[Ord. No. 2022-04, 2/15/2022]
1.
The standards in this part shall be applied in addition to the other
requirements of this chapter in evaluating applications for special
types of subdivisions and land developments. Special subdivisions
and land developments include, but are not limited to, open space
subdivisions, traditional neighborhood developments, mobile home parks,
waste storage, processing, treatment and disposal facilities wireless
telecommunications facilities and power generation facilities.
2.
Applicants shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary permits
and approvals from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry,
Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Health, and
other applicable local, state, and federal agencies.
[Ord. No. 2022-04, 2/15/2022]
1.
Density, Dimensional and General Standards.
A.
Mobile home parks shall be designed to serve the long-term placement
of mobile homes.
B.
The minimum depth of individual lots within a mobile home park shall
not be less than 104 feet.
C.
The minimum distance between mobile homes in the mobile home park
shall not be less than 25 feet.
D.
Mobile homes within the mobile home park shall be situated so that
no mobile home will be placed less than 75 feet from any exterior
boundary of the park.
E.
Each lot shall include a fifteen-foot setback, in which no mobile
home or other structure may be placed.
F.
Each lot in a mobile home park shall have a number placed on the
lot in the form of a sign or directly on the mobile home, that is
clearly visible from the road on which the structure fronts.
G.
The longitudinal gradient and cross slope of any mobile home park
shall not exceed 5% and the slope of the individual mobile home lot
pad areas shall not exceed 3%.
2.
Site Layout.
A.
Mobile homes placed on individual lots within the mobile home park
are preferably to be placed off-center on the lots so as to provide
a larger usable open space in one section of the lot.
B.
Groups or clusters of units shall be placed, whenever feasible, to
create interior spaces and courtyards.
C.
There shall be variety in the arrangement and orientation of mobile
homes, with particular attention given to topography and existing
trees.
3.
Streets and Access.
A.
All mobile home lots shall abut on the internal street system of
the mobile home park.
B.
All streets within a mobile home park shall be centered in a minimum
fifty-foot right-of-way.
C.
Where mobile home lots are created having frontage on an existing
street, the mobile home park street pattern shall provide reverse
frontage access to an interior street within the mobile home park.
D.
All streets within mobile home parks shall be constructed and paved
in accordance with the applicable design standards of Part 5, as determined
by the Mifflinburg Borough Planning Commission and Borough Engineer.
E.
All streets shall be private, and the maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation
for adequate and safe ingress and egress shall be the responsibility
of the mobile home park owner(s).
F.
Speed bumps shall be installed and maintained every 250 feet.
4.
Off-Street Parking Areas and Sidewalks.
A.
All mobile homes shall have two off-street parking spaces.
B.
Additional parking spaces for vehicles of nonresidents shall be provided
at the rate of one space for every three mobile home lots. Such parking
spaces shall be provided through off-street common parking areas and
shall be in locations that are sufficiently dispersed throughout the
mobile home park to serve all mobile home lots.
5.
Sewage Disposal, Water Supply and Other Utility Requirements.
A.
All utilities (water, sewer and electric) will be provided in accordance
with current requirements in all other Borough ordinances.
B.
All utilities within a mobile home park shall be provided underground
to each lot.
C.
The mobile home park owner(s) shall be responsible for ownership,
maintenance, repair and rehabilitation of adequate utilities to each
mobile home lot.
D.
All utilities must be placed in either the lot setback or the street.
6.
Illumination Standards.
A.
All mobile home parks shall be furnished with lighting fixtures so
spaced and so equipped with luminaries to provide adequate levels
of illumination throughout the park for the safe movement of vehicles
and pedestrians.
C.
The mobile home park owner(s) shall be responsible for ownership,
maintenance, repair and rehabilitation of adequate lighting fixtures
for each mobile home lot.
7.
Common Open Space Requirement.
A.
A minimum of 10% of the gross area of the mobile home park shall
be set aside and provided as open space area available for the use
and enjoyment of residents for varied outdoor recreational uses. Unusable
land (wetlands, land over 20% grade or other unusable condition) cannot
be included to meet this requirement.
B.
Common open space shall be substantially free of structures except
for those designed for recreational purposes, and shall be in addition
to those areas devoted to meeting the buffer yard requirements of
this chapter.
C.
Common open space areas shall be located and designed so they are
easily accessible to residents and so that natural features are preserved.
8.
Service Buildings and Facilities.
A.
Cluster mailboxes shall be installed where approved by the U.S. Postal
Service.
B.
Where liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and/or fuel oil supply systems
are on site to supply mobile home lots such outside fuel storage tanks
or cylinders shall be securely fastened in place and adequately protected
from physical damage.
9.
Fire Protection. All mobile home parks shall be provided with fire
hydrants that meet the requirements, standards, and recommendation
of the Borough and fire company.
10.
Solid Waste Collection and Disposal. Each individual occupant of
a lot shall be responsible for solid waste removal, unless the mobile
home park operator agrees, in writing, to be responsible for the same.
11.
Miscellaneous Structural Requirements.
A.
Each mobile home lot shall be improved to provide an adequate frost-free
foundation for the placement of the mobile home, thereby securing
the superstructure against uplift, sliding or rotation. At a minimum,
this shall include the provision of a pad or stand which shall be
equal to the length and width of the mobile home to be used at the
site.
B.
Each mobile home pad or stand shall have adequate provision such
as anchor bolts and tie-down straps for both "over the top" and "frame
tie downs" to assure that each mobile home has available a means of
securing the structure to the site.
C.
Each mobile home shall have a skirt installed that is designed to
complement the appearance of the mobile home and is coordinated with
other units throughout the park.
D.
If a hitch or towbar is attached to a mobile home for transport purposes
it shall be removed and remain removed from the mobile home when it
is placed on its mobile home foundation.
12.
Plan Notes. The following note shall be placed on all plans for mobile
home parks:
"It shall be the responsibility of the mobile home park owner
to maintain all improvements and facilities including but not limited
to areas and facilities designated for internal roads, sewage disposal,
water supply, stormwater management, open space, and solid waste collection."
[Ord. No. 2022-04, 2/15/2022]
1.
Purpose. The following standards and requirements are intended to
permit the clustering of detached and attached structures on reduced
sized lots with the reservation of open spaces. This type of development
shall be designed to achieve:
A.
A characteristic of design and site planning in which houses are
grouped together on a tract of land and each cluster of homes is set
off from others like it by an intervening space that helps give visual
definition to each individual cluster.
B.
The preservation and utilization of unusual and important physical
features of undeveloped land that is held for the common recreational
enjoyment of the adjacent residents or the Borough at large.
C.
More efficient use of the land and of the public facilities required
to serve new residential developments.
