The provisions of this Article shall apply to each mobile home community and the individual mobile home sites located thereon. In addition, with respect to §§ 174-3-3 and 141-3-7, the provisions therein shall also apply to owners of freestanding mobile homes. The mobile home community operator shall be the agent responsible for satisfying the provisions regulating a mobile home community and individual mobile home sites. The regulations that specifically apply to individual mobile home sites, and are also the responsibility of each individual mobile home site resident, are as indicated. The responsibility of the individual mobile home site residents to comply with such regulations shall in no way relieve the community operator from continuing primary responsibility for compliance with all regulations set forth herein.
The applicant for a mobile home community or freestanding mobile home must obtain and retain a permit in accordance with Article II of this chapter.
Each mobile home community, the individual mobile home sites located thereon and each freestanding mobile home shall comply with the standards set forth in § 174-2-1A(1) through (4).
A.
Streetlighting. Streetlighting shall be provided by the community
operator of the mobile home community between the hours of sunset
and sunrise and shall be of sufficient candlepower to adequately illuminate
the community roads, driveways and walkways within the mobile home
community.
B.
Water supply systems.
(1)
Potable water. The community operator shall provide each individual
mobile home site within a mobile home community with an ample supply
of potable water by connection to a public water supply system where
available. Where a public water system is not available, a Suffolk
County Health Services approved source of private water supply shall
be provided. The water source shall be capable of producing to each
mobile home, at all times, not less than 200 gallons per day at a
minimum pressure of 20 psi, or as otherwise required by Section 902.4
of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, whichever
requirement is greater.
(2)
Water outlet. Each individual mobile home site within a mobile home
community shall be provided with an external three-fourths-inch nominal
valved water outlet designed for connecting a three-fourths-inch nominal
female swivel hose connection for fire suppression.
C.
Wastewater disposal. The community operator shall provide wastewater
disposal to each individual mobile home site within a mobile home
community. All wastewater disposal systems must be installed and be
approved by the Suffolk County Health Department and must be maintained
in conformity with the Town Code.
D.
Solid waste collection disposal.
(1)
Mobile home community. In any mobile home community at which solid
waste collection is not made at each individual mobile home site or
in which no written agreement with the resident of the individual
mobile home site exists, provided that such resident is responsible
for disposal of solid waste, the community operator must provide at
least one safely and conveniently located area for solid waste collection
and recycling sufficient to provide for collection of solid wastes
and the separation of recyclables in accordance with the Town Code.
(2)
Individual mobile home sites. It is the responsibility of each mobile
home resident to ensure that the solid waste and recycling containers
located on his individual mobile home site are screened from view
from community roadways and public highways except on the days of
collection.
(3)
Odors. Neither the community operator nor the individual mobile home
site residents shall allow solid waste to accumulate and generate
noxious odors.
E.
Mobile home community plot plan and safety information.
(1)
Plot plan availability. Each community operator shall maintain at
the community office a community plot plan for review by agencies
responsible for emergency services, including but not limited to street
names, site separation lines and site numbers. Said community operator
must have a phone number publicly available.
(2)
Marking of underground utilities. The community plot plan should
depict the locations of all utility shutoffs.
(3)
Posting of emergency information. The following information shall
be printed and prominently posted in the mobile home community, at
the community office and at any community building: the phone numbers
of the fire department, police department and community operator and
the location(s) of the nearest public telephone, the community office
and the fire extinguishing equipment.
F.
Roads, drainage and maintenance.
(1)
Road systems. Each mobile home community shall provide safe and convenient
private access roads to and from each and every individual mobile
home site. Entrance and exit driveways to the mobile home community
shall provide for the safe and free movement to and from adjacent
public roads. Such community roads and driveways shall be of sufficient
width and construction to support emergency vehicles and to provide
unimpeded access for said vehicles.
(2)
Street names and numbers. Each street name in a mobile home community shall be clearly marked by signs. Each individual mobile home site shall be marked for identification in a uniform manner clearly visible from the street serving the individual mobile home site in conformity with Chapter 188, Numbering of Land Parcels, of the East Hampton Town Code.
(3)
Drainage and grading. Each mobile home community and the individual
mobile home sites therein shall be properly graded and furnished with
adequate and proper drainage and drainage catchment to prevent the
flooding of community roadways and individual mobile home sites and
to prevent runoff onto adjoining properties and roadways.
(4)
Screening requirements. Each mobile home community shall have natural
vegetative screening sufficient to screen the community from view
along all lines of public lands and highways. Such plantings shall
be at least five feet in height and shall be sited, together with
any fencing which may be erected along the perimeter of the community,
at least 10 feet from any such public lands or highways.
(5)
Maintenance of common areas. All common area lawn, trees, landscaping
and shrubbery shall be maintained to provide for sufficient visibility
on the community roadway system and so as not to endanger individual
mobile home sites or residents thereof.
G.
Electric.
(1)
Mobile home communities, including individual mobile home sites located
thereon which have electrical service, shall have all electrical wiring,
electrical equipment and installations designed, constructed and maintained
in accordance with applicable provisions of the New York State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code and, if not specified therein, in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the National Electric
Code.
(2)
In the event that a new or replacement mobile home is installed at
an individual mobile home site, the service capacity shall be no less
than 100 amperes and in no case less than the calculated electrical
load of the new or replacement mobile home being installed.
The new installation or the reconstruction or expansion of existing mobile homes is regulated by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the National Fire Prevention Association No. 501A-1982 (Standard for Fire Safety Criteria for Manufactured Home Installation, Sites and Communities) and applicable portions of Chapter 255, Zoning. Each mobile home shall have the appropriate certifying label of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
All other buildings and structures on individual mobile home
sites and in mobile home communities shall be designed, constructed
and maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the East
Hampton Town Code.[1]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to specify the firesafety
requirements for mobile home communities, individual mobile home sites
and freestanding mobile homes, and to thereby promote the safety of
such residents within the Town of East Hampton.
C.
Egress. Any mobile home, accessory structure or community building
shall be located and maintained in such a manner that required egress
from windows or doors is not blocked.
D.
Space under mobile home, accessory building or other structure. The
space under mobile homes and accessory buildings and other structures
shall not be used for the storage of combustible materials; for the
storage or placement therein of combustible or flammable liquids or
gases; or for the storage or placement therein of combustible or flammable
liquid or gas fuel-powered equipment.
E.
Storage of LP gas containers under mobile homes, accessory buildings
or structures. It is prohibited to place or store empty LP gas containers
under any mobile home, accessory building or structure. It is prohibited
to place or store LP gas containers in or under any mobile home, accessory
building or structure.
F.
Fuel supply system standards. All flammable or combustible liquid and gas fuel piping systems serving mobile home communities, accessory buildings or other structures shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Chapter 2 of National Fire Prevention Association No. 501A-1982 shall apply in those instances not otherwise regulated by the Uniform Code.
G.
Fire extinguishing equipment. Portable fire extinguisher, where required
by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, shall
be of the type and size specified by National Fire Protection Association
10, Standard for Portable Fire Extinguisher. It is required that each
resident of an individual mobile home site provide a listed portable
fire extinguisher suitable for handling incipient fire.
All areas of the mobile home community and individual mobile
home sites shall be maintained free of dry brush, leaves, weeds and
other debris that could contribute to the spread of fire within the
individual mobile home site or the mobile home community.
A.
Community buildings. Fire detection in all mobile home community
buildings shall be provided in conformity with the New York State
Fire Prevention and Building Code.
Mobile home community firesafety inspections shall be conducted
by the Fire Marshal as required by state law and as frequently as
required to obtain compliance with this chapter of the Code.
