ARTICLE 9

MOBILE HOME PARKS

SECTION 901 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with Section 501 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended, provisions regulating mobile home parks shall be separate and distinct. The standards and regulations provided herein shall apply to both the development and expansion of mobile home parks. The development and/or expansion of a mobile home park, shall be deemed as a subdivision or land development and shall be subject to design standards within Article 8 and regulations provided within this Article and all Sections and Subsections thereunder.

SECTION 902 SITE LOCATION STANDARDS

A. All mobile home parks shall have a total land area of not less than twenty (20) acres.

B. All mobile home parks shall be located on well drained land with the average natural slope not exceeding ten (10%) percent. The site shall be free from flooding from a one hundred (100) year and other physical features which are generally considered detrimental to residential development.

C. All mobile home parks shall have access to public streets or roads.

D. All mobile home parks shall be serviced by an off-site sewage disposal system and a central water supply and distribution system.

E. Access to mobile home sites shall be from interior driveways, access drives, or private streets and shall not be from public street or roads. Entrance roads shall have a paved cartway width of at least twenty-four (24') feet. All interior roads and cartways shall be paved and of sufficient width to allow for access of emergency vehicles.

F. Every mobile home site shall be provided with a minimum of two (2) off-street parking space.

G. All mobile home parks shall be provided with pedestrian walkways on at least one side of every street.

H. The minimum area of land per mobile home site shall be not less than 7,200 square feet with the dimensions being sixty (60) feet by one hundred and twenty (120) feet . The minimum front, rear and side setback for any mobile home shall be twenty (20') feet to properties lines and/or the defined site on which the mobile home is located.

I. Every mobile home park shall provide a defined recreational site or sites which shall contain an area of land not less than five (5%) percent of the total gross land area within the boundaries of the mobile home park. All recreational sites shall be located in areas which are readily accessible to all residents of the mobile home park.

J. Each mobile home site shall be provided with a stand or pad consisting of two (2) concrete strips to accommodate the supporting base or foundation of the mobile home.

K. Every mobile home in the park shall be enclosed from the bottom of the mobile home to the ground or stand using industry-approved skirting material compatible with the home.

L. Every mobile home shall be securely anchored or tied-down on at least the four (4) corners and/or in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations furnished with each home.

M. An approved soils erosion and sedimentation plan and a stormwater management plan, which limits the post development runoff rate to the pre-development rate, shall be required prior to the final approval for the development or expansion of a mobile home park.

N. An approved Department of Environmental Resources Planning Module shall be required prior to the final approval for the development or expansion of a mobile home park.

0. A letter of commitment for the provision of required utilities from all applicable utility companies.