The Clinton Township Board of Supervisors retains final authority
to administer the provisions of this section, after receiving recommendations
from the Township Planning Commission, which shall first review development
applications.
The application requirements plan format requirements and plan
review and processing shall be those used for other subdivision and
land development within the Township.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Each mobile home lot shall require a separate building permit
bearing the lot number assigned to it on the approved site plan. Fees
for these building permits shall conform to those established in the
fee schedule as established by Township Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
A mobile home placement permit shall be obtained from the Clinton
Township Zoning Officer by the owner of a mobile home prior to the
placement of his mobile home in any mobile home park. Fees for these
placement permits shall conform to those established in the fee schedule
as established by Township Board of Supervisors.
Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained free of
insect and rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination methods
and other measure to control insects and rodents shall conform with
the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Responsibilities of the management of the mobile home park shall
be as follows:
A. The person to whom a permit for a mobile home park is issued shall
operate the park in compliance with this chapter and the Regulations
of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and shall
provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its facilities
and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
B. The park management shall supervise the placement of each mobile
home on its mobile home lot which includes securing its stability
and installing all utility connections.
C. The park management shall give the health officer, fire inspector,
Building Inspector, or any person designated by the County of Butler
or Clinton Township, free access to all mobile home lots, service
buildings and other community service facilities for the purpose of
inspection.
D. The management shall maintain a register containing the names of
all park occupants. Such register shall be available to any authorized
person inspecting the park, and to any official of the municipality
in which the mobile home park is located.
No mobile home, whether installed on a single lot or in a mobile
home park shall be removed from the municipality without first obtaining
a permit from the municipal Tax Collector charged with the collection
of municipal real estate taxes. Such a permit for removal will be
issued upon payment of any applicable fee established by resolution
and payment of all real estate taxes, and personal tax owed by any
having occupied the mobile home.
Whenever, upon inspection of any mobile home park, it is determined
that conditions or practices exist which violate any provision of
the ordinance, any amendment thereto, or any regulation adopted pursuant
thereto, the Clinton Township Board of Supervisors shall give notice
in writing, which notice may be served by certified mail, personal
service on the owner or authorized representative in charge of the
premises, or in the event that service cannot be had by either specified
manner, then by posting such notice in a conspicuous place upon the
premises. Such notice shall advise the person to whom the permit is
issued to operate such mobile home park, the nature of the violation,
the section of the Township Ordinance which is being violated, the
penalty for such violation and a reasonable time to correct the conditions,
to be not more than 30 days, weather permitting.
A. Hearings.
(1) Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection
with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, may request
and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Clinton Township
Board of Supervisors; provided, that such person shall file with the
Clinton Township office within 10 days after the notice was served,
a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief
statement of the grounds therefor. The filing of the request for a
hearing shall operate as a stay of the notice and of the suspension.
(2) Upon receipt of such petition, the Clinton Township Board of Supervisors
shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner
written notice thereof. At such hearing the petitioner shall be given
an opportunity to be heard and to show why such notice should be modified
or withdrawn. The hearing shall be commenced not later than 10 days
after the day on which the petition was filed; provided that upon
the application of the petitioner the Clinton Township Board of Supervisors
may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond
such ten-day period when in their judgment the petitioner has submitted
good and sufficient reasons for such postponements.
(3) After such hearing the Clinton Township Board of Supervisors shall
make findings as to compliance with the provisions of the chapter
and shall issue an order in writing sustaining, modifying, or withdrawing
the notice.
(4) In the event that any mobile home park fails to comply with lawful
notice as herein provided and fails to correct any volatile condition
after notice, the right to operate a mobile home park within the Township
may be suspended or revoked, and the Township may require the posting
of bond by owners of such mobile home park in the amount to be determined
by the Township to ensure the compliance with this chapter, and may
require sufficient surety to secure any bond.
B. Emergency action. Whenever the Clinton Township Board of Supervisors
finds that an emergency exists which requires immediate action to
protect the public health, the Board of Supervisors may, without notice
or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such emergency
and requiring that such action be taken as may be necessary to meet
the emergency, including the suspension of the permit. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this chapter, such order shall be effective
immediately, any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply
therewith immediately, but upon petition to the Clinton Township Board
of Supervisors shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible.