This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mobile
Home and Trailer Law of the Town of Collins, New York."
As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply:
MANUFACTURED HOME
A factory-manufactured dwelling unit built on or after June
15, 1976, and conforming to the requirements of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Manufactured Home Construction
and Safety Standards, 24 CFR Part 3208, April 1, 1993, transportable
in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight feet
(2,438 mm) or more in width or 40 feet (12,192 mm) or more in length,
or, when erected on site, is 320 square feet (29.7 square meter) minimum,
constructed on a permanent chassis and designed to be used with or
without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities
and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical
systems contained therein. The term "manufactured home" shall also
include any structure that meets all the requirements of this definition
except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer
voluntarily files a certification required by the Federal Department
of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established
under the national Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act
of 1974, as amended. The term "manufactured home" shall not include
any self-propelled recreational vehicle.
MOBILE HOME
A factory-manufactured dwelling unit built prior to June
15, 1976, with or without a label certifying compliance with NFPA,
ANSI or a specific state standard, transportable in one or more sections,
which in the traveling mode is eight feet (2,438 mm) or more in width
or 40 feet (12,192 mm) or more in length, or, when erected on site,
is 320 square feet (29.7 square meter) minimum, constructed on a permanent
chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation
when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing,
heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein.
The term "mobile home" shall not include travel trailers or any self-propelled
recreational vehicle.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land which is planned and improved for the placement
of two or more mobile/manufactured homes which are used as dwellings
and for occupancy of more than 90 consecutive days.
PERSON
Includes individuals, partnership, firm, company, corporation,
tenant, owner, lessee, or licensee, their agents, heirs, or assigns.
TRAILER CAMP
Any parcel of land which is planned and improved for the
placement of two or more travel trailers which are used as temporary
living quarters and for occupancy of not more than 90 consecutive
days.
TRAVEL TRAILER
A portable vehicle which is designed to be transported on
its own wheels; which is designed and intended to be used for temporary
living quarters for travel, recreational or vacation purposes; and
which may or may not include one or all of the accommodations and
facilities included in a mobile home.
Within the limits of the Town of the Collins, exclusive of the
area contained within the Village of Gowanda, no person shall park
any mobile home or travel trailer on any highway or other public place
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Emergency or temporary
parking shall not be construed as a violation of this chapter, but
shall be subject to any restriction imposed by law, ordinance or parking
regulation. The parking of travel trailers for storage on private
property as long as the travel trailers are not used or occupied for
longer than a fourteen-day period shall be permitted in the Town of
Collins, outside the Village of Gowanda, but shall be subject to any
other restriction imposed by law, ordinance or parking regulation.
No permanent additions of any kind shall be built onto or become
a part of any mobile home or travel trailer in a mobile home park
or trailer park.
A. Skirting of mobile homes is permissible, but such skirting shall
not be permanently attached to the mobile home in such a way that
it permanently attaches the mobile home to the ground.
B. Jacks or stabilizers may be placed under the frame of any mobile
or manufactured home to prevent movement on the springs while the
mobile home is parked and occupied.
C. Entranceway. A temporary entrance may be constructed to protect the
mobile or manufactured home from winter weather.