This chapter may be cited as the "Mobile Home Park Ordinance
of the Township of Connoquenessing."
No mobile home park, or any extension or alteration of any existing
mobile home park, and no streets, storm sewers, water main, sanitary
sewer system or other improvements therewith shall be laid out, constructed,
opened or dedicated except after approval of plans in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 9-9-1997 by Ord. No. 59]
The following words, terms or phrases shall have the meaning
given in this chapter unless otherwise expressly stated.
Any structural addition, either permanent or temporary, to
the mobile home unit or mobile home lot that includes, but is not
limited to, awnings, cabanas, carports, Florida rooms, porches, storage
cabinets and similar appurtenant structures.
A landowner or developer who has filed an application for
a mobile home park development.
A written request, either preliminary or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to the start of mobile home park development
and which is complete in all respects as required by this chapter.
Written approval, in whatever form as issued by the appropriate
state or regulatory agency authorizing a developer to operate and
maintain a mobile home park.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, tenant or promoter
of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a mobile home park.
The accelerated removal of surface materials by action of
natural elements.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed and any conditions resulting therefrom.
A mobile home park previously approved and granted permits
by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Township
and in actual operation as of the effective date of this chapter.
Also, the term "existing park" shall mean those lots within an approved
park that are completely developed, including, but not limited to,
the completed construction of all roads, drainage facilities and other
amenities required by the permit or applicable ordinance(s), with
all utilities installed and available for immediate use of occupancy
as mobile home sites as of the effective date of this chapter, or
parks for which plans have been previously submitted to the Township
and approved by all governmental agencies prior to adoption of this
chapter.
Earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material that is placed,
pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above
the original surface of the ground or on top of a stripped surface
and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom. The difference
in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated
point of higher elevation on the final grade. The material used to
make a fill.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.[1]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township.
The total mobile home park area contained within the perimeter
boundaries of the tract or parcel.
The legally designated health regulatory authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Board of Supervisors.[2]
A transportable single-family dwelling structure designed
and intended for permanent occupancy, with a minimum body width of
eight feet and a minimum body length of 32 feet, built on a chassis
for towing on its own running gear, contained in one unit or in two
units, designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of later
being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete
and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations, and constructed for use without attachment
to a permanent foundation other than being secured to appropriate
piers, tie-downs or similar approved anchoring devices and structures.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park improved with the
necessary utility connections, and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home, which parcel of land
is leased by the park owner for the exclusive use of the occupant
of the mobile home erected on the lot.
Any contiguous parcel or tract of land under single ownership
used, or intended to be used, for the placement of two or more mobile
homes for nontransient use, together with the required improvements
and facilities upon the land, whether or not consideration or rental
is required for the use of the parcels or facilities thereon.
The plan layout for a mobile home park, whether preliminary
or final.
That part of an individual mobile home space that has been
reserved for the placement of a mobile home including, but not limited
to, any structure on or appurtenant to a mobile home space that provides
utility service connections for a mobile home.
A mobile home consisting of two sections connected horizontally
at the site that retain their individual chassis for possible future
movement.
A mobile home with one or more room sections that fold, collapse
or telescope into the principal unit when being transported and which
can be expanded at the site to provide additional living area.
A factory fabricated transportable building unit designed
to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units into
a modular structure at a permanent building site to be used for residential,
commercial, educational or industrial purposes.
The total mobile home park area contained within the perimeter
boundaries of the tract or parcel, less the land set aside for street
rights-of-way, off-street parking areas and service buildings.
Includes written approvals, in whatever form, as issued by
the appropriate state regulatory agency and/or the Township Board
of Supervisors authorizing a person to operate and maintain a mobile
home park.
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private
association or corporation, or other entity.
The Planning Commission of the Township.
ACTIVEThose areas designated, developed and equipped for such organized activities as swimming, basketball, volleyball, tennis, handball, badminton, baseball, football, children's play areas and similar endeavors.
PASSIVEThose functional areas either landscaped or left in a natural state for walking, sitting, nature study and other passive uses.
A vehicle with or without motor power that may be towed on
the public highways without a special hauling permit, or may be driven
under its own power and is designed for human occupancy under transient
circumstances such as camping, travel or other recreation, sometimes
variously known as "travel trailer" or a "camping trailer."
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given
watershed after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil
but runs off the surface of the land.
A dwelling made of two or more modular units factory fabricated
and transported to a permanent home site where they are put on a foundation
and joined to make a single house.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by moving wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is
deposited, or remains suspended in water, it is usually referred to
as "sediment."
A structure housing operational, office, recreational, park
maintenance and other permitted facilities built to conform to required
local standards.
The sewer connection shall consists of all pipes, fittings
and appurtenances from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the
inlet of the corresponding sewer riser pipe.
The sewer riser pipe is that portion of the sewer lateral
which extends vertical to the ground elevation and terminates at each
mobile home lot.
The water connection consists of all pipes, fittings and
appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of
the distribution system within the mobile home.
The water riser pipe is that portion of the water service
pipe which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates
at a designated spot at each mobile home lot.
The water service pipe consists of all pipes, fittings, valves
and appurtenances from the water main of the park distributing system
to the water outlet of the distribution system within the mobile home.
