[Amended 2-25-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-06]
Any person desiring to construct, operate and maintain a mobile home park shall make application for a permit to the Township. The fee for the permit shall be as set by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. Each application shall be accompanied by appropriate plans and information as required by this chapter and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A. 
The number of applications and plans to be submitted and the procedure to be followed by the Township in processing said applications and plans shall be as described for final plan applications in Chapter 440, Subdivision and Land Development,[1] of the Code of the Township of Manheim.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance is on file in the Township offices.
B. 
A permit to construct a mobile home park shall be issued only after a plan has been approved by the Township Commissioners, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and other agencies having jurisdiction. After the plans are approved, the permit for construction of the mobile home park shall be issued. Such approval shall only serve as authority to construct the mobile home park in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. After construction of the mobile home park, the Township shall issue an operating permit authorizing the applicant to operate the mobile home park if it meets all the requirements of this chapter. This operating permit shall be valid for a period of one year and shall be renewed on an annual basis.
A. 
All plans submitted shall contain the following information, at a scale of not less than one inch equals 50 feet:
(1) 
Name of mobile home park.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 503A, pertaining to information required by Rules and Regulations, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection, Chapter 179, Mobile Home Parks, which immediately preceded this subsection, was repealed 2-25-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-06.
(2) 
Name of municipality.
(3) 
Date of plan preparation.
(4) 
Graphic scale and North point.
(5) 
Name and address of firm preparing plan.
(6) 
Name and address of owner of record and title source.
(7) 
Name and address of operator, if not owner of record.
(8) 
Site data:
(a) 
Number of mobile home lots.
(b) 
Number of acres.
(c) 
Density per acre.
(d) 
Number of off-street parking spaces.
(e) 
Number of acres of recreation space.
(9) 
Layout of the mobile home park on a property line and topographic survey which shows the items required by this chapter.
(10) 
Location of off-street parking spaces on a typical lot.
(11) 
Typical cross section of all mobile home park streets.
(12) 
Center-line profile of all mobile home park streets.
(13) 
Stormwater plans.
(14) 
Plans of electric and gas, as applicable.
(15) 
Plans of the sanitary sewerage system.
(16) 
Plans of the water supply system.
(17) 
Location and identity of all recreational facilities.
(18) 
Location and use of all service and accessory buildings.
(19) 
Location of all fire-fighting items, including but not limited to hydrants, extinguishers, etc.
(20) 
Landscaping plan showing location and types of plantings.
(21) 
The seal of the registered professional engineer, professional land surveyor or registered landscape architect who prepared the plan.
(22) 
Certificate for review by the Township Planning Commission.
(23) 
Certificate for review by the Township Engineer, if required by the Township Commissioners.
(24) 
Certificate for approval by the Township Commissioners.
(25) 
Certificate acknowledging that the plan has been reviewed by the Lancaster County Planning Commission.
B. 
The applicant shall also submit:
(1) 
A legal description of the boundary of the mobile home park.
(2) 
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, construct, or maintain a mobile home park within the Township without first obtaining approval of a plan and securing a zoning permit and an operating permit from the Township.