each have frontage
on a public street and each severed tract meets the minimum standards
for a mobile home park.
A.
Utilities. All utilities, including but not limited
to the following shall be provided in accordance with state or federal
statutes, rules and/or regulations, and the developer shall provide
written statements from each applicable utility or service provider
that the proposed services will comply with the minimum standards.
B.
Fire protection.
(1)
Fire hydrants shall be provided by the developer and
shall be provided at street intersections or at a reasonable distance
from all existing structures, measured along the most likely route
that the fire company would utilize to lay its lines, following established
roadways or other reasonable means of access. The location of the
fire hydrants shall be reviewed by the fire company in whose coverage
the plan lies, and its recommendations shall guide the approval of
the location of hydrants. The installation of hydrants shall be guaranteed
to the Township under the bond covering installation of other improvements
in the plan or by separate surety bond or certified check. The type
of hydrant shall be subject to approval by the Township.
(2)
Water supply shall be adequate for the structures
proposed as specified by the Insurance Service Office (ISO) Standards
for required fire flows.
A.
The person to whom a permit for a mobile home park
is issued shall operate the park in compliance with these regulations
and those of the applicable state regulatory agency and shall maintain
the park, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean
and sanitary condition.
B.
The park management shall supervise and be responsible
for the placement of each mobile home on its lot, including all utility
connections.
C.
The management shall maintain a register containing
the names of all park occupants, such register being available to
any member of the Board of Commissioners or the Board's authorized
representative upon demand at any reasonable hour.
D.
No mobile home may be moved, either within the Township
or from the Township, without the owner first obtaining a permit from
the Township Tax Collector. Such permit will be issued upon notice
of the Tax Collector to the Zoning Officer or his authorized representative
verifying payment of any outstanding taxes owed any local taxing jurisdiction
by anyone occupying the mobile home to be moved.
A.
Whenever the Township Zoning Officer or his designated
agent determines by personal inspection that a violation exists in
any mobile home park, he shall immediately inform by certified mail
the person, firm, partnership, corporation, shareholders, principal
officers or other entity to whom the permit to operate has been issued,
of the nature of the violation by specific section of these regulations,
what corrective action is required, the time limit within which repair
shall be made and the penalty for failure to correct.
B.
The permittee may request within 30 days of notice
a hearing before the Zoning Hearing Board. Such hearing shall be conducted
in accordance with the requirements of Section 908[1] of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended
(53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10908.
C.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, shareholders,
principal officers or other entity who or which violates any provision
of this chapter after expiration of the time period in which he has
been ordered to correct a violation shall be guilty of a summary offense
and, upon conviction before a District Justice, shall be fined not
less than $100 or more than $1,000 per violation, together with the
costs of prosecution. Each lot and each day that a violation continues
may be counted as a separate violation, and fines collected shall
be paid over to the Township.
D.
While action is pending following the Township Zoning
Officer's, or his authorized representative's, notification, or before
the Zoning Officer or his authorized representative is satisfied that
a violation has been corrected, no parking permits shall be issued
for any new mobile homes to be located in the mobile home park containing
the violation, and the park's Township permit shall be suspended.
