[Ord. No. 413 § 1; Ord. No. 606 § 1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any unit whether licensed or not used for living,
sleeping or business purposes by one (1) or more persons, built on
a chassis originally designed without permanent foundation and shall
include a dwelling, sleeping or business unit of vehicular design
(or capable of movement along the highway), used or intended or constructed
for use as a conveyance upon public streets or highways, whether licensed
or not, and shall further include self-propelled and nonself-propelled
vehicles and other structures so designated, constructed or reconstructed
or added to by means or accessories in such a manner as to permit
the occupancy thereof as a dwelling, sleeping place or for business
purposes for one (1) or more persons and having wheels, jacks, piers
or skirtings, so arranged as to be integral with a portal of said
mobile home and shall further include that type of dwelling known
as a manufactured housing, trailer, camper, travel trailer or campcar,
even though the same may be placed on a foundation.
Shall mean any plot of ground upon which two (2) or more
mobile homes or mobile units used for dwelling or sleeping purposes
are located.
Shall mean the owner of land on which a mobile home may be
placed is hereby defined as any person or corporation holding legal
title thereto by deed, descent or devise or having an equitable interest
therein under an agreement of sale, whether solely or as a tenant
in common or joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, including a fractional
or undivided interest in such land, but shall not include a lessee,
tenant or person occupying such land, with or without the permission
of the owner.
[Ord. No. 413 § 2; Ord. No. 606 § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring in or to transfer
from one (1) temporary or permanent location to another, a mobile
home on any street or road or on any lot, tract of land or premises
within Maurice River Township, unless as provided in this chapter
and in the Development Regulations Ordinance of the Township of Maurice
River or any amendments or supplements thereto.
[Ord. No. 413 § 3; Ord. No. 606 § 3]
No person, partnership, corporation or other entity shall construct,
alter or operate a mobile home park in Maurice River Township except
as provided by Township ordinances.
[Ord. No. 413 § 4; Ord. No. 606 § 4]
Section 12-3 above shall not apply to the two (2) existing mobile home parks which are now operating in Maurice River Township. Those mobile home parks shall be allowed to operate at existing capacity and shall not be allowed to expand their respective operations and shall be governed by the licensing procedures established by this chapter.
[Ord. No. 413 § 5; Ord. No. 606 § 5]
Licenses to operate existing mobile home parks shall be issued
for a period of one (1) year and shall expire annually on the anniversary
date of issue. No license or permit shall be transferable with the
consent of the Township Committee. The license shall be applied for
by written application filed with the Township Committee. The application
shall set forth the full name and address of the applicant, the location
or place of the premises in or at which the same is to be carried
on, the total area of the ground space thereof and a diagram of the
same and the total number of mobile homes parked. The Township Committee
may designate the Zoning Officer and/or Maurice River Housing Officer
of Maurice River Township to do an inspection of the premises in question
prior to the issuance of any license. The designated official shall
report to the Township Committee prior to the time that the licensing
application is reviewed by the Township Committee and prior to the
license being approved by the Township Committee. No license shall
be approved by the Township Committee if the fees due under this chapter
have not been paid by the licensee/applicant; nor shall the Township
Committee issue any license under this chapter if any real estate
taxes on the property upon which the mobile home park is operated
remain unpaid.
[Ord. No. 413 § 6; Ord. No. 606 § 6]
The Township Committee may suspend or revoke any license for
a mobile home park issued under the terms of this chapter for failure
to comply with the terms thereof, or with any pertinent State law
or regulation providing a public hearing, shall first be held on five
(5) days written notice to the holder of such license.
[Ord. No. 413 § 7; Ord. No. 606 § 7]
In order to protect the public health, moral safety and welfare
of the residents of this Township, the use and occupancy of any mobile
home for dwelling, sleeping or business purposes, except in a licensed
mobile home park, shall be permitted only in a manner as provided
herein and in the Development Regulations Ordinance of the Township
of Maurice River or any amendments or supplements thereto.
[Ord. No. 413 § 8; Ord. No. 606 § 8]
A mobile home, not located within a mobile home park, and affixed
to the land on which it is sited by a permanent foundation or affixed
to the land by a nonpermanent foundation and connected to utility
systems in such a manner so as to render the home habitable as a dwelling
unit on a permanent basis shall be assessed for local taxes as real
property together with the land on which it is situate and all appliances
and equipment which are part of said mobile home shall be considered
as fixtures for the purpose of determining the assessed value of the
said property for tax purposes.
[Ord. No. 413 § 9; Ord. No. 606 § 9]
No person shall remove any such mobile home now or hereafter
located in the Township without first obtaining a permit for this
purpose from the Construction Official, the Zoning Officer or other
official designated by the Township Committee. Such permit shall not
be issued unless all real property taxes assessed thereon have been
paid in full for the current tax year and receipt of the Tax Collector
shall be sufficient evidence of such payment.
[Ord. No. 413 § 10; Ord. No. 606 § 10]
No variances, appeals, special use permits or conditional use
permits shall be granted or heard permitting a mobile home in any
district other than the Mobile Home Districts as provided in the Development
Regulations Ordinance of Maurice River Township or its amendments
and supplements.
[Ord. No. 413 § 11; Ord. No. 606 § 11]
a.
For all mobile homes installed in a mobile home park within the Township,
a municipal service fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars per month or part
of a month, for each mobile home space actually occupied shall be
paid to the Township. The municipal service fee has been determined
by the Township Committee to be a reasonable fee to defray the cost
of services provided by the Township. Payment of this license fee
shall be made by the licensee to the Township's Chief Financial
Officer, monthly, not later than the tenth (10th) day of the next
preceding month following the end of each month, accompanied by a
diagram prepared by the licensee on forms supplied by the Township's
Chief Financial Officer showing the number of trailer spaces occupied
during each month. The Construction Official or Zoning Officer of
Maurice River Township or any other official designated by resolution
of the Township Committee shall furnish the Township Committee with
a report of the number of spaces occupied in such mobile home park,
if requested.
b.
For the issuance of a permit to bring in or move or remove a mobile
home within Maurice River Township, a fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars
will be charged.
[Ord. No. 413 § 12; Ord. No. 606 § 12]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
a.
A mobile home which is in transit on a public highway, provided that
same shall not be continuously parked thereon for more than twenty-four
(24) consecutive hours.
b.
A mobile home which is used temporarily for an office, tool storage
or as quarters for a watchman on any construction job or similar project
for the duration thereof.
[Ord. No. 413 § 13; Ord. No. 606 § 13]
No person or persons, firm or corporation, shall rent or lease
land to be used for the location of a mobile home or suffer or permit
the same to be so used by any other such person except in a licensed
mobile home park. In such case, the owner of the land and the tenant
or occupant shall both be guilty of violation of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 413 § 14;
New; Ord. 606 § 14]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any terms or provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subject to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5. Each violation of any provision of this chapter or any law or of any rule or regulation of the local Board of Health or the State Department of Health, shall constitute a separate offense. Each day that any offense continues to be in existence shall also be considered and constitute a separate offense.
