[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Mount Morris 3-15-1975 by L.L. No. 4-1975. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Added 12-1-1988 by L.L.
No. 9-1988]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which,
in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty-body
feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square
feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be
used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected
to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems contained therein.
A designated site within a mobile home park for the exclusive
use of the occupants of a single mobile home.
A parcel of land which has been planned and improved for
the placement of mobile homes.
A.
Application for an initial annual mobile home park license shall
be filed with the Village of Mount Morris Planning Board. The application
shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall include the
following:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant.
(2)
The location and legal description of the mobile home park.
(3)
A complete plan of the park. This plan will conform to the requirements
of the Village.
(4)
Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements and facilities
constructed or to be constructed within the park.
(5)
Such further information as may be requested by the Planning Board
to enable it to determine if the proposed park will comply with legal
requirements.
(6)
Evidence of approval by the New York State Department of Health and/or
the Livingston County Public Works Commission, if such approval is
required by law.
B.
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall
be filed in triplicate. The Village Zoning Enforcement Officer shall
investigate the applicant and inspect the application and the proposed
plans and specifications. If the proposed mobile home park will, when
constructed or altered in accordance with such plans and specifications,
be in compliance with all provisions of this chapter and all other
applicable ordinances and statutes, the Village Zoning Enforcement
Officer, with the prior consent of the Village Planning Board, shall
approve the application. Upon completion of the park according to
the plans, the Village Clerk shall issue the license, and the licensee
shall file one copy of the approved plan with the County Clerk and
one copy with the Village Clerk.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
C.
Upon application, in writing, by a licensee for renewal of an annual
license and upon payment of the annual license fee, the Zoning Enforcement
Officer, with the approval of the Village Planning Board, shall issue
a certificate authorizing the Village Clerk to renew such license
for another year. The application must be supported with current evidence
of approval by the New York State Department of Health, if subject
to provisions of the State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
D.
Upon application, in writing, for transfer of an annual license and
payment of the transfer fee, the authorized Village Clerk shall issue
a transfer to the transferee.
A.
It shall be the duty of each licensee and permittee to keep a register
containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants located
within the court. The register shall contain the following information:
(1)
The names and legal addresses of all occupants.
(2)
The name and address of the owner of each mobile home.
(3)
The make, type, model, year and license number of each mobile home,
as well as the registration number of each mobile home and the state
and year in which registered.
(4)
The date of arrival and departure of each mobile home.
(5)
The forwarding address of each occupant.
B.
The park owner or his agent shall keep the register available for
inspection at all times by law enforcement officers, public health
officials and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition
of the information contained in the register. The register record
for each occupant registered shall not be destroyed for a period of
three years following the date of departure of the registrant from
the park.
In general, mobile home parks shall be properly maintained so
as to ensure the desirable residential character of the property.
Specifically, the following shall apply:
A.
Yard maintenance. Mobile home parks shall be maintained reasonably
free from holes and excavations, sharp protrusions and other objects
or conditions which might be a potential cause of personal injury.
Walks, steps and driveways that contain holes or tripping hazards
shall be filled, repaired or replaced as the need indicates. Trees
or limbs of trees that constitute a hazard shall be removed.
B.
Noxious weeds. Noxious weeds considered detrimental to health, such
as ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac, shall be completely
eliminated from all areas of the mobile home park. Open areas shall
be maintained free of heavy undergrowths of any description.
C.
Accessory structures. All accessory buildings or structures shall
be kept in good repair, free from health, fire and accident hazards.
They shall be of durable construction and appropriate for the intended
use and location. Exterior wood surfaces of all structures that are
not inherently resistant to deterioration shall be periodically treated
with a protective coating of paint or other suitable preservative.
D.
Gravel areas. All areas surfaced with gravel shall be kept clear
of all forms of vegetation.
E.
Infestation. Grounds and structures shall be maintained free of insect,
vermin and rodent harborage and infestation. Methods used for purposes
of extermination shall conform to generally accepted practice.
To ensure adequate fire protection and control, the following
rules shall apply:
Each mobile home lot shall be provided with at least one twenty-gallon
metal garbage can with a tight-fitting cover. The cans shall be kept
in a sanitary condition at all times. It shall be the responsibility
of the park owner to ensure that garbage and rubbish shall be collected
and properly disposed of outside of the mobile home park as frequently
as may be necessary to ensure that garbage cans do not overflow. Exterior
property areas shall be maintained free from organic and inorganic
material that might become a health, accident or fire hazard.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
The developer shall be required to furnish service buildings
in conformance with the following: The service buildings shall be
well lighted at all times from sunset to sunrise, shall be well ventilated
with screened openings and shall be constructed of such moistureproof
material, including painted woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning
and washing. The floors of such buildings shall be of water-impervious
materials and supplied with drains.
A.
Before any permit shall be issued by the Village Clerk, the Zoning
Enforcing Officer, duly appointed by the Village Board of the Village
of Mount Morris to enforce this chapter, shall make an inspection
of the lands and premises with respect to which a permit has been
requested to determine that all of the requirements of this chapter
have been complied with.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
B.
The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall have the right at any reasonable
time to enter any mobile home park or other lots and parcels of land
used for the parking, using or occupying of a mobile home and shall
have the right at all times to inspect all parts of said premises
and to inspect the records required to be maintained in any mobile
home park.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
C.
Upon inspection, if it is found that any person has violated any
provision of this chapter, the Village Board shall have the right
to revoke and/or suspend any permit issued pursuant to this chapter
and order the removal of the mobile home or the cessation of mobile
home park operations, as the case may be, after 10 days' written
notice of such violation directed to the owner of the land and premises
affected and the occupant of the mobile home or the operator of the
mobile home park, as the case may be, and after a public hearing before
the Village Board held not less than five days after public notice
of such public hearing.
[Added 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
Any person, upon conviction for violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter, shall be punishable, for a first offense, by a fine
of not more than $75; for a second offense, by a fine of not more
than $150; and for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of not
more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
