[Added 11-10-2014 by Ord. No. 1046]
This article shall regulate the establishment, enlargement and operation of mobile home parks in the Township of Wilkins. No person, firm or corporation shall establish or enlarge a mobile home park without a permit or shall maintain a mobile home park without a license issued in conformity with the provisions of this article.
A. 
No mobile home shall be moved into a duly licensed mobile home park unless:
(1) 
It complies with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards" and has been approved by the appropriate Commonwealth of Pennsylvania inspection agency; and
(2) 
The owner holds a valid permit issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in the name of such person for the specific construction, alteration, or extension proposed; and
(3) 
The owner holds a valid mobile home permit issued by Wilkins Township hereunder.
B. 
Mobile home parks shall comply with all requirements of Chapter 450, Zoning.
C. 
Where determined necessary by the Township Engineer, compliance with Article V and VI of this chapter shall be required prior to approval of a mobile home park.
See Chapter 260, Mobile Home Parks.
The procedure for the submission and approval of plans for a mobile home park shall follow the procedures set forth this chapter.
A. 
The ground surface in all parts of every park shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, efficient manner.
B. 
Surface water collectors and other bodies of standing water capable of breeding mosquitoes and other insects shall be eliminated or controlled in a manner approved by the Allegheny County Health Department. The preservation of wetlands is exempt from this subsection.
C. 
Wastewater from any plumbing fixture or sanitary sewer line shall not be deposited upon the ground surface in any part of a mobile home park.
A. 
Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every park shall be paved or covered with stone screenings or other solid material or protected with a lawn or other desirable vegetative growth that is capable of preventing soil erosion and emanation of dust during dry weather.
B. 
Park grounds shall be maintained free of vegetation growth which is poisonous or which may harbor rodents, insects or other pests harmful to man.
Minimum right-of-way widths, paving widths, angle of intersection, curb radius, distances along sides of sight triangles, horizontal alignments and vertical alignments as well as maximum grades shall be in accordance with this chapter.
An adequate supply of water shall be provided for mobile homes, service buildings and other accessory facilities as required by this article. Where a public water supply system of satisfactory quantity, quality and pressure is available, connection shall be made hereto and its supply shall be used exclusively. Where a satisfactory public water supply system is not available, the development of a private water supply system shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and any other authority having jurisdiction.
A. 
An adequate and safe sewage system shall be provided in all parks for conveying and disposing of sewage from mobile homes, service buildings and other accessory facilities. Such system shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the regulations of the Allegheny County Health Department and of local regulations established by Wilkins Township. All sewage shall be connected to trunk lines draining into sewers operated by the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority.
B. 
Where the sewer lines of the mobile home park are not connected to a public sewer, all proposed sewage disposal facilities shall be approved by the Allegheny County Health Department prior to construction. However, said proposed sewage disposal facilities shall not be of the septic-tank and tile-field disposal type without the written approval of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall not approve underground-type disposal until after having the mobile home parks' engineer submit reports on said system.
No central toilet or washroom facilities shall be constructed in any mobile home park, and each mobile home therein shall be equipped with toilet and washroom facilities which shall be attached to central sewage and water facilities.
Every mobile home park shall contain an electrical wiring system consisting of wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances and shall be installed and maintained in accordance with a local electric power company's specifications regulating such systems.
The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home park shall not be so conducted as to create health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air pollution and shall comply with Chapter 358, Solid Waste, and the Allegheny County Health Department's regulations governing mobile home parks.
Fuel supply and storage systems, when installed in mobile home parks shall be maintained in conformity with accepted engineering practices.
Not less than 15% of the gross area of the park must be improved for recreational activity of the residents of the mobile home park. The common open space shall be so dedicated or otherwise preserved and maintained so as to always remain open and available for use by the occupants of the development area. The land and facilities to be used for common open space may be acceptable if the following condition is met:
A. 
The land and facilities be deeded to an organization representing the property owners of the development. The organization shall covenant to operate and maintain the land and facilities for their originally intended use, and should the organization at any point in the future be dissolved, the land and facilities will be offered for dedication to the public. Should the offer be refused, the land and facilities will be deeded or sold to another organization conceived to operate and own the space and facilities.
In the event that the organization established to own and maintain common open space or any successor organization shall at any time after establishment of the mobile home park fail to maintain the common open space in a reasonable order and condition in accordance with the approved application, Wilkins Township may take remedial actions to cause the common open space to be properly maintained as is provided in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10705.