[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.]
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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)]