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.
A. 
Upon receipt of the final plan, the Board of Supervisors shall review the final plan for compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The Board of Supervisors may take any of the following actions:
(1) 
Approve the entire plan.
(2) 
Approve the plan in part.
(3) 
Subject the plan to modifications or conditions.
(4) 
Disapprove the plan.
B. 
Upon approval of the entire final plan and payment of the required fees, the Board of Supervisors shall issue a manufactured home park permit to the owner, which shall be valid for a period of one year thereafter.
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.
A. 
Manufactured home lots within the park shall have a minimum gross area of 7,500 square feet.
B. 
The area of the manufactured home space shall be improved to provide an adequate foundation for the placement of the manufactured home. The manufactured home space shall be designed so as not to heave, shift or settle unevenly under the weight of the manufactured home because of frost acting on the superstructure.
A. 
All manufactured homes shall be located at least 50 feet from any park property boundary line abutting upon a public street or highway right-of-way and at least 40 feet from other park property boundary lines.
B. 
There shall be a minimum distance of 15 feet between an individual manufactured home (including accessory structures attached thereto) and adjoining pavement of a park street or common parking area or other common areas.
C. 
All manufactured home parks shall be required to provide an attractive visual screen along the boundary of the manufactured home park meeting the minimum requirements of the landscaping and buffer yard portion of this chapter.
A. 
Manufactured homes shall be separated from each other and from service buildings and other structures by at least 30 feet.
B. 
An accessory structure which has a horizontal area exceeding 25 square feet, is attached to a manufactured home and/or located within 10 feet of its window, and has an opaque or translucent top or roof that is higher than such window shall, for the purposes of this separation requirement, be considered to be a part of the manufactured home.
C. 
An enclosure of compatible design and materials shall be erected around the entire base of each manufactured home. Such enclosure shall provide sufficient ventilation to inhibit decay and deterioration of the structure.
A. 
All streets to be offered for public dedication will conform to specifications established by Springettsbury Township.
B. 
All streets within manufactured home parks, whether offered for public dedication or not, shall conform to the following standards:
(1) 
General requirements. A safe and convenient vehicular access shall be provided from abutting public streets or roads.
(2) 
Access. The entrance road connecting the park streets with a public street or road shall have a minimum cartway width of 34 feet. Wherever a street intersects a public street, a stop sign in conformity with Township regulations shall be installed and maintained.
(3) 
Internal streets. Roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic. At the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, the cartway requirements may be reduced to the following minimum requirements:
(a) 
Where parking is permitted on both sides, a minimum cartway width of 34 feet will be required.
(b) 
A minimum cartway width of 27 feet will be required where parking is limited to one side.
(c) 
Dead-end streets shall not be longer than 400 feet and shall be provided a turnaround at the closed end having an outside cartway diameter of at least 40 feet.
(4) 
Paving. All streets not to be dedicated for public use shall be provided with a smooth, hard and dust-free surface such as asphalt or macadam which shall be durable and well drained under normal use and weather conditions.
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.