It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain,
construct, alter or extend any manufactured home park within the limits
of the Township unless he holds a valid certificate of registration
issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) in the name of such person and also a permit issued by the Township.
Application for a manufactured home park permit shall follow the requirements and procedures as established in Article
III of this chapter.
Renewal permits shall be issued by the Board
of Supervisors upon the furnishing of proof by the applicant that
the park continues to meet the standards prescribed by the DEP and
this chapter.
A. A representative of the Township may inspect a manufactured
home park at reasonable intervals and at reasonable times to determine
compliance with this chapter.
B. The permit shall be conspicuously posted in the office
or on the premises of the manufactured home park at all times.
Manufactured home parks in existence at the
date of adoption of this chapter and being duly authorized to operate
as same by the Department of Environmental Protection may be continued
so long as they otherwise remain legal.
Individual manufactured homes not located in
a manufactured home park shall not be required to obtain a manufactured
home permit; however, they shall be required to obtain a building
permit. Individual manufactured homes shall comply with all other
applicable Township ordinances and regulations that govern single-family
homes.
The initial permit fee for each manufactured home park and the annual renewal permit fee for each manufactured home park shall be established by resolution in the manner prescribed in Article
IX of this chapter.
The minimum size requirement for manufactured
home parks shall be 10 acres.
Required car parking spaces shall be so located
as to provide convenient access to the manufactured home but shall
not exceed a distance of 100 feet from the manufactured home that
it is intended to serve.
All water used in the operation of the manufactured
home park shall be provided from a supply approved by the DEP.
An adequate and safe sewage system shall be
provided in all parks for conveying and disposing of sewage from manufactured
homes, service buildings and other accessory facilities. Such system
shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the
health regulations of the DEP.
Every park shall contain an electric wiring
system consisting of wiring, fixtures, equipment and appurtenances
which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with local electric
power company's specifications regulating such systems.
Whenever, upon inspection of any manufactured
home park, it is determined that conditions or practices exist that
are in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any regulations
adopted pursuant thereto, the Board of Supervisors shall give notice,
in writing, to the person to whom the permit was issued, such notice
to consist of a listing of the violated sections of this chapter and
shall advise them that, unless such conditions or practices are corrected
within a period of time specified in the notice, the permit to operate
will be suspended. At the end of such period, such manufactured home
parks shall be reinspected and, if such conditions or practices have
not been corrected, the Board of Supervisors shall suspend the permit
and give notice, in writing, of such suspension to the person to whom
the permit is issued.