[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Wilkins 11-10-2014 by Ord. No. 1045 (Ch. 124, Art. IV, of the 1998 Township Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Application for a mobile home park permit to establish or enlarge a mobile home park shall be submitted to the Zoning Officer. The applicant shall file with the application proof of ownership of the premises, a lease, or written permission from the property owners.
B. 
An application for a mobile home park permit to establish or enlarge a mobile home park shall be accompanied by copies of a preliminary plan as set forth in Chapter 385, Subdivision and Land Development. If the proposed mobile home park is located in a zoning district permitting mobile home parks as a conditional use, then the applicant shall follow the procedures set forth for a conditional use application as set forth in Chapter 450, Zoning.
C. 
A mobile home park permit to establish or enlarge a mobile home park shall not be issued until there is approval of the mobile home park by the Board of Commissioners in the case of a conditional use application, or approval by the Zoning Hearing Board in the case of a variance application.
D. 
The making of extensions or alterations to an existing mobile home park without obtaining a permit from the Building Inspector shall be cause of immediate revocation of the mobile home park license.
A. 
No mobile home park shall be in operation or shall be occupied without a valid license issued by the Township of Wilkins.
B. 
A license for the operation of a new or existing mobile home park shall be issued annually by the Township, provided that such park conforms with all the health and sanitation requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws.
C. 
A license for a mobile home park shall expire annually. Before the Township may issue a renewal of the license, the park shall be inspected by the Property Maintenance Officer, who shall certify in writing whether the park continues to conform to the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable ordinances. If the park fails to so conform, said license shall not be renewed.
D. 
Each application for a renewable license or a renewal thereof shall be accompanied by a fee set forth by the Board of Commissioners in a separate resolution, as amended from time to time, known as the Schedule of Fees.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Schedule of Fees is on file in the Township offices.
A. 
It shall be the duty of every mobile home park owner to keep and maintain all mobile homes and structures in compliance with all applicable codes and provisions of all other applicable state laws and regulations and local ordinances, and to keep such property in good and safe condition.
B. 
It shall be the duty of every mobile home park owner to apply for an occupancy permit upon the construction, reoccupancy, and change in occupancy of every mobile home in the mobile home park. The procedure to obtain an occupancy permit for each mobile home shall follow the same procedure as a one- or two-family residential structure as set forth in Article II, Chapter 310, Property Maintenance.
A. 
Basis for violation. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, as either owner or manager of a mobile home park, to establish or enlarge a mobile home park without obtaining a mobile home park permit. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, as either owner or manager of a mobile home park, to operate a mobile home park without a mobile home park license issued by the Township of Wilkins.
B. 
Penalties. This chapter shall be enforced by action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who or which violates or permits a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment of the fine and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. The remedies and procedures for a violation hereof are not intended to supplant or replace the remedies and procedures available to the Township in the case of a violation of any other code or ordinance of the Township, whether or not such other code or ordinance is referenced in this chapter and whether or not an ongoing violation of such other code or ordinance is cited as the underlying ground for a finding of a violation of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]